Anton Wigg fans should look away now because their hero has just busted out.
There was a raise to 500, Wigg flat-called, Pierre Milan then three-bet to 1,600 and both players called. The flop fell with two clubs. Milan bet 2,300, Wigg check-raised all-in and the original raiser folded. Milan made the call with and Wigg shows Both the turn and river bricked for Wigg and he was eliminated.
Those fans who were looking away before can look right back now as he has just used his re-entry option an has a fresh stack of 30,000 chips.
We have two more big names in the field in the shape of Andrew Badecker and Jason Wheeler. Both are fantastic poker players and both are also more than capable of going all the way here in sunny Malta.
The action folded around to Ilan Boujenah on the button and he set the price to play at 400. Both Morten Klein and Jason Mercier, seated in the small blind and big blind respectively, called making it three-handed to the flop.
Nobody wanted to take a stab at the pot on the flop or on the turn but when the showed up on the river Klein took a 800 chance and it was enough to scoop the pot.
The dangerous Mustapha Kanit opened the preflop betting round with a min-raise to 400 from middle position and nobody want to tangle with him. That was until the action was on Ilan Boujenah on the button who three-bet to 1,100. Both blinds folded but Kanit called.
The flop was initially checked by Kanit, Boujenah continued to 1,625 and Kanit called. The on the turn completed a potential flush and Kanit possibly tried to represent it by leading out for 3,525 but Boujenah was having none of it and he quickly called.
Kanit continued his assault on the pot when the landed on the river, firing a bet of 10,650. Boujenah snap-called and was shown by Kanit but the Israeli could beat him as he had flopped top set with
Recent World Series of Poker bracelet winner Ronnie Bardah was the first player to show any aggression, open-raising from the cutoff seat to 350. Jackson Genovesi was the small blind and he called; Steven van Zadelhoff tossed in the extra chips from the big blind.
The trio shared the flop but nobody wanted to bet and the action was checked around. The on the turn saw Genovesi lead out with a 500 bet but van Zadelhoff either had a strong hand or didn't believe Genovesi's story (or both) and promptly raised to 1,625 using a pink, yellow, red and black chip to do so.
"Is that a rainbow?" asked Bardah
"Not suite It is missing this blue (5,000) one!" replied van Zadelhoff.
Bardah folded. Genovesi leaned over to get a better view of van Zadelhoff and must have picked up on something because as soon as he leaned back into a normal sitting position he flicked his cards into the muck.
with two clubs. Milan bet 2,300, Wigg check-raised all-in and the original raiser folded. Milan made the call with 
Both the turn and river bricked for Wigg and he was eliminated.
flop.
turn but when the 
showed up on the river Klein took a 800 chance and it was enough to scoop the pot.
flop was initially checked by Kanit, Boujenah continued to 1,625 and Kanit called. The 
on the turn completed a potential flush and Kanit possibly tried to represent it by leading out for 3,525 but Boujenah was having none of it and he quickly called.
by Kanit but the Israeli could beat him as he had flopped top set with 
flop but nobody wanted to bet and the action was checked around. The 
on the turn saw Genovesi lead out with a 500 bet but van Zadelhoff either had a strong hand or didn't believe Genovesi's story (or both) and promptly raised to 1,625 using a pink, yellow, red and black chip to do so.