Andrew Lichtenberger check-called a bet of 6,900 with around 17,000 behind on a boad of before then checking the river. Michael Skender, his opponent in the eight seat asked how much Lichtenberger had back before betting 13,900 putting "Luckychewy" into the tank.
Finally the latter folded after a little bit of chat with his opponet, Skender showing for a flopped set to take the pot. Lichtenberger wouldn't openly reveal his hand but promised to tell his foe in private later.
Tristan Clemencon seemed to have three-bet from the big blind to a raise from Ivan Demidov; however it happened, Clemencon called all in to Demidov's shove and they were on their backs.
Demidov:
Clemencon: in pretty bad shape with
Board: a miracle-free
We are down a Clemencon, and Demidov is up to around 70,000.
We walked up a bit late to see the preflop action, but it looks like the gentleman in Seat 7 had three-bet before the flop. We're (educatedly) guessing that Pim de Goede opened the pot from the hijack seat. Marcel van Klinken (pronounced van Klinken) called in the middle before the seven seat made it 2,800 to play. Both de Goede and van Klinken (fellow Dutchmen, you know) called, and it was three-handed to the flop.
It came , and the action checked to Seat 7. He continued out with a bet of 5,800, and de Goede called. Van Klinken was thinking sinister thoughts, though, and he squeezed in a sneaky raise to 15,000. That folded Seat 7 out of the way, putting action back on de Goede. After taking his pause for about two minutes, he announced that he was all in, and van Klinken double-checked his cards and called with a big sigh, putting himself at risk for 57,550 chips.
Showdown
De Goede:
Van Klinken:
Van Klinken had flopped his set, and de Goede was two cards away from losing a big chunk of his stack. The turn and river were not the jacks that de Goede was looking for, and he sends a big double up to his neighbor.
We understand that de Goede had lost a big chunk on the hand before this one (and if you read Dutch, you can find out the details here), and this second loss in a row sets him all the way back around 40,000 after being up close to 160,000 at the start of the level.
Van Klinken, on the other hand, appears to have kept the Dutch atop the leaderboard with his new stack of 125,000.
Roland de Wolfe finally got his last in with and the TV cameras were just loving it as his opponent was Barry Shulman with , who seemed to be suffering from verbal diarrhea as the board was dealt.
Flop: - "Heyyy that's nearly a nine, it's upside down."
Turn: - "That's pretty good, I've got more outs now."
River: - "Ahh, you've got me beat."
De Wolfe doubled up to around 6,000 and the TV crew dispersed, but they would soon be back as de Wolfe pushed again the next hand to a raise from another gentleman and it was showdown number two for the triple crown winner.
De Wolfe:
Other Gentleman:
Board:
"Don't go up against tens anybody, yeah?" warned de Wolfe; he is now busto.
Allan Baekke is riding high up to 47,000 after finding his fitted rather perfectly with a against another player's . Blanks on the turn and ensured the Dane the pot and he's gradually creeping up the field after a slow start.
The flop read and John Racener bet out; the two other players in the hand, one of whom we didn't recognise and the other of whom was EPT Online Qualifier of the Year Pierre Neuville, both folded.
We mention this purely because even after winning that small pot, November Niner Racener, who spent the early part of the day on the main feature table where we couldn't spy on him, is at a lacklustre 10,000.
In fact, that whole earlier feature table moved on to the floor at the last break, meaning that we now get to feast our eyes also on Neuville (50,000), Michel Abecassis (85,000) and ElkY (15,000).