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Casey Kastle check-called three streets on a 
before check-raising the river against Roman Makhlin but the Russian moved all in and Kastle eventually made the call. Makhlin turned over for the nut full house and Kastle mucked, presumably the case jack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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60,000 | |
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Busted |
Level: 2
Blinds: 75/150
Ante: 0
Chris Moorman is one of the fifteen or so late arrivals so far to this Day 1A as the starting number jumps from 121 to 136 currently with just over an hour left to register.
Not the best of starts for the former EPT San Remo champion, he's just paid off a bet on the river of a 
board against Joe Elpayaa, the American player flipping 
for a full house to scoop a pot worth a couple of thousand chips.
As we melt into level two cheeky, chirpy Roberto Romanello is sat behind 58,000 chips. The enigmatic Welshman told us that three people saw an all-spade king-high flop in a three bet pot. The aggressor fired out a c-bet of 3,000 and Romanello was the only remaining player to call. The turn saw the aggressor fire out a bet of 6,000 and Romanello once again called. On the river the aggressor bet 5,000, Romanello put him all-in and the aggressor called.
| Romanello |   |
| Eliminated Player |   |
Romanello, who now has 58,000 chips, was telling us how excited he was for EPT Prague, which comes up in a few weeks time. Romanello will be the defending champion going into that event and he has half of Wales travelling over to support him.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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58,000
28,000
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28,000 |
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Kent Lundmark's early double up has given him enough space to get stuck in to his latest novel. The action folded around to Miroslav Rizov in the small blind and he made up the loose change before the dealer had to motion to Lundmark that it was his turn to play in the big blind. Lundmark peered up from his book, checked and went back to his book. The flop was 
, Rizov bet 200 and Lundmark called. The turn was the 
Rizov checked and this time Lundmark bet 425 and Rizov called. On the river both players checked and Rizov won the pot with 
. Lundmark mucked his hand and returned to his book.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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57,000
7,000
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7,000 |
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Photos courtesy of the wonderful Mr. Neil Stoddart
Joe Elpayaa won the last hand we reported between these two, but this time it's a victory for the British pro Rupert Elder, he check-called a 525 bet on the 
flop before the turn and 
river were checked down. Elder flipped 
for rivered two pair and Elpayaa shrugged, rechecked his cards and folded.
A huge pot was developing on table 19 between Pierre Chris Mothes and Iulian Georgian Ruxandescu with the board reading 
and over 20,000 already in the middle. The 
came on the river and Mothes moved all in, Ruxandescu wasted little time and folded - Mothes breathed a sigh of relief and showed having turned his hand into a bluff.
"Did you have a set?" he asked his Romanian foe but Ruxandescu shook his head with a smile.
David Vamplew is up to the heady heights of 55,000 after he five-bet then called with 
against the inevitable 
of Artem Metalidi. A 
board later and it was all over - that's another of our former champions having a good start.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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55,000
25,000
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25,000 |
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