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We have just 24 players left in this here EPT, and they're all currently occupied having their photos taken on a green background for promotional purposes.
Teodor Caraba leads after a massive late surge last night, but Mike "Timex" McDonald, ElkY, and Peter Eastgate are all hot on his heels. Timex and ElkY, in particular, will be keen to amass the chips - if one of them wins this, he'll be the first man in history to win two EPT Main Events.
We'll be kicking off just as soon as all the players' mugs have been recorded for posterity, so watch this space...
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Today's action is being broadcast on a short delay over on EPT Live. Keep our tab open here, but check out the video and the commentary over there as well.
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Nicolo Calia open shipped from the cutoff, and Freddy Deeb in the small blind asked for a count. The dealer determined that Calia had 290,000. After counting out the calling chips, Deeb changed his mind and folded. Jake Cody quickly mucked, giving Calia a pass.
Nicolo showed a pair of queens. "Not deuces this time,"
"It if was 280 I'll play, but not 290," said Deeb.
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Philippe Ktorza raised to a risque 69,000, but Michael Fratty made it what looked like 234,000 to go. There ensued some minutes of dwelling before Ktorza folded. Fratty showed him pocket queens by way of some kind of warning.
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Bruno Fitoussi opened the pot with a raise, and Craig Bergeron three-bet it right back to him. When Fitoussi moved all in for 203,000 total, "HU4ROLLZ" was priced in, and he made the call with the covering stack.
Showdown
Fitoussi:
Bergeron:
Fitoussi was ahead and poised to double, but not as far ahead as he would have liked. In any event, the board ran out safe for him: . Ship the double up to Fitoussi, finding himself sitting with just about 450,000 now.
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Jake "Emo" Cody has been getting involved early doors.
Confronted with a raise from David Morante, Cody stuck in a hefty reraise. Morante eyed him intently, and eventually folded.
Cody passed those chips along though when he raised on the cutoff only for Martin Staszko to push form the button, an expression of absolute innocence on his face. After a long period in the tank, Cody passed.
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Khier Rezaik opened for a standard raise, and Andras Nemeth quickly announced "All in." Everyone expected action to pass quickly back to Rezaik. Not so fast.
Mike "Timex" McDonald asked for a count of both stacks. Nemeth had over 600,000 at risk in the middle. After a moment of thought, he over-shipped. Rezaik folded, and cards were on their backs.
Showdown
Nemeth:
McDonald:
Flop: - Nemeth took the lead and looked set for a double up.
Turn: - Uhoh. Punch in the gut for Nemeth as McDonald hit his set. Nemeth needed a queen and a queen only to survive.
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. Ship the double up to Fitoussi, finding himself sitting with just about 450,000 now.
- Nemeth took the lead and looked set for a double up.