Earlier today we witnessed Nurlan Boobekov double through Joey Lovelady. Boobekov could've sat back to make the money before getting aggressive, but he decided against that.
Boobekov just raised from the small blind to 7,300 and Steven Silverman three-bet to 18,000 from the big blind. Boobekov tanked for a while but eventually he made it 37,100 and took the pot down.
On the very next hand Salman Behbehani riased to 6,500 from the cutoff and Boobekov three-bet to 14,100. The action was folded back to Behbehani who made it 34,000. This time Boobekov folded and Behbehani took down the pot.
After it was all said and done all three players are up from their previous chip count.
EPT Barcelona winner Tom Middleton has just been knocked out on the last hand before the break. Middleton ended up all in preflop against Jamil Kanji and the showdown went as following.
Middleton:
Kanji:
The board ran out and Middleton was knocked out. Kanji is in great shape heading into the next level while Middleton was left empty handed.
Congraulations to Steve O’Dwyer and Walid Bou Habib who have both been awarded EPT awards here in London. O’Dwyer struck the achievement award whilst Bo Habib scored the Players’ Choice. Find out more by clicking through to the PokerStars Blog.
PokerStars Blog catches up with the overnight chip leader Tudor Purice or, more accurately, gets about 30 seconds to talk to the man himself but spends a lot of time with his Twitter account.
Former EPT London winner David Vamplew raised to 8,000 from UTG and it was passed to Stefan Vagner who moved all in from the button. Passed back to Vamplew, the Scot made a quick call with only to find himself behind Vagner's .
A board later and it was Vamplew who was now left as the short stack.
Tudor Purice shoved from the small blind on Team PokerStars Pro Barry Greenstein and the latter made a quick call, finding himself in a dominant spot and a favourite to double up.
Purice:
Greenstein:
Yesterday, Purice eliminated Vicky Coren with the same hand in the same situation (blind on blind) and a similar story was found today.
The board ran out and Purice made two pair to knock out "The Bear". There are now 88 players left in the tournament, a table is just being broken and then the event will be going hand-for-hand on the bubble.
Salman Behbehani raised from early position only to have Andy Moseley three-bet to 16,000 from the cutoff. The button and blinds all folded, Behbehani called and the flop came down . Behbehani proceeded to check-call a bet of 22,000, the turned, and Behbehani check-called another bet, this time 36,000.
When the completed the board on the river, Behbehani checked for a third time and Moseley did the same. Behbehani did not want to show and mucked his hand. Moseley then showed to collect the pot.
The action over on one of the outer tables was just held up and that meant there was an all in and a call. When we arrived on the scene both Luis Rodriguez and Simon Brooks were covering there cards and waiting for the tournament director to allow them to turn over their cards. The flop showed while all the cameras and photographers were patiently waiting for the green light.
After a long wait Rodriguez, the all-in player, showed his hand and he was miles ahead for a bubble double.
Rodriguez:
Brooks:
The board ran out , and Rodriguez doubled up. We're still one elimination away from the money and hand for hand play continues.
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and Middleton was knocked out. Kanji is in great shape heading into the next level while Middleton was left empty handed.
only to find himself behind Vagner's 
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and Purice made two pair to knock out "The Bear". There are now 88 players left in the tournament, a table is just being broken and then the event will be going hand-for-hand on the bubble.
. Behbehani proceeded to check-call a bet of 22,000, the 
turned, and Behbehani check-called another bet, this time 36,000.
to collect the pot.
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and Rodriguez doubled up. We're still one elimination away from the money and hand for hand play continues.
