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Deepening stacks and lengthening clocks mean that there's quite a lot of room to wriggle early on, and preflop aggression is the watchword around the tables. Button Kevin Eyster just made it 5k, big blind Sondre Svanevik upped it to 17k, and Eyster threw out 49k after a bit of a think. At this point Svanevik backed down, like the cat on the fence who loses the unspoken tail-swishing battle, and calmly, quickly passed and moved on to the next hand.
One table along and almost the same scenario was playing out as button Neil Channing made it 4,500 preflop, McLean Carr raised to 14,500, and Channing fourbet him off with his raise to 34,000. These two did reach a showdown shortly thereafter, though - Channing again the preflop aggressor and still in the driving seat on the river of a board. He bet 30,500 and Karr made the call, mucking with a "nice hand" when he saw Channing's .