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There's very little of that small-ball, pot-control type stuff here today, it's more a case of get your chips in and get them in first. Simon Persson fired out a bet of 2,900 on a 
flop and EPT Madrid finalist Ricardo Ibanez made a raise to 8,500. Persson took about a minute before deciding to move all in, the Spaniard instantly mucked his hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
39,500
3,500
|
3,500 |
|
||
|
|
39,000
9,000
|
9,000 |
|
|
33,000
1,000
|
1,000 |
|
25,500
-4,500
|
-4,500 |
|
|
||
|
25,000
-2,000
|
-2,000 |
|
22,500
-4,800
|
-4,800 |
|
21,500
-3,500
|
-3,500 |
|
20,000
-10,500
|
-10,500 |
|
11,000
-22,600
|
-22,600 |
Cristian Dragomir just busted in a hand with an interesting play. Some might describe it in other ways, but we're sticking with interesting.
We picked up the action on the turn where the board read 
and three players were involved.
Dragomir was in the big blind and led for 1,800. Jose Severino was in early position and raised to 6,000. The action was nowhere near over though as Nicola Bordignon three-bet to 15,000 and Dragomir moved all in for just 75 chips more. Severino then showed his strength as he shoved behind causing Bordignon to tank fold.
Severino said to the Romanian, "You have pocket eights, right?" as he tabled his monster 
.
He was way off the mark though as Dragomir opened the multi-drawing, or the drawing dead 
. The river fell 
and Dragomir headed off very quickly. Severino meanwhile is the new chip leader.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
110,000 | |
|
Busted |
Damian Casale has just been given a two hand penalty from the tournament director. Apparently he folded out of turn so he could head off to the rail and the TD took exception.
We joined the action over on Table 3 where there had been an all-in and a call. Carlo Misuraca was the at-risk player having committed his 7,500 stack preflop with 
and found himself against the 
of [Removed:273] of Spain.
The 
flop was rather final and when the turn and river were the 
and respectively the hand was over and Casals handed over 7,500 to his opponent.
Nick Yunis just moved up to 65,000 after knocking out Mads Wissing with 
against 
. Also here are a few other couns.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
65,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
|
60,000 | |
|
|
47,000
31,000
|
31,000 |
|
40,000
6,000
|
6,000 |
|
31,000
8,000
|
8,000 |
|
30,300
-6,700
|
-6,700 |
|
||
|
3,800
-26,200
|
-26,200 |
|
|
||
|
Busted | |
James Dempsey, looking a nice shade of orange at the far end of the room, the result of a little too much sun has just been involved in back-to-back pots.
The first saw him open to 600 only for him to pick up the blinds and antes then the very next hand he opened to 600 again, this time from UTG+1 but he did get some action this time around from Marion Nedellec on the button who made it 1,600 to play. Dempsey gave her the once over before deciding to not play a hand out of position and mucked his hand.
Dempsey is looking for the third and final piece of the coveted Triple Crown jigsaw as he is already in possession of a World Series of Poker bracelet and a World Poker Tour title.
Another break has come around. After this, we'll be back for one more level before a one-hour dinner break.
Level: 5
Blinds: 150/300
Ante: 25
