Mark Vos raised to 4,000 preflop and Sebastien Guerlinze made the call in the big blind. Both players checked a flop and turn, only for Guerlinze to take it down with a bet of 6,500 on the river.
Some fine luck for Luke O'Kelly, as he shoved under the gun and was called by the unstoppable Rasmus Gandrup; big blind Christian Fischbacher reshoved and Gandrup called that too.
O'Kelly:
Gandrup:
Fischbacher:
Board:
Thus a very fortunate triple-up for the very fortunate O'Kelly, while Fischbacher picked up the juicy 22k side pot.
Dirk Hetzer, who had seen his stack dwindle to just a few thousand, eventually made his move with , only to see his patience rewarded as big blind Arvydas Kondratas looked him up with .
Drama as the flop was pursued by a turn, but Hetzer's bacon was saved by the river. He didn't notice initially, a dejected nod of disapproval soon followed by a whistle of relief as the realization set in.
An intriguing hand from our roving reporter Gloria.
All in, three-way.
Michael Kainz:
Mr Opponent (name sadly unknown):
Viliyan Petleshkov:
An ace on the flop, and the pot belonged to Kainz; the unknown opponent was eliminated, and Petleshkov doesn't have much left.
Most intriguingly, though, the entire hand was nearly declared a misdeal. It turns out that the big blind, at that point on seat two, had been eliminated in the previous hand, and rather than have a dead small blind, the TD had moved the big blind back to seat one for the hand in question. Mark Vos apparently has bet the TD €100 that that was the wrong decision...