After a raise to 2,400, Rasmus Agerskov called and another player did so as well. A short stack then shoved for 3,900 and was called by two players before Agerskov clicked it up to isolate. Everyone else folded and the of the Dane could not score the knockout on a board of .
Christian Golob had been playing high-risk poker until now, getting up and down like a jojo several times. The Austrian then shoved the river of a board for 26,000 chips and Fabio Berti was in the think tank. The Italian found himself being called the clock on and called 30 seconds into the one minute of consideration.
Ultimately, Berti called with and Golob's were only second best.
Sam Trickett and neighbor Ghassan El-Hoss were chatting, both with a big smile, when action folded to Trickett in the small blind. UK's all time money leader raised it up to 4,500, adding "You don't like to fold, you like to talk and call" when El-Hoss indeed added 3,300 to see a flop.
The flop came and Trickett bet out 4,000. El-Hoss was quick to call.
The fell on the turn and Trickett now checked. El-Hoss again didn't need much time as he bet 7,000. Trickett called.
The completed the board and Trickett and El-Hoss both checked. Though it was Trickett's to show first, El-Hoss immediately showed and Trickett mucked.
El-Hoss put his hands together one firm time and with a raised voice said "This one goes straight into the record books! I have taken a hand from a pro!"
Trickett and El-Hoss were both laughing. "I was a little bit concerned when you stopped talking, thought you might have something" Trickett said with a big smile.
"You had to show first" El-Hoss said. "I know, but you were so happy to show your hand" Trickett replied still smiling.
Trickett is still doing well with 150,000. His neighbor from Wales, which we might have to nickname "The Boss" from now on, sits at about a 100,000.
Anton Bertilsson was reported to have busted earlier today but the Swede, runner-up in Prague this past December, is still in and shares a table with Jan Peter Jachtmann and Fedor Holz. Bertilsson said that he had forgotten his media card when moving from the secondary tournament area to upstairs.
After a three-way flop of , the action was checked to Fedor Holz and he bet 5,000 from the button. His two opponents called to see the on the turn and Anton Kraus check-called another bet of 12,000. The on the river saw another check of the Bulgarian and Holz then announced all in with the superior stack.
Kraus called for his last 35,300 with and Holz' flew into the muck.
Max Silver has not had a good day so far. He came into today second in chips overall after topping the Day 1B field but won't last much longer if his Day 2 trend continues.
He tried to bluff Bram Haenraets off a hand, failed, and dropped to 28,000. He opened to 2,600 from the cutoff and called after his Dutch opponent three-bet to 6,200 from the small blind. Both players checked the flop before Haenraets led for 5,000 on the turn. Silver called and then bet 9,600 when checked to on the river. Haenraets tanked for a couple of minutes and then called with the style of a man who was afraid he was going to talk himself out of it.
Silver opened for queen high, losing out to Haenraets' .
David Vamplew, a good friend of Silver's, has had a better day at the same table and amassed a 160,000 stack. Meanwhile, on an adjacent table, Sam Chartier's stack has risen to 280,000.
"You should have seen this hand!" Griffin Benger said when walking over from his table. According to the Canadian there was a raise to 2,600 from early position and Benger three-bet to 6,100 with . Another player tanked for quite some time but then shoved with .