After Hady El Asmar had made it 55,000 from the button, Lyndon Basha re-raised to 193,000 from the small blind. El Asmar thought about it for a short while before making the call.
On the flop of Lyndon Basha checked, and Asmar slid out a roughly pot-sized bet. Basha then announced he was all-in and El Asmar made the insta-call, flicking a single chip into the middle.
Basha:
El Asmar:
"Nice hand," said Basha, "Picked the wrong time."
The on the turn did gave him outs to a straight. "Two," he said to his fiancee on the rail, "Four outs."
But the river wasn't one of them, as the gave El Asmar a full house to eliminate Lyndon Basha in 10th. The remaining nine players are guaranteed €95,300.
The remaining nine players have taken their seats at the last table of nine, which officially isn't the final table yet. One more player has to be eliminated to call it a final table as final tables on the European Poker Tour consist of eight players, not nine.
Adrian Mateos raised to 50,000 from the cut-off and Jose Carlos Garcia moved all-in for 337,000 from the button. It was folded back round to Mateos who made the call.
Mateos:
Garcia:
The flop was and Garcia looked to be sure a double up. The on the turn meant that Mateos was drawing dead and Garcia doubled to 737,000, roughly 31 big blinds.
Koichi Nozaki opened to 50,000 from early position. Markus Ross three-bet to 140,000 from the cutoff and action folded back to Nozaki. Nozaki four-bet to 340,000 and Ross folded not much later.
Short-stacked Jose Carlos Garcia raised to 60,000 under the gun and got calls from Koichi Nozaki on the button and Adrian Mateos in the big blind.
The flop was and after Mateos checked and Garcia continued for 120,000. Nozaki stacked and re-stacked his chips, and asked how much Garcia had behind. The Japanese player then re-raised to 260,000, and Garcia's response was to shove for his remaining 659,000 chips.
Garcia quickly asked for a count before calling, tabling . However, he was behind to his opponent's .
The board ran out and Jose Carlos Garcia's tens held, giving the Polish player a much needed double up and meant the pair of them swapped positions in the chip counts
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Hady El Asmar made it 56,000 to go under the gun. Ole Schemion right next to him made the call. Adrian Mateos in the cutoff came along as well.
The flop came and all three of them checked. The hit the turn and El Asmar bet out 56,000. Schemion, again with the sunglasses on, raised it up to 160,000. Mateos cold-called and El Asmar called as well.
on the river and El Asmar checked. Schemion checked behind and action was on Mateos. Mateos, who's still in the running to become the first ever Spanish EPT champion, bet out 435,000, growing the pot to 1,146,000. El Asmar folded.
Schemion tanked for quite some time, and called in the end. Mateos showed and Schemion mucked.
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