Teun Kooij was sitting with about 2,200 left and recounted what had happened:
"There were 2 limpers , pre-flop. Bet 500 and they called. The flop came , I continued betting on all streets with , the turn was the and the river the . I jammed on the river, he went into the tank and called. He had ."
But right after he doubled up. Kooij shoved for 2,150 from the under-the-gun position and action folded to the player in the small blind. He called.
Teun Kooij:
Small Blind:
The board ran out - Kooij hit his set of tens on the turn and earned the double up.
The flop on the board read and Pedro Oliveira had bet 1,800 which sent his opponent, on the button, into the tank for a while. After a few minutes, he folded and showed he had . The rest of the table looked on in amazement while Oliveira stacked up his chips.
The board read and Michael Magalashvili was heads-up with another player in the cutoff. Magalashvili himself was sitting in the under-the-gun position. The player in the cutoff had bet 3,100 and Magalashvili was all in. His opponent tanked for a while but opted to fold in the end.
The player in the cutoff limped in but Elena Litvinyuk raised to 700 from the button. The players in the blind folded to the player in the cutoff. He called.
The flop came , her opponent check-folded to her bet of 1,000. She showed the as requested by her opponent and smiled while stacking up her newly earned chips.
Willem de Jong, in the hijack raised to 625 and the player in the big blind called. The flop came , the big blind check-folded to the 850 bet of De Jong.
The players have just gone for their first 20-minute break of the day. There are currently 366 entries showing on the tournament clock which is more than any of the earlier flights.
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There are currently 392 entries showing on the tournament clock. Registration is still open for about 2 hours, during this period players can also do one reentry if they have been eliminated from this flight. There's a line for the cashier's desk but there are multiple events players can currently register for so it's not certain if all those people lining up right now are waiting to register for THE COLOSSUS.