Jannick Wrang as initial raiser check-called a flop-bet of Emin Aghayev for 11,500 with the board reading and both players checked the on the turn. Wrang then bet the river for 14,000 and was eventually paid off by Aghayev, who fell below 20 big blinds after mucking to the of Wrang.
While fellow short stack Ronan Monfort doubled up a few minutes ago, it wasn't meant to be for another short stack. Patryk Slusarek opened to 11,000 and had to call off the shove for 32,500 in total by Alfie Adam. The player at risk had but Slusarek got there with the on a board of .
Georgios Kapalas recently eliminated a player without a media identification card, causing the Greek player to soar to the top of the chip counts.
The flop read , and after a series of bets and raises, the hands were turned over to find Kapalas behind but drawing live.
Kapalas:
Opponent:
The turn brought the , giving Kapalas a few more outs to make a straight. In the end, he earned the best hand when the completed the board on the river. Kapalas opponent stood from the table and knocked all of his chips over in frustration, causing some to fall on the floor. Kapalas, on the other hand, waited patiently for the chips to be collected and pushed his way. After stacking the new chips, his overall arsenal increased to about 755,000.
Edit: It later turned out to be Boutros Naim, though Alfie Adam and the Lebanese busted at the same time.
After a preflop all in situation, Oleh Okhotskyi was at risk for his last 41,000 chips and tabled the . Clement Genon-Catalot lookd him up with the and the short stack survived on a board of .
Ruben Visser opened for 11,000 from middle position and next door neighbor Vladimir Troyanoskiy made the call in the hijack. All other players opted to fold and Visser and Troyanoskiy saw a flop heads up: .
Visser kept his foot on the pedal and fired 8,000. Troyanoskiy made the call. The same was seen on the turn with Visser firing 14,000 this time and Troyanoskiy again calling.
The river was another ten to make a board of . Visser pushed a stack of 75,000 forward, more than enough to put Troyanoskiy all in.
The Russian high roller, who won the €2,000 FPS High Roller for €141,000 late last night, thought for some time before eventually mucking. Visser didn't show. The EPT London champion is up to over half a million, quite the improvement on the 160,000 he started the day with.
There are three short stacks sitting in a row on table 11 and Paul-Francois Tedeschi, Simon Ravnsbaek as well as Nicolau Villa-Lobos all take very long before mucking their cards. Dany Parlafes, big stack at the table, randomly asked Tedeschi when he was still to act: "So, how is life?" and the whole table cracked up.
It would take another five minutes or more before the action was finally on the Romanian and he then took down the pot with a raise out of the small blind.
A new dealer had been waiting patiently to take her seat and the players then greeted their previous dealers: "Enjoy your break," before Vadim Shlez remarked "he just had one," referring to the very slow action on the table.
EPT winner Ruben Visser has traveled the world for many years to play in some of the biggest poker tournaments, and we caught up with him to go over some of his favorite places. Surprisingly enough, the city in which he won the EPT was not on his list.
Tournament director Thomas Lamatsch has decided play will continue hand for hand now, despite the fact that there's still 89 players in the tournament. There has been some stalling, so play will be halted after every hand from now on till the bubble bursts.
Luciano Santos De Hollanda moved all in from middle position for what looked to be 61,500. Action folded over to Olivier Piechaczyk on the button and he announced a call. The blinds folded and the players were instructed to keep their cards face down until the rest of the tables finished their currently hand. Spectators gathered around the table until they were sweating the action three-deep. When the hands were revealed, it was shown that Piechaczyk held a dominating position and looked poised to reduce the field by one.
Piechaczyk:
De Hollanda:
The board ran out , allowing Piechaczyk to finish in the lead with a full house of aces full of jacks. With this elimination, the field is now just one away from the money.
and both players checked the 
on the turn. Wrang then bet the 
river for 14,000 and was eventually paid off by Aghayev, who fell below 20 big blinds after mucking to the 
of Wrang.
but Slusarek got there with the 
on a board of 
.
and a check from Schulz saw Darcourt bet another 14,000. Schulz took his time before making the call.
and Schulz moved all in for around 60,000.
for runner-runner quads.
fell face up on the felt to gasps.
completed the board on the river. Kapalas opponent stood from the table and knocked all of his chips over in frustration, causing some to fall on the floor. Kapalas, on the other hand, waited patiently for the chips to be collected and pushed his way. After stacking the new chips, his overall arsenal increased to about 755,000.
. Clement Genon-Catalot lookd him up with the 
turn with Visser firing 14,000 this time and Troyanoskiy again calling.
