Stephen Baker raised to 900 from late position before John Kabbaj reraised from the small blind to 3,100. Baker made the call and we went to the flop: .
Kabbaj checked to see his opponent move all in. Kabbaj snap-called with and he saw he was ahead of Baker's .
The turn and river changed nothing and Baker said his goodbyes.
Juha Helppi raised to 800 from the cutoff, and looked a little irked to be called by Tom Dwan on the button and Cedric Kolstad and Lauri Keinonen in the blinds.
The flop came down and Kolstad checked to Keinonen, who bet 1,200. Helppi promptly raised to 5,000 and took the pot down there, a welcome boost to his stack on a table largely reduced to small stacks by the towering monster that is Jamie "The Chronic" Rosen's hoard.
Nenad Medic has really moved through the gears this level and is winning most of the pots he's played by taking opponents off hands or finding a willing opponent when holding the goods.
In one of the last hands before break he raised to 900 from the cut-off before Florian Langmann reraised to 3,300 from the big blind. Medic made the call and we saw a flop.
Langmann led out for 3,200 and and Medic bumped it up to 10,100. Langmann called and the dealer gave us turn.
Both players checked before Medic called Langmann's 14,500 bet on the river. Medic showed and his opponent tapped the table and mucked
Gus Hansen found himself seeing a flop with Jonas Klausen and Jennifer Tilly, with around 4,500 in the pot by the time they saw it. Klausen bet out and Tilly folded instantly, but Hansen moved all in for not much more than Klausen's bet. Klausen called and was behind with against Hansen's , but another on the turn sent Hansen hurtling to the rail just before the break.
Let's preface this hand by saying yes, it did happen this way, so don't send me hate mail saying it makes no sense. Everyone watching was completely baffled by the action.
On a flop of , Per Ummer checked, Jeff "ActionJeff" Garza bet 3,000 and Ummer called. The turn was the and both players checked. The river came the . Ummer bet 5,800 and Garza called.
Ummer immediately mucked his cards, while Garza showed and raked in the pot, leaving all bystanders scratching their heads over that river call.
Garza is now on 45,000 while Ummer dips to 13,500.
Nicolas Levi lasted exactly until the first hand of the new level before falling prey to a sneaky play from Neil Channing. Channing limped and a short-stacked Levi shoved with pocket threes -- but Channing had been trapping with pocket queens, and it's an early night for the Frenchman.
With the board reading Roland de Wolfe called his opponent's all-in, holding to . The poor chap was drawing dead, rendering the on the river meaningless and de Wolfe added another 10,000 or so to his stack, which has now passed the 90,000 mark.