Zoltan Purak bet 3,300 from the big blind on the turn card, and was called by Alessio Isaia who had the button. There had already been a bet and a call on the flop and the board now read with just over 12,000 in the pot. The river card was the . Purak had four grey 5k chips left and he rolled them around between his fingers contemplating his next move. He announced his bet, “Six thousand.” and threw two of them on the felt. Isaia thought long and hard and made the call. Purak tabled for the rivered king high flush and was pushed the pot as Isaia mucked his cards having taken a dent to his stack.
Fabrice Soulier was looking rather happy with a stack of 47,000 just a few minutes ago but that has all changed now after he was knocked back down when he lost a big pot to Alberto Fiorilla. Soulier had bet 7,000 on the end of a board before the Italian moved all in for 24,000 with another 10,000 or so already in the middle.
Soulier ended up folding but still has above-average chips.
After one limper for 200 under the gun, Jeffrey Hakim made it 600 under the gun plus one. That scared everyone but the limper, he tossed in another four one hundred chips and saw a flop. With on the table the under the gun player check called a 600 bet. Both players continued to check the on the turn and on the river. No action anymore so the preflop limper had to show first. He tabled and Hakim took it down showing .
In France there are specific laws for poker. There used to be a rule where you had to make a raise double the amount of what the player before you made it. So if a player in level 100/200 made it 500, you had to make it a 1,000 minimum, not 800 like in most of the rest of the world. They changed that rule this year however, the EPT Main Event is one of the first events in France where making small three and four bets are allowed now.
After two 75-minute levels, it's time for the first break of the day. So hold your horses (or some sort of equine equivalent) for 20 minutes as the action will recommence then.
As PokerNews reported earlier PCA champion Dominik Panka took a early hit to drop to just 10,000 and he's just lost another small pot to sink even further.
He raised to 400 from middle position and Benjamin Nicolas-[Removed:372] called from the big blind. On the flop Panka continued for 500, call from Nicolas-[Removed:372]. Both players checked the turn, before Nicolas-[Removed:372] bet 1,000 on the river. A brief stare later from Panka and his cards were in the muck. Pot to Nicolas-[Removed:372].
Meanwhile at the same table David Vamplew is up 30,500, whilst Dermot Blain is down to 25,500
with just over 12,000 in the pot. The river card was the 
. Purak had four grey 5k chips left and he rolled them around between his fingers contemplating his next move. He announced his bet, “Six thousand.” and threw two of them on the felt. Isaia thought long and hard and made the call. Purak tabled 
for the rivered king high flush and was pushed the pot as Isaia mucked his cards having taken a dent to his stack.
on the table the under the gun player check called a 600 bet. Both players continued to check the 
on the turn and 
and Hakim took it down showing 
.
river. A brief stare later from Panka and his cards were in the muck. Pot to Nicolas-[Removed:372].
