On a flop of , Jakub Mroczek and Pierre Chevalier were involved in a heads up pot. Mroczek had first action and he led out with a bet of 2,400. Chevalier came over the top with a raise all in for 21,700 and Mroczek slid out a call.
Mroczek:
Chevalier:
Chevalier led with his two eights and he retained his lead through the on the turn and the on the river. The double up allowed Chevalier to increase his stack to about 66,000.
Paul Newey has made an impressive comeback in the latter stages of play today and with a few more chips to play with he is becoming more active in an attempt to increase his stack.
First Chris Moorman in the big blind defended a 2x open from Newey and they saw a heads-up flop of . Moorman then check-folded to a 6,000 bet from Newey.
Next up Jason Mercier opened from early position and flicked out the call when Newey three-bet him. A flop of and it was Mercier’s turn to check-fold to a 14,000 bet from Newey.
Before the flop Marco Caza raised and Hossein Ensan three-bet to 8,200 which was only called by the initial raiser.
The flop came down and Caza check-called 12,200. On the turn the hit and Ensan bet 18,500 when Caza checked to him again.
Caza made the call again and checked on the river a well. Ensan quickly moved all in for about 70,000 chips and Caza let go of his hand. The man who was once the chip leader has given up some chips but he's still in good shape.
David Cabrera opened the action for 5,500 and short stacked Igor Kurganov decided to defend his big blind. The two players saw a flop of and Kurganov check-called a bet of 3,500.
The turn card was the which prompted both players to check and see the land on the river. Kurganov led for 6,500 and Cabrera flicked out the call. “King high.” announced Kurganov and with Cabrera tabling it was starting to look pretty grim for Kurganov.
Sergio Aido's back on track after busting a player with aces and he just took out another. PokerStars Team Online Mikhail Shalamov was at risk for about 55,000 chips from the big blind when Aido, in the small blind, called his shove.
Viktors Caikins was all in preflop against former EPT winner Kevin MacPhee. Caikins looked good with against the American's but the board gradually turned in MacPhee's favour, coming . MacPhee is now over the quarter-million mark.