With around 4,000 in the pot and a board reading , EPT12 Malta champ Niall Farrell bet 4,500 and received a call from his lone opponent.
Farrell confidently slapped over his cards... the .
"Thought I had pocket fives," he said with all sincerity. The rest of the table got a good laugh and commented they all thought he did too with how confidently he tabled his hand.
"I almsot mucked you were so confident," the winner of the hand admitted. Despite losing the hand, Farrell joined in the laughter.
Istvan Birizdo was under the gun and he raised to 600. Two players folded, and Tsymbal Igor called. Marco Caza called in the big blind and the dealer spread the flop. Caza checked, Birizdo bet 1,100, and Igor raised to 3,000. This raise folded out Caza, but Birizdo called.
Both players checked the turn and then the river, Igor showing and beating the of Birizdo.
With 7,000 already in the pot and a board reading , Alexandre Amiel checked from the big blind and David Vamplew bet 4,000 from middle position. Amiel made the call and then both players checked the river. Amiel tabled the for missed spades but a pair of nines. Unfortunately for him, it was no good as Vamplew held the in the hole.
We're not sure how action unfolded, but when we happened upon the table of Team PokerStars Pro Johnny Lodden we saw him with the all-in triangle out in front of him along with 6,350 in chips. With around 6,500 in the pot and a board reading , France's Bertrand Guenoun was debating what to do.
Eventually Guenoun made the call with the for trip aces, but it was no good as Lodden had rivered a flush with the .
Mihaita Croitory raised to 400 from early position and both Zoltan Purak (button) and Dermot Blain (big blind) called. All three players checked the flop, with Blain checking the turn. Croitory bet 1,000 and both of his opponents folded.
A raise to 500 from middle position was three-bet to 1,500 by Niall Farrell in the cutoff. Jesse Cohen, in the small blind, four-bet to 3,700 and only Farrell called.
A flop reading was checked by Cohen. Farrell bet 5,000 and Cohen folded after a few seconds.
Farrell, winner of EPT Malta, is now approaching 60,000 chips.
Just before the last break, there was over 15,000 pulled into the middle and a board reading . The player on the button, Spain's Katsuhiro Muto, had the all-in triangle out in front of him along with 19,525. Ludovic Geilich, who was in the big blind, was in the tank debating what to do with his stack of approximately 18,400.
Eventually Geilich called off and Muto stood from his chair and tabled the . Geilich flinched and then showed his was dominated. The river gave both players a flush, but of course Muto's was best to send Geilich to the rail.