Daniel Dvoress opened for 4,800 from early position and Justin Liberto on the button and Bryn Kenney in the big blind both called.
Kenney checked to Dvoress on and the Canadian pro made a bet of 7,500. Both Liberto and Kenney called. The fell on the turn and Kenney now lead out 21,600. Dvoress folded, Liberto called. The fell on the river and Kenney bet out 52,300. Liberto tanked for a bit and called. Kenney showed , Liberto tabled and started stacking.
Action folded to Nick Petrangelo in the cutoff and he opened for 4,000. EPT11 Grand Final €25,000 High Roller champ Charlie Carrel then three-bet to 10,000 from the button, which inspired both blinds to fold.
With action back on Petrangelo, he four-bet to 27,000 and wasted little time in calling when Carrel shipped for approximately 95,000. Carrel tabled offsuit, but it was no good as Petrangelo held the . The board ran out clean, and Carrel quickly collected his things before making a beeline for the exit.
With around 20,000 in the pot and a flop of , Scott Seiver bet 5,000 from middle position and Adrian Mateos called from the hijack. Mike McDonald folded from the cutoff, and it was heads-up action to the turn. Seiver bet again, this time 13,200, and Mateos responded by raising all in for 46,500. Seiver didn't seem thrilled, but made the call nonetheless.
Seiver:
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Seiver was ahead, but needed to dodge a spade to take the pot. That's just what he did too as the blanked on the river. Mateos was eliminated on the hand, but promptly made his way to the registration desk to reenter.
Philip Sternheimer opened for 5,500 and his next door neighbor Anthony Zinno made a rather small three bet to 9,000. Vladimir Troyanovskiy cold called from the small blind and Sternheimer called as well.
The flop came and Troyanovskiy and Sternheimer checked. Zinno made a bet of 25,000 and Troyanovskiy folded, Sternheimer called. Both players checked the on the turn and the hit the river. Sternheimer checked a third time and Zinno bet 26,000. Sternheimer called, but mucked after being shown for the rivered flush for Zinno.
In unrelated news, Scott Seiver was just eliminated and bought right back in, only to draw the exact same seat he left from minutes ago.
Action folded to EPT12 Barcelona High Roller champ Martin Finger on the button and he raised to 5,000. Rasmus Vogt, who qualified in last night's €3,000 satellite, then three-bet to 15,500 from the small blind. After the big folded, Finger called and watched the flop come down .
Vogt bet 16,500, Finger called, and the appeared on the turn. Vogt bet again, this time 30,500, and Finger came along to see the river. Vogt proceeded to bet 51,000, and a frustrated-looking Martin sent his cards to the muck.
We missed the elimination of EPT10 Grand Final champ Antonio Buonanno, but fortunately Connor Drinan, who did the deed, was kind enough to fill us in on some details.
According to him, Andre Akkari opened for 4,500 and Chris Hunichen three-bet to 11,200 from the cutoff. Buonanno then four-bet to 25,000 from the button, Drinan five-bet to 54,000 from the small blind, and both Akkari and Hunichen folded. Buonanno made the call and then called a bet of 42,000 on the flop.
A turn saw Drinan moved all in for 155,000, and Buonanno, who had a bit less, called off with pocket jacks. Unfortunately for him, it was no good as Drinan held ladies. The river was a blank, and Buonanno busted.
Jean-Noel Thorel limped in from the small blind and big blind Chris Hunichen bumped it up to 6,000. Thorel called and the flop came . Thorel check called a bet of 6,100 and check called another 13,500 on the turn. The river came the and Thorel lead out for 30,000. Hunichen called and was shown by Thorel. Hunichen tabled and received the pot.
Not much later Thorel got his chips in on , calling it off with . Akkari had the flopped flush with and Thorel failed to improve with the on the turn and on the river.