Three players had reached the turn of a board reading and when the blinds checked Jake Cody bet 5,100. Julian Thomas in the small blind stared at the big blind and made the call. The big blind folded and they saw a river . Thomas checked and folded to a bet of 13,000 from Cody.
David Vamplew opened from early position for 600 and four players saw a flop of which they all checked. The turn was the and Ibrahim ghassan decided to open fold which brought some chuckles and a bet of 1,125 from Vojtech Ruzicka. The only caller was Zoltan Szabo and the river card was the . They both checked and when a sheepish Ruzicka flipped up his it won him the pot.
PCA winner Dominika Panka fired a bet of 2,600 on a flop with Bryan Paris making the call to see the on the turn. Both players decided to check this overcard to see the on the river. Panka now bet 5,700 and Paris thought for a minute or two before reluctantly giving up his hand.
Joni Jouhkimainen opened under-the-gun for 800 which prompted five players to call and they went six ways to the flop of . Jouhkimainen checked and when it got round to Ludovic Geilich he made it 2,200. Jouhkimainen was the only caller and they saw a turn card . Jouhkimainen again checked and called a bet of 4,700 from Geilich. The river was the and both players checked. Jouhkimainen wanted to see Geilich’s cards but as it was checked on the river he had to show first, turning over the . It won the pot and Geilich said to his neighbour, “He had me strangled! Top pair, open ended, clubs.”
Steve O’Dwyer three-bet to 3,150 from the big blind and was called by opener Russian Sergey Pronin in the cut-off and button Jon Spinks. The three players saw a flop of . O’Dwyer checked and Pronin bet 2,500. Spinks folded but O’Dwyer made the call. The turn card was the and again O’Dwyer checked. A bet from Pronin and O’Dwyer studied his man intently before letting it go.
Several new players have arrived including EPT winners Steve O'Dwyer and Kevin MacPhee while Ludovi Geilich and Italian Player of the Year Dario Sammartino have both jumped straight in after busting the main event.
Going through the player list, the PokerNews Live Reporting Team were wondering about a possible typing error when we saw the name Victor Ilyukhin twice. But it turned out there was no error, they're father and son and both playing this event today.
Jon Spinks just had bets of 2,500 and 8,500 paid off on the turn and river of an board against Victor Ilyukhin. Ilyukhin made a quick call on the river but could only muck when Spinks turned over for a flopped full house.
Steve O’Dwyer has entered the tournament and is sat to the left of Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier. ElkY opened this particular pot with a bet of 525, O’Dwyer made the call as did the player in the Hi-Jack, Sergey Pronin in the small blind and Jon Spinks in the big blind. Five players saw a flop of which saw it check all around. The turn was the and again everyone decided to check. A on the river and it checked round to the last players to act sat in the Hi-Jack. He had a stab at it with a bet of 2,000 and met no resistance to claim the pot.