Two hands in a row and Mustapha Kanit is gone. In the first hand we saw him defend the big blind against a raise to 500. On the flop he bet 700 and called the raise of his opponent to 2,100. The turn is check-called for 4,300 by the Italian and he does so again on the river for 8,500. His opponent shows the for the straight and Kanit was crippled.
One hand later there is an open raise to 525 with two callers, Kanit shoved the small blind for 4,225 and only Michel Abecassis called that with the . It was a coin flip against the of Kanit and the board provided no help for Kanit.
After an under-the-gun raise, Robin Ylitalo flatted on the button and Casey Kastle three-bet to 1,800 from the small blind. Both opponents called to go three way to the flop. Kastle checked, the initial raiser did as well, and Ylitalo bet 2,100. Kastle now check-raised to 6,000 with another 10,000 behind and Ylitalo moved all-in. The Slovenian eventually called with the and the EPT London champion turned over . Both the turn and the river were of no help and we spoke with Kastle briefly after his elimination.
"Normally I should fold there, as it is almost always a set. But we were both short."
None of the media caught the hand but Raul Mestre told the Spanish bloggers that he busted a player. We then spotted Ole Schemion on the rail and it was indeed the leader of the EPT Player of the Year ranking that had been eliminated. The German five-bet preflop and made a small continuation bet on the flop before moving all in after the turn. Schemion held pocket aces and got looked up by from the Spaniard. Blank on the river and Schemion's time expired after just a few minutes.
Mestre also put another player all in shortly after where the opponent bet-folded the turn for an additional 15,000 add on.
Nicolas Oger opened the action with a raise to 600 and Anton Wigg called on the button. On the flop Oger bet 700, Wigg raised to 1,800 and then moved all-in for ~ 14,500 once the Frenchman had clicked it back to 4,100. Fold from Oger ...
Two players had got to the flop . Matthew Eiler-Gadsden from the UK bet 3,500 and Maurizio Baisi from Italy shrugged and made the call.
The turn card was the and Gadsden moved all in for 17,500. Baisi looked distinctly displeased with this and, shaking his head, took his tortoise card protector off his hand and folded.
Robin Ylitalo had called an open for 450 as had several other players. Yuliyan Kolev moved all-in for 7,700 from the big blind and Ylitalo asked for a count and made the call from his stack of around 30,000. The other players folded and they turned over their cards.
Ylitalo held and Kolev held the .
The board ran out and the two players divided amongst them the contributions of the other players.
It was folded round to UK PokerStars player Vicky Coren in the cutoff who put down the magazine she had been reading and opened for a bet of 425. Fellow PokerStars player Raul Mestre defended his big blind and they went to the flop.
were the first three cards and a check from Mestre prompted a bet of 700 from Coren which was quickly called. The on the turn was checked by both players and the river card fell the .
Mestre led out for 1,800 and Coren wasted little time in making the call. “King high.” Mestre said showing . No good against the of Coren.
EPT Prague champion Martin Finger raised from early position and found a caller on the button to go to the flop. The German fired on the flop and the turn before check-calling the river for 3,100. Fabio Scepi turned over the for the busted open ended straight draw and Finger raked in the pot with the .
flop he bet 700 and called the raise of his opponent to 2,100. The 
turn is check-called for 4,300 by the Italian and he does so again on the 
river for 8,500. His opponent shows the 
for the straight and Kanit was crippled.
. It was a coin flip against the 
board provided no help for Kanit.
flop. Kastle checked, the initial raiser did as well, and Ylitalo bet 2,100. Kastle now check-raised to 6,000 with another 10,000 behind and Ylitalo moved all-in. The Slovenian eventually called with the 
and the EPT London champion turned over 
. Both the 
river were of no help and we spoke with Kastle briefly after his elimination.
flop before moving all in after the 
turn. Schemion held pocket aces and got looked up by 
. Matthew Eiler-Gadsden from the UK bet 3,500 and Maurizio Baisi from Italy shrugged and made the call.
and Gadsden moved all in for 17,500. Baisi looked distinctly displeased with this and, shaking his head, took his tortoise card protector off his hand and folded.
.
and the two players divided amongst them the contributions of the other players.
flop. The German fired on the flop and the 
turn before check-calling the 
.