On the feature table, a slightly inebriated Mika Maki three-bet to 8,000 and saw Feargus Murphy (23,000) and Patrik Jonsson (17,000) shove behind him in quick succession. Maki took some time before calling it off.
Patrik Jonsson:
Feargus Murphy:
Mika Maki:
The flop flipped everything upside down and gave Maki a near mortal lock on the hand. Rafael "Venicraft" Eisler burst out laughing and other tablemates couldn't hold back their smiles as well. The turn and river kept it in Maki's court and two players were eliminated.
Tapio Jarvinen opened the action from under the gun and Alessandro Pichierri called in middle position. Unibet Ambassador Ian Simpson three-bet on the button, Jarvinen four-bet shoved for 35,100, Pichierri reshoved and Simpson called all in for 60,700.
Just like that, a pot of over 150,000 was created with the mother of all setups:
Tapio Jarvinen:
Ian Simpson:
Alessandro Pichierri:
Pichierri had both players covered and was in tremendous shape to claim the overall chip lead. The board ran out and the river had the players gasping. Everyone quickly whipped out their phone to capture the moment, including Simpson himself, who suddenly boasts a stack of 160,000. Pichierri was left with 30,000, Jarvinen was eliminated.
After Thomas Eychenne had raised from middle position, Bart Kuiper made it 7,300 from the big blind and Eychenne called in position. The flop was and Kuiper bet 7,500 after thirty seconds.
Eychenne went in the tank for minutes, appeared to settle on a fold, then opted to flick all his T-5,000 chips in. Kuiper checked his hand before throwing it in the muck.
Kaarel Lepik, who won the €330 Unibet Deepstack Open Cup yesterday for €13,860, raised to 2,200 in middle position. James Sykes three-bet shoved around 30,000 and Lepik called all in for 14,900 total.
Kaarel Lepik:
James Sykes:
The board ran out safe for Lepik and he doubled up.
Players that got eliminated before dinner include Mateusz Moolhuizen and Jordy "MojoOnPC" Janssens. Moolhuizen called off three streets on with , with the last barrel being for his tournament life. His opponent showed for the backdoor straight to eliminate the two-time champ.
Janssens was down to 8,100 when he moved in with . He got looked up by Erik Nordahl with and failed to improve enough on a board.