It folded to Steven Vollers in the small blind and he completed. Ciaran Burke checked his option in the big, and the heads up flop came 
.
Vollers check-called a bet of 50,000 on the flop, and they both checked the 
turn. The 
river saw Vollers lead out for 65,000, and Burke called, =mucking when he saw 
in Vollers' hand.
Photos courtesy of Tambet & Elena Kask
Samuel Baneham opened from the cutoff to 100,000, and Wim Wesselink came over top with a shove from the small blind. Baneham called it off with the bigger stack, and Wesselink was in rough shape with his 
up against 
for Baneham.
The 
flop gave Wesselink a little hope, but the 
turn and 
river bricked out for him.
Wesselink won €6,190 for 9th place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
Level: 24
Blinds: 20,000/40,000
Ante: 40,000
The four-card Irish Poker variant ran last night and drew 25 total runners. With a buy in of €165 that put €3,750 into the prize pool to be divided up five ways. It took 15 levels to decide a winner, but in the end, Shane Hellyer took first place for €1,100 after a heads up deal.
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shane Hellyer | United Kingdon | €1,100 |
| 2 | David Ryan | Ireland | €1,270 |
| 3 | Bjorn Kadgien | Germany | €680 |
| 4 | Pekka Ikonen | €500 | |
| 5 | Phillip Huxley | United Kingdom | €200 |
Photos courtesy of Tambet Kask and Elena Kask
Here are some updated stacks about half way through Level 23.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,310,000
-120,000
|
-120,000 |
|
1,270,000
335,000
|
335,000 |
|
1,182,000
-53,000
|
-53,000 |
|
|
965,000
-30,000
|
-30,000 |
|
942,500
-22,500
|
-22,500 |
|
940,000
-170,000
|
-170,000 |
|
830,000
-60,000
|
-60,000 |
|
||
|
805,000
-15,000
|
-15,000 |
|
580,000
135,000
|
135,000 |
Level: 23
Blinds: 15,000/30,000
Ante: 30,000
Alex Hendriks opened from middle position with a raise to 55,000 and he was called by Wim Wesselink in the small blind, and WeiJie Zheng in the big. The flop came 
and Wesselink check called a bet from Hendriks, while Zheng got out of the way.
They both checked the turn, but when Wesselink checked the river, Hendriks tossed out a bet of 185,000. Wesselink check-raised to 400,000, sending Hendriks into the tank for a bit, but he finally found the fold.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,430,000
470,000
|
470,000 |
|
|
1,235,000
95,000
|
95,000 |
|
|
1,110,000
-90,000
|
-90,000 |
|
|
995,000
65,000
|
65,000 |
|
|
965,000
-545,000
|
-545,000 |
|
|
935,000
-310,000
|
-310,000 |
|
|
890,000
145,000
|
145,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
820,000
175,000
|
175,000 |
|
|
445,000 | |
Martin Olali raised to 55,000 from the middle, and Alex Hendriks was the only caller, from the big blind. The flop came 
and Hendriks check-called a bet of 40000. They both checked through the 
turn and river, and Hendriks reveled 
and took down the pot against the pocket nines of Olali.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,510,000
195,000
|
195,000 |
|
|
445,000
-200,000
|
-200,000 |