Jack Powell opened to what looked like 2,500 in the cutoff only for Max Lykov to push for 21,400 from the button. The blinds folded and it was back to Powell who tossed in the call, and they were soon on their proverbial backs.
Powell:
Lykov:
Board:
Both players remained absolutely expressionless until the river, when Lykov finally smiled and wished the table good luck. Powell remained impassive as he raked in the pot and upped his stack to 92,000.
Some gross misfortune for Denis Pisarev as he got it in with aces, flopped a set, and still managed to lose the hand.
Pisarev:
Matthias Kurtz:
Board: making Kurtz a straight
Pisarev let out a sigh that sounded as though his entire soul was exiting his body; Pisarev's body then followed it out the door, while Kurtz stacked up his new 135,000 pile of chips.
Philip Meulyzer just knocked out Markus Golser in a huge pot after the Austrian pushed all-in on the turn over Meulyzer's check-raise when the board read . Meulyzer snapped quicker then a Christmas cracker with for the stone cold nuts leaving Golser's drawing dead before the river.
Vladimir Geshkenbein has just won large pot that ended in the floor being called to sort out a minor dispute.
In the hand Geshkenbein was heads up against Gregor Waltermann on a flop. Waltermann checked, Geshkenbein bet 5,000 and Waltermann quizzed his opponent on the strength of his hand, specifically what kicker he held, before raising to 26,000.
This last raise left him with only 4,000 chips so Geshkenbein tossed in a handful of yellow 5,000 chips and said "Let's see what you've got." Waltermann nodded and turned over his hand which was up against the of Geshkenbein.
The turn was the keeping Waltermann in front but the river was the awarding the pot the Geshkenbein and presumably eliminating Waltermann. However, Waltermann disputed the fact that he called off his last 4,000 chips and thought Geshkenbein had simply called his raise to 26,000. At this point the floor was called.
After going through the entire hand piece by piece it was ruled that Geshkenbein only called Waltermann's raise, much to the annoyance of the majority of the table who thought Waltermann should have been sent packing.
Although not exactly happy about this, Geshkenbein accepted it and joked to Waltermann that "the comeback starts here!" A very red-faced Waltermann simply nodded in agreement.
They're dropping like flies now - latest to go are EPT Copenhagen winner Anton Wigg and two-time EPT runner up (and one-time third placer!) Martin Jacobson.
Kevin MacPhee has been knocked out after unsuccessfully racing his against Luca Pagano's after the Team PokerStars Pro spiked the flop. Pagano is now on about 300,000 and we're quickly running out of former EPT champions.
Gregor Waltermann, the player involved in this hand has been eliminated at the hands of Ramin Henke, and this time he has actually left the table.
When everyone folded to him on the button, Henke raised to 2,400 and then insta-called Waltermann's all in bet of 6,500. Henke turned over which needed to catch up against the of Waltermann.
Board: - Henke spiked the six on the flop to eliminate Waltermann, who wished his former table mates good luck before exiting stage left.
James Keys ended level 10 in good form, winning an extra 20,000 chips from Kurt Haindl.
Haindl was in the hijack seat and raise to 2,400 when the action folded to him. Keys called on the button and Thibaud Zeien called in the big blind. The flop came down , Zeien checked, Haindl bet 4,200 and only Keys made the call.
The dealer put the out on the turn and both players decided to now check. Haindl checked again on the arrival of the but called the 6,600 bet from Keys only to find himself out-kicked.