[user46392]
Marc of Cain
Wow, this hand has it all! Aces cracked! Two big name players! An exit! And a massive new chip leader!
We're not exactly sure how it came to this, but a raising war between Dario Minieri and Marc Naalden on the turn of a board saw the two of them all in - two 60,000-chip stacks up against each other. The cards were flipped.
Naalden: for top set
Minieri: for the turned straight
River: a brickalicious
The stacks were counted and Naalden was just covered; he took his defeat gracefully and headed for the door. Minieri, meanwhile, is our monstrous new chip leader, on something very like 130,000.
[user66118]
It's impossible to think we missed him for the first four hours, so we're guessing Jean-Robert Bellande showed up a bit late for today's flight. Mr. Bellande is tucked away safely in the far corner of the room across the hall, so for now we'll rely on the sporadic outcries of a few unknown French amateurs for our in-room entertainment.
[user140525]
Fabrice Soulier is not having a very pleasant afternoon. He smacked the table and folded to a river bet in one big hand that left him with only 6,300. Melanie Weisner, sitting to his left, made a comment about the hand, and he snapped at her, "Don't push it. I mean I know you're a woman, but..." Rather than finish the thought, he wisely got up from the table for a quick breather.
One he returned, Soulier won one pot, giving him close to 9,000. Then he got involved in a hand with Luca Pagano and another opponent.
Board:
The first player to act fired 1,500, and Soulier flat called. Pagano also paid to see the river.
River:
The first player checked to Soulier, who bet 3,500, almost half of his stack. Pagano elected just to call, and the other player quickly folded. Luca showed for the backdoor flush. Fabrice disgustedly slammed his cards down on the table: for a turned Broadway. Soulier is now stuck with under 4,000.
[user46392]
[Removed:133] is down to just 8,000 - the details are a little hazy, but Jessy Jean Gabiso was raking in an enormous pot, and Cournut was involved in some kind of very serious discussion with him...
[user46392]
Noep for Joep
Down to 10,500 last we saw, Team PokerStars Pro Joep van den Bijgaart has now been spotted at the rail chatting to Marc Naalden.
Just before the start of the day today, Glo caught up with ElkY to pick his brain about this EPT event. ElkY offered up some predictions and talked about what it's like to be playing major tournament poker on his home soil. You've got a few minutes to kill, so check it out:
[user46392]
Hong in there
They're breaking pretty swiftly now, but there's still a handful of tables down the corridor in the back room. Please enjoy these notable chip counts from way back there:
Catherine Hong - 58,000
Luca Pagano - 95,000
Melanie Weisner - 10,700
Jeremy Amsellem - 40,000
Stephan Kjerstad - 30,000
Rob Hollink - 30,000
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board saw the two of them all in - two 60,000-chip stacks up against each other. The cards were flipped.
for the turned straight
for the backdoor flush. Fabrice disgustedly slammed his cards down on the table: 
for a turned Broadway. Soulier is now stuck with under 4,000.
