Yavor Anastasov Tutev's tournament is over after he clashed with Paul Knebel over on table eight, where all the action seems to be of late.
Melanie Weisner got the party started with a raise from under the gun to 6,700, this was met with a re-raise from Tutev in the hijack seat totalling 17,200 and then Knebel, from the small blind, made it 50,000 to play!
Weisner mucked her hand but Tutev moved all and Knebel instantly called the extra 30 or so thousand chips.
Tutev:
Knebel:
The final board ran out and Tutev was eliminated around 30 places from the money
It seemed as if Table 5 had been on hold since the last spate of all-in shoves from permashortstack Opria Cristea - having doubled to 60k, that's exactly the amount he moved in for over the top of another Manuel Bevand open (for 7,000). Bevand thought for a while but made the call with , and Cristea showed .
Cristea dodged the overcards on the flop but the hit on the turn to send him packing. Bevand is up over 160,000 now.
Francisco Torres (who it must be said bears a passing resemblance to dashing swordsman Inigo Montoya) opened to 11,000 from UTG before David Sonelin reraised to 24,800 in the middle position. Kevin Stani then cold 4-bet to 64,000 from the small blind with Torres quickly moving all-in for about 90,000 total, Sonelin tanked and folded but Stani made the call with a slightly sickened look on his face.
Torres:
Stani:
The board came and the Spaniard doubled up to over 200,000 while Stani dropped to around 130,000.
More Toby Lewis magic happening right in front of our eyes, as he doubled up again and is now right back in contention on 100,000 or so.
Yavor Anastasov Tutev opened to 6,200 from the cutoff and on the button Lewis shoved for 41,800. Paul Knebel, the man who did the initial damage to Lewis' stack, re-shoved from the big blind. It was enough to get rid of the original raiser, and Lewis was once more at showdown for his tournament life.
Knebel:
Lewis:
Board: ... !
Lewis duly doubled up again. He won the next hand as well, a more modest affair, and his stack is now back into six figures.
Play has slowed down dramatically during this level but the number of players with chip stacks still in tact is gradually falling. The screens around the tournament area show there are 117 players left, with only 80 of those being paid.
The plan is to play another 75 minute level and then call it a night. Combined with the half hour still left of this level, that means there is around 1.75 hours of play today, will we burst the money bubble?
Toby Lewis raised under the gun and found himself facing a three-bet from Paul Knebel. Lewis went all in, Knebel called all in, and they were on their backs.
Lewis:
Knebel:
Board:
A nice spot for Knebel - he doubled up to 150,000. Lewis on the other hand was left with just 20,000.
Two hands later and Melanie Weisner raised to 6,900 in mid position. Lewis shoved from the small blind, and Weisner called - as you do with this sort of hand.
Weisner:
Lewis: somewhat behind with
Board:
Yes, that's right - Lewis made a straight to win the pot and double up. It was a real privilege to witness some of that Toby Lewis run-good at close quarters, and although he is still rather short on 45,000, it would be a mistake to rule out the EPT Vilamoura champion just yet.
Spanish Pro Francisco Torres had just doubled up through Dominique Franchi after a raising war preflop ended with Torres all in.
Torres:
Franchi:
The flop gave Torres a set but the on the turn gave his opponent outs to the diamond flush. However, they failed to materialise as the river came down to double up the Spaniard and give hime some much needed breathing room.
and Tutev was eliminated around 30 places from the money![[user46298]](/img/avatars/avatar.svg){kind=avatar}
, and Cristea showed 
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flop but the 
and the Spaniard doubled up to over 200,000 while Stani dropped to around 130,000.
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flop gave Torres a set but the 
to double up the Spaniard and give hime some much needed breathing room.