Firstly, Erlend Melsom opened up to 40,000 from under the gun and when it folded around to Grzegorz Cichocki in the hijack he surprised everyone by moving all-in for over 2 million chips. We don't think we have ever seen so many quick folds in our lives!
Ronny Kaiser opened to 40,000 from under the gun and a Stuart Fox three-bet from the button stopped any potential flop action.
Then it was the turn of the local boy done good Raigo Aasmaa. It was Grzegorz Cichocki this time who opened to 40,000 from under the gun and Aasmaa made it 110,000 one seat to his left. Ronny Kaiser tanked for a few minutes in the big blind but eventually folded as did Cichocki.
When a player starts hitting quad aces then one starts to think that this may be their day.
Grzegorz Cichocki is looking to become Poland's first EPT champion and he's making great strides towards that goal. so far.
Sami Kelopuro raised to 45,000 from the cut-off and Cichocki defended his big blind to see the flop. Both players checked to the turn where Cichocki check-called a 58,000 bet. The river came and Cichocki took over the initiative with a 82,000 bet. The Finn snap called but mucked when his opponent tables for quads. Cichocki up to 2.8 million now, whereas Kelopuro dropped to 1.1 million.
Sami Kelopuro has just been eliminated in seventh place after clashing with Ronny Kaiser.
It was Kaiser who opened the betting with a raise to 40,000 from early position and when everyone folded to Kelopuro in the big blind he made the call. The flop came down , Kelopuro checked, Kaiser made a continuation bet of 45,000 and Kelopuro called. The turn was the and Kelopuro checked again, and the called Kaiser's bet of 120,000.
The turn was the and for the third time Kelopuro checked. Kaiser kept up the aggression and bet 225,000 in orange 25,000 chips. Kelopuro double checked his cards, riffled some red chips before moving all in. Kaiser asked for a count and before he was told the figure of 830,000 he had called.
Erlend Melsom made up the difference in the small blind and Ronny Kaiser checked. The flop was and Melsom bet 30,000 and Kaiser called. Both players checked the queens on the turn and river and Kaiser won the pot with . Melsom verbally declared he had "king high" before mucking his cards unseen.
Stuart Fox has three-bet Jani Sointula on more than one occasion today so fireworks were expected to go off if two big hands matched up between the two - and they did.
Sointula raised to 40,000 from UTG+1 before Fox three-bet to 105,000 from the next seat along. When the action got back to Sointula he moved all-in and Fox called to create a 1.24 million showdown.
Sointula:
Fox:
The board ran to had the big pot to Sointula. Fox was left with just 50,000 chips.
Erlend Melsom has just been eliminated in sixth place after cruelly losing with ace-king against Jani Sointula's dominated ace-queen.
Melsom opened to 50,000 from under the gun and the action folded around to Sointula in the big blind. Sointula asked how many chips his opponent hand and when he was told around 400,000 he moved all in. Melsom snap-called and the cards were shown down.
Sointula:
Melsom:
The flop was very safe for Melsom and the was ever safer. The tournament director, who was announcing the action to the crowd on the rail, informed everyone that only a queen would save Sointula and low and behold the river was the sending Melsom to the rail in sixth place.
What a result this is for Stuart Fox, who down to just 50,000 chips has moved up on spot in the payouts and is guaranteed an extra €10,000!
Stuart Fox was down to his last 41,000 and in the big blind. He called all-in after Ronny Kaiser had raised to 50,000 and Jani Sointula called from the small blind.
The flop came down and both players checked. The turn was and Kaiser bet 30,000 and that was enough to force out Sointula.
Fox tabled but was drawing dead to Kaiser's . As the the inconsequential river was being dealt Fox was already wishing everyone luck.
A quick conversation with Fox's mate Billy on the rail revealed that Fox had accepted his fate in the break but they conversed at how amazing it would be if two players got involved and someone got eliminated to make him an extra €10,000. Wishes can and did come true.
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flop. Both players checked to the 
turn where Cichocki check-called a 58,000 bet. The river came 
for quads. Cichocki up to 2.8 million now, whereas Kelopuro dropped to 1.1 million.
, Kelopuro checked, Kaiser made a continuation bet of 45,000 and Kelopuro called. The turn was the 
and Kelopuro checked again, and the called Kaiser's bet of 120,000.
and for the third time Kelopuro checked. Kaiser kept up the aggression and bet 225,000 in orange 25,000 chips. Kelopuro double checked his cards, riffled some red chips before moving all in. Kaiser asked for a count and before he was told the figure of 830,000 he had called.
- for the winning straight
and Melsom bet 30,000 and Kaiser called. Both players checked the queens on the turn and river 
and Kaiser won the pot with 
. Melsom verbally declared he had "king high" before mucking his cards unseen.
flop was very safe for Melsom and the 
and Kaiser bet 30,000 and that was enough to force out Sointula.
but was drawing dead to Kaiser's 
. As the the inconsequential