Goran Mandic raised to 23,000 and Andreas Eiler, to his immediate left, decided to three-bet to 52,000. The action folded back to Mandic who decided to four-bet to 102,000. Eiler went into the tank for a while after which he shoved all in for right around 630,000 chips. The German did not look happy as Mandic snap-called his huge shove.
Mandic:
Eiler:
The board ran out and Eiler was knocked out in stunning fashion. Mandic's image worked to his advantage as he's now the tournament chip leader.
Team PokerStars Pro Ville Wahlbeck was just eliminated by the hands of Andrew Lichtenberger. Wahlbeck, who notched up his first ever EPT Main Event cash, moved all in from the button for 145,000 and Lichtenberger called from the big blind.
Lichtenberger:
Wahlbeck:
The board ran out and the Finnish pro was eliminated.
Over on the feature table was just saw another big all in, this time Oleksii Kovalchuk and Freddy Deeb went at it. Kovalchuk was all in for 379,000 and Deeb had him covered by a huge margin.
Kevin Vandersmissen was all in and at risk preflop for 248,000 holding . Noah Schwartz had him at risk with , and Vandersmissen held when the flop, turn, and river produced .
A few hands later, Goran Mandic checked to Vandersmissen on a flop of , and the Belgian fired out 27,000. Mandic called.
The turn was the , Mandic check-called another 62,000 from Vandersmissen, and the completed the board. Mandic checked, Vandersmissen tossed out 92,000, and this time, Mandic folded.
Over on the feature table, Freddy Deeb opened for a raise in the cutoff and Vasili Firsau called on the button. The flop fell , Deeb check-called a 23,000-chip bet from Firsau, and the turn brought the .
Deeb checked again, Firsau fired out another 37,000, and Deeb folded face up.
Goran Mandic raised to 22,000 from the cutoff and Team PokerStars Pro Johnny Lodden called from the big blind. The flop brought and Loddden check-called 27,000.
On the turn the hit and this time Lodden check-called 48,000. The river brought the and Lodden check-called 82,000. Mandic snap-mucked and that meant Lodden also did not have to show his cards. Lodden regained the chip lead while Mandic is back down to fourth place.