Estonian Matthias Tikerpe just grabbed the chip lead after busting out Dutchman Niels van Alphen. Van Alphen explained that he raised preflop and Tikerpe decided to three-bet him from the small blind.
"We were pretty deep so I decided to make the call," Van Alphen said.
The flop came down and both players decided to check. The turn brought the and Tikerpe bet out 11,000, Van Alphen made the call.
On the river the completed a possible flush draw and Tikerpe decided to check. Van Alphen bet 20,000 and now Tikerpe decided to move all in. Van Alphen had started the hand with around 112,000 chips and he snap-called.
The Dutchman tabled for a flush but was beat by Tikerpe's .
"I really can't fold there. I just can't," Van Alphen uttered as he looked stunned as he left the tournament area. Tikerpe is the new chip leader while we lost another player.
Team PokerStars Pro Theo Jorgensen raised to 4,300 and the action was folded to Michael Tureniec who made it 10,000 to go. Jorgensen tanked for a bit and then decided to move all in. Tureniec called almost instantly and that gave us the following showdown.
Theo Jorgensen:
Michael Tureniec:
The board ran out and Jorgensen doubled up. Tureniec was left behind with 56,000 and he will have to do some rebuilding.
Friend of PokerStars Pierre Neuville just busted to Finnish pro Ville Mattila. Mattila and Neuville got it all in preflop and both players had around 21,000 in chips. Mattila was seated on the button and Neuville was in the small blind.
Steven Silverman is up to 340,000 after he eliminated EPT San Remo runner-up Jason Lavallee.
The action folded around to Lavallee on the button and he moved all in for his last 35,000 chips. Silverman was in the big blind and made a quick call.
Philipp Gruissem raised to 4,000 from UTG and Mike McDonald called on the big blind, as did the small blind before Team PokerStars Pro Lex Veldhuis made it 17,000 from the big blind. McDonald was the only caller.
The flop was and Veldhuis bet 15,000 and McDonald called. The came on the turn and Veldhuis now checked with McDonald betting 35,900 which the Dutchman called.
The river was the and Veldhuis checked a second time, McDonald set him in and Veldhuis made the call with only to find "Timex" with to win a monster pot.
Alessandro Longobardi limped in the small blind for 2,000 and Ramzi Jelassi pushed all in from the big blind for about 35,000. Longobardi thought for a few minutes but then made the call.
Longobardi:
Jelassi:
The board came backdooring Longobardi into a straight to remove one of our former EPT champions.
Tim "Timmy182" Davie is becoming something of a regular feature on the regional tours across Europe and is making his EPT debut here in London. PokerStars Blog talks to the 23-year-old from Sussex, UK, and finds a young player taking everything very steadily as he rises up through the ranks.
Nicolas Chouity opened for a raise from under the gun, Walid Bou Habib called from two spots on his left, Seun Oluwole called on his direct left, and Renato Almeida defended his big blind.
The flop came , Almeida checked, and Chouity continued for 8,300. Habib raised to 17,200, Oluwole re-raised to 27,200, and both Almeida and Chouity folded. Habib called.
The turn was the , Habib checked, and Oluwole fired another 34,700. Habib tanked for the better part of two minutes, then finally folded his hand.
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and both players decided to check. The turn brought the 
and Tikerpe bet out 11,000, Van Alphen made the call.
completed a possible flush draw and Tikerpe decided to check. Van Alphen bet 20,000 and now Tikerpe decided to move all in. Van Alphen had started the hand with around 112,000 chips and he snap-called.
for a flush but was beat by Tikerpe's 
.
and Jorgensen doubled up. Tureniec was left behind with 56,000 and he will have to do some rebuilding.
and Neuville was knocked out.
to pair Silverman's queen.
and Veldhuis bet 15,000 and McDonald called. The 
and Veldhuis checked a second time, McDonald set him in and Veldhuis made the call with 
to win a monster pot.
, Almeida checked, and Chouity continued for 8,300. Habib raised to 17,200, Oluwole re-raised to 27,200, and both Almeida and Chouity folded. Habib called.
