At table 96 just now there was a rare sight: eight players in a hand. It started when Christos Filandrianos limped in for 1,200. He was followed by practically the entire table.

The flop was dealt . Eight checks later, the dealer flipped over the turn, a . This time there were five checks, but sensing this was his moment, Jonathan English bet 5,000. That was enough to chase everyone except Valon Gruda, who called.

The river was a , and Valon checked over to Jonathan. All he needed to do was casually splash 8,000 chips into the middle to take down the hand without showing his cards.