German bracelet winner Paul Hoefer checked over to Bulgarian qualifier Fahredin Mustafov on a flop, and Mustafov bet 2,500 from the cutoff, about half pot. Hoefer called. He check-called a further 3,800 on the turn, and the river was a . Hoefer checked a final time, and this time Mustafov put him all in for about 12,500. Hoefer thought roughly a minute and then folded.
On a completed board of , Harry Lodge bet 6,300 and Alexios Zervos moved in for 16,175. Despite the solid odds, Lodge gave it up after a minute of thought and Zervos added some much-needed chips.
Zervos cashed last year's EPT Grand Final, finishing 53rd for €16,830. His biggest accomplishment to date was a deep run in the 2014 WSOP Main Event, where he finished 55th for $124,447.
Vasyl Zabrodskyy, in the cutoff, got in a battle with a player in the big blind on a flop that resulted in each player putting in what looked to be around 7,000. On the turn, the big blind checked and Zabrodskyy bet 12,000. The big blind moved all in and got a snap-call. He looked disappointed and turned over for a pair and a flush and he did need to improve against .
The river brought a , no help to the big blind, and Zabrodskyy celebrated with a fist pump.
Two-time EPT Main Event winner Vicky Coren and Anthony Zinno have entered the PokerStars Championship Main Event. Both players get a fresh stack of 30,000 to work with.
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