With 81,000 in the pot and a flop of , two checks saw Huidong Gu bet 52,000. Jean-Noel Thorel then woke up with a check-raise to 130,500, David Peters folded, and Gu made the call to see the turn. Thorel opted to check, but called when Gu moved all in for 128,500.
Gu:
Thorel:
Both players held the same hand, but Gu was freerolling to a flush. Fortunately for Thorel, a club failed to materialize as the blanked on the river. Chop it up!
On a board of Scott Seiver had bet 56,000 from the cutoff. Mikita Badziakouski on the button tanked for a long time and the clock was called. The tournament director came over and informed Badziakouski he had one minute to act on his hand.
Seiver, in the meantime, was holding his hand in front of his face so Badziakouski couldn't see his eyes. The man from Belarus laughed at the sight of Seiver covering his face, but the clock was still ticking. With about 5 seconds left, Badziakouski eventually called somewhat reluctant.
Seiver's face said it all and he flashed before tossing his cards into the muck. He was caught red handed as Badziakouski took it down with just the . Seiver now short, Badziakouski around average.
Scott Seiver opened for 9,500 and received a call from Team PokerStars Pro Andre Akkari. Poland's Jose Carlos Garcia then three-bet to 26,500, Seiver four-bet all in for roughly 80,000, and Akkari got out of the way. Garcia snap-called and Seiver discovered the bad news.
Seiver:
Garcia:
Seiver was in desperate need of a jack, but it wasn't in the cards as the board ran out a dry . Seiver has already exercised his single reentry option, which means he's out €50,000 and his EPT12 Malta €25,000 High Roller is officially over.
Meanwhile, Jeff Rossiter was eliminated from the tournament.
In a blind-versus-blind hand, Mike "Timex" McDonald and Quan Zhou each invested 26,000 from the small and big blind respectively. The flop saw McDonald check-call a bet of 32,000, and then he check-called one of 46,000 on the turn.
When the completed the board on the river, both players checked and McDonald tabled the . It was no good though as Zhou had him out kicked with the .
"River nine," Zhou joked.
"You probably win all my chips," McDonald said with a laugh.
Just before the level went up, Mohsin Charania got his last 52,000 all in preflop holding the and found himself in a race situation with Byron Kaverman, who held the .
The flop didn't help Kaverman much, but the turn did as he picked up an open-ended straight draw. The dealer burned one last time and put out the , which put a nail in Charania's coffin.
Meanwhile, Jeff Rossiter has jumped back into action.
With around 35,000 in the pot and a flop of , Christopher Frank checked from the small blind and Juha Helppi bet 15,000 from the under-the-gun position. David Peters called from the button, Frank check-raised to 46,000, and Helppi called. Peters got out of the way and it was heads-up action to the turn.
Frank checked, Helppi bet 35,000, and the young German called before both players checked the river.
"Ace," Frank said excitedly before rolling over the . It was good as Helppi sent his cards to the muck unseen.
Meanwhile, Justin Liberto has been eliminated from the tournament.
Jeff Rossiter opened for 11,000 from under the gun plus one and Byron Kaverman in the hijack made the call. Bryn Kenney in the cutoff squeezed all in for 109,000 and the button and both blinds quickly released. Rossiter asked if it was indeed 109,000, and moved in after getting the confirmation. Kaverman folded.
Jeff Rossiter:
Bryn Kenney:
The flop came , leaving Rossiter not much to hope for. The on the turn and on the river were both blanks and Kenney started stacking. Rossiter on the short stack again.
A total of 67 entries (of which 10 are re entries) have been made so far today. Registration is open till the start of Day 2. 50 players remain momentarily, with an average stack of 335,000.
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, two checks saw Huidong Gu bet 52,000. Jean-Noel Thorel then woke up with a check-raise to 130,500, David Peters folded, and Gu made the call to see the 
turn. Thorel opted to check, but called when Gu moved all in for 128,500.
blanked on the river. Chop it up!
Scott Seiver had bet 56,000 from the cutoff. Mikita Badziakouski on the button tanked for a long time and the clock was called. The tournament director came over and informed Badziakouski he had one minute to act on his hand.
before tossing his cards into the muck. He was caught red handed as Badziakouski took it down with just the 
. Seiver now short, Badziakouski around average.
. Seiver has already exercised his single reentry option, which means he's out €50,000 and his EPT12 Malta €25,000 High Roller is officially over.
flop saw McDonald check-call a bet of 32,000, and then he check-called one of 46,000 on the 
turn.
completed the board on the river, both players checked and McDonald tabled the 
.
and found himself in a race situation with Byron Kaverman, who held the 
, which put a nail in Charania's coffin.
, Christopher Frank checked from the small blind and Juha Helppi bet 15,000 from the under-the-gun position. David Peters called from the button, Frank check-raised to 46,000, and Helppi called. Peters got out of the way and it was heads-up action to the 
river.
