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.
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.
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!
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.
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.
Pascal Pflock opened the action for 8,000 and, with one other caller, Idan Raviv three-bet to 26,500 from the button. The blinds folded, Pflcok called and it with the other caller folding it went heads up to a flop of .
Pflock checked called a bet of 34,000 and they saw the turn come the . Raviv’s bet of 51,000 was again called by Pflock, and on the river they both checked.
Pflock turned over his and the flopped set was good as Raviv mucked.
Christian Favale bubbles the 2014 EPT Prague Main Event
The action folded around to Mustapha Kanit in the cut off who made a raise. Team PokerStars Online Pro Christian Favale then three bet to 25,000 in chips. Both blinds folded their hands before Kanit was presented with another option. He bumped it up once more to 63,000 applying the pressure back on Favale.
Favale tanked for a few minutes and five bet to 105,000 in chips. Kanit paused for a few seconds before announcing all in. Favale let out a sigh and moved all in for an additional 150,000 and was snap called.
The media crowded around the table and with the all clear the players tabled their cards.
Favale:
Kanit:
Favale was at risk for his tournament life and dominated by Kanit’s pair of aces. There would be no help as the board ran out to see Favale receive the unfortunate title of “bubble boy”.
One more hand would be played before the players were sent into the second break and Mickey Petersen was all in for his last 11,000 chips. He got called by Peter Turmezey and Stephen Graner, both opponents checked down the flop. Graner then bet the turn and Turmezey folded.
Petersen had gotten it in ahead with but was already drawing dead against the of Graner, the meaningless on the river completed the board.
At the same time, Mirko Acksel and Sergej Choroskov were sent to the rail as well and all three claimed the min-cash of €8,970.
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. Maxim Panyak lost with 
from the big blind to Jonathan Wong's 
as the board came out 
.
against Fabio Sperling's 
. The board was 
and Sperling got up to 415,000.
to see him double up to 64,000 in chips.
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. Double up!
fell on the river. He glanced over to the dealer, announced a bet of fifty-five thousand and Mattson quickly folded.
river was called by Mattsson. The Belgian showed 
for the flopped straight and that won the pot.
and was in front of Turmezey’s 
to see the shortest stack in the room move up to 14,500 in chips.
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