Manig Loeser opened under the gun to 500 and he received three calls; the cutoff, Andre Akkari in the small blind and the player in the big blind.
The flop came and Akkari and the big blind checked. Loeser fired 1,050 and the cutoff instantly folded. Akkari check raised to 3,025 and the big blind released. Loeser slid 10,050 forward to put Akkari all in and the Brazilian called.
Andre Akkari:
Manig Loeser:
The on the turn and on the river were good for Akkari and he doubled up.
We missed the preflop action, but defending champ Jean Montury and Mamouni Smain created a big one as approximately 15,000 made its way into the middle before the flop came down . Smain was first to act in the small blind and simply moved all in for 22,100.
Montury asked for a count, but must have decided a call, which would have cost most his chips, was too much. He folded and Smain was pushed the pot.
Kenny Hallaert got up from the table and told us he has seen his stack go down pretty steadily so far today. "A steady 10 big blinds per level so far" he said with a smile.
Hallaert has been an EPT regular for years now, but just admitted to not have played a main event for more than a year and a half. His last EPT Main Event was Deauville 2014. Since he has played tons of events, but missed out on the Main Events twice because he flew back home to support his favorite football team (Club Brugge), and missed out on a couple more to complete SuperNova Elite status.
Lets see if he can come back to the tour with a deep run, but something has to change as losing 10 big blinds a level isn't the best way to get to the final table.
With right around 14,000 in the pot and a board reading , Poland's Błażej Przygorzewski bet 6,300 from the big blind and Greece's Emmanouil Tsourounakis called from the cutoff. When the completed the board on the river, Przygorzewski moved all in for 13,475 and Tsourounakis thought long and hard before making the call.
"Nice hand," Przygorzewski said as he got out of his chair. He then showed he'd essentially been bluffing with the . Tsourounakis then tabled the for top pair, which allowed him to chip up to approximately 60,000.
On a flop of we saw the small blind and Faraz Jaka in the big blind check. Ismael Bojang under the gun bet 1,150 and Natasha Barbour raised to 2,600 from the hijack. Both blinds folded but Bojang called.
The hit the turn and Bojang check called a bet of 3,500. The completed the board and Bojang checked. Barbour bet 6,500.
"What do you have?" Bojang asked. "Aces?" he followed up on that question.
"What do you have?" answered Barbour the question with a question.
"A pretty good hand" Bojang smiled. "A pretty good hand" he repeated.
"You're not crazy right?" Bojang asked.
"Sometimes. I have my moments" Barbour answered with a big smile.
"I really don't want to call" Bojang said. A minute or two later Bojang had made up his mind and his cards hit the muck. Barbour mucked with an even bigger smile.
But don't eat any chocolate bars just yet as dinner break is only two levels away and you might spoil your appetite. Back in 20 minutes with level 150/300 ante 25.
Bart Lybaert's seat was vacant and we found his registration slip in the pile of busted out players. Former table mate Simon Deadman told us what happened.
Deadman opened to 500 and his neighbor three bet to 1,400. Lybaert cold four bet to 4,000 and Deadman folded. The three better shoved for 13,000 effectively and Lybaert called with . Lybaert was up against and didn't improve.
Deadman himself plays around 23,000 at the moment.
and Akkari and the big blind checked. Loeser fired 1,050 and the cutoff instantly folded. Akkari check raised to 3,025 and the big blind released. Loeser slid 10,050 forward to put Akkari all in and the Brazilian called.
on the turn and 
on the river were good for Akkari and he doubled up.
. Smain was first to act in the small blind and simply moved all in for 22,100.
, Poland's Błażej Przygorzewski bet 6,300 from the big blind and Greece's Emmanouil Tsourounakis called from the cutoff. When the 
. Tsourounakis then tabled the 
we saw the small blind and Faraz Jaka in the big blind check. Ismael Bojang under the gun bet 1,150 and Natasha Barbour raised to 2,600 from the hijack. Both blinds folded but Bojang called.
completed the board and Bojang checked. Barbour bet 6,500.
. Lybaert was up against 
and didn't improve.