We've been watching a series of all-in preflop raises with no calls over the last few hands, with Adam White and Pekka Ikonen being the most recent beneficiaries.
With blinds 20,000/40,000 and 5,000 antes at our still nine-handed table, a preflop raise with no takers nets a player a 100,000-chip addition to his stack.
Wenlong Jin opened for 90,000 from under the gun and it folded to Pekka Ikonen who reraised all in for 400,000 from middle position.
The others got out, and Jin quickly folded as well. Ikonen moves to 590,000, and Jin down to 730,000.
Owen Crowe opened for 95,000 from middle position, and it folded to Allan Bække who called from the big blind.
The flop came 
. Bække checked, Crowe continued for 135,000, and Bække took a moment then folded.
Crowe is up over 2.1 million and continues to challenge Shawn Busse for the chip lead. Bække now has about 755,000.
Level: 25
Blinds: 20,000/40,000
Ante: 5,000
Shawn Busse -- 2.2 million
Owen Crowe -- 2 million
Chaun Shi -- 980,000
Ilya Andreev -- 900,000
Wenlong Jin -- 850,000
Allan Bække -- 850,000
Jason Mann -- 790,000
Pekka Ikonen -- 450,000
Adam White -- 370,000
We've made through two hours and all nine players are still around to take the first 20-minute break of the day.
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In the very next hand, Adam White moved all in from under the gun and Owen Crowe called.
Showdown
Crowe: 
White: 
The board spread 
and White doubled up. He is now up to 310,000 chips. Crowe slipped to 2,100,000.
Adam White raised to 75,000 from early position, and Wenlong Jin, sitting to White's left, reraised all in for 394,000 total. The table folded back around to White who made the call, tabling 
. Jin turned over 
.
The best starting hand held, as the community cards came 
, and Jin doubled to about 800,000. Meanwhile, White is now the table's short stack with less than 150,000.
Allan Bække opened the pot under the gun, with a 75,000-chip raise. The action folded to Chuan Shi on the button, who called.
The flop was 
and Bække fired a 90,000-chip bet. Shi popped to 270,000 and took the pot.
Allan Bække raised to 70,000 from the cutoff and got one caller in Pekka Iknonen from the big blind. The flop came all diamonds -- 
-- and Ikonen quickly checked. Bække continued for 80,000, and Ikonen let it go.
With about 20 minutes to go in the level, Bække has about 900,000 and Ikonen 750,000.
