We happened upon the action with around 200,000 in the pot and a board reading . Alex Lindop had bet 67,000 — leaving himself 120,000 or so back — and Dinesh Alt raised all in for roughly 200,000 from the hijack.
Mitch Johnson was in the cutoff and thought a long time before releasing his hand.
"If I hadn't played with you yesterday I would definitely fold," Lindop told Alt. The man from the UK then thought for a solid minute before calling off.
"Nuts," Alt said and tabled the . Lindop shook his head up and down and showed the . Some other players at the table commented that it was a tough spot to get away from, but then Johnson said that he had folded aces.
No one believed him, so he reached over and turned over his discards — .
"Wow," Shyam Srinivasan said, "Just wow." His sentiments were echoed by several other players at the table.
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Jorma Nuutinen raised cutoff for 12,000 and one seat over, Bruno Stefanelli moved all in for 132,000. Andrija Martic in the big blind called and Nuutinen folded. It was a typical coin flip with the for the Italian and the for the Croatian. The flop left no doubt about the winner of the hand, the turn and river were not important anymore.
Filippo Marroccoli shoved all in for 303,000 before the flop and got called by Alessandro Meoni. Marrocolli tabled and was relieved to see the of Meoni.
It took two hands in a row and the stack of Mitch Johnson was reduced to zero. First Dinesh Alt raised to 12,000 and called the three-bet of Johnson one seat over to 28,000. On the flop, both players checked. The turn saw Alt bet 23,000 and he was called before making it 54,000 on the river. Johnson tank called and mucked versus the of his opponent.
The very next hand, Alt opened again to 12,000 and Johnson moved all in for 93,000. All opponents folded and Alt took a long time before making the call with the . Johnson was ahead preflop with the but the board delivered the straight for the Swiss.
Vicky Coren was facing off against Dan Murariu again after cracking his kings. The two of them had gone to a flop of . Coren checked from the big blind and called a bet of 14,000 from Murariu. The turn card was the which both players checked and the river was checked around too.
“Give me the money.” Coren said turning over . It was good and the money was hers.
Michael Telker opened from the button for 12,000 and got called by small blind Vicky Coren and big blind Olivier Busquet.
The flop was and Coren led for 15,000. Busquet folded and Telker started to laugh, questioning how she could possibly have anything of that flop. “That wine has gone straight to my head.” goaded Coren
. Alex Lindop had bet 67,000 — leaving himself 120,000 or so back — and Dinesh Alt raised all in for roughly 200,000 from the hijack.
. Lindop shook his head up and down and showed the 
. Some other players at the table commented that it was a tough spot to get away from, but then Johnson said that he had folded aces.
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which was by far the best hand against Meoni's 
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and Marroccoli doubled.
for the Italian and the 
for the Croatian. The 
turn and 
flop, both players checked. The 
turn saw Alt bet 23,000 and he was called before making it 54,000 on the 
river. Johnson tank called and mucked versus the 
of his opponent.
but the 
. It was good and the money was hers.