On the three-way flop , El Amir Ziad Chehab checked out of the big blind and so did Artem Metalidi before Andras Kovacs bet 1,000 on the button. Both his opponents called and checked the turn. On the river, Ziad Chehab bet 1,000 and Metalidi folded, Kovacs called and won the pot with a set of eights against .
Max Silver was spotted with a squeeze to 600 and then faced a three-bet to 1,600 to make the call. On the flop, Silver checked and then folded when his opponent made a continuation bet worth 1,400.
Former November Niner Felix Stephensen also just entered the competition, bumping the field close to 200 entries.
Justin Bonomo is down for the day thus far while Sergey Lebedev just faced a raise to 500 by Laurent Den Eynde and the three-bet to 1,500 by Alexandre Moreau from one seat over. Lebedev suddenly moved all in for 32,500 to stun the table. Den Eynde folded quickly, Moreau folded after some consideration and small talk.
"You have a good hand?" he asked Lebedev and the latter then said "I don't want to give you time to see a flop, because you catch each time," the Russian replied with a big grin on the face. Moreau folded.
He's one of the most successful tournament players of the last three years, but an EPT title is still lacking from Anthony Zinno's poker resume. However, we just spotted Zinno in the Main Event looking for that big title in Europe.
Zinno's facing fierce competition from Iaac Haxton - who's seated to his direct right - but that's nothing new for the man with $5.5 million in live tournament earnings.
The American pro won his first WPT in September of 2013 after beating Team PokerStars Pro Vanessa Selbst heads up, followed by back-to-back victories last season when he won the Borgata Open and de LAPC.
To cap it all off Zinno won his first WSOP bracelet in the $25,000 Pot Limit Omaha last year, and all he needs now is a EPT title to complete poker's Triple Crown.
Two EPT Grand Final champions clashed and it was Antonio Buonanno who emerged victorious. According to Jean Philippe Rohr, it was Freitez who went into maniac mode and pretty much played every hand after the first few orbits and then raised to 500 from under the gun.
Buonanno clicked to 1,500 from one seat over and Freitez then reraised to 4,500 before snap-calling the shove of the Italian with just . Buonanno had ace-king and the better kicker won the massive pot!
"It's too bad, we were just having a fun conversation," Steven van Zadelhoff joked after Rasmus Agerskov had left the scene of his elimination.
Van Zadelhoff recapped the hand for us, as it started with a raise to 400 from Agerskov, who was seated on the button. Van Zadelhoff three-bet to 1,350 and Agerskov called.
The flop brought out queen-nine-jack with two spades, and Van Zadelhoff continued for 1,500, and Agerskov called.
On the turn an ace hit, and now both players checked. On the river the hit and Van Zadelhoff checked again.
"I was checking to check-raise, but he ripped it in," Van Zadelhoff said, as Agerskov had started the hand with 13,000.
Van Zadelhoff called right away with for the nut flush, and Agerskov's ended up in the muck.
Joining the action on the flop, Fabian Chauriye bet the small blind for 550 and one player folded before Dinesh Alt called from the button. On the turn, Chauriye checked, Alt bet 850 and was called. The Swiss then checked behind the river and mucked when his opponent from Chile showed for a pair of tens.
Anthony Spinella bet the flop for 850 and [Removed:19] called to see the appear on the turn. Now the American made it more expensive, betting 2,600. Sokolovskiy eventually folded and then asked what Spinella would have done if he had raised the flop.
The American gave no reply and just grinned while raking in the chips.
It is only level two and Steven van Zadelhoff has already knocked out two players! "We have a little situation here," the always friendly Dutchman said when the dealer just counted out the stacks of him and opponent Doug Zhao.
"Am I covered?" the Chinese asked and his was still tabled in front of the chips. Van Zadelhoff said he had three-bet on the button against an open from under the gun and the Chinese then jammed for more than 40,000 with his queen-high only to see the Dutchman snap it off holding .
The board ran out and that saw van Zadelhoff's stack skyrocket to the top.
Nine players have already been eliminated and among the most recent seat open was Huy Pham. New entries include World Series of Poker and World Poker Tour champion Dietrich Fast, EPT11 Malta champion Jean Montury, Dan Smith and Marvin Rettenmaier.
The elimination of Pham was a particularly cruel one. After a raise to 350, there were three callers including Pham in the small blind and Herzali in the big blind. The flop was checked through. On the turn, Pham bet 600 and all opponents called. With the on the river as final community card, Pham checked and Herzali bet 2,500.
Pham now check-raised to 11,000 after the other two players folded and Herzali took her time before announcing all in. Pham shook his head in disgust, but ultimately called with for a full house only to see Herzali flip over for quads!
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, El Amir Ziad Chehab checked out of the big blind and so did Artem Metalidi before Andras Kovacs bet 1,000 on the button. Both his opponents called and checked the 
turn. On the 
river, Ziad Chehab bet 1,000 and Metalidi folded, Kovacs called and won the pot with a set of eights against 
.
flop, Silver checked and then folded when his opponent made a continuation bet worth 1,400.
. Buonanno had ace-king and the better kicker won the massive pot!
ended up in the muck.
for a pair of tens.
flop for 850 and [Removed:19] called to see the 
appear on the turn. Now the American made it more expensive, betting 2,600. Sokolovskiy eventually folded and then asked what Spinella would have done if he had raised the flop.
and that saw van Zadelhoff's stack skyrocket to the top.
on the river as final community card, Pham checked and Herzali bet 2,500.
