Kaspars Renga, to whom we should have awarded Grinder of the Tournament because unlike Chaz Chattha he was a) still in in level 20 and b) never had anything like a stack approaching the average, has finally bitten the dust.
So close to Day 4, he moved in preflop for just 91k over the top of a Denis Kipnis raise (24k) and was immediately called.
Kipnis showed , in big trouble against the of Renga. However a five on the turn cracked the Aces like a hammer on toffee and sent him out of the tournament.
It seems that Salvatore Irace's plan to shove the river backfired when it gave Richard Toth a full house. Toth on the button had bet the flop (46k) and the turn (68k) called each time by small blind Irace. The river brought the and an immediate shove from Irace. Unfortunately for him, Toth held . He had to turn over and take his leave.
Jan Bendik now finds himself with 1,754,000 after he won a monster pot from Frenchman Guillaume Darcourt.
It looked like all the chips went in on a flop reading , with Darcourt shoving 352,000 in the end! Darcourt held for a pair of nines with a flush draw to go with it, whilst Bendik held nothing other than !
The turn changed nothing as it was the but the peeled off on the river to award the huge pot to Bendik!
Dermot Blain is no more after he lost a vital coinflip against Jean Sami Souleiman with the money going in preflop.
Souleiman bet 34,000 from early position and when the action folded to Blain, he quickly moved all-in. Just as quickly, Souleiman made the call.
Blain:
Souleiman:
The race was over almost as quickly as it started as the flop came down , the turn saw Blain fall even further behind and he was well completely beaten when the arrived on the turn to give Souleiman a full house!
A big pot for Denis Kipnis knocks Sasa Stancic down to just 120,000. Kipnis had three-bet preflop from the button and Stancic made the call.
The flop: . Stancic checked and Kipnis bet 66k (with 250k behind). Back to Stancic who went right into the tank, standing up and pondering his own slightly larger stack.
"I want this hand," he admitted.
"I want it, but I don't know if I win it..."
Finally he moved all in and was shrug-called by Kipnis.
Kipnis:
Stancic:
The turn and river fell giving Kipnis a sudden burst of chip energy (650,000).
Haykel Cherif Vidal got his last in with and picked up a call from Jean Sami Souleiman holding pocket tens. The board ran out a pretty emphatic and Vidal doubled to 310,000. Souleiman was left with 290,000.
The unbelievable rise of Emilliano Bono continues, this time at the expense of Sergio Rodriguez Sanchez. Bono raised to 25k preflop, and Sanchez called in the big blind. The flop came and Sanchez check-called 20k. Both players checked the turn, but on the river when Sanchez checked again, Bono looked at his stack and sort of banged a fist down lightly (prompting a warning about check-like action when it was on him).
He looked to be counting out random amounts of chips, before settling on 85k for the river bet. Sanchez made the call and mucked when Bono showed ; he's down to around 250,000.
Fernando Brito, the man who will be crowned the European Poker Tour Player of the Year when the points from Prague are added up, is out of the tournament after a cooler of a hand.
Brito raised preflop with and was called by Marco Leonzio holding and when the flop came down nine high, Brito lead out, Leonzio moved all in and Brito made the call and was in horrendous shape. No help on the turn or river and the Portuguese businessman is history
We arrived on the river of a board to find that Manuel Bevand (small blind) had checked and Emiliano Bono (button) had bet 65,000. This prompted a dwell of many minutes from Bevand before he eventually called. Bevand turned over which was well ahead of Bono's nothing-y .Bevand looked quietly smug as his stack increased to 840,000; Bono was uncharacteristically silent as he dropped back to 360,000.
In case you are not aware, we have a husband and wife still in the tournament, Josh and Helen Prager, though the latter is now severely short on chips after clashing with Ludovic Marguerat.
Prager moved all in preflop from the button with and Marguerat made the call in the small blind with . The final board ran out and Prager had to give 172,000 or her stack to her opponent, leaving her very short stacked
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flop (46k) and the 
turn (68k) called each time by small blind Irace. The river brought the 
and an immediate shove from Irace. Unfortunately for him, Toth held 
. He had to turn over 
and take his leave.
, with Darcourt shoving 352,000 in the end! Darcourt held 
!
but the 
turn saw Blain fall even further behind and he was well completely beaten when the 
arrived on the turn to give Souleiman a full house!
. Stancic checked and Kipnis bet 66k (with 250k behind). Back to Stancic who went right into the tank, standing up and pondering his own slightly larger stack.
giving Kipnis a sudden burst of chip energy (650,000).
and picked up a call from Jean Sami Souleiman holding pocket tens. The board ran out a pretty emphatic 
and Vidal doubled to 310,000. Souleiman was left with 290,000.
turn, but on the 
board to find that Manuel Bevand (small blind) had checked and Emiliano Bono (button) had bet 65,000. This prompted a dwell of many minutes from Bevand before he eventually called. Bevand turned over 
and Prager had to give 172,000 or her stack to her opponent, leaving her very short stacked