Charlie Overcombes Nygaard
Vegard Nygaard's tournament life is over, hailing distance from the end of the day's play, after losing a race to Charlie Combes, who's had a steady climb over the last two levels (in stark contrast).
It happened like this: There was an early position raise to 2,400, called by Nygaard. Combes then reraised to 8,200 after a small deliberation period. The initial raiser got out of the way and Nygaard moved in for something like 25k. Combes called immediately with which was up against . The board brought him plenty of royalty and not too many hearts: and Nygaard headed to the rail.