Sergei Popov moved all in from early position for a total of 765,000. It was passed to Samuel Phillips who made the call. Bram Haenraets tanked for about a minute and then moved all in. The action wen back around to Phillips who gave up his hand.
Popov:
Haenraets:
The dealer put out a board of and Haenraets increased his chip lead even furher.
Andrew and Nate skip the strategy this week to get right to a special hour-long interview with Olivier Busquet. Busquet discusses his win in the EPT Barcelona Super High Roller, the economical and personal value of playing in big buy-in tournaments, and, of course, the political t-shirt drama.
Daniel Dvoress open shoved for 705,000. Action folded to Ji Zhang who queried the amount and took a while to get a call together with the help of the dealer. He did in the end make the call.
Dvoress wished him luck and turned over . Zhang saw the hand and turned over his . Dvoress said nothing but a few spectators called, “Slow roll. Seven for the slow roll.”
The cards ran out and Dvoress who never managed to get much going today was out.
That Dominik Panka, eh? He has been running particularly well today and Gerald Karlic has become his latest victim.
Panka had four-bet shoved over Karlic's three-bet from the blinds and the latter quickly called.
Panka:
Karlic:
The Austrian looked good for a double up but after the board had come the popped up on the river to give Panka a pair. €47,400 will have to do as a consolation for Karlic.
Mikkel Nielsen raised to 80,000 preflop from the cutoff, Dominik Panka then made it 190,000 on the button. Nielsen responded by four-betting to 310,000 and Panka moved all in. Instant call.
Nielsen:
Panka:
Panka was in real trouble but the flop came to give him a flush draw, the on the turn completed the flush but Nielsen could hit a six or the case ace to make a full house. The river was the and Panka doubled up to 2.6 million and Nielsen rolled his eyes in disbelief.
Pawel Brzeski had opened on the button and Nick Rampone moved in from the small blind, a quick call from the button.
Brzeski:
Rampone:
Rampone was looking to dodge aces and jacks but the board ran out and the American, who lost a 4 million chip pot yesterday when Bram Haenraets hit a 3-outer on him, has been eliminaed.
It's the penultimate day of the Main Event here in Barcelona. There are 25 players remaining in the event led by Bram Haenraets (4,395,000), who is, incredibly, playing his first ever live tournament. A lot of poker is still to be played though and we're expecting that it will take six or seven levels for the final table to be reached today, meaning a very late finish.
Sadly there are no Team PokerStars Pros left after Jan Heitmann was eliminated late last night after losing aces to Mark Wagstaff's queens. There is one remaining former EPT Champion in Dominik Panka, the PokerStars sponsored player begins the day with 1,705,000 - which is around average. Everyone is guaranteed a minimum €33,300 but it'll be the first place prize of €1,261,000 that will be on most minds.
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and Haenraets increased his chip lead even furher.
. Zhang saw the hand and turned over his 
. Dvoress said nothing but a few spectators called, “Slow roll. Seven for the slow roll.”
and Dvoress who never managed to get much going today was out.
of Phillips.
but had been called by Mikhail Rudoy with 
.
and Hueber did a tour of the table offering handshakes before heading for the pay-out desk.
to give him a flush draw, the 
and Panka doubled up to 2.6 million and Nielsen rolled his eyes in disbelief.
