Per Munksgaard just got extremely lucky in the tournament. The Danish poker player flopped a royal flush!
Munksgaard was holding 
and the flop came down 
. He saw his opponent Bill Asafiaiti move all in and Munksgaard was happy to call. Asafiati was playing 
.
The 
turn and 
river were a courtesy and Asafiati was sent to the rail.
Juha Helppi and Ioannis Angelou Konstas were heads-up on the 
flop and Helppi had checked to Konstas. The Greek player decided to go for a bet of 3,600 and Helppi called.
The 
was added on the turn and Helppi took over the betting initiative with a bet of 4,500. Konstas folded within seconds and the pot went to the Fin.
Juha Helppi raised to 2,000 from the cutoff and Ioannis Angelou Konstas called from the small blind. The player in the big blind called as well.
The flop fell 
and it checked to Helppi. He continued with a bet of 4,000 and Konstas was the only caller.
They both checked on the 
turn to see the 
river complete the board. Konstas lead out with a bet of 4,800 and that won him the pot as Helppi threw his cards in the muck.
The entries have stopped coming in at the clock has been stuck at 75 players for quite a while now. Only 34 players are left at this point which gives an average stack of a little over 66,000. With blinds still being 400/800 and a big blind ante of 800 there is more than enough room to take it slow.
Thierry van den Berg raised from middle position to 2,200 and Roope Tarmi was up next. He decided to three-bet to 6,600 and Van den Berg moved all in for effectively 30,600. Tarmi called and they opened up.
Roope Tarmi:
Thierry van den Berg: 
The board ran out 
and Tarmi managed to hit an ace on the turn to stay alive and double through Van den Berg.
Bryan Paris got his remaining 10,800 in the middle with 
and he was battling against Roope Tarmi with 
.
The board ran out 
and Tarmi got a lot more outs, but he was not able to hit on the 
river.
Ad Schaap just called of three bets and turned out to be on the losing end when the cards got on their backs.
Schaap called a 5,800 three-bet preflop, a 7,200 bet on the 
flop, they checked on the 
turn, but he called another big bet of 15,000 on the 
river.
His opponent opened up 
and Schaap mucked his hand, awarding the pot to his opponent.
The board read 
and Raoul Refos had bet all-in for his last 20,000, about the same size as the pot.
Ad Schaap was talking to Refos, but the latter did not respond to the questions.
Schaap ended up calling and he saw he made the right decision when Refos opened up 
. Schaap showed 
for the winning hand.
The floor staff just announced that they will play four more hands until they start bagging.
dans Safari
