Leonardo Patacconi got his final 65,000 in from early position with but ran into the dominating of Juha Helppi. The Finnish legend held without much sweat on the runout.
Eric Geraume bet 21,000 from the button and Andreas Vlachos shoved from the small blind. Dimitrios Michailidis asked for a count and the dealer confirmed Vlachos had 69,000 behind.
Vlachos got up from his chair: "69! it's a good number!" he shouted out. "All-in for 69!!!"He shouted out loud through the poker room. Some of the other players on the other tables and his chuckled.
Michailidis called and Geraume folded.
Andreas Vlachos:
Dimitrios Michailidis:
The flop came for Michailidis to flop a pair of tens to jump ahead.
The turn was the for Vlachos to pick up extra outs with the gutshot to the straight draw.
The river completed the board with the to not help Vlachos as he was eliminated.
Sergei Bagirov raised to 20,000 from the button and was called by Jeremy Stahli in the big blind.
The flop came and they both checked to see the being dealt on the turn. Stahli check-called the 20,000 bet of Bagirov.
The river completed the board with the , Stahli bet 35,000 and Bagirov called immediately. Stahli tabled for the turned pair of jacks but could close them instantly as Bagirov showed for the flopped pair of kings.
Dimitrios Michailidis raised to 15,000 from the hijack and Fabio Damaso three-bet to 45,000 from the cutoff. Action folded to Carlos Branco in the big blind who made the call and so did Michailidis.
The flop came , both Branco and Michailidis check-called the 36,000 continuation-bet of Damaso.
The turn brought them the , now both Branco and Michailidis check-folded to the 160,000 bet of Damaso.
The players have now been sent for their second 20-minute break of the day.
Evangelos Bechrakis opened early and got calls from Patrik Antonius on the button and Rene Van Krevelen in the big blind. Bechrakis continued for 26,000 on the flop and Antonius called. Van Krevelen stuffed for about 90,000 and Bechrakis rejammed. Antonius was given pause and used an extension before releasing.
Evangelos Bechrakis:
Rene Van Krevelen:
Bottom two was ahead for the moment and the didn't change that. An river did.
We found Henrik Hecklen with his skyward against the of an opponent in early position. Hecklen only had about 68,000 but he was able to double those chips when the board ran out .