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Ekrem Sanioglu is now tied with Eugene Katchalov at the top of the leader board. Both men have roughly 1,100,000, well above the average of 335,500.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,100,000 | |
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1,100,000 | |
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Joel Ferando Durfort is the latest player to bust out of this tournament, the Frenchman moved in for exactly 75,000 and Aurelien Soutchkov decided to look him up.
Durfort: 
Soutchkov: 
The higher pair held on the 
and Durfort shook the hands of the remaining players at the table. After that hand Soutchkov has 450,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
450,000
160,000
|
160,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Eli Heath opened under the gun with a min raise and one of the shorties made the call. Abdellatif defended his big blind with 
and flopped good: 
with two of one suit. Abdellatif lead for 22,000, something he had done before on this table today.
Heath flatted but the short stack shoved for 100,000. Abdellatif reshoved to put Heath also all in for 160,000 total. Heath had no problem calling with his set of tens and did exactly that. The short stacked player had 
and Heath won the whole lot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
220,000
-146,000
|
-146,000 |
Julien Brécard began today short-stacked and has been battling with below average chips all day. But the Frenchman is used to it, having been on the short side since being on the wrong end of a kings-versus-aces situation early on, as he explains to the PokerStars blog.
It's all over for singing sensation Patrick Bruel. He went to war holding 
on an 
flop, but unfortunately for the Frenchman, EPT London finalist Ludovic Geilich wasn't going anywhere with 
. The 
turn and 
river changed nothing and Bruel went out in 61st place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
500,000
185,000
|
185,000 |
|
Busted |
On a board reading 
Andrew Sweeney moved all in for 174,000 against his opponent Mustapha Amaouche who had him covered but it would be a hugely significant decision if he lost the hand. Amaouche took his time and asked the usual list of questions including, “Flush draw?” But Sweeney hand his fists in front of his mouth and gave nothing away. The rest of the players gave him the respect and all the time he needed, and it did take a long time, over five minues. “Pass.” Said Amaouche. “Show him the three of hearts.” One wag at the table shouted. No cards were shown.
Stefano Garbarino is no more for this tournament as he's just lost a race to Ondrej Vinklarek. The Italian moved all-in for around 60,000 with 
and Vinklarek called with . The 
kept Vinklarek in front.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
Mikolaj Zawadzki opened for 12,000 and, after asking for a count (110,000), Norbert Szecsi made the call in the big blind. The flop was 
and both players checked. The turn card was 
and now Szecsi bet 14,000 and got a call. The river was the and Szecsi moved all in, easily covering his opponents stack. Zawadzki just shook his head and folded.
Finnish player Lauri Pesonen had 
and dared to stick all his chips in with it. Next door neighbor Tatu Maenpaa had and dared to look him up. The daredevils faced a board that didn't came any higher than a queen: 
. No ace, king, flush, straight or whatsoever for Pesonen and he knew his place was on the other side of the rail from that moment on.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
795,000
105,000
|
105,000 |
|
Busted |
A big double up for the Finn, Marko Laine. He moved all in on a 
flop against a bet from Dario Sammartino. The Italian asked for a count, then seemingly satisfied, made the call.
Sammartino: 
Laine: 
The on the turn and on the river made no difference and Sammartino took a knock to go back under the half-million mark.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
485,000
-57,000
|
-57,000 |
|
237,000
147,000
|
147,000 |
