The pace at the feature table has been considerably lower than at the outer table, and the players are starting the notice. It looks as though every second hand at the feature table involves a clock being called, while the outer table is blazing through the hands.
Pascal LeFrancois, among others, are suggesting that hand-for-hand play might be the fairest way to play from this point on.
Currently there's one table of six, and one of seven, and the players will combine for one table where there are just nine remaining.
John Juanda opened for 160,000 and Pascal Lefrancois in the big blind called. The flop came and Lefrancois check called a bet of 150,000. The turn came the and Lefrancois checked again. Juanda fired 250,000, but folded to Lefrancois' shove.
Oleksii Khoroshenin moved all in under the gun for 1,120,000 and the action folded around to Denys Shafikov in the big blind. After a while Shafikov called, and the showdown went as following.
Khoroshenin:
Shafikov:
The board ran out and even though Khoroshenin flopped a set, Shafikov turned a higher set to send his fellow country man to the rail. Frederik Jensen is now the only EPT winner remaining, as Khoroshenin won EPT 10 in Vienna.
Peter Eichhardt raised from the button to 175,000 and Amir Touma three-bet to 300,000 from the big blind. Eichhardt tanked for a while before calling, and the flop brought out .
Touma bet 300,000 on the flop and Eichhardt made the call.
On the turn the hit and Touma shoved all in for 1,530,000 effectively. Eichhardt tanked for quite a bit before folding face up, while Touma showed for top pair.
John Juanda opened under the gun for 170,000 and Frederik Jensen folded the hijack. Pascal Lefrancois in the cutoff didn't need much time before announcing all in for just a little over 2 million in chips. Rainer Kempe on the button asked how much it was but folded, and so did both blinds rather quickly. Juanda called just as easily.
John Juanda:
Pascal Lefrancois:
Lefrancois made no connection with the flop besides a runner runner straight draw. After the hit the turn, all Lefrancois could hope for would be an eight on the river. The eights stayed in the deck and instead the popped up on the river.
Lefrancois takes home €78,300, the remaining 11 players are now guaranteed €87,750.
Denys Shafikov raised to 160,000 from the cutoff after which Joao Brito moved all in for 1,310,000 from the big blind. Shafikov made the call and the showdown went as following.
Rainer Kempe opened for 175,000 and Mario Sanchez Cano three bet to 540,000 from the small blind. Juanda, having both players covered, moved in from the big blind. Kempe and Cano both folded.
Not much later Andreas Samuelsson opened for 175,000 under the gun and John Juanda on the button three bet to 500,000. Both blinds folded and Samuelsson made the call. Samuelsson check called another 375,000 on , but check folded well into the break to Juanda's 720,000 bet on the river.
and Lefrancois check called a bet of 150,000. The turn came the 
and Lefrancois checked again. Juanda fired 250,000, but folded to Lefrancois' shove.
and even though Khoroshenin flopped a set, Shafikov turned a higher set to send his fellow country man to the rail. Frederik Jensen is now the only EPT winner remaining, as Khoroshenin won EPT 10 in Vienna.
face up, while Touma showed 
for top pair.
flop besides a runner runner straight draw. After the 
popped up on the river. 
