Action folded to Frederik Jensen and the EPT champion moved in for 322,000 from the button. Jason Wheeler in the small blind peeked at his cards and announced all in as well. Juha Helppi folded his big blind.
Frederik Jensen:
Jason Wheeler:
Wheeler's position was great and it only got better on the flop: . Jensen already got up from the table, and despite getting a glimmer of hope on the turn, the on the river blanked and the Dane made his exit.
Wheeler still below average, but with 920,000 (31 big blinds) he has a very much workable stack.
Benjamin Pollak raised under the gun to 65,000 and Dietrich Fast in the big blind was the sole caller. The flop came and Fast check called a bet of 75,000. The hit the turn and now Fast check called a bet of 105,000.
The river came the and Fast checked a third time. Pollak fired 295,000 with about the same behind. Fast thought about it for a bit before moving all in. Pollak, just to be sure, double checked his cards one last time and in the same second called for 791,000 total.
Fast showed his with a pained face. Pollak tabled and doubled up.
Mike McDonald raised to 65,000 from the hijack and Christopher Frank defended his big blind to see a flop of . Frank check-called a bet of 65,000, and then check-called one of 125,000 on the turn. When the completed the board on the river, Frank checked for a third time and McDonald thought for a few moments before betting 375,000.
Frank didn't seem to like it as he fidgeted in his chair and slapped his legs a few times. Eventually he released his hand and McDonald was pushed the pot.
On a flop of we witnessed Sam Greenwood in the big blind check call a bet of 85,000 from his opponent Jeff Rossiter who was seated on the button.
The fell on the turn and Greenwood checked again. Rossiter moved all in and Greenwood instantly called by tossing in a single 5,000-chip.
Jeff Rossiter:
Sam Greenwood:
Things were looking good for Rossiter as he just needed to fade an eight on the river to double up. We didn't have time to check for how much Rossiter was all in as the dealer quickly burned and placed the on the river.
You could feel people shivering and Pollak even let out a small sigh. Rossiter stayed calm though, and wished Greenwood good luck. 13 players left, two from the money.