Enigmatic Dutchman Rolf Slotboom has been eliminated. He shipped in his last 50,000 with J-T and was up against Tim Vance's K-Q. Two kings hit the flop and two deuces came on the turn and the river, giving Vance the full house and sending Slotboom to the rail.
Johan Lund opened for a raise from early position, only to see Kristian Pedersen move all in for 42,000. Lund somewhat reluctantly called.
Lund
Pedersen
The flop was , the crowd letting out lots of "oooohs" and "ahhhs" as Lund picked up a flush draw. The on the turn gave him even more outs with a straight draw, but the river was the and Pedersen's aces held. He doubled up to nearly 100,000.
Kristian Pedersen has just re-raised Gino Alacqua all in, forcing the Italian to fold. The next hand he re-raised Johan Lund pre-flop to take down another pot.
Allan Baekke lost all but 3,000 chips when Timothy Vance flopped a set of fives against him.
The next hand Allan was all in against Jarle Aasen with against Jarle's . The board was dealt to give Allan a runner runner straight and put him back up to 11,000.
Magnus got his short stack in with against Kristian Pedersen's . The flop of was not good for Magnus. The turn gave him some extra outs. He was delighted to see the fall on the river to give him two pair and a welcome double up.
Allan Baekke's comeback was unfortunately short-lived. He pushed his short stack in pre-flop and was called by his nemesis, Tim Vance.
Baekke
Vance
The flop was .
"You're still alive," said Vance, by way of consolation.
But it wasn't to be -- the turn was the leaving Baekke drawing dead. The river was the and he graciously shook Vance's hand before heading to the rail.
The last remaining PokerStars professional, Luca Pagano, has just been eliminated. He pushed on board with and found Magnus Hansen willing to call with . The on the river meant Luca missed all his outs and he was eliminated. Luca has cashed 8 times in EPT competitions now which is a new record.