Two EPT Champions Join
Level 2
: 75/150, 0 ante
We located four more familiar faces, including Yann Dion who played yesterday as well. Walter Buss is one of Belgium's biggest poker enthusiasts, as he has cashes all over the world in recent years. Buss' biggest score came in October of 2014 when he finished fourth in the Isle Open at Pompano Beach for $40,229.
Salvatore Bonavena won the European Poker Tour Prague event in 2008 for €774,000, which is one of the biggest results of an Italian player to date. Bonavena ranks fourth on the Italian all-time money list with $2.9 million in career earnings.
Jean Montury, from France, won one of the most recent EPTs, when he took down the Malta event for €687,400 and he loos to continue his good run here this week.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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30,000 | |
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30,000
30,000
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30,000 |
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30,000 | |
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30,000 |
, Van der Ven made a "weak bet of 1,300" Boyaciyan laughed, "He showed insecurity, so I floated again."
on the turn made Van der Ven bet 3,000 and Boyaciyan floated one more time.
fell on the river and Van der Ven now checked. Boyaciyan made a bet of 6,200 and Van der Ven eventually mucked. Boyaciyan "He hesitated for a bit, thinking about making a move, but he left his balls at home and folded"
, but we'll never know for sure if that was the case. Boyaciyan plays almost 40,000, Van der Ven dropped down to 24,000.
on which Berger check-called 2,000.
hit and both players checked.
and Berger checked again. When Berger's opponent checked behind he sighed and tabled 
. A continuation bet of 550 followed, the small blind called and so did Vranken in the big blind. "You too?" Van Brugge smiled as Vranken tossed in the necessary chips to call.
turn and the 
hit the river. The small blind checked and big blind Vranken bet 2,000. Van Brugge made the call, and so did the small blind.
. Van Brugge smiled and showed 
; "Yeah kicker trouble". The small blind open mucked his 
and Van Brugge with the straight was pushed the pot.
and Van den Berg lead out for 400. Ensan quickly raised it up to 900 and both Sathi and Gessel folded quickly. Van den Berg folded as well and Ensan showed the 
as he raked in the pot.
on which De Korver check-raised Hagenbeuk's bet of 1,400 to 3,100.
hit, on which De Korver bet 4,000.
. This was good enough, and De Korver added, "I just didn't believe him," with a big smile. De Korver now has a big stack while Hagenbeuk was left behind with 7,000.
