Earlier we had the tank-call with pocket kings now we have a hand that even the floor staff are shaking their heads at!
Atzlan Gil opened the betting with a raise from early position, two players folded and Giuseppe Pantaleo three-bet. To his direct left is the boyfriend of Gaelle Baumann, [Removed:167] and he cold-called the three-bet. Gil also called and it was three way to the flop.
Gil lead out with a bet of 18,200, Pantaleo made the call but Ehrhardt made it 44,000 to play, leaving himself just 21,000 behind. Gil went into the tank for around 90-seconds, constantly staring on Ehrhardt, before folding. He later claimed to have folded . Pantaleo was sat with his right hand covering his mouth and after 30-45 seconds he moved all-in and was obviously snap-called.
Pantaleo:
Ehrhardt:
Gasps reverberated around the table as the dealer put out the turn and the river, boosting Ehrhardt to 140,000 chips and leaving a red-faced Pantaleo woth around 65,000.
Chino Rheem has massively increased his lead, he had a 60,000 bet paid off on the river of a board by Hüsnü Sincar. Rheem showed for a rivered set of queens, Sincar said afterwards he had been holding aces.
Usually when you are short stacked, your loose-aggressive opponent has put you all-in and you are holding pocket kings you do a fist-pump, make the call and dance around the table in celebration. Not if your name is Peter Griesmann.
Griesmann raised from the cutoff and then got into a battle with Giuseppe Pantaleo who was in the big blind. The end result was Pantaleo putting Griesmann all-in and despite Griesmann being pot committed he went into the tank for in excess of two minutes.
Eventually the clock was called on Griesmann and as the floor supervisors was counting down the last 10 seconds, Griesmann made the call, turned over his cards and made the whole table's jaws drop in astonishment.
Pantaleo:
Griesmann:
The board ran out and now Griesmann was fist-pumping. His table mates cannot believe he took so long to call and they are almost certainly going to bombard him with multiple bets, three-bets and four-bets to put him under maximum pressure after the break.
Oleskii Kovalchuk has somehow managed to fly under our radar thus far but not any longer. The talented Ukrainian is now up to 115,000.
In his latest hand he opened to 2,500 from the cutoff and found some resistance in the shape of Kamalcan Bakbak in the big blind. The pair shared a flop reading , Bakbak checked, Kovalchuk bet 2,400 and Bakbak called.
Fourth street was the and Bakbak checked again. Kovalchuk increased his bet to 4,500 and this was enough to get the job done.
Don't know who Kovalchuk is? He is a phenomenal player who has two WSOP bracelets to his name, two IPT titles, a third place in last year's Partouche Poker Tour Main Event and a list of other cashes as long as your arm. He's definitely one to watch in this tournament.
flop.
turn and the 
river, boosting Ehrhardt to 140,000 chips and leaving a red-faced Pantaleo woth around 65,000.
board by Hüsnü Sincar. Rheem showed 
for a rivered set of queens, Sincar said afterwards he had been holding aces.
and now Griesmann was fist-pumping. His table mates cannot believe he took so long to call and they are almost certainly going to bombard him with multiple bets, three-bets and four-bets to put him under maximum pressure after the break.
and failing to outdraw Arthur Voskanyan's 
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, Bakbak checked, Kovalchuk bet 2,400 and Bakbak called.
and Bakbak checked again. Kovalchuk increased his bet to 4,500 and this was enough to get the job done.