Michael Tureniec opened to 130,000 (his standard for this level) and Per Linde called, the flop of quickly went check, bet of 150,000 from Tureniec and a quick fold.
Linde had a good start to this heads up battle, drawing to within a million of Tureniec but has since lost most of it back. It'll be interesting to see how these players adjust their tactics after the upcoming break.
Linde raised to 125,000 and Tureniec made the call to see an interesting flop but Tureniec folded quickly to a Linde bet.
Next hand, Michael Tureniec got Per Linde's big blind with a simple preflop raise.
The hand after that it was Linde's turn to raise pre, and Tureniec made the call. They both checked the flop and Tureniec checked the turn too before laying it down to a little bet from Linde.
Linde folded his big blind to one button raise from Tureniec, but three-bet a hefty stack of 25k orange chips the next time, winning the pot. Say what you like about these players, they're not predictable or visibly concerned by the pressure of an EPT final table.
Someone wrote in to EPT Live predicting the end to this battle would occur in ten hands' time. We're all very curious to see if this prophecy comes true.
Linde raised on the button, and Tureniec made the call . Check to Linde, who won this one there with a 200k bet.
Michael Tureniec raised to 180,000 and Per Linde called to see a flop, Linde checked then called a 200,000 bet. The came on the turn and this time Linde check/folded after Tureniec fired out a 500,000 bet. It seems to be one-way traffic at this point.
Tureniec again raised the button to 180,000 and Linde this time tried to 3-bet to 500,000 but Tureniec moved all-in and Linde instantly folded. The latter is getting dangerously short.
Per Linde raised from the button, and then shoved to Michael Tureniec's reraise. It really looked as though we'd be crowning a champion within seconds...
Linde:
Tureniec:
But it was not to be for Tureniec this time around.
Board: making Linde a flush
With that, the stacks are not too far off even again - Tureniec is at 7.83 million, Linde at 5.64 million.
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quickly went check, bet of 150,000 from Tureniec and a quick fold.
flop but Tureniec folded quickly to a Linde bet.
flop and Tureniec tooked it down with a bet on the turn.
turn too before laying it down to a little bet from Linde.
. Check to Linde, who won this one there with a 200k bet.
flop, Linde checked then called a 200,000 bet. The 
came on the turn and this time Linde check/folded after Tureniec fired out a 500,000 bet. It seems to be one-way traffic at this point.
making Linde a flush