When we walked up to the table, Juan Manuel Pastor had moved all-in and Paul Berende was making a decision for most of his chips. Nick Schulman was still left to act after Berende and the board read .
After some thought, Berende made the call, Schulman got out of the way, and the cards were on their backs.
Berende:
Pastor:
The turn brought the and Berende had to dodge clubs on the last street, and that he did, when the hit the river.
Juan Manuel Pastor hit the rail and Berende increased his stack to 738,000.
Moritz Kranich raised in early position and James Bowey shoved from the button for 105,000. Kranich looked as though he didn't particularly want to call, but called anyway.
Kranich:
Bowey:
Board:
A lack of any nastiness from the board meant that Bowey doubled to 235,000.
Thiago Nishijima open-shoved for 115,000 from middle position, and Omar Baioumi made the call in the big blind. Nishijima's needed to hit against Baioumi's . Though Nishijima picked up a few extra outs along the way, the board wasn't enough to save the Day 1 chip leader.
Craig McCorkell is the big chip leader now. He just won a large pot from Sami Kelopuro to push him in advance of the 1 million mark.
The board was reading and Kelopuro check-called a bet of 43,000 leading to a river.
Kelopuro now checked once more and McCorkell bet out 157,000. The Finn shook his head but called anyway but mucked when McCorkell showed for a rivered straight.
Alex Gomes opened from the cutoff, and the big blind, Vlad Mezheritsky, moved all in for 224,000 more. Gomes, who had about 475,000 left after his raise, took several minutes to come up with a fold.
So micro-stack Fernando Brito called all in for his last, er, 7,000. That's a little more than half a big blind. There was a raise behind him and a call in the small blind, making it a three-way pot, but the other two players just checked down the board and they turned over their cards, in the following order:
Omar Baioumi: for a pair of deuces
Brito: for a pair of eights
Claudiu Saizu: for a pair of tens
"Awww," came the chorus from the whole table, who had rather been hoping for some micro-triple-up entertainment. Nevertheless, Brito did not have the best of it, and headed for the desk to collect his cash.
Moritz Kranich was just eliminated after he was all-in preflop with against two other players. Craig McCorkell then bet out the other player on the flop and showed . The on the turn helped neither and the river meant McCorkell's kicker played.
Kranich's depature means that Salvatore Bonavena and Vicky Coren are the only two former EPT champions still in this tournament.
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and Berende had to dodge clubs on the last street, and that he did, when the 
hit the river.
. Though Nishijima picked up a few extra outs along the way, the 
board wasn't enough to save the Day 1 chip leader.
for a rivered straight.
for a pair of eights
for a pair of tens
, Paul Berende in the big blind checked and Alex Gomes put out a bet of 43,000. Berende called and the 
fell on the river. 
against two other players. Craig McCorkell then bet out the other player on the 
flop and showed 
on the turn helped neither and the river 
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