There was a whole bunch of chips in the middle on a board in a hand involving Martin Kabrhel, Tofik Murati and Christian Nofal.
Murati and Nofal were both all in — Murati 54,100 and Nofal for 88,900 — and action was on Kabrhel. He was taking his time with his decision, so much so that the clock was called.
"He does this," muttered someone at the table.
"He does this all the time," concurred another. Several players got to their feet with impatience as the seconds ticked down. Eventually his hand was declared dead and the hands of Murati and Nofal were tabled.
Tofik Murati:
Christian Nofal:
Nofal had flopped a flush, but Murati had the ace of diamonds. The turn and river bricked and Murati was eliminated.
Luigi Di Secli had raised and was three-bet by the player to his left to 15,000. Laurent Prudhomme then four-bet all in for around 100,000.
Di Secli had around 40,000 behind and took his time, with the clock being called. He apologized for the time he was taking before calling. The other player in the hand called.
Luigi Di Secli:
Laurent Prudhomme:
The king-high board of saw Prudhomme come out on top, with Di Secli eliminated.
Joao Lima opened for 3,200 under the gun and Galanti called him from middle position as well as the big blind Sandro Pitzanti.
The flop came and all three checked.
The turn had a and after a check from Pitzanti and Lima, Galanti bet 2,000 to get a call from both players.
The river was an and actioned checked to Galanti who fired 3,000 this time getting a fold from Pitzanti but a call from Lima, who mucked his cards as soon as he saw the from Galanti.
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We caught the action on the with already 40,000 in the middle and four players in the hand.
[Removed:328], Elud Agnon and Adel Kabbani all checked to Thomas Merten in the hijack who bet 13,500.
None of the players in the hand wanted to let it go and we went four-way in the turn. It was once more checked to Merten who now fired 35,000 and found only one caller, Adel Kabbani.
The river was the and Kabbani checked to Merten who quickly checked back.
Kabbani showed his hand for a pair of sevens while Merten got saved by the river as he had .