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Even the best in the world cannot win every hand. Team Pokerstars Pro and EPT Vienna Chip Leader Daniel Negreanu just lost a few of his chips in a pot to Nima Ahary.
Ahary opened under the gun to 22,200 and Negreanu defended his Big Blind by making the call. The flop was 
and Negreanu check-called a bet of 26,000 from Ahary. The turn was 
and the board started to look a little connected. Negreanu folded and Ahary took down the pot.
Pierre-Elie De Oliveira picked up 
and a 215k pot to keep him in contention when Sergey Rybachenko paid his preflop nuts off with 
. The board ran out 
giving him a new lease of tournament life, as just barely having six figures at this point signals danger.
A decision which could have ended Victorino Torres' seesaw day took upwards of five minutes and ended up giving him a big pot without the extra stress of having necessarily to have the best hand.
Tores had raised preflop to 23k and been threebet by small blind Fabrizio Gonzalez (to 50,500). He made the call and they saw a flop of 
. Out bet Gonzalez - 46k - and after a brief dwell Torres moved all in. Gonzalez asked for a count, and then stared at the 177,500, the impassive Torres and the chips in the pot for a long time. He finally opted to fold, but didn't look delighted about it.
Torres, and his stunningly bright orange baseball cap (see previous picture) remain in the tournament with 375k.
Level: 19
Blinds: 5,000/10,000
Ante: 1,000
Its the end of Level 18 and time for a break. We will be back in 15 minutes don't go away.
Nima Ahary opened for 18,000 and faced a shove from Dominique Papesch in the big blind. He called, and they were on their backs.
Ahary: 
Papesch: 
Board: 
With a polite, "Good luck, guys," Papesch was gone. Ahary moved on up to 330,000.
Two hands in a row saw people shove their stacks at Morten Erlandsen, but in very different circumstances. The first attacker was Surinder Sunar, who moved in for 94k into a pot of 100k on the turn of a 
board. A long think and some counting later and Erlandsen declined to call.
The second, however, was super-short-stacked Matthias Lechner whose 53k total wasn't enough to get rid of Erlandsen after he'd raised preflop to 18,500. He called with 
and spiked the 
board vs. Lechner's 
to send him home in 44th place.
Team Pokerstars Pro Daniel Negreanu called for the floor when there was confusion in a hand involving Sergii Baranov and Pokerstars Online Qualifier Konstantinos Nanos. Baranov had declared an all-in but Nanos thought it was just a raise. The floorman tried to settle the dispute but we couldn't understand what they were saying as he was speaking in Nanos own language. The decision was irrelevant anyway as Nanos decided to call Baranov's all-in.
Baranov: 
Nanos: 
What as all the fuss about? The flop brought a glimmer of hope for Baranov but the turn and 
river ended Baranov's hopes of EPT glory.
Nanos ~758,000
Victorino Torres showed caution on the river when Giacomo Maisto checked to him on a 
board. The heart on the river and the no-bet from Maisto (who only had about 100k left having built a pot of nearly twice that already) might have been suspicious - he checked behind and was glad he did when Maisto showed 
to take the pot and rise to over 300k.
Some tales of doubling up for you to share.
Double Up 1 - Bruno Launais
Launais doubled up courtesy of Pokerstars Online Qualifier Matthias Lechner when his Ace-Eight Suited stood the test against Lechner's .
Double Up 2 - Claudiu Secara
Secara doubled up courtesy of Emile Jad Yazbeck when his Pocket Queens defeated Yazbeck's despite a little scare on the flop 
turn river 
.
