The board read by the time this particular hand piqued our interest. Iulian-Georgian Ruxandescu in the small blind checked to Ilari Tahkokallio who bet 5,075. After a few moments Ruxandescu called.
The river was the and Ruxandescu checked again. This time Tahkokallio went all in for around 17,000, and Ruxandescu swiftly called. Tahkokallio may have won an award last night at the Nordic Poker Awards, but he won't be getting any cash prizes in this particular EPT - he turned over which was no good against Ruxandescu's , and hit the rail.
In poker, Tournament Directors are known for their unflappable calm professionalism and iron rule over the players, with final discretion on all aspects of card jurisdiction. Kevin was just asked over by Annette Obrestad who had an eye on her now half-empty side of the room.
"Do you know the order of breaking tables?" she asked.
"Yes," he replied.
The seconds ticked by while a hand played out on her table. The dealer shuffled.
"Are you going to tell me?"
"High to low."
She might either love or hate her current lineup - it's hard to tell from her reaction to the news that her table was third in line for breaking at this point.
Martin Wendt has dropped down to around 10,000 after he 4-bet all-in with against a shorter stack's . A real rollercoaster of a board that came , Wendt made two pair but his opponent rivered a straight to double to around 25,000.
Pierre Neuville who has managed to qualify for around two zillion EPT's (roughly) online just took out a short stack (as in eliminated him, he didn't show pity and take the guy out for a meal). Neuville showed a dominating pair of to his opponent's and held on a board.
Yes, it's a battle of the preflop monsters. for Benjamin Jensen, for Rene Scheptel. If you think the money goes in preflop, you're wrong. If you think one of them goes broke, you're wrong. Somehow a Queen high board ran out all the way to the river, with Jensen calling hefty bets on the last two streets. The river alone cost him 13,200 and he nodded his head in a wry, "I knew it" sort of way.
Anton Wigg raised in the hijack and faced a reraise to 3,800 from Koen Schiepers on the button. Wigg made it 9,800, Schiepers made it All In for 48,000, and Wigg made the call.
This was a 100,000 pot. Impressive.
Wigg:
Schiepers:
Board: ...
Reigning champion Wigg would have been huge chip daddy if he'd won that monster hand, but is instead at a rather less gargantuan 52,000. Belgian online qualifier Schiepers, meanwhile, is up there with the big boys on around 100,000.
The downward trend exhibited by early climber Spencer Hudson has ended in elimination in level 7. Down to 17,000, he found a hand and a player to get it in with and against. These were: and Martins Adeniya. As soon as Hudson announced, "All in," Adeniya plonked down enough chips to cover him and turned over at the same time. Some days you just know it's not coming; Hudson looked resigned as the board came down and quickly scooted out of the tournament area.
We didn't quite catch all the action, but there was a preflop raising war between Claus Nielsen (hijack) and Danny Neess (small blind) which culminated in 9,675 from Neess and a call from Nielsen.
They saw an flop which Neess checked. Nielsen bet 12,300, and Neess asked him how much he was playing (A = 36,000 behind) before flat-calling.
They checked down the turn and river, and Nielsen turned over pocket . Neess however revealed for top two pair, and is now at well over 100,000 - our current chip leader.
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by the time this particular hand piqued our interest. Iulian-Georgian Ruxandescu in the small blind checked to Ilari Tahkokallio who bet 5,075. After a few moments Ruxandescu called.
and Ruxandescu checked again. This time Tahkokallio went all in for around 17,000, and Ruxandescu swiftly called. Tahkokallio may have won an award last night at the Nordic Poker Awards, but he won't be getting any cash prizes in this particular EPT - he turned over 
which was no good against Ruxandescu's 
, and hit the rail.
against a shorter stack's 
. A real rollercoaster of a board that came 
to his opponent's 
and held on a 
board.
for Benjamin Jensen, 
...
at the same time. Some days you just know it's not coming; Hudson looked resigned as the board came down 
and quickly scooted out of the tournament area.
board. Can last year's winner provide a repeat performance?
river, and Nielsen turned over pocket