Stephen Chidwick just put Yury Gulyy to the test in a big pot...
Pre-flop Chidwick made it 35,000 to go from middle position and Gulyy called from the big blind. Both players checked the flop and the fell on the turn. When it checked to him Chidwick bet 75,000 and Gulyy made the call. The completed the board and once more Gulyy checked it over to Chidwick.
The Brit went deep, betting 400,000 which was most of Gulyy's remaining stack - the Russian had 570,000 back - and after trying to get a read on Chidwick by waving at him and getting no luck, Gulyy folded.
On a board we just saw Artem Metalidi bet out 250,000 from the big blind. His opponent, German player Julian Track in de cutoff, made the call.
The river completed the board with the and Metalidi bet out for 260,000. This is where things got really interesting. Track thought about it for some time and then all of the sudden he announced to be all in. The dealer didn't hear it correctly and neither did most of the other players at the table. Once double checked the all in triangle appeared and Metalidi asked for a count. It was 995,000 total, so 735,000 more.
Eventually he made the call and Track slammed his on the table, shouting "Yeah!" Metalidi mucked his for a worse full house and had to continue short.
Right after losing the giant cooler with his full house, Metalidi shoved all in when it folded to him in the small blind. Ka Kwan Lau in the big blind instantly called from the big blind.
Things weren't to good for Metalidi who had just . Lau had but would get outdrawn: . Lucky break for Metalidi, he's still in it.
Another double up for Romain Chauvassagne and this time it came against Andrew Chen. If folded to the Canadian in the small blind and he moved all-in with . In the big blind, Chauvassagne peaked at his cards and then called all in for roughly 350,000 with .
The board boosted Chauvassagne to around 720,000 whilst Chen drops to 885,000.
Andrew "achen" Chen is en route to EPT final table number four. How does he do it? Check out the interview with the easy going grinder by clicking through to the PokerStars Blog.
Stephen Chidwick opened to 50,000 and Sigurd Andreas Eskeland made the call. From the small blind Tiberu-Florian Georgescu shoved all in for 209,000 and Chidwick thought about it for a little bit. He then announced a raise but even before it was known how much he wanted to make it, Eskeland had already folded.
Georgescu had while Chidwick tabled . The board didn't connect with anyone: . Chidwick eliminated another player and got even richer.