Franciscus Dekkers bet out 700 on an flop, and after a moment's thought called all in for another 1,200 or so to an all-in raise from Rene Heinricher. Dekkers turned over , but Heinricher flipped and with no help from the turn or river, we are down a Dekkers.
Thierry Loqmane, the unfortunate gentleman who was crippled by Tony G in that A-K versus A-K cooler, was spotted shoving his shrapnel in on an flop, eliciting a fold from his limped-in opponent and picking up the small pot. "I'm just trying my best to survive," he said wistfully, as the chipped-up Tony G returned from being interviewed by Pokernews' own lovely Gloria and took his seat again.
A decent start for Nik Lackovic as he took a nice 2,500 pot out of the hands of youthful Dmitriy Golovin, betting 1,150 on the turn of a board and forcing a fold from the youngster.
With Tony G steaming ahead, it looks as though Mark Vos and Erich Kollmann are the men to beat -- both players are currently sitting on a slightly below average 3,500.
An early all-in confrontation between Stephanie Mayer-Stauffe and Anton Taxacher, which ended in a split pot.
Mayer-Stauffe was holding pocket aces for an overpair to the board and Taxacher was holding pocket threes for a set, but in the end the board read to give them both a straight. Everyone looked sort of irked.
I've heard enough bad beat stories in my time to publish a book longer than War and Peace, but the last one may have been worth hearing.
With a €250 bounty hanging precariously over his head, Tony G found himself all in with versus , his opponent's only hope being a diamond encrusted board.
However, with the flop coming , it was Tony G who was left free-rolling, the turning what was a mere tease into a general threat.
On the river, the table erupted, Tony G not only remaining bountiful, but with double his stack. Now on around the 8,000 mark, it looks as though the G-ster's scalp could prove more difficult to capture than first thought.