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Double EPT Copenhagen finalist Rasmus Nielsen will not be a triple finalist, at least not this time. The Dane found himself in an ugly spot, all-in on a 
board with but ran into his opponent's .
Antonio Buonanno has found himself almost back to his starting stack after losing a medium-sized pot to Daniel Dodet. With over 7,000 in the pot by the river, the big decision facing Buonanno was whether or not to call Dodet's 5,600 which was fired when he checked. This bet represented just over half Dodet's remaining chips, and he thought for a while, looking at the 
board.
Eventually he called and Dodet showed 
for the rivered flush. Buonanno made a noise like an inflatable raft deflating and dropped to 32,500.
Ladies and gentlemen, we have a new chip leader! Many thanks to the friendly Scandie media chap who filled us in on the details of how it all came to pass.
It seems that our hero Anders Jensen (we understand that this name is the Danish equivalent of "John Smith") opened for 2,000 and Morten "Pokergirl" Erlandsen re-popped for 6,500. Jensen called and they saw a 
rainbow flop. Erlandsen bet 8,000, Jensen shoved and Erlandsen called with suited for top pair, top kicker. Jensen could only boast an esoteric 
, but we understand that a three dropped on either the turn or river making Jensen a straight, and knocking Erlandsen out of the running. Ouch.
Jensen is our current chip daddy on 90,000.
We heard some laughing over at Jon Spinks' table, and the man himself was declaring, "Classic race." We scuttled over and deduced that Spinks had shoved from the small blind against a short-stacked big blind, and had not been expecting the call.
Spinks: 
Big Blind Gentleman:
Board: 
The former Big Blind Gentleman took the beat with good grace and duly exited the tournament. Spinks is at a roughly average 32,000.
British youngster Jamie Sykes has suffered a bad twist of fate leaving himself with around 4,000 remaining. In a multiway pot, Sykes had fired out 1,300 on a 
flop receiving one caller before the big blind check-raised to 5,500. Sykes made the call and the other player folded leaving the hand heads-up as it went to the turn.
The big blind bet 5,700 on the turn and Sykes called the bet to see a 
river where his opponent moved all-in for 14,900. Sykes tanked for around five minutes before finally calling with only to see his opponent turn over
David Vamplew was put through the decision wringer by Dainius Antanaitis - but at the end of it gave a perfect example of the instafold. He'd led out on a 
board, and button Antanaitis took over a minute to consider his options before throwing in a raise. The chips were still bouncing when Vamplew laid his hand down.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
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38,000 | 8,000 |
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32,000 | 2,000 |
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30,300 | 300 |
Roberto Romanello, winner of EPT Prague, proprietor of several apparently top-notch fish and chip shops, and all-round nice Welsh guy, seems to have been on a bit of a rollercoaster.
We didn't catch all of the rollercoasting, but when we first passed by his table he was in possession of 29,000, and when we checked up on him again 10 minutes later he was winning a decent-sized pot that only put him up to 19,500.
Whatever happened in those lost 10 minutes, the hand that we saw him winning involved a board that read 
and a check from Romanello's opponent. Romanello bet 3,150 and his opponent called, but mucked to Romanello's 
.
Or possibly they just arrived really late.
Level: 4
Blinds: 150/300
Ante: 0
John Eames is not the sort of player to make rash, rushed decisions. Au contraire, he chip flourishes and stares down the table with measured aplomb before making decisions. Most recent example: a flop which he either bet when it was checked to him, or raised a lead (to just over 3,000) only to sit so still when the turn arrived that the dealer took to staring right at him.
Not to be hurried, Eames flipped a small stack of chips over and over, his opponent in danger of becoming hypnotised. Finally he threw in one 5k chip. His opponent, taking a leaf out of the Consideration Manual, sat back in his chair with his fingers laced together across his stomach, staring into the middle distance. He folded and Eames scooped a pot which sent him modestly over his starting stack.
