Two tables simultaneously had a player all in and at risk on the money bubble.
On the first table, Peter Turmezey raised to 9,000 from under the gun plus one. The action folded around to Ilker Dibekoglu in the small blind who had a decision to make.
“This is it guys!” said Dibekoglu, before moving all in for his remaining 3,500 in chips. The big blind folded and the action was paused as other tables finished their hands.
With the all clear, Dibekoglu tabled his and was in front of Turmezey’s .
The board ran out to see the shortest stack in the room move up to 14,500 in chips.
On the other table, Norbert Berent raised to 8,000 from under the gun before Remi Castaignon moved all in for 31,000 from the seat right to his left.
Berent:
Castaignon:
The board ran out to see another player double as play continued.
Davidi Kitai appears to be the current chip leader and is using the power of his chips during hand-for-hand mode to increase the stack further. The Belgian just won two hands against Simon Mattsson and may very well be on the verge to write his name further into EPT history.
In the first hand, the Belgian check-raised the turn out of the small blind from 11,000 to 29,500 and then stared at the board after the fell on the river. He glanced over to the dealer, announced a bet of fifty-five thousand and Mattson quickly folded.
The next hand had Kitai on the button and his value-bet of 42,000 on the river was called by Mattsson. The Belgian showed for the flopped straight and that won the pot.
Gleb Tremzin opened to 8,000 from the cut off and his next door neighbor Thomas Butzhammer on the button shoved for 76,500. Both blinds folded and Tremzin made the call after some thinking. After all the hands at the other tables were done, it was time for a showdown.
Tremzin showed and Butzhammer was at risk with his . Luckily for Butzhammer the board stayed clear of eights and other harmful cards: . Double up!
Georgios Sotiropoulos raised from under the gun plus one before Kenneth Kui moved all in for his remaining 28,000 in chips. The action folded back around to Sotiropoulos who made the call.
The pair had to wait for the rest of the tables to complete their hands before tabling their cards. A few minutes passed, and with all action over, the cards were shown.
Sotiropoulos:
Kui:
Kui was at risk and faded the river as the board ran out to see him double up to 64,000 in chips.
The bubble has started as several people busted quickly right after each other.
Rhys Jones lost all of his chips with against . Maxim Panyak lost with from the big blind to Jonathan Wong's as the board came out .
At the same time Andrea Benelli busted as well. Benelli got his last 70,000 in with against Fabio Sperling's . The board was and Sperling got up to 415,000.
There was an open to 9,000 and Davisi Kitai called before Yann Dion raised to 31,000. The initial raiser folded and Kitai made the call.
The flop was and Kitai check-called a bet of 38,000 from Dion. The turn card and river were both checked and Dion turned over the winning . Kitai showed him his .
Dion opened the next hand and called a shove from Rhys Jones who didn’t have much behind and tabled . He was in good shape against the of Dion but the cards had other ideas as they ran out to eliminate Jones.
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