Mike Sexton is one of many players who believes live poker should have a basketball-type shot clock, and if it ever one was put in place Gianluca Mattia would certainly fall foul of it.
Bastien Lebel opened the betting with a raise, Mattia three-bet to 1,900 and then called (after 90 seconds) when Lebel four-bet to 5,600. The duo saw the flop come down and Lebel made a continuation bet of 5,500. Mattia tanked for close to two minutes before making the call.
The on the turn saw Lebel bet again, increasing his bet size to 7,500and once again Mattia tank-called. The river was another eight and Lebel bet 10,000 leaving himself just 20,000 behind. Mattia went deep into the tank for four minutes before Kyle Cheong called time on him. The tournament director got all the way down to 10 seconds, from 60, before Mattia mucked his hand.
Joining the action on a board where Puk Nabuurs had moved all-in for 38,000, putting the maximum amount of pressure on Hendik Latz.
Lats looked like he was about to call but he ultimately got out of the way.
"Will you tell me what you had after the tournament?" pleaded Latz before adding "I had ace-high but I wanted to call."
"After today, maybe I will tell you," came the reply.
Then Vladimir Geshkenbein piped up. "Great play! Call the turn and then fold the river. Put half of your stack in and then fold! You might still make it to the dinner break though!"
Cecilia Pescaglini has been eliminated at the hands of Alfonso Amendola. The chips went flying in on the flop, Pescaglini holding the best hand with her . However, it only stayed the best hand until the river because the fell on the turn then the on the river to improve Amendola's to the best hand and the volatile Pescaglini has been eliminated.
Kiryl Radzivonau was the player UTG+1 and he looked down at his cards, liked what he saw and raised to 1,025. The next two players folded but former World Series of Poker Main Event champion Jonathan Duhamel found time to three-bet to 2,250 despite playing online poker on his iPad.
Suddenly Radzivonau's hand did not look so strong and he quickly sent it back to the muck.
Phil Hellmuth has just arrived after buying in just before the dinner break. Hellmuth is sporting his black Aria clothing and looks like he has lost some weight and s actually smiling for once and is looking happy. How long will that last part remain true? We cannot answer that right now.