In a battle of the blinds, Sergio Aido raised to 950 and table neighbor Andrei Konopelko three-bet to 3,000. Aido moved all in and Konopelko called for his last 10,800.
Andrei Konopelko:
Sergio Aido:
The board came and Konopelko got there on the river to double up with his short stack.
Osman Aksu raised to 800 from under the gun and Vanessa Selbst called from one seat over. Ilkin Amirov then moved all in for his last 9,925 from two seats over and the action folded back to Aksu, who tossed in two T-5,000 chips. Selbst folded and the cards were turned over.
Ilkin Amirov:
Osman Aksu:
The flop gave Aksu a gutshot, and he picked up further outs with the turn. Both draws hit, as the appeared on the river and Amirov was sent to the rail.
Michel Pereira Marques was moved as next player in the big blind and Freddy Deeb was quite happy about that. "Can you believe that? They moved him away. I could not beat him in any pot, nobody could," Deeb said while facing a raise to 700 by Vicente Delgado from under the gun.
The small blind and Deeb in the big blind called. On the flop all three players checked. After the turn, the small blind checked and Deeb bet 400, which Delgado caused to fold and the small blind to call. The river was checked again and the small blind flashed , which trailed Deeb's .
"So far so good," Deeb said. "Maybe it was a good thing they moved him."
After Nick Petrangelo opened for 800 under the gun, Peter Chan called, as did Isaac Haxton. In the small blind, Keven Stammen woke up with a reraise to 3,100. That got Petrangelo out, but Chan decided on a reraise to 9,000. After Haxton folded, Stammen took little time before jamming for just over 25,500. Chan let him have it.
The Schemion/Haxton/Petrangelo table broke and the German has moved to the right of Ukranian qualifier Dmytro Shuvanov. The two got involved right away, with Schemion being the aggressor on a board.
Schemion had bet 7,550 in a pot of over 10,000 and Shuvanov went deep in the tank. After glossing it over for a minute, Shuvanov stacked up his chips, looked up to the ceiling, then spent another minute thinking before shoving all in for 24,550. Schemion gave it half a minute of thought before folding.
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Seated under the gun, Elvin Muratovic opened for 2,300. Two to his left it was Mark Teltscher three-betting to 6,200. Action folded back around to Muratovic and he called.
Muratovic checked on and Teltscher bet 5,000. Muratovic called.
As the hit the turn, Muratovic checked again. Teltscher bet 13,000 with a little under 11,000 behind. Muratovic moved all in and Teltscher, somewhat reluctantly but still without hesitation, called.
Elvin Muratovic:
Mark Teltscher:
Teltscher was in a world of pain with his two pair and only had a couple of outs left to stay alive. The EPT champion and EPT runner-up already got up and put on his jacket, but could sit down again as the completed the board.
"Nice call" Muratovic said with a somewhat sarcastic voice as he was counting out chips to hand over to Teltscher. The latter replied that he had to call since he had so few chips left.
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and Konopelko got there on the river to double up with his short stack.
flop gave Aksu a gutshot, and he picked up further outs with the 
appeared on the river and Amirov was sent to the rail.
turn, the small blind checked and Deeb bet 400, which Delgado caused to fold and the small blind to call. The 
river was checked again and the small blind flashed 
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and Teltscher bet 5,000. Muratovic called.
completed the board.