It is usual to have a whirlwind start to the day when you reach this stage of the tournament, but this is one of the busiest I have ever seen, with multiple players looking to s*** or bust as the colloquialism goes.
One massive pot just involved multiple allins.
The carnage was initiated by a short-stacked shove from Kristian Heimstad. He found a bigger stack behind him in Pal Kristiansen attempted to isolate the raise by shoving allin also, only to be called for most of his stack by Thomas Wullum behind! WOW!
Before the cards were on their backs, speculation was rife amongst the table -
(which includes Dave Smith who is back in the thick of things with his black suit/hat/yellow flower combo and Stephen "King of the Brits" Kirk)
- as to what hands would be revealed. Various hands were mooted but the facts became apparent as Heimstad flipped 6-6, Kristiansen showed his "isolation" had been with ACES, whilst Wullum flipped A-K...
Onto the flop, which came
and.......
.
3 way the aces had held, meaning Kristiansen received a juicy triple up, Wullum was left short and Heimstad was OUT! He took his elimination in the good grace and spirit that has been the hallmark of the Norwegians' play in this tournament.
Here is Heimstad, departing the table...
A glum Hullum is left short...
Kristiansen can barely contain a cackle as his stack soars upwards imperiously...