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First three-bet in a while, as Joel Nordkvist opened to 52,000 and Michael Tureniec made it 126,000 to go. Exciting stuff, but it went no further - Nordkvist folded and Tureniec took the pot.
Thanks EPT Live for your flashes of chip counts - we scrabble to record it every few minutes and have the current biggest stacks:
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
4,863,000 | 28,000 |
|
2,008,000 | 575,000 |
|
1,443,000 | -396,000 |
|
1,257,000 | -214,000 |
|
1,201,000 | 153,000 |
|
848,000 | -142,000 |
Kevin Iacofano raised to 52,000 from the hijack and Joel Nordkvist made the call in the cutoff. The flop was a dry looking 
and Iacofano bet 70,000 with Nordkvist made a quick call to see a 
turn which both players checked.
The river was the 
and Iacofano now fired 105,000, Nordkvist was a non-believer and made the call but Iacofano flipped 
for second pair which was good.
Kevin Iacofano (who we've been told pronounces his name 'Eye-so-fano') just won a big pot after refusing to be shaken from his 
by button aggressor Nikolas Liakos.
Iacofano checked the 
flop, and called Liakos' 55k bet. He did the same thing on the 
turn - this time 105k. The river was the 
and once more a check to Liakos brought out a bet. The 190k took a little longer to call, but Iacofano did call and won with his pair ( Liakos showed some kind of bluffy nothing like 
).
Joel Nordkvist won the blinds, antes and a Kevin Iacofano preflop raise with a three-bet to 128k.
John Eames raised to 52k and Tureniec followed Nordkvist's example and three-bet (126k). Big blind Per Linde then applied maximum pressure moving all-in and both of the others let their raising hands go.
Per Linde opened to 53,000 in early position and got calls from both Nikolas Liakos to his immediate left and Joel Nordkvist in the cutoff. Linde bet out 80,000 on the 
flop which was enough to scare off Liakos. Nordkvist called, though, and they went heads up to the turn.
The turn came down the 
and this time Linde checked. Nordkvist expressionlessly bet 120,000, and Linde laid it down, shipping the nearly half-million pot to Nordkvist.
We're pretty sure that this is the first hand that Linde has played today which he has not won.
Per Linde opened to 52,000 from the button and Mudassar Khan defended from the big blind. The flop came 
and Khan check-folded to Linde's bet so fast we didn't even see how much it was.
Michael Tureniec then raised to 50,000 and picked up the blinds.
John Eames opened UTG to 52,000 and Andre Dalle Molle flat-called despite having a shortish stack. Everyone else folded and the flop came 
, Eames checked and Molle quickly moved all-in. Eames gave it some brief thought but folded.
Nikolas Liakos raised to 52,000 from the hijack and won the blinds and antes.
Juha Helppi raised to 55,000 UTG and everyone folded.
So far, so tight.
The first hands on the combined final of nine have gone down. Juha Helppi picked up a preflop pot with a raise, as did Kevin Iacofano and Per Linde.
Pass the chips.
Seat 1: Andrea Dalle Molle - 441,000
Seat 2: Per Linde - 4,688,000
Seat 3: Nikolas Liakos - 1,848,000
Seat 4: Mudassar Khan - 990,000
Seat 5: Kevin Iacofone - 1,433,000
Seat 6: Joel Nordqvist - 1,048,000
Seat 7: John Eames - 964,000
Seat 8: Michael Tureniec - 1,471,000
Seat 9: Juha Helppi - 655,000
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
4,688,000 | 505,000 |
|
|
1,848,000 | 98,000 |
|
|
1,471,000 | -396,000 |
|
|
1,433,000 | -647,000 |
|
|
1,048,000 | 104,000 |
|
|
990,000 | -15,000 |
|
964,000 | 171,000 |
|
655,000 | -30,000 |
|
|
441,000 | 1,000 |
The tournament clock has been put on hold as they count the stacks of the final nine players. They grab a couple of words with their railers, or chat into mobile phones as the TV table is examined. We'll bring the action once there is some.
