Jean Francois Talbot raised under the gun and Lex Veldhuis to his immediate left reraised to 35,500. It then folded around to Daniel Groth in the big blind, who pushed all in for 109,500. Talbot quickly got out of the way, but after a few moments' thought, Veldhuis called.
Veldhuis:
Groth:
Board:
Ouch. With that, Groth hit the rail and Veldhuis moved on up to 290,000.
Melanie Weisner opened for 13,000 in early position only for Matt Perrins in the big blind to ominously ask her how much she was playing but then just flat-call.
Both players checked the flop and Perrins bet out 17,500 on the turn, which Weisner called. Perrins bet out another 28,500 on the river and Weisner confidently announced call, but then mucked when Perrins turned over . Weisner dropped to 270,000.
A rather sombre start to the day, as TD Thomas Kremser called for a minute's silence in remembrance of Stefano di Gennaro, an Italian player who played in San Remo last week and sadly died yesterday in a motorbike accident. Condolences to his family.