In the last hand before the break, on a flop, Kjartan Bergur Jonsson lead out for 19,500 from the small blind and Rolands Norietis made the call from the big blind. The dealer put the out on the turn and Jonsson kept his foot firmly on the gas by betting 34,500. However, he was quickly on the breaks when Norietis raised it up to 100,000.
Oleg Epp has managed to double up through Lauri Meidla over on Table 1. Meidla opened to 16,500 from the hijack seat and Epp three-bet all in for 59,500 in total from the button. Meidla thought for 30 seconds before making the call.
Meidla:
Epp:
Neither player improved on the board but Epp's jack kicker came into play and he now has 120,000 chips.
Ronnie Kaiser has just coolered former chip leader, Liutauras Armanavicius, in the biggest pot of the tournament so far.
He raised to 12,000 from the cut-off and was called by Jani Sointula before Armanavicius three-bet to 43,000 from the button. Kaiser came back with a four-bet to 112,000 and he called when Armanavicius shoved for 300,000 or thereabouts. Sointula folded in the mix of all the action.
Kaiser:
Armanavicius:
The board ran to make Kaiser a straight to the queen. There were gasps from all those present. Kaiser has nearly 1.1 million chips now and will likely be the end of day chip leader as only more has to go before bagging begins.
Michael Graydon raised to 15,000 on the button and Kjartan Jonsson called in the big blind. The flop came down and Jonsson check-raised to the tune of 46,500 and Graydon folded after originally betting 20,000 on the flop.
Jonsson opened for 15,000 in the small blind and Rolands Norietis called in the big blind. Jonsson was dancing away with his head while the dealer gave us a flop of and both players checked. The turn was the and Jonsson checked, Norietis bet 17,500 and Jonsson check-raised to 35,000. Norietis made the call and we saw a river of , Jonsson checked and snap-folded to a 42,000 Norietis bet.
Vojtech Ruzicka just added more than 140,000 chips to his stack after five-bet shoving all in. Johan van Til got the hand underway with a raise to 12,000 from the cutoff. The action then folded to Ruzicka in the small blind and he made it 38,500 to play. Next to act was Andrey Subbotin and he paused briefly before four-betting to 100,500, forcing van Til out of the pot but sending Ruzicka into the tank.
He sat completely still in Seat 1 before announcing, "I'm all in." He then informed Subbotin the bet was for around 480,000 and Subbotin quickly folded.