Runnar Lindepuu wasted no time in turning up the aggression, pushing all in almost every hand. During this time, first prize appeared on the table in a big stack of rather lovely-looking €500 notes.
Perhaps it was the cash on the table that did it, but no sooner had it appeared then Lindepuu's push from the button got called, and they were on their backs.
Lindepuu:
Naalden:
Oohs from the crowd as the board was dealt out.
Board:
Lindepuu doubles up to around 700,000 and is back in the game.
Exits are like buses -- you stand around waiting for ages, and then suddenly two come along at once. On this occasion, Fedor Los was driving the second bus, his short stack moving in on the button, and Marc Naalden making an immediate call in the big blind.
Just as quickly as he'd received them, Simon Borg was being forced to hand his chips back, an out-of-the-blue encounter with Marc Naalden seeing his a gnat's hair in front of the Dutchman's .
I believe Borg had announced "Call," rather than all in, so the cards weren't on their backs until we reached the flop, With Borg's final 2,000 reaching the middle, the turn and river were dealt, fourth street seeing a clinical hit the felt, thus making the river academic.
Mayhem here, with a showdown every hand. The first one was between Fedor Los and Simon Borg, the latter requesting a walk, but not receiving one. Fortunately, he found a hand.
Runnar Lindepuu raised to 30,000, only for Marc Naalden to reraise. Lindepuu declared all in, though, and Naalden swiftly gave it up.
The next hand, it was Naalden's turn to raise under the gun, and this time it was Lindepuu doing the reraising. Naalden now shoved, Lindepuu called, and Lindepuu would soon be making a sad little noise as Naalden was the first to turn over his cards.
Naalden:
Lindepuu:
Dutch people started to shout, "One time!"
Board:
With 1.935 million chips in play, roughly 1.3 million of them are now in the hands of Marc Naalden, while a dazed Lindepuu is down to a still second-placing 315,000.