The biggest pot of the tournament so far just played out on the feature table.
The confrontation started with Track who made it 86,000 from the button. Ori Hasson in the small blind three bet to 265,000 and the big blind folded. Action back on Track who four bet to 600,000. Hasson wasn't done just yet and shoved all in. Track called and slammed down his on the table. Track was up against and the biggest coinflip of their lives was at hand.
on the board, nothing worrying for Track yet. on the turn, still no problems. on the river - the biggest pot going to Germany. Hasson is down to just a couple of blinds.
Down to just over 20 big blinds Andrew Chen three-bet all in for 804,000 from the cut-off over the top of Georgios Sotiropoulos’s under-the-gun open. After getting confirmation on Chen’s stack, Sotiropoulos made the call.
Chen:
Sotiropoulos:
The flop looked to have ended the hand there and then, but the turn card gave Chen some river outs. But, the was not one of them and we lose him in 13th place. After that hand Sotiropoulos is up to 3,800,000.
Hasson was short and had no other option than to push under the gun with . His next door neighbor Ka Kwan Lau asked for a count, and eventually made the call. The other players didn't fall for the trap set up bij Lau, they all folded. Lau showed and was the massive favorite.
The flop wasn't all that bad for Hasson and the on the turn even made him so more outs. The on the river was a blank though and Hasson left the tournament. That one huge flip with Track costed him in the end, Hasson eliminated in 12th place.
There is no let-up in the pace of eliminations and this time it’s Erwann Pecheux who’s seen his deep run end just short of the final table.
In his exit hand Stephen Chidwick opened to 90,000 from the cut-off, Pecheux shoved for 900,000 from the small blind and Chidwick called it off.
Pecheux:
Chidwick:
The board saw Chidwick outdraw Pecheux and we’re now down to 10 players. With one more elimination the players will gather round the feature table for the unofficial final table.
From the small blind Zdravko Duvnjak shoved all in. Radek Stockner made the call from the big blind and a 1,019,000 pot was there. Stockner had the best hand with but Duvnjak was live with .
The Dutchman flopped some additional outs with , but the on the turn didn't help him yet. The on the river did though and Stockner had to hand over most of his chips.
Stockner was extremely short after the last hand and needed to get lucky.
Zdravko Duvnjak opened the button and Radek Stockner shoved all in for a little bit more from the small blind. Julian Track in the big blind made the call and Duvnjak handed over the additional chips as well.
Track and Duvnjak checked out the entire hand with on the table. Stockner couldn't table the best hand, his was beaten by Duvnjak's . Track mucked his and the tournament was down to 9 players just like that.
The tournament organization is setting up the last table of the tournament. The final nine players will come back in a few minutes and play till one more player busts. EPT final tables are always eight handed so just one more bust out and Day 5 will be in the books. We'll be back soon with the chip counts and seating.
The European Poker Tour Season 10 Player of the Year race is on, and as you know players will be able to accumulate points in all events throughout Season 10, regardless of the buy-in level. In addition, all of the Festival Events (Estrellas, UKIPT, Eureka, FPS, IPT) that combine with an EPT tour stop will be eligible for Player of the Year points. The winner of this season’s award will walk away with €50,000 in Main Event buy-ins, good for any PokerStars or Full Tilt sponsored event.
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Here are the current top ten on the EPT10 POY Leaderboard:
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Place
Player
Points
1
Thomas Muhlocker
350.68 pts
2
David Benefield
321.18 pts
3
Ole Schemion
311.62 pts
4
Jeff Rossiter
258.92 pts
5
Joao Barbosa
257.14 pts
6
Kenny Hallaert
253.87 pts
7
Nicolau Pacheco Villa-Lobos
251.08 pts
8
Jonathan Duhamel
243.35 pts
9
Timothy Adams
222.31 pts
10
Frederik Brink Jensen
209.90 pts
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on the table. Track was up against 
and the biggest coinflip of their lives was at hand.
on the board, nothing worrying for Track yet. 
on the turn, still no problems. 
on the river - the biggest pot going to Germany. Hasson is down to just a couple of blinds.
flop looked to have ended the hand there and then, but the 
turn card gave Chen some river outs. But, the 
was not one of them and we lose him in 13th place. After that hand Sotiropoulos is up to 3,800,000.
and was the massive favorite.
flop wasn't all that bad for Hasson and the 
on the river was a blank though and Hasson left the tournament. That one huge flip with Track costed him in the end, Hasson eliminated in 12th place.
but Duvnjak was live with 
, but the 
on the turn didn't help him yet. The 
on the river did though and Stockner had to hand over most of his chips.
