The last hand started about four minutes before the end of the level, but Joao Vieira tanked for five minutes and long into the break before he sent his stack over to Dario Sammartino.
Vieira, who was down to 50,000 when the hand started, had raised from the small blind and Sammartino called. On the flop, Vieira continued for 6,800 and was called before he made it 10,200 to go on the turn. Sammartino tossed in the chips for the call before the Portuguese player checked the river. Sammartino put him all in for around 30,000, and Vieira ended up calling with the after a long tank. Unfortunately for him, he only saw his tournament life end, as Sammartino made runner-runner trips with the .
Despite the bust, a second entry is possible until the start of Day 2 for Vieira, so we may see him enter the competition again.
Preflop, Ivan Luca opened to 4,700 with blinds at 1,000/2,000. He was three-bet by Andre Akkari to 13,000 on the button. Luca called and both players saw a flop of . Luca check-called a bet of 16,000 and then led for 65,000 on the turn. Akkari made the call, and the was dealt on the river.
First, Luca tanked, then he checked. Akkari also checked, and Luca tabled the for a pair of queens. His hand was narrowly beaten by Akkari, who held pocket kings with the , and the Brazilian won the pot.
Luuk Gieles raised to 5,000 from the hijack seat, and Joao Vieira moved all in for 41,500 from one seat over. The rest of the table got out of the way, and Gieles called to put his opponent at risk in a coin flip.
Vieira had the best hand with the , but his edge was only a small one against the for Gieles.
The flop saw Vieira improve to a set. The turn and river changed nothing, and Vieira, the Portuguese pro, doubled up his short stack.
Sam Greenwood raised to 5,000 from the button, and Mustapha Kanit squeezed to 16,000 from one seat over. Greenwood then clicked it up to 40,000, and Kanit moved all in to enforce a fold.
One hand later, Kanit raised the button and called a three-bet by Daniel Dvoress from one seat over. On the flop of , Dvoress continued for 15,000 and was called before he fired a second barrel worth 33,000 on the turn. Again, Kanit didn't go anywhere.
The landed on the river, and Dvoress fired 82,000. That was for more than half the stack of the Canadian, yet Kanit called and showed the winning . Dvoress was bluffing until the turn and had only found a pair of tens on the river with his .
There is still no seat open, but another three players have entered the competition; Kevin MacPhee, Sergey Lebedev, and Rafael da Silva Moraes are all in the field now.
On a flop of , Dario Sammartino check-called Bryn Kenney's bet of 6,200. Sammartino then led for 8,300 on the turn card, and Kenney called.
The two players saw the land on the river, and both players checked. Sammartino tabled the , and his two pair was good enough to take down the pot. Kenney mucked.
The action folded around to Felix Bleiker and he raised to 5,000 from the button. Niall Farrell then reraised to 18,000 from the small blind. Kyle Frey was sitting in the big blind, and he leaned over and asked Farrell how much chips he started the hand with. Once he got the answer, Frey then four-bet to 39,000. It was folded back to Farrell and after some consideration the Scot moved all in. Frey quickly called, and the cards were on their backs.
Farrell had the , and Frey had the .
The showed up right in the window and Farrell held from there to allow the EPT Season12 Malta Main Event champion to double up for 169,900. The complete board ran out .
On the turn of a board, Joao Vieira check-raised his German opponent, Christoph Vogelsang, to 21,200 after Vogelsang bet 8,000. Vogelsang called.
The river was the , and Vieira led for 44,000. Vogelsang let a big grin come across his face as he contemplated making the call. He eventually slid out the chips to do just that, to which Vieira tabled the for ace-high. Vogelsang showed pocket queens with the , and he won the pot.
Ivan Luca raised to 5,000 to start the action. Martin Jacobson called from middle position, and Mike Watson called from the small blind. Anton Bertilsson then squeezed to 22,000 from the big blind, and only his fellow Swede, Jacobson, called.
On the flop, Bertilsson continued for 20,000 and was called before he fired a second barrel worth 43,000 on the turn. Jacobson folded.
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flop, Vieira continued for 6,800 and was called before he made it 10,200 to go on the 
turn. Sammartino tossed in the chips for the call before the Portuguese player checked the 
river. Sammartino put him all in for around 30,000, and Vieira ended up calling with the 
after a long tank. Unfortunately for him, he only saw his tournament life end, as Sammartino made runner-runner trips with the 
.
. Luca check-called a bet of 16,000 and then led for 65,000 on the 
turn. Akkari made the call, and the 
for a pair of queens. His hand was narrowly beaten by Akkari, who held pocket kings with the 
, and the Brazilian won the pot.
, but his edge was only a small one against the 
for Gieles.
turn and 
river changed nothing, and Vieira, the Portuguese pro, doubled up his short stack.
, Dvoress continued for 15,000 and was called before he fired a second barrel worth 33,000 on the 
turn. Again, Kanit didn't go anywhere.
landed on the river, and Dvoress fired 82,000. That was for more than half the stack of the Canadian, yet Kanit called and showed the winning 
.
, Dario Sammartino check-called Bryn Kenney's bet of 6,200. Sammartino then led for 8,300 on the 
turn card, and Kenney called.
, and Frey had the 
.
, and he won the pot.
flop, Bertilsson continued for 20,000 and was called before he fired a second barrel worth 43,000 on the 
