Slow Play, Bernies Sliding
Level 26
: 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante
With the average hand now taking over six minutes, chip leader Gilles Bernies is suddenly trending downwards.
First he tried to bluff Patrick Clarke off a four-flush and failed, then he called a 100,000-chip open from Kuljinder Sidhu and they went three-handed to an flop with Rhys Jones coming along for the ride.
Sidhu continued for 170,000 and only Bernies called. Sidhu fired away again on the turn, making it 410,000, and after a few minutes in the tank, Bernies relented.