Eetu Halonen, the aggressive young Finn who's been wielding a good sized stack for most of the tournament, is now on the rail after a dramatic hand against Antoine Amourette. Starting out threeway in a raised pot to the flop, Amourette was the bettor to the tune of 11,500. Halonen check-called this bet and they were heads up for the turn: .
Now Halonen bet out 23,400 and a couple of minutes in the tank passed before Amourette made the call. The pot was now already very large as the river hit, and Halonen counted out 40k but eventually just announced, "All in," for his full 67k stack.
Another think for Amourette (who had him covered, but not by a huge amount). Finally he called, showing for tptk, which beat Halonen's and gave Amourette a 270k stack!
Almira Skripchenko has doubled up through Guillaume Darcourt after her won a rollercoaster flip against . The flop came Ace high with two diamonds putting her massively in the lead but the turn suddenly made everything look terrible when the reared it's ugly head.
The river was another diamond however and Skripchenko is up to about 70,00
And no wonder, making the seven-high straight vs. Guillaume Dacourt's set of Fours on a board! Dacourt was the one moving in on the river, and Roland Israelashvili made the not-instant-but-close call showing the straight at the same time as Dacourt showed his losing set. He's up to 75k now and Dacourt down to 40k.
Topping the counts in level Eight is Kevin Eyster after a huge hand busted his neighbour Jonathan Layani, whom he only just had covered. Drawn by commotion, I only saw the board: and the winning hand - .
Theo Jorgensen has broken the 200,000 mark over on table 17 and looks to be the among the chip leaders. The Dane won a bracelet at the WSOPE in the £5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha and has consistently hit final tables over the last few years.
It seems like every time I walk past table 16, Stefan Mattsson is threebetting someone preflop (and the lineup is changing all the time – there have already been three bustouts and replacements). One of the newer players to the table is Kristoffer Thorsson, equally Scandinavian and grade-2-haircutted. He just called a Mattsson small blind preflop reraise to 6,000, but folded when his opponent bet out 6,700 straight away on the flop.
The first level of the day saw the last hurrah for the green 25 chips - they're being coloured up and removed (which is going to make a couple of stacks suddenly appear a good deal thinner). In just a matter of minutes play will restart.
Andrew Feldman just told us a hand where he opened to 1,500 from the cutoff with and got called by the button and the blinds.
The flop was and the small blind led out for 3,000, the big blind folded, Feldman called and the button passed. On the turn it was checked to Feldman and he bet 6,000 only to be called by his opponent this time.
The came on the river and the small blind bet 6,000 and Feldman admitted he thought about raising, before just calling. It was just as well since the small blind turned over for trips with a bigger kicker.
flop, Amourette was the bettor to the tune of 11,500. Halonen check-called this bet and they were heads up for the turn: 
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hit, and Halonen counted out 40k but eventually just announced, "All in," for his full 67k stack.
for tptk, which beat Halonen's 
and gave Amourette a 270k stack!
won a rollercoaster flip against 
reared it's ugly head.
board! Dacourt was the one moving in on the river, and Roland Israelashvili made the not-instant-but-close call showing the straight at the same time as Dacourt showed his losing set. He's up to 75k now and Dacourt down to 40k.
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and got called by the button and the blinds.
and the small blind led out for 3,000, the big blind folded, Feldman called and the button passed. On the 
turn it was checked to Feldman and he bet 6,000 only to be called by his opponent this time.
came on the river and the small blind bet 6,000 and Feldman admitted he thought about raising, before just calling. It was just as well since the small blind turned over 
