All the cards were out. was the board. Joni Jouhkimainen bet 10,000, and Dmitry Yurasov jiggled uncomfortably in his seat for a moment before paying to see Jouhkimainen’ cards. He wished he hadn’t when Jouhkimainen flipped over and a nod from Yurasov told him it was good.
It was blind on blind and Konstantin Puchkov in the small blind made it 1,100 on flop of . Julian Thomas raised him to 4,600. Puchkov made the call. The turn card was the and now Puchkov check called a 16,700 bet from Thomas, after a long think. The river was the and again after a good long think Puchkov seized the initiative betting 25,000 with about the same amount behind. It was Thomas’s time to think but in the end he nodded at the bet and folded.
Govert Metaal and Marcin Wydrowski had reached the turn of a board showing . Wydrowski moved all in. Metall thought it over and folded face up saying “I’m happy there is no diamond.” Feeling that if there was it would have got him into a whole lot of trouble.
On the turn of a board, David Vamplew check-raised Albert Daher's 6,300 bet to 14,000 with just 17,000 behind.
Daher checked the Scot's chip count then made the call.
The river was the and Vamplew moved all in, Daher snap-called.
Vamplew:
Daher:
Vamplew's turned straight had been beaten by Daher's full house. After Vamplew left the table, Daher said, "I would've folded the river if I hadn't improved, there was no way he would shove the river on a bluff."
Kevin MacPhee is not messing around with his stack today, he's been all in several times and shoved again just now. The board was reading and MacPhee had moved all in for 27,900 over the top of a 10,100 bet from Eric Sfez, who won this event a couple of years ago. The Frenchman folded and MacPhee moved up again.
Aleksandr Denisov was all in for his last 10,000 and Kevin MacPhee had re-shoved for 20,300. Eric Sfez looked like he had a decision to make but laid it down. Denisov against the against the of MacPhee. The board ran out and Denisov was gone.
The board read and the players were waiting on a decision. Eventually the clock was called and the floor came over and gave Nuri Hakan Demircioglu from Turkey a countdown. After 50 seconds the ten second countdown began and Demircioglu remained sat stock still. The time ran out and his hand was declared dead. Steve O’Dwyer was on the other end of it and prepared to take the pot. That’s when the trouble began.
Demircioglu insisted he had said “All-in.” but no one else at the table would confirm that. A few said they had “Heard something.” But not an all-in. The tournament director was called and all was explained as clearly as possible. No chips had moved. There was no red triangle in front of the player. The dealer insisted she had been looking at Demircioglu the whole time. Demircioglu countered that he had just been focusing on the cards and didn’t notice that the floor was giving him the countdown.
Demircioglu insisted “One hundred per cent.” he had said all in and was demanding that the cameras be checked, as he appealed to the other players to back up his story. The TD made his final decision that the hand was dead and that the next deal should take place immediately but Demircioglu hadn’t finished. He leaned across the table trying to grab his cards from the muck as the dealer began the wash. “That’s my card.” He said with one hand on a card. The tournament director gave him a final warning and Demircioglu took his hand away. As play resumed he went off to the side to continue his argument but it didn’t look like it would do him any good.