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Antonio Buonanno opened to 4,500 from the button, but Kent Lundmark decided to make it All In from the big blind - 56,100 in total. Buonanno thought long and hard, but eventually folded, much to the disappointment of the TV crew who had positioned themselves all around the table and now had very little to show for their efforts.
The EPT Barcelona champion stays in the game on a little over 60,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
246,000
86,000
|
86,000 |
|
||
|
185,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
62,000
-7,700
|
-7,700 |
|
61,500
20,400
|
20,400 |
|
|
54,000
-44,000
|
-44,000 |
|
41,200
7,300
|
7,300 |
|
|
||
Two tables remain upstairs, with one having just been broken. We'd surmise that all players will be in the main tournament area very shortly.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
147,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
|
105,000
-49,700
|
-49,700 |
|
80,000
21,300
|
21,300 |
|
57,000
-4,700
|
-4,700 |
|
|
||
|
53,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
42,000
12,500
|
12,500 |
Just before the break, perma-short stack Arnaud Mattern doubled again, this time to a roughly half-the-average 50,000 when his pocket nines held against 
.
Level: 12
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 200
Players now have 15 minutes to rush outside and across the road to Starbucks/McDonalds etc...
Peter Eastgate has kept his stack above average for quite a while, and just picked up a tidy pot without showdown with a flop shove. Pedro Aldave bet out 10k into two opponents on a 
flop, and found Alek Samardzic calling before Eastgate moved in for 103k more. This brought a long think from both of them. The bettor was pretty much covered, and counted down his stack for a while before reluctantly folding, while caller Samardzic had a healthy 160,000+ stack but also declined to call.
Eastgate: 150,000
Thomas Bichon has just won one of the biggest pots of the tournament so far after he eliminated two players in the same hand.
John Eames had opened preflop with 
before Bichon reraised behind with 
then a short-stack moved all-in for 32,000 with 
.
"The short stack makes it tough for me to fold there," admitted a disappointed Eames afterwards, "I have to shove and hope Thomas doesn't have a hand."
But Bichon had the boots and a board of 
gave him a huge pot. Bichon is up to 285,000.
Last year's third place finisher Marc Inizan is out, his pocket nines no good against pocket queens. GG.
Well, that was a short spell at the top of the chip counts for Cristian Dragomir - he's now back down to 145,000 after doubling up Jason Helder.
We caught it on the turn of the 
board, with Dragomir betting out 28,400. On the button, Helder went all in for an additional 54,400. At this point a cameraman pushed right in front of us, completely blocking the view - but this was OK, as Dragomir tanked up for several minutes, easily enough time to manoeuvre ourselves into a different vantage point.
After a good five minutes, Dragomir suddenly piped up, "You good?" And just a second or two later he made the call.
Dragomir: 
for top pair and a flush draw
Helder: 
for a set
River: 
making Helder quads
The American online qualifier doubled to 220,000, not far off the chip lead.
