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If you remember back to our coverage of EPT Barcelona, Jason Mercier made a comment while on the EPT Live broadcast where he brought up the term "nitroll."
"It's not a slowroll, it's a nitroll. He's not really slowrolling him, he's just a tight player." said Mercier.
Mercier is friends with Carter Phillips, and well, Phillips may have just been nitrolled.
Maurice Schulmann raised to 12,400 after beginning the hand with 73,500. Carter Phillips was next in position and reraised to 34,000 after verifying how much Schulmann began the hand with. It folded back around to Schulman and he tanked... and tanked... and tanked. About three or four minutes went by on the clock before he finally moved all in. Phillips made the call.
Phillips showed pocket sevens and then Schulmann tabled pocket queens. Phillips immediately looked at him and asked, "Was that a slowroll?"
Schulmann doesn't understand English very well and didn't respond. Phillips asked again, which prompted Antony Lellouche to translate to Schulmann.
The board ran out and Phillips shipped over the chips. Lellouche explained to Phillips that this is Schulmann's first tournament and that he understand how Phillips feels.
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Jeff Sarwer
First in from the hijack seat, Jeff Sarwer made it 7,000 to play, and Shaun Deeb three-bet to 17,600 from the button. Sarwer stuck in the call, and it was heads up to the flop.
It came down . Sarwer checked, and Deeb continued out with a bet of 25,800. It would take several long minutes before Sarwer acted, and he fumbled with his chips and made a check-raise to 60,000.
It was Deeb's turn to sit in the tank this time, statue-still with his eyes hidden behind dark sunglasses. After what seemed like an eternity, Deeb spoke. "You have a flush draw and you're going to get there." With that, he flipped his cards back to the dealer, and the Canadian drags in another nice pot to move to about 440,000.
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Luca Pagano opened with a raise to 8,000 from the cutoff. Jeremi Stepinski reraised from the button to 17,000. Mel Judah was in the small blind and said, "Raise... seventy-two thousand more." to make the total bet 89,000. Pagano quickly folded and then Stepinski went into the tank.
Stepinski would eventually fold his hand, flashing a queen and claiming he had pocket queens. Judah is up to 160,000.
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Sorel Mizzi eliminated
Jeff Sarwer opened with a raise to 7,000 from the hijack seat and action folded over to Sorel Mizzi in the small blind. Mizzi reraised to 18,500. Sarwer then made it 42,000. This sent Mizzi into the tank for a few minutes. He counted his stack and then moved all in. Sarwer immediately called.
"Aces?" asked Mizzi.
"Yep." responded Sarwer, tabling . Mizzi held .
The board ran out and after an official count of the stacks, Mizzi was sent to the rail having been covered by Sarwer. Sarwer's now up to 405,000 chips.
"King-queen would've won online." commented Shaun Deeb. "Thanks for getting him off my left."
We joined the action as Debus was all in for 36,800 holding . Racing for his survival against pocket eights, Debus found a jack on the flop to double his way up over 77,000.
On the very next hand, Dmitry Vitkind opened the pot with a raise to 8,000, and Debus moved his new chips all in once again. Vitkind called, and it was once again a flip. Debus had the pair this time with , and Vitkind had the overcard and the covering stack.
Once again, Debus' horse would run faster as the board came . With two consecutive doubles, Debus is now all the way back up to about 165,000.
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Clayton Mozdzen
Alfio Battisti was the preflop raiser for this hand, and Clayton Mozdzen put in the call to go heads-up the rest of the way.
The dealer ran out a flop of , and Battisti continued out with a bet, somewhere around 11,000 chips. Mozdzen came right along, and the turn paired the board with the . Battisti fired another small bet of ~16,000 with Mozdzen calling once again.
The last card off was the to put three aces on board. Battisti grabbed his remaining 43,500 chips and shoved them across the line. Mozdzen didn't seem to happy with the play, and he put the calling chips in with a shake of his head.
Battisti pumped his fist and turned over for quads. Thanks to a hand that kept getting better and better for the Italian, he has doubled up over 150,000, while Mozden slips back to 190,000 just as the first break of the day hits.
and Phillips shipped over the chips. Lellouche explained to Phillips that this is Schulmann's first tournament and that he understand how Phillips feels.![[user66118]](/img/avatars/avatar.svg){kind=avatar}
. Mizzi held 
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and after an official count of the stacks, Mizzi was sent to the rail having been covered by Sarwer. Sarwer's now up to 405,000 chips.
. Racing for his survival against pocket eights, Debus found a jack on the flop to double his way up over 77,000.
, and Vitkind had the overcard 
and the covering stack.
, and Battisti continued out with a bet, somewhere around 11,000 chips. Mozdzen came right along, and the turn paired the board with the 
. Battisti fired another small bet of ~16,000 with Mozdzen calling once again.