This time it's Chaz Chattha heading to the payout area while Manuel Bevand rises to a towering 750,000.
So often the two players in the blinds can play out a snowball of a pot, and this was no exception. Small blind Chattha had a stack of 100k over the line on a flop of and must have check-raised big blind Bevand. Bevand, however, wasn't going anywhere - and there was, out of the blue, a huge showdown:
Bevand:
Chattha:
The turn and river came and with a handshake Chattha's gone.
He's been here before and he'll be here again - making the money in an EPT seems to be as normal as breakfast for Team PokerStars Pro Luca Pagano. However his stack could use some feeding - he just lost a pot to new table leader and fellow Italian Marco Leonzio. Leonzio check-raised Pagano's 34k bet on a by 41,000 and Pagano, after thinking for a while let it go.
The chip leader at the end of Day 1b and Day 2, Dirk Richter has been eliminated at the hands of EPT Berlin Champion Kevin MacPhee.
Joining the hand on the flop, Richter checked, MacPhee bet 33,500 only to see Richter check-raise all in! MacPhee quickly called and the hands were revealed!
MacPhee: - For top pair
Richter: - For complete air! Seriously!
The dealer burned and dealt the turn, meaning the river had to be one of the three remaining aces or he would have crashed and burned in spectacular fashion.
River: - Game over for Richter as MacPhee becomes the first player to break through the one million chip mark!
Blind vs. blind just now, and Ruslan Prydryk took his small blind opportunity to put in a raise to 18k. Big blind Liviu Ignat made the call. A similar pattern followed on the flop - this time a lead of 25k and a quick call. The turn was the and bet by neither player, but the river saw Prydryk bet out 34k. Ignat took quite a while to measure out the call and make it, but he was rewarded by seeing his was ahead - Prydrik flipped for a total bluff.
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and must have check-raised big blind Bevand. Bevand, however, wasn't going anywhere - and there was, out of the blue, a huge showdown:
and with a handshake Chattha's gone.
by 41,000 and Pagano, after thinking for a while let it go.
coming good against Drasutis Tauras Narmontas' pocket jacks on a 
board. Narmontas dropped back to 295,000.
flop, Richter checked, MacPhee bet 33,500 only to see Richter check-raise all in! MacPhee quickly called and the hands were revealed!
- For top pair
- For complete air! Seriously!
turn, meaning the river had to be one of the three remaining aces or he would have crashed and burned in spectacular fashion.
- Game over for Richter as MacPhee becomes the first player to break through the one million chip mark!
to double to 220,000
