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Casper Toft raised from the cutoff and Luca Pagano called out of the big blind. All good.
They saw a flop and Pagano checked. Toft asked how much Pagano had left - it was 54,300, although according to Pagano it was around 52,000 - before betting 6,200. Pagano promptly moved all in.
Toft dwelled up for a very long time, long enough for the clock to be called. When his minute was more than half up, he called.
Pagano: for top pair
Toft: for an open-ended straight draw
Turn: bink!
River: to further improve Toft's hand to a flush
Ladies and gentlemen, Luca Pagano has left the building. Actually he's probably in the bar. But either way, Mr. Top Of The EPT Leader Board is no longer for this tournament.
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Andrey Zaichenko opened the pot by shoving all in for 40,300 from early position. A few seats over, Sebastien Bidinger re-shoved all in for just a few thousand more. That folded the rest of the table (though Luis Medina thought about it) and put Zaichenko heads up for his tournament life.
Showdown
Zaichenko:
Bidinger:
Aaaaaand they're off! Bidinger's horse held its early lead as the flop came out . The kept him in the lead as they rounded the final corner, and the at the line locked up the knockout and the near-double-up for Bidinger.
That's the end of Zaichenko's day, though we might see him again when he realizes he's left without his jacket.
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We just caught another big pot between Niccolo Caramatti and Maxim Lykov. This one was big, and we get the feeling that there's going to be all-out warfare between the two men before long. Here's how this one went down.
On a flop of , Lykov and Camarotti each put in 9,600 chips apiece. On fourth street, the drew a check from Lykov. Caramatti fired out a bet of 25,000, and Lykov eventually made the smooth call.
The river brought the and another Lykov check, and Caramatti began counting out one last bet. In a technicolor pile of red, yellow, and purple chips, he made it 50,000 straight, sending Lykov into the tank. He cut down his stacks to see what he was working with and made the big call.
"Nice call," said Caramatti, knocking the table. When Lykov didn't show, he said, "King-high," and paused again. Still no show from Lykov, so the Italian was forced to table his airball . Lykov quietly tabled his , and his good call earns him another substantial pot at the expense of his recent rival.
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Not waving but drowning
Jasper Wetemans has also hit the rail, his failing to hit against Richard Toth's pocket queens in a 220,000 coinflip.
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Thorsson - no more-son
Kristoffer Thorsson raised to 5,400 in early position and got himself called by Peter Pallet to his immediate left and Marco Fantini in the cutoff to see a flop. Thorsson bet out 8,500 and Pallet called; Fantini passed, and they went heads up to the turn.
The turn was the and this time Thorsson bet out 16,000. Pallet made a face like someone had broken wind in his vicinity, but called, and they proceeded.
The river was the and Thorsson now announced all in for his last 50,000. Pallet, just barely covering Thorsson, called and they were on their backs.
Pallet:
Thorsson: on an almost total bluff with
The reigning Amsterdam Master Classics champion duly put on his coat and left.
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Mr. Lykov, winner of EPT Kyiv earlier this season
Under the gun, Marcel Koller opened the pot to 6,000, and he found calls from Luis Medina and Niccolo Caramatti further down the line. When the action came to Maxim Lykov in the big blind, he stacked out a reraise to 28,800 and slid it forward. That folded Koller and Medina rather quickly, but Caramatti seemed to be on to Lykov's game.
"I was much more worried about him (pointing to Koller) than you. I have a good hand here." He asked Lykov how much he was playing, and Maxim told him he had about 150,000 behind. After another moment or two, Caramatti reluctantly passed, repeating once again, "I had a good hand." He asked to see one of the cards, and Lykov promptly flipped over the as he collected a nice chunk of uncontested chips.
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[Removed:198] - scrabbling for chips
Wow, gigantic hand craziness here.
[Removed:197] opened for 5,200 and Paul Valkenburg made it 14,800 to go. Claudio Piceci flat-called in the big blind and the action moved back to [Removed:198] - who re-popped for 200,000 to cover them both. Valkenburg called all in for around 100,000, and after a few minutes' agonized deliberation, Piceci folded up leaving himself 38,000 - a decision he would soon regret.
Valkenburg:
[Removed:198]:
Board:
Nobody had a spade, and Valkenburg's pair of aces was good to double him up to 220,000. [Removed:198] was left with 127,000 although he appeared absolutely sanguine about it, and Piceci grumbled in Italian for a little while.
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We joined this pot just as the dealer was spreading out a flop of . It appears that Alexander Kravchenko had been the preflop raiser from the under-the-gun position, and he continued out with a bet of 7,500. Jonathan Schroer made a relatively quick call on the button.
Fourth street came the , and the action check-checked to the on the river. Kravchenko loaded his Kalashnikov and fired out a final bet of 18,000. Schroer took pause for several long minutes before finally surrendering his cards.
That little pot bumps Kravchenko up to right at 100,000.
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flop and Pagano checked. Toft asked how much Pagano had left - it was 54,300, although according to Pagano it was around 52,000 - before betting 6,200. Pagano promptly moved all in.
for top pair
for an open-ended straight draw
to further improve Toft's hand to a flush
. The 
at the line locked up the knockout and the near-double-up for Bidinger.
in the cutoff and fortunately for him, Dan Murariu decided to play back at him with 
and Carson is up to about 280,000.
as he collected a nice chunk of uncontested chips.![[Removed:198] - scrabbling for chips](https://s.pnimg.net/ljhjMgtT-t2lZ2pU-IBW7k4weP3vTUf0lvCns3dTJPc/pr:reporting-leading-desktop/aHR0cHM6Ly9wbmlt/Zy5uZXQvbHJlcC8x/NS85MS94ZjY4M2Jj/NWM3Yi5qcGc.webp)
up leaving himself 38,000 - a decision he would soon regret.
. It appears that Alexander Kravchenko had been the preflop raiser from the under-the-gun position, and he continued out with a bet of 7,500. Jonathan Schroer made a relatively quick call on the button.
on the river. Kravchenko loaded his Kalashnikov and fired out a final bet of 18,000. Schroer took pause for several long minutes before finally surrendering his cards.