JC Rises Again; Martin Kabrhel Eliminated (£22,847)
Jim Collopy and Martin Kabrhel were pulling no punches preflop in the last ten minutes, taking turns to re-raise each other preflop or simply move in over the button's raise. These large bets were uncalled the first few times both parties made them, but then Kabrhel asked for a countdown on Collopy - 191k the answer - and called. He held (on the button) against Collopy's . From the way neither player reacted you'd hardly have known that Collopy spiked the on the turn to double through and leave Kabrhel short once again.
"You're running really hot," Kabrhel did allow himself to say. "It's a good skill to be good at showdown."
"I could've pretended I thought I had Aces," said Collopy.
That pretty much spelled the end of Kabhrel, who got it in with his own dominated Ace - vs. but failed to outdraw Collopy who progresses to the next round in just half an hour's time.