John O'Shea made the opening raise before calling Michel Abecassis' push from the big blind. On their backs, gentlemen.
Abecassis: 
O'Shea: 
Board: 
The hands were very similar, but Abecassis had O'Shea ever so slightly pipped and he doubled to 110,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,600,000
300,000
|
300,000 |
|
||
|
935,000
294,700
|
294,700 |
|
840,000
340,000
|
340,000 |
|
||
|
835,000
299,200
|
299,200 |
|
742,000
18,000
|
18,000 |
|
609,000
95,100
|
95,100 |
|
|
||
|
580,000
130,000
|
130,000 |
|
440,000
17,900
|
17,900 |
|
|
||
|
|
436,000
136,000
|
136,000 |
|
407,000
69,000
|
69,000 |
|
400,000
246,600
|
246,600 |
|
|
||
|
400,000
27,000
|
27,000 |
|
|
||
|
400,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
400,000
161,200
|
161,200 |
|
|
397,000
18,000
|
18,000 |
|
395,000
226,700
|
226,700 |
|
|
||
|
390,000
140,000
|
140,000 |
|
390,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
380,000
108,000
|
108,000 |
|
360,000
124,600
|
124,600 |
|
|
||
|
356,000
31,400
|
31,400 |
|
|
352,000
25,200
|
25,200 |
|
347,000
137,000
|
137,000 |
|
|
343,000
132,900
|
132,900 |
|
|
||
|
330,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Level: 17
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 500
One level (plus seven minutes) behind us, and it's time for a 15-minute break. We'll be back in a flash with some shiny new chip counts for everyone.
Nik Persaud is our latest casualty, pushing with 
suited but smacking into EPT Tallinn winner Kevin Stani's pocket jacks.
Nicky Evans has been knocked out on a 
board, his 
didn't match up too well with it, especially with Jude Ainsworth holding 
for top two pair.
EPT Deauville winner Jake Cody has also been eliminated, losing with 
to Tomas Macnamara's 
.
Allen Kessler pushed for his last 76,500 to a raise from Keven Stammen. Stammen called, and they were at the races.
Kessler: 
Stammen:
Board: 
"Sorry Kessler," said Stammen, who is now up to 380,000.
EPT Berlin finalist Ilya Gorodetskiy got his last in well ahead with against Nick Banwari's . But a queen dropped on the 
board, and Gorodetskiy was gone.
We're not sure exactly how it came to this, but Pim de Goede was all in for just 30,000 or so against Kevin Eyster.
De Goede:
Eyster:
Flop: 
"Let's go, jack of clubs," said a cheerful Eyster, for whom the tiny pot barely made a difference to his vast stack.
Turn:
Eyster: "Heyyy, that's what I'm talking about."
River:
"Back in the game," a tablemate told the very relieved Mr. de Goede, who'd rivered a straight.
"I need six more double ups," de Goede told him, raking in his new 70,000-or-so stack.
David Steicke's had a pretty good day so far. Further to finding aces to knock out JP Kelly earlier, Steicke has now doubled up with against Leo Fernandez' .
Board: 
Steicke doubled to 350,000. Fernandez was left with 55,000, which he pushed into the middle from the button the next hand. No-one was interested, though, and he remains in and short-stacked for the moment.
