There was an announcement that one of the players in the poker room had a secret admirer but no further information was provided. A few seconds later, a waiter came over with a bottle of champagne and a message to Luuk Gieles who read it and immediately knew it came from Tom Vogelsang. He decided to share the contents of the bottle with his table neighbor, Jonathan Abdellatif.
In the meantime, the board read with 9,000 in the middle.
Gieles bet 4,600 from the big blind and Gerry van Aalst made the call in the cutoff.
The river completed the board with the , Gieles fired a bet of 9,500 into the pot and Van Aalst called.
"Then you've probably have the best hand but I still want to see it," Gieles said before turning over .
Van Aalst tabled for trip aces indeed.
The dealer picked up Gieles' cards, looked at them with a bit of a disgusted face, and then put them into the muck.
Gazmend Bekteshi has just been eliminated by Tom Vogelsang when the latter raised from under the gun and Bekteshi shoved from the big blind for around 70,000 which Vogelsang called with . Bekteshi had and got no help from the board.
George Rensen limped in from the hijack and Tobias Peters raised to 7,500 from the button. Luuk Gieles shoved from the big blind for Rensen to fold and Peters to call for 42,600 in the last hand before the break.
Tobias Peters:
Luuk Gieles:
The board ran out for Peters to make a full house to double up with.