Bullets fire Horvath among chip leaders

Peter Horvath looks to be one of the room's biggest stacks as we edge towards the dinner break after the Czech dragged in a monster pot care of Aces.

A rough count puts him well over 60,000 chips after eliminating one rival with pocket rockets, with the money going all-in on a soaking wet 9♣7&clubs7♠ flop.

Horvath had continuation bet, only for his rival to ship his stack, and our man made the call with A♠A♣ knowing there was every chance he held one of his opponent's outs. So it proved, as the villain flipped 3♣4♣ and failed to connect.

Lady Luck was feeling less kind to Ronnie Espensen however, as the Dane's strong start evapourated in one bad beat. He had three-bet Martin Svub once again and third player four-bet-called Ronnie's effective shove.

His rival threw down his J♥J♦ as if he knew it was beat - and it was indeed crushed by Espensen's Aces - but a Jack on the turn turned the hand on its head and left Ronnie with a rebuilding job.

Elsewhere Christian Schulz is up to 30,000 chips thanks to a set of fives - and it could have been even better for the German. He flopped top two pair on a K-Q-2 board but having got the money in, found his opponent had the same hand!