PokerStars SportStar Fatima Moreira de Melo just raised to 11,000 under the gun and the action folded to Alexander Trevallion who made it 34,000 from the big blind.
"All in," Moreira de Melo quickly announced and Trevallion made the call for 179,000 total.
Moreira de Melo:
Trevallion:
"That's the best situation I could've asked for," Moreira de Melo said with a big smile.
The board ran out and the Dutch three-time Olympic medalist raked in a big double up.
There was a moment this morning when things looked pretty bad for Bertrand “ElkY” Grospellier, perhaps the only player in the game who gets his name and nickname mentioned whenever he’s referenced, never one or the other.
He was the short stack, or so it seemed, with a little more than 11,000 chips — hardly enough to pay the antes and blinds let alone have any chance of mounting a comeback.
He’d yet to put his sunglasses on but he did take his leather jacket off – always a good sign. It shows faith and projects power to the opposition. Nothing says weakness like an overcoat, luggage and a taxi waiting outside with the engine running. But all was not as it seemed for the Frenchman, as the PokerStars Blog reports:
Willie Tann has live tournament results from right around the time the player was born that just knocked him out. Tann's been around for a very long time and won his first World Series of Poker bracelet in 2005 for $188,335, but he won't add a EPT title to his long list of cashes just yet.
Tann just moved all in for 55,000 from the small blind and Ardon called from the big.
Tann:
Ardon:
The board ran out and Tann hit the rail right after the break.
Marco Caza opened the action under the gun and Chris Moorman, sat next to him, three-bet to 34,000. With the blinds leaving them to if Caza made the call and they saw the heads-up flop spread .
Caza splashed out a bet of 30,000 and Moorman meticulously gathered a raise and bet 60,000. Caza gave up the fight and Moorman implied that he had made a good fold.
Vincent Gabel notched up his first European Poker Tour Main Event cash today, but he was unable to mount a comeback after having been short for quite a long time.
Gabel just raised before the flop and Kai Herold three-bet from the button to 32,000. The action folded back to Gabel who moved all in right away for 105,000 and Herold went into the tank.
"I think I'm way behind," Herold sighed.
"I think I have to call but you're the tightest guy at the table," Herold continued before ultimately throwing in the required chips for the call.
Herold was indeed behind showing but Gabel wasn't out of dodge yet with .
The flop brought and Herold picked up a pair of jacks after which the turn was the to give him three of a kind. Gabel needed a ten or a queen to stay alive on the river, but it was the to give Herold quads.
and the Dutch three-time Olympic medalist raked in a big double up.
and Tann hit the rail right after the break.
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and Herold picked up a pair of jacks after which the turn was the 
to give him three of a kind. Gabel needed a ten or a queen to stay alive on the river, but it was the 
to give Herold quads.