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.
The tournament may still be on the bubble but for those with decent stacks there is still room to play down the streets as this hand demonstrated.
Jerome Arnould opened on the button for 10,500 and big stack Georgios Kapalas three-bet from the big blind to 24,500. Arnould made the call in position and they went to a flop.
The dealer spread and a check from Kapalas saw Arnould check behind.
The turn card was the and now Kapalas led out for 21,500. Arnould made the call.
The river completed the board and Kapalas reached for chips and placed out a bet of 57,000. Arnould threw in a single chip to indicate a call.
“Kings.” Kapalas said and Arnould mucked with a nod of the head.
With that Kapalas was the first player in the tournament to top the 1,000,000 chip mark.
Jannick Wrang moved all in from the button, or at least that was his intention as he had left a few chips behind as he moved his stack in.
David Jaoui was in the small blind and made the call. The big blind folded.
There was a pause of some minutes before the tournament director could arrive at the feature table and instruct that the hands be turned over. During that time they agreed to go all in in in the dark before the flop so Wrang was finally all in.
Wrang was the player at risk and he showed .
Jaoui had the pair .
The board ran out .
A set right on the flop for Jaoui meant the river ace was irrelevant for Wrang. The 2012 EPT Campione, Campione d'Italia Main Event winner was to be the unfortunate bubble of the tournament.
The remaining players are all now guaranteed at least €8,810.
In an interesting hand before the break reported to us by one of our colleagues, Omar Dahmani opened under the gun to 12,000 and start of day chipleader Alex Tikhoniouk flatted from the big blind to see a flop heads up.
Tikhoniouk check called a bet of 20,000 on and lead for 28,000 on the turn. Dahmani made the call and the dealer put the out on the river.
Alex Tikhoniouk now checked, and called a bet of 58,000 that followed. Dahmani showed for flopped quads and Tikhoniouk mucked.
Filippo Lazzaretto was the first player to join the rail shortly after the restart of the new level and then Eugene Katchalov faced a raise of Georgios Kapalas to 12,000 and a call. The Team PokerStars Pro moved all in for what looked like 85,000 and Kapalas announced that he was all in as well. The third player in the hand folded and the following showdown took place:
Katchalov:
Kapalas:
There would be no help for Katchalov on a board and Kapalas extended his lead.
Simon Ravnsbaek moved all in and Nicolau Villa-Lobos put his remaining stack at risk from one seat over as well. Yet another shorter stack did so too from the small blind and Aliaksei Boika had the opponents covered, flipping over . Ravnsbaek had the weakest hand in and Villa-Lobos needed his to hold up.
With the board running out , two seat open on table 11 occurred and both the Dane and the Brazilian headed to the payout desk to collect their min cash worth €8,810.
Micha Hoedemaker was all in and at risk before the flop against Olivier Piechaczyk for his last 96,000. The hands were revealed to find Hoedemaker in a commanding position.
Hoedemaker:
Piechaczyk:
The flop came down , keeping Hoedemaker's ace-jack high out in front. The fell on the turn, prompting Hoedemaker to look away from the table while the dealer produced the final card. Unfortunately for Hoedemaker, he looked back to see the sitting on the felt, ensuring his elimination from play. He stood up from the table and made a quick exit from the tournament area while Piechaczyk increased his stack to about 750,000.
, 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.
completed the board and Kapalas reached for chips and placed out a bet of 57,000. Arnould threw in a single chip to indicate a call.
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and lead for 28,000 on the 
turn. Dahmani made the call and the dealer put the 
for flopped quads and Tikhoniouk mucked.
board and Kapalas extended his lead.
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completed the board.
