Javed Abrahams had called a raise from former chip leader but still big stack Matvey Linov to see a flop. Linov bet 2,125 and Abrahams replied with a raise to 6,125.
After checking his opponent's stack (who had about just over 30,000 behind) Linov flat-called and the came on the turn. Linov now checked to his opponent, the latter proceeding to bet 10,500 and Linov check-raised all-in. Abrahams called instantly with and Linov could only bemoan his luck and hope for a two, five or ace to save himself.
The river was a and Abrahams has doubled to around 85,000. Linov drops to about 80,000.
The board read when Alex Kravchenko fired 6,600 at the sizable pot. Tomer Berda made the call to see the on the river. Kravchenko kept up his story, betting 13,600 this time. Berda spent a few minutes in the tank, finally deciding to fold. With the hand, Kravchenko moved up to 77,000 while Berda fell to 35,500.
Luca Pagano opened for 1,700 and Heinz Kamutzki to his immediate left called, before sole-woman-playing-who-is-not- Annette-Obrestad-or-Vanessa-Se lbst Nelli Nufer made it 4,300 to go. Call, call.
They saw a flop and the two gentlemen checked to Nufer, who took a very long time about checking behind.
The turn was the and again it checked around to Nufer. This time she bet 5,000, leaving herself 9,000 behind. Pagano folded, but Kamutzki raised to 20,700, more than enough to cover Nufer. She squinted at the board for a while, but ultimately folded. Kamutzki thereby increased his stack to around 40,000.
For a long time it seems that two-time WSOP bracelet winner Praz Bansi has had a bit of a curse on him. Although his track record in tournaments is extremely impressive, with a list of cashes longer than most arms to his name, Bansi has never managed to cash in an EPT despite playing almost every one over the past few years (the PCA - where Bansi placed 18th this January - is no longer an EPT event). He has often found himself with a big stack early on, even chip leader at times, but come time for the bubble to burst, Bansi is nowhere to be seen.
This EPT is sadly no different.
Having once again amassed a large stack early on, Bansi lost around half of it when he doubled up Seppo Parkkinen earlier in the day, and just now has managed to hit the rail. It seems he four-bet all in with . His opponent called with , Bansi failed to spike anything marvellous, and we will have to wait until at least EPT Vilamoura for Bansi's curse to lift.
Pokerstars qualifier Martin Papiernik opened preflop to 1,925 and fellow qualifier Thomas Dolezal reraised to 6,100 out of the blinds. Papiernik then 4-bet to 13,500 and Dolezal asked how much he had back which was roughly 37,000.
Dolezal moved in and Papiernik snap-called, flipping over , Dolezal sighed and turned over but like me on a friday night at the disco, he couldn't find the right lady when the board came
Papiernik was all-in for 50,800 and doubles up to over 100,000. Dolezal is crippled with around 15,000 remaining.
Last time we left Matvey Linov, he had just dropped around 40,000 to Javed Abrahams which had us wondering whether he would self-destruct after such a good day so far. Instead, heading over to the same table saw him now sitting with a stack of around 140,000.
He fired on a flop against Seppo Parkkinen but got called and then applied more pressure by betting 8,975 on the turn, a bet which would force the Finn to commit or fold and the latter option was chosen. However this hand made it apparent to see the Russian's strength, he seems relentless in a pot and knows exactly how much pressure he seems to need to apply, but also when he should back off.
Incidentally, the 140,000 stack means that Linov has regained the chip lead.
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Aces all over the place for Mr. Mattern
After complaining that he'd had aces twice and queens three times earlier in the day but had seen no action at all, Mattern suddenly got all the action he could desire.
We only caught the tail end of this three-way all-in showdown, but that was plenty of time to see Arnaud Mattern's pocket aces (again!) hold up against both Philipp Gruissem's and a third player's . All we caught of the board before the dealer swept it up was that there was an ace on the flop.
Whatever happened there, both Guissem and the unknown Third Player busted out, and Mattern's stack swelled to 94,000.
Though there was some discussion about only playing eight levels today, we are, in fact, going to play nine. So everyone is off on their last 15-minute break of the night. They'll return to play one more hour before bagging and tagging.
Matt Kay opened for 2,500 and was met with a mini-shove for less than 5,000 total from his neighbour, online qualifier Olivier Dupont. Everyone else folded, Kay made the call, and Dupont just shrugged as he discovered that he was in trouble.
Kay:
Dupont:
Board:
Dupont's run came to an abrupt end while Kay, who dropped down as low as 10,000 at one point today, moved back above his starting stack on 33,000.
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flop. Linov bet 2,125 and Abrahams replied with a raise to 6,125.
came on the turn. Linov now checked to his opponent, the latter proceeding to bet 10,500 and Linov check-raised all-in. Abrahams called instantly with 
and Linov could only bemoan his luck and hope for a two, five or ace to save himself.
and Abrahams has doubled to around 85,000. Linov drops to about 80,000.
when Alex Kravchenko fired 6,600 at the sizable pot. Tomer Berda made the call to see the 
on the river. Kravchenko kept up his story, betting 13,600 this time. Berda spent a few minutes in the tank, finally deciding to fold. With the hand, Kravchenko moved up to 77,000 while Berda fell to 35,500.
flop and the two gentlemen checked to Nufer, who took a very long time about checking behind.
and again it checked around to Nufer. This time she bet 5,000, leaving herself 9,000 behind. Pagano folded, but Kamutzki raised to 20,700, more than enough to cover Nufer. She squinted at the board for a while, but ultimately folded. Kamutzki thereby increased his stack to around 40,000.
. His opponent called with 
, Bansi failed to spike anything marvellous, and we will have to wait until at least EPT Vilamoura for Bansi's curse to lift.
, Dolezal sighed and turned over 
flop against Seppo Parkkinen but got called and then applied more pressure by betting 8,975 on the 
turn, a bet which would force the Finn to commit or fold and the latter option was chosen. However this hand made it apparent to see the Russian's strength, he seems relentless in a pot and knows exactly how much pressure he seems to need to apply, but also when he should back off.
and a third player's 
. All we caught of the board before the dealer swept it up was that there was an ace on the flop.
