Money in the Blanc
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With 5,000 in the pot by the 
flop, Mihai Manole checked to Cristiano Blanco, who bet 4,050. The action returned to Manole, who coolly raised to 32,000 - almost his whole stack, with just about 1,500 in small denomination chips behind, presumably so that he could continue riffling chips while Blanco squirmed. After a minute or two of said squirming, Blanco pursed his lips and folded his hand. He dropped to 33,000.
A few minutes later, though, we strolled by the table and found Blanco getting back all those chips and more.
We only caught the very tail end of the hand, but the board read 
X and Christopher Jensen was turning over pocket kings. This was unfortunate for him, as Blanco turned over pocket queens for a full house.
"You've run very good twice," tablemate Jasper Wetemans told Blanco, presumably referring to a hand we didn't see rather than the unfortunate incident with Mihai Manole. Whatever happened there, Blanco is now sitting on a very comfortable 48,000.