Jonathan Weekes opened his button, and Oleg Makovenko called in the small blind.
Flop: - Makovenko checked, and Weekes bet 30,000. Makovenko made a careful call.
Turn: - Makovenko took the initiative this time. Well, sort of. He min-bet 8,000. Weekes was confused, but opted just to call.
River: - Makovenko went back to checking, and Weekes tried to take it down with a 70,000 bet. Makovenko looked him up, and all Weekes could show was for ace-high and the sevens on the board. Makovenko's was good enough to win, leaving Weekes at 455,000, his lowest point in a day.
Kestutis Slankauskas shoved in mid position and after a few moments' deliberation Matvey Linov made the call.
Slankauskas:
Linov:
Board:
Linov was calling for an eight on the turn, and then for a three although that would have meant he chopped the pot with Slankauskas. As it was however neither of those cards came in: Linov's nines held up and Slankauskas hit the rail.
Clayton Mozdzen managed a small double up with against to get back over the six-figure mark. Soon after though, he was all-in once more but his was dominated by Javed Abrahams and with the board coming that's one more player going to the rail.
It folded around to Eddie Tasbas in the small blind who pushed all in, and Frederik Boberg quickly called in the big blind.
"Oh wow," sighed Tasbas.
Tasbas:
Boberg:
Board: ...
Tasbas was already standing to leave, but as the three dropped on the river he announced, "Boom!" with feeling and sat back down. He doubled to 220,000. Boberg looked ill and dropped as they swapped stacks, his own dropping to 112,000.
Usually after the bubble bursts, there are a flurry of bust outs as the short stacks clear out and the bigger stacks take bigger risks. But today's field decided not to follow that trend. We've only had six eliminations and few other hands of note since reaching the money. Perhaps it's because of the length of time most players are taking to make each decision, or perhaps it's just a coincidence of the cards. Either way, with average stack around 30 big blinds, players will eventually have to get moving.
Luca Pagano - maintaining records all over the place
By the by, we know we say this at pretty much every EPT, but Luca Pagano, the man with the most EPT cashes ever, has just made his record a little harder to beat. This now represents his 15th EPT cash, and although he is now in possession of a slightly below average stack - around 235,000 - he still has a pretty good shot at bettering another of his own records by making a seventh final table.
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- Makovenko checked, and Weekes bet 30,000. Makovenko made a careful call.
- Makovenko took the initiative this time. Well, sort of. He min-bet 8,000. Weekes was confused, but opted just to call.
- Makovenko went back to checking, and Weekes tried to take it down with a 70,000 bet. Makovenko looked him up, and all Weekes could show was 
for ace-high and the sevens on the board. Makovenko's 
was good enough to win, leaving Weekes at 455,000, his lowest point in a day.
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