[Removed:119] raised from the button to 40,000 and Kevin Killeen three-bet from the small blind to 115,000. Joao Vieira made it 262,000 from the big blind and he picked up the pot as both of his opponents quickly folded.
Benny Spindler started the penultimate day with the shortest stack but after doubling up twice he's now a real contender again for the EPT London title here this week.
Just now Spindler shoved from the cutoff for 244,000 and Jakub Mroczek moved all in from the small blind for 949,000. The big blind folded and the showdown went as following.
Mroczek:
Spindler:
The board ran out and Spindler caught an ace on the turn to stay alive in this tournament. Mroczek on the other hand has now doubled up players on back-to-back hands and he's trending towards the bottom of the counts.
The action folded to Ognyan Dimov who called from the small blind and Jakub Mroczek made it 60,000 from the big blind. Dimov responded by moving all in for 478,000 chips and Mroczek called right away.
Mroczek:
Dimov:
The board ran out and Dimov caught a straight on the turn to stay alive.
Joao Vieira raised to 40,000 and Benny Spindler opted to go all in for his final 103,000 chips from the small blind. Vieira called immediately and the showdown went as following.
Spindler:
Vieira:
The board ran out and Spindler stayed in the game while he does remain the shortest stack at the table.
Ognyan Dimov opened the action with a raise to 40,000. Action folded over to Joao Vieira who went into the tank before three-betting the action to 97,000 from the big blind. Dimov instantly moved all in over the top, prompting an equally quick fold from Vieira.
Dimov took down the pot and now has about 565,000.
Kevin Killeen, Kevin MacPhee, and Gino Gabriel saw a flop of . Killeen and MacPhee checked over to Gabriel who fired 35,000. Killeen called and MacPhee got out of the way.
The turn was the and Killeen check-called another bet of 80,000. The completed the board and both players checked. Killeen tabled for aces and kings which was enough to take down the pot.
Raffaele Sorrentino raised to 40,000 from early position and found calls from Sebastian Pauli in the cutoff, Simon Deadman on the button, and Artur Koren in the big blind.
The flop came down and all four players checked to see the on the turn. Koren and Sorrentino checked over to Pauli who fired 120,000. Deadman went into the tank on the button for quite some time before announced a raise all in for 462,000. Koren and Sorrentino quickly folded and Pauli instantly announced a call.
Pauli:
Deadman:
Pauli led with his trip kings while Deadman was left hunting for a club that did not pair the board on the river. The dealer burned and produced the on the river, giving Deadman a flush but filling Pauli up. Deadman became the first casualty of the day, taking home £22,500 in prize money.
With this victory, Pauli boosted his stack up to 3.4 million and was the first player to eclipse the three-million chip mark.
Jonas Lauck raised to 40,000 and found calls from Raffaele Sorrentino in the hijack and Sebastian Pauli on the button. Simon Deadman was in the small blind and he announced a three-bet to 165,000. Action folded back to Lauck, the original raiser who let go of his cards. Sorrentino followed him out of the way and Pauli announced a four-bet ship. Deadman instantly threw his hand away and Pauli was awarded the pot.