Haralabos Voulgaris opened under-the-gun for 2,200 and Team PokerStars Pro Johnny Lodden made the call in the cutoff. Paul Klann the raised from the button to 7,200.
Dan Smith on the small blind was having a think about something, perhaps spotting an opportunity, but he released his hand. The big blind folded and Voulgaris now made it 17,400.
Lodden was the next to act as the drama of the hand unfolded. He asked to look at Klann’s stack, had a think and released his cards.
Klann moved in and was quickly called by Voulgaris.
Off to the races with similar stack sizes but Voulgaris at risk with against the of Klann.
Klann needed to hit and did right off the bat as the cards ran out to bust Voulgaris.
On a flop Griffin Benger had checked from the cutoff to Philipp Gruissem on the button. There were already quite some chips in the pot so they must have had some raising going on before the first community cards. Gruissem bet all in for 28,600 and Benger called instantly.
Gruissem had the best of it with while Benger needed help with his . The on the turn and on the river didn't do anything good for Benger who had to forfeit a lot of his well earned chips.
The total entries into this tournament is up to 183, and new players keep signing up. Marvin Rettenmaier just walked in and took his seat for example. Justin Bonomo went broke and has bought in again as well. Bonomo is one of 25 who've reentered today.
On a flop of Daniel Colman in the small blind checked to Vladimir Troyanovskiy who bet 3,500. Alexander Uskov in the cutoff made the call and Colman tossed in two 5,000 chips. For a fraction of a second the dealer thought it was a call, but she announced raise not much later. Both Troyanovskiy as Uskov made the call.
Colman bet another 16,500 on the -turn and Troyanovskiy folded. Uskov wasn't planning on doing the same though, and called. The fell on the river and Colman bet a mere 12,000. After just a little bit of thinking Uskov shoved all in. We couldn't see for how much it exactly was, as Colman called rather quickly.
Colman showed for the rivered straight, while Uskov smashed his on the table in defeat. Troyanovskiy laughed silently at Colman, and the two exchanged glances with a smile because Colman had check raised into two players with not all that much.
The Russian player left the tournament room and while Colman was still stacking his chips, action folded to him and he raised the button. Troyanovskiy made the call from the big blind and checked to Colman on . Colman fired a 1,600 continuation bet and Troyanovskiy made it 5,200. Colman called and called another 10,000 on the -turn.
The river came the and Troyanovskiy bet out 26,000. Colman thought about it for a little bit, and then called. Troyanovskiy tabled and Colman mucked.
Stephen Chidwick joins the PokerNews Podcast to talk about Season 10 of the European Poker Tour, goal setting, and getting ready for both the World Series of Poker, and Spring Championship of Online Poker. Rich and Donnie discuss the finale of Season XII of the WPT, scheduling conflicts, and more.
The European Poker Tour Season 10 Player of the Year race is nearing an end, and as you know players have been accumulating points in all events throughout Season 10, regardless of the buy-in level. In addition, all of the Festival Events (Estrellas, UKIPT, Eureka, FPS, IPT) that combine with an EPT tour stop have been eligible for Player of the Year points. The winner of this season’s award will walk away with €50,000 in Main Event buy-ins, good for any PokerStars or Full Tilt sponsored event.
The Global Poker Index (GPI) points formula, which will be used to determine the EPT10 POY, is a bit complicated, but you can read about all the details here.
Here are the current top ten on the EPT10 POY Leaderboard. As you can see, Ole Schemion is running away with it and is a near lock to lay claim to the title, especially since he finished seventh in the Super High Roller here in Monte Carlo.
Ole Schemion
Place
Player
Points
1
Ole Schemion
1,173.48 pts
2
Thomas Muhloecker
872.67 pts
3
Vanessa Selbst
803.87 pts
4
Alex Bilokur
794.40 pts
5
Andrew Chen
685.49 pts
6
Olivier Busquet
647.08 pts
7
Adrian Mateos
644.24 pts
8
Mustapha Kunit
632.79 pts
9
Dominik Panka
608.60 pts
10
Jeff Rossiter
590.27 pts
We'll be bringing you daily updates on the Player of the Year race, so be sure to keep an eye out for those.
Ariel Celestino opened the betting for 2,000 and a still angry Artem Litvinov slammed down the calling chips. Viktor Blom madethe call on the button and small blind Sylvain Loosli moved all in for 25,900. Celestino made the call to put Loosli at risk and the other players folded.
Loosli:
Celestino:
The board ran out and a visibly upset Celestino handed over the chips to an abashed but grateful Loosli.
The final board read . Igor Yaroshevskyy was first to act and he bet 16,400. A decidedly unhappy Artem Litvinov was the man being asked to make the call.
He moved about in his seat while deciding what to do. He asked the dealer to spread the pot so he could get a more accurate count. It was about 25,000. At last Litvinov picked up the calling chips in one fist and slammed them angrily on the table.
Yaroshevskyy calmly turned over for the full house. Litvinov briefly flipped over his flush.
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Daniel Colman in the small blind checked to Vladimir Troyanovskiy who bet 3,500. Alexander Uskov in the cutoff made the call and Colman tossed in two 5,000 chips. For a fraction of a second the dealer thought it was a call, but she announced raise not much later. Both Troyanovskiy as Uskov made the call.
on the table in defeat. Troyanovskiy laughed silently at Colman, and the two exchanged glances with a smile because Colman had check raised into two players with not all that much.
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and Troyanovskiy bet out 26,000. Colman thought about it for a little bit, and then called. Troyanovskiy tabled 
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