Antonio Puntas opened to 160,000 from the cutoff and Marius Moldoveanu defended from the big blind.
Both players checked the flop and turn leading to a final board of 6♣7♥10♠10♥6♠. Moldoveanu checked and called a 100,000 bet from Puntas.
Moldoveanu tabled A♠3x for an ace-kicker to the two pair on the board. Puntas tabled A♦J♥ and the two players split the pot.
Level: 26
Blinds: 40,000/80,000
Ante: 80,000
The final four players have agreed to an adjusted ICM chop that will leave 10% of the remaining prize pool for the final two finishers. The revised payouts are as follows, with second place receiving an additional €3,700 and first place receiving an additional €5,000. Levels will now increase every ten hands.
| Player | Chips | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| Antonio Puntas | 4,940,000 | € 23,732 |
| Marius Moldoveanu | 3,310,000 | € 20,446 |
| Fernando Celdran | 2,300,000 | € 18,662 |
| Ionut Dragomir | 1,645,000 | € 16,735 |
The tournament has been paused as the final four players discuss a potential deal.
Antonio Puntas moved all in for 120,000 from the hijack and Manuel Ledesma moved all in for just over 1,000,000. Puntas snap-called to put Ledesma at risk.
Manuel Ledesma: A♦K♠
Antonio Puntas: A♥A♣
Ledesma had a monster hand but had run into pocket aces and was in dire straights. He could not pull ahead on the A♠Q♦6♦K♣5♣ runout and was sent to the rail in fifth-place while Puntas scored another final table knockout.
All four remaining players are now guaranteed a €5,000 package to Cyprus for the Mediterranean Poker Party in May that will include a €2,000 entry to the EAPT Grand Finale.
Manuel Ledesma opened to 60,000 from udner the gun and received calls from Fernando Celdran on the button, Marius Moldoveanu in the small blind and Ionut Drago in the big blind.
The flop came K♥K♣3♦ and action checked around to Celdran who bet 100,000. The blinds got out of the way before Ledesma moved all in for roughly 600,000. All other players folded and Ledesma scored almost a full double up without having to go to showdown.
Level: 25
Blinds: 30,000/60,000
Ante: 60,000
Antonio Puntas opened to 120,000 from the cutoff and received calls from Fernando Celdran on the button and Ionut Dragomir in the big blind.
All three players checked the flop and turn leading to a final board of J♦7♣3♣A♣10♠. Celdran checked, Puntas bet 150,000, Celdran check-raised to 710,000 and Puntas called.
Puntas turned over 9♥8♥ for a jack-high straight but Celdran showed down K♦Q♣ for a Broadway straight to take a healthy pot.
Javier Romero shoved for 320,000 from the button. Antonio Puntas raised to 650,000 from the small blind, forcing out all other players to leave Romero at risk.
Javier Romero: 6♦6♥
Antonio Puntas: 10♠10♦
Romero needed some help against the bigger pocket pair and failed to connect with the 9♥K♦8♥2♦10♣ runout. Puntas collected another healthy pot while Romero's deep run came to an end in sixth-place.
Javier Romero moved all in for 135,000 from the small blind and was called by Antonio Puntas in the big blind.
Javier Romero: A♦7♠
Antonio Puntas: Q♥7♥
Romero was in a great spot to double up with a bigger seven but his hopes were briefly dashed when Puntas hit top pair on the Q♦J♠2♣ flop. Romero reclaimed the lead on the A♥ turn and held on the K♥ river to score a full double up.
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