Brian Johnson limped in the hijack, only for Tristan Clémençon to raise to 8,500 from the cutoff. Over to Richard Gryko in the small blind -- who reraised to 29,500, leaving himself just 19,000 back, clearly meaning business.
Johnson made a little "wow" type of exhalation before passing, and then back to Clémençon. He spent a few minutes giving Gryko a death stare -- but eventually folded. letting Gryko take the pot.
Former chip monster Clémençon thus takes another hit.
Howard Lederer raised to 6,000 in early position, and when Chris Bjorin reraised a whole stack of orange 1,000-denomination chips out of the small blind, a crowd of railers appeared from nowhere, hoping to see some all-in Lederer action. lEderer folded, though, and the railers dispersed.
Harri Suni and Vitaly Lunkin reach the turn of a board, where the former led for 3,500. Suni, however, made a deep reach and slid in a tall stack of claret 500 chips totalling 10,000, which was enough take the pot.
Bracelet winner Lunkin is now struggling with just over 35,000.
I arrived at the table to see a flop on the table and Nikolay Evdakov betting out 9,200 from the big blind. Brian Johnson, who had raised preflop from the cutoff, laughed, took delivery of a cup of tea from a waitress, and then folded. He's down to 19,000.