From under the gun, Allan Bække opened the pot with a 35,000-chip raise. On the button, Paulus Valkenburg moved all in for about 189,000 chips. The small blind released and Alan Snow called all in in the big. Bække folded.
Showdown
Snow:
Valkenburg:
The board spread out and Snow is out of the tournament. Valkenburg is now up to 280,000 chips.
Jason Mann raised to 32,000 from under the gun with Danny Mckinney calling from the big blind.
We saw a flop of and Mckinney checked to Mann, who bet 24,000. Mckinney then raised with Mann immediately going all in for 218,000, having Mckinney covered. Mckinney made the call and it was time to see some cards.
Mckinney:
Mann:
Mckinney may have hit top pair, but he was well behind Mann's aces.
The turn brought the while the river was the . McKinney went to collect his winnings while Mann is now up to 470,000.
Allan Baekke made it 35,000 to go from under the gun with Owen Crowe making the call from the big blind.
The flop came down and Crowe check-called a bet of 41,000 from Baekke. We were treated to the on the turn and this time Crowe led out with a bet of 82,000 with Baekke calling.
The river was the and Crowe bet out again, this time for 135,000. Baekke made the call, but mucked when Crowe showed .
Crowe has soared to 1,900,000 while Baekke is down to just 370,000.
Pekka Ikonen opened the pot with a 41,000-chip raise from the hijack seat, and next to speak, Paulus Valkenburg moved all in for about 277,000. Ikonen called.
Showdown
Ikonen:
Valkenburg:
With the help of the board, Ikonen knocked out Valkenburg. Ikonen took the 580,000 chips in the pot and Valkenburg took $17,397 home.
David Forster was in early position when he went all in for 133,000. He was looked up by Allan Baekke in the small blind.
Forster:
Baekke:
Baekke had Forster crushed from the outset. The flop gave Forster some outs, though, coming but the turn was the , leaving Forster drawing extremely thin. The came on the river, and that was it for Forster's day.
It was a classic battle of the blinds when action was folded to Owen Crowe in the small blind. He raised it to 60,000 with Allan Baekke shoving all in for 500,000. Crowe made the call and we were off to the races.
Crowe:
Baekke:
All it took was the flop for Baekke to pull ahead. It came down giving Baekke top pair, which held through the on the turn and the on the river.
With the double, Baekke is now up to 1,020,000 while Crowe is down to 1,320,000.
Jon Lactaoen had a heck of a run. He was recently down to just a single 1,000 chip but managed to get it all in with a win enough times to get himself up to 311,000 at one point.
However, his good run recently came to an end when he shoved for about 150,000 from the button with Ilya Andreev calling.
Lactaoen:
Andreev:
Lactaoen needed to improve, but was unable to when the board ran out . Lactaoen might have wished for things to have worked out differently, but nobody can deny he had a great run while it lasted.