Georgios Kapalas, the young Greek player who finalled at EPT Barcelona last season, is heading south - he's just lost two hands in a row, one of them a monster.
Hit #1
Terrence Chan raised and Kapalas reraised from the button before both players checked the flop. Chan checked again on the turn and this time Kapalas bet. Chan made the call.
Both players reverted to checking on the river and Chan turned over pocket sixes. Kapalas nodded and mucked, and Chan extended his chip lead.
Hit #2
The very next hand, Kapalas opened from the cutoff but faced a reraise from Adrian Dresel-Velasquez in the small blind.
Flop:
It looked as though Dresel-Velasquez bet out and Kapalas called, although it all happened at lightning speed. Either way, only two bets in total found their way into the pot on the flop. But on the turn...
Turn:
Dresel-Velasquez bet out and this time Kapalas tanked for a while before raising. Back to Dresel-Velasquez, who swiftly reraised. Kapalas called and they headed to the river, the pot by now massive.
River:
Dresel-Velasquez bet out again and Kapalas sighed before making the call. Dresel-Velasquez had a look of complete innocence on his face as he flipped for a full house. Kapalas mucked and was down to 278,000.
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Jason Potter was all in with just moments ago against , but managed to survive a board to double through to 100,000. Still 10 remain, but despite going down to one 10-handed table and players surely super keen not to bubble, the action has remained fast-paced and we should reach our 'official' final table very soon.
Just as I was penning Jason Potter's double up, we did indeed reach our final table, Frank Kassela feeling the full force of the bubble and exiting in 10th. He was short stacked at the time, his remaining chips going in on the turn of a board with , only to find his opponent, Terrence Chan, sitting pretty with . No two-out miracle on the river, and Kassela was gone after a valiant effort.
By the by, the prize for the biggest downswinger today goes to Jason "JP OSU" Potter. Having started the day as chip leader on 371,000, he goes into the official final table as the short stack on just 97,000.
Terrence Chan and Matthew Matros reached a flop where Matros check-raised and Chan called. The turn came the , Mattros bet and Chan folded. Matros continuing with his comeback after being short-stacked 10-handed. He now has 155,000.
Jason Potter (rather confusingly for bloggers, seated right next to Jameson Painter) raised from the button and got a call from Roberto Truijers in the big blind. The rest of Potter's chips went in on the flop.
Truijers:
Potter: ever so slightly ahead for the time being with
"Hold!" Potter ordered.
Turn: {ac]
River:
Potter did better than hold - he improved to a pair of queens and doubled to around 130,000 to stay in the game.
The action folded around to Mark Burford who raised it up to 20,000 from the cut-off. Matros made it 30,000 in the small blind, Burford raised to 40,000 and Matros called.
Flop:
Matros checked, Burford bet 10,000, and Matros called.
Turn:
Matros bet 20,000, Burford raised to 40,000, Matros three-bet to 60,000, Burford capped, and Matros called.
River:
Neither player seemed to like the river, but when it was checked down it was Matros who took the pot with versus .
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flop. Chan checked again on the 
turn and this time Kapalas bet. Chan made the call.
river and Chan turned over pocket sixes. Kapalas nodded and mucked, and Chan extended his chip lead.
for a full house. Kapalas mucked and was down to 278,000.
just moments ago against 
, but managed to survive a 
board to double through to 100,000. Still 10 remain, but despite going down to one 10-handed table and players surely super keen not to bubble, the action has remained fast-paced and we should reach our 'official' final table very soon.
, only to find his opponent, Terrence Chan, sitting pretty with 
. No two-out miracle on the 
flop where Matros check-raised and Chan called. The turn came the 
.