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After Eli Heath opened to 120,000 from under-the-gun with 
, Oliver Price three-bet from the button to 270,000 with 
. Back on Heath he tanked for about 60 seconds before releasing his hand.
Eugene Katchalov opened the button to 120,000 with 
and received a call from Sotirios Koutoupas in the big blind with 
.
The Greek player check called Katchalov's 150,000 continuation bet on 
. The turn was the 
and now Koutoupas bet 225,000.
Guest commentator Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier said he thought it was kind of a weird play, but it worked. Katchalov, having turned top pair, thought about it but folded the best hand in the end.
Dominik Nitsche tells the PokerStars blog about how he found himself talking Oliver Price into playing the EPT Main Event. The Brit is now in the final five players with €164,600 locked up. Find out more by clicking here.
There's no stopping Sotorios Koutoupas even when he made what ElkY - a pretty aggressive player - said was "a light call,".
Pre-flop Harry Law raised to 120,000 from the cut-off with 
and Koutoupas defended from the big blind with 
. Both players checked the 
turn and the 
hit the river. First to act Koutoupas bet 125,000 and it was enough to win the pot.
Koutoupas now has over 8,000,000 of the 20,130,000 chips in play.
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Here are the current top ten on the EPT10 POY Leaderboard (last updated Jan. 31, 2014):
| Place | Player | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ole Schemion | 781.39 |
| 2 | Vanessa Selbst | 736.22 |
| 3 | Thomas Muhlocker | 594.30 |
| 4 | Georgios Karakousis | 512.31 |
| 5 | Mike McDonald | 490.74 |
| 6 | Jonathan Little | 480.01 |
| 7 | Kenny Hallaert | 416.40 |
| 8 | Andrew Chen | 414.18 |
| 9 | Max Silver | 412.50 |
| 10 | Jeff Rossiter | 408.43 |
Level: 28
Blinds: 30,000/60,000
Ante: 5,000
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| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
7,855,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
||
|
4,010,000
-25,000
|
-25,000 |
|
3,520,000
-255,000
|
-255,000 |
|
2,810,000
210,000
|
210,000 |
|
1,755,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
||
On the last hand of the level a three-way pot played out between the three Brits at the table.
Oliver Price opened to 100,000 from the cut-off with 
, Harry Law called on the button with pocket fours and Eli Heath did likewise from the big blind with 
.
On the 
flop it checked to Law who took a stab at the pot by betting 145,000, Heath called but Price folded. There was no betting on the 
turn and the 
completed the board. Heath decided to check, Law bet 190,000 and Heath responded with a check-raise to 550,000 and Law mucked his cards.
