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Daniel Zack opened before the flop, and called Antoine Berube's shove that followed behind him. Zack had 
and was far behind against Berebu's 
.
The 
on the flop, 
on the turn and 
on the river never made things scary for Berube as he doubled up to a little better playable stack.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
|
91,000 | -39,000 |
|
53,600 | 25,900 |
Team PokerStars Pro Jason Mercier opened for 4,800 and from the button John Juanda raised to 12,800. Vicky Coren Mitchell in the big blind made the call and back to Mercier he made the fold.
The flop was 
. Coren Mitchell checked but when Juanda bet 21,000 she raised him to 50,000. Juanda looked at the board, looked back at her and made the call The turn card was the 
and once more Coren Mitchell checked.
Juana now bet a small 20,000 which got a laugh from Coren Mitchell who said, “How mean of you to just bet twenty.” Coren Mitchell’s cards went in the muck.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
|
355,000 | 65,000 |
|
100,000 | -26,000 |
Senior News Editor for PokerNews Chad Holloway has been following the Main Event very closely. He tells Jennifer Robles the top stories as we enter Day 5.
Ole Schemion was telling Scott Seiver his favorite starting hand which turned out to be king nine.
Seiver wanted to guess the suits, “Heart spade?” Nope, according to Schemion it’s, “Diamond diamond.”
So there you have it from the player of the year, if you want to crush at EPTs make sure you play that 
.
Daniel Negreanu was left with about 10 big blinds and shoved those in from middle position. The 24,400 shove was called by his neighbor Davidi Kitai in the hijack position. All other players folded to Artem Litvinov in the big blind. Litvinov squeezed his first card, "This is good one", and then the second. Litvinov mucked his cards, showing the first he had received was the 
.
"Oh damn, I have one of those" said Negreanu who tabled 
. That meant Negreanu was even in worse shape as Davidi Kitai showed up with .
The 
gave Negreanu not much to work with, and neither did the 
on the turn. Negreanu needed to hit an ace on the river but wouldn't get it: 
.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
|
180,000 | 79,100 |
|
Eliminado |
Igor Suchkov started with a decent enough stack but it all seems to have gone wrong. He got the last of it in when he opened and called off a three bet from Anatoly Filatov with, as Filatov put it, “Good pot odds”
Filatov had and Suchkov the . The board ran out 
and Filatov has made a good start to the day while for Suchkov the High Roller is over.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
|
180,000 | 94,400 |
|
Eliminado |
Don't forget, the last EPT party of the season will be taking place in the stylish Zelo’s club on the top floor of the Grimaldi Forum tomorrow night. The club is just a short walk along the seafront from the Monte Carlo Bay Hotel. Hang out with the pros and enjoy great music, free canapes and drinks, and sweeping views of the Mediterranean! The party starts at 9 p.m. and all EPT/FPS players and media are warmly welcomed so do come and join us for a fantastic end to a great season.
We've not seen many players as patient as Viktor Blom yesterday. For someone so used to swings, constant action and a lot of adrenaline, we imagined he might rush when finding himself short stacked, but we were proven wrong. He kept on folding, stealing and never forced anything.
All those efforts didn't do him much good though. He lost some chips early on today, and then had to push when folded to with just 17,300. Blom's shove from the small blind got called by Team PokerStars Pro Alex Kravchenko in the big blind.
Viktor Blom: 
Alex Kravchenko: 
Blom had the best hand going in, but on the flop he would fall far behind: 
. The on the turn didn't help him and netiehr did the on the river. Full house for Kravchenko, nothing good enough for Blom.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
|
126,000 | 42,400 |
|
Eliminado |
Igor Kurganov shipped it in with big slick 
and Chenxiang Miao called him with 
to put Kurganov at risk.
The cards ran out 
.Kurganov had no help on the flop and he exited near the end of the second level of the day.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
|
Eliminado |
