Ognjen Sekularac had just lost all but his last 2,300 chips and was all in preflop to get called by four opponents.
The flop was checked down, Robin Ylitalo then bet the turn for 8,800 and all opponents folded. Sekularac showed the but was outdrawn by the Swede's . The river was a brick and even gave Ylitalo two pair.
Just before the table was broken, Thomas Butzhammer received a huge early Christmas present and the German as well as his opponent had both invested 25,000 chips. On a ten-high flop, Butzhammer made a continuation bet and his opponent moved all in with .
The German happily called with pocket aces and didn't have to fear any runner runner miracle.
It sounds as if most of David Vamplew’s stack ended up in Jonathan Little’s tower but the man who finished him off was Joe Mouawad. Vamplew shoved with and Mouawad had . The flop delivered another and that was that.
Vamplew contributed to Little’s big 250,000 stack but on the same table Ivan Luca, on his second bullet, is right behind him in 220,000
Alex Goulder opened for 3,200 and it folded round to Dominik Nitsche. Goulder had 21,500 behind and Nitsche wasn’t messing about and moved all in. Goulder made the fold.
Goulder shoved the next two hands and despite some serious contemplation he didn’t get called.
The defending EPT Deauville High Roller champion has been eliminated for the second time and won't be able to defend his title here at the French coast. He called a raise of Jose Quintas to see a king-high flop and called a continuation bet by Quintas for 5,000, a third player involved folded.
The Portuguese also bet the turn for 11,000 and Panka called to see the on the river. Quintas moved all in for effectively 28,000 and Panka called to muck when he was shown for two pair by Quintas.
With the board reading , Joao Vieira put the ultimate pressure on now short-stacked Dmitry Yurasov and moved all in after the Russian had checked out of the big blind. Yurasov eventually tossed his cards into the muck and will need some double ups if he wants to become a serious threat in the event still.
Michael Tureniec, Dmitry Yurasov, Chuc Hoang and Alexander Ivarsson have all been eliminated recently. In the case of Tureniec and Ivarsson, this was the second bullet and they cannot re-enter tomorrow.
Just before the last three hands were announced, Nikolaus Teichert got involved in a massive pot against Eric Sfez and the Frenchman would jump into the lead just before the end of the day. Teichert called bets on the flop and the turn before trying to represent a strong hand after the river.
His shove with however was called by Sfez with and the monster pot went to the Frenchman.
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flop was checked down, Robin Ylitalo then bet the 
turn for 8,800 and all opponents folded. Sekularac showed the 
but was outdrawn by the Swede's 
. The 
river was a brick and even gave Ylitalo two pair.
.
turn for 11,000 and Panka called to see the 
on the river. Quintas moved all in for effectively 28,000 and Panka called to muck when he was shown 
for two pair by Quintas.
, Joao Vieira put the ultimate pressure on now short-stacked Dmitry Yurasov and moved all in after the Russian had checked out of the big blind. Yurasov eventually tossed his cards into the muck and will need some double ups if he wants to become a serious threat in the event still.
flop and the 
turn before trying to represent a strong hand after the 
river.
however was called by Sfez with 
and the monster pot went to the Frenchman.
