There were three limpers to the flop, plus the blinds.
Flop:
It checked around to Mikael Johansson, who bet 8,000. Fedor Los raised to 20,000, and after some thought Johansson called, leaving himself not much behind.
The not-much went in on the turn, and it couldn't have been worse for Johansson.
Franciscus Dekkers made it 5,000 from the small blind, only for Jan Hlobil to reraise to 18,000 from the big blind. Dekkers pushed, Hlobil called, and they turned their cards over.
Dekkers:
Hlobil:
Board:
Hlobil allowed himself a little grin as he doubled up to 160,000, and Dekkers politely tapped the table as he dropped down to just 20,000.
Dekkers pushed all in a couple hands later to a 5,000 raise from Charly Le Guillou, but Le Guillou had only 45,000 behind himself, and eventually passed.
As Los was basking in the glory of a cold deck, Runnar Lindepuu was enjoying a similar sense of satisfaction on the neighboring table.
I raced over just in time to see the river, but it looked unfortunate for Johan Brolenius who had called Runnar Lindepuu's push on the river of a board.
Brolenius showed , but it simply wasn't enough against the in-form Lindepuu's for rivered quads.
"You're running good, huh?" observed an envious Brolenius as he departed. Lindepuu remained silent as he stacked up a now gargantuan and potential chip-leading 290,000 stack.
Fedor Los bet 12,000 on the end of a board and a concerned-looking Mark Vos called. He didn't have to be concerned, though, as Los could only boast and Vos raked in the pot with .