After losing a pot to Gang Wang, Sergei Petrushevskii found himself in the big blind. David Lopez Llacer opened to 105,000 and then folded to a three-bet by Kiryl Radzivonau, as did the Russian.
One hand later, Lopez Llacer opened to 105,000 again and Petrushevskii called in the small blind. The flop came and Petrushevskii check-called a bet worth 100,000. After the turn, the action went check, check, and Petrushevskii also checked the river.
Lopez Llacer bet 300,000 and Petrushevskii then check-raised all in for his last 695,000. Lopez Llacer called with only to see his opponent turn over the for top two pair.
Players are on their first 20-minute break of the day. Five players were eliminated during the first blind level to trim the field to 13. Blinds go up after the break to 30,000/60,000 and an ante of 10,000.
In the first hand back from the break on the outer table, Marton Czuczor raised to 130,000 from the cutoff and David Lopez Llacer called in the big blind. On the flop, Lopez Llacer check-called a bet worth 125,000 and did so again for 320,000 on the turn.
The Spaniard checked the river and Czuczor checked behind to give up the pot. Lopez Llacer showed and Czuczor nodded, then mucked his cards.
While many hands are finishing quickly, a hand straight off the break took around 10 minutes to complete. Marius Gierse opened up for 120,000 from the hijack. Jasper Meijer van Putten called from the big blind before the flop came .
Meijer van Putten checked-called a bet from Gierse for 125,000. The appeared on the turn. Meijer van Putten check-called again after Gierse fired out a bet of 285,000.
The completed the board on the river. Meijer van Putten checked again to Gierse, who bet 350,000. This time, Meijer van Putten tanked for a couple of minutes before he raised his opponent's bet to 1,060,000. It was Gierse's turn to head into the tank before he eventually folded a big pot to his opponent.
Kiryl Radzivonau opened to 135,000 from the hijack and picked up three callers in Marton Czuczor on the button,
Sergei Petrushevskii in the small blind and Apostolos Bechrakis in the big blind. The flop came and the action checked to Radzivonau, who continued for 260,000.
Only Bechrakis called and checked again the turn. Radzivonau moved all in and the Greek folded with less than 10 big blinds behind.
When folded to him, Apostolos Bechrakis moved all in from the button and David Lopez Llacer asked for a count in the small blind. The shove of Bechrakis was for 535,000 and Lopez Llacer called, Kiryl Radzivonau folded in the big blind.
Apostolos Bechrakis:
David Lopez Llacer:
The board ran out and the Greek was drawing dead by the turn to bow out in 13th place for €44,430.
David Peters and Sam Cohen are the last two Americans in the field. Sam Cohen is also vying to become the fourth-ever female EPT Main Event champion. The duo recently had a small battle on the feature table.
The action began preflop after Peters raised to 135,000 from the button and Cohen called from the big blind.
Flop:
Cohen check-called a bet from Peters for 120,000. Cohen led out for a bet for 275,000 when the appeared on the turn. Peters thought for a minute before he folded.