Frank Op de Woerd didn't actually say that, but like Clark Gable he was spotted heading out the door.
Turns out a gentleman raised to 3,500 in early position and the gentleman in the small blind called before Op de Woerd shoved from the big blind for 17,000 more. The original raiser folded, but the small blind made the call. It was looking great for Op de Woerd...
Op de Woerd:
Small blind:
Board:
And with that, the hopes and dreams of everyone in the press room were hurled to the ground where they shattered into a million tiny pieces of disappointment. GG WP webjoker.
James Mitchell has just increased his stack size to 115,00 after this hand. Apologies for the lack of description but we caught the hand midway through the action.
Mitchell had raised pre flop from late position and Andrea Ferrari called in the small blind. The flop was , Ferrari checked and Mitchell bet and Ferrari called. Both players checked the turn before Ferrari shoved the river. Mitchell took his time before calling.
Mitchell:
Ferrari:
Mitchell wins the pot with his trip eights and eliminates Ferrari in the process.
Start-of-day chip leader Guillaume de la Gorce raised, but faced a fairly chunky reraise from Lithuanian hero Kristijonas Andrulis. De la Gorce eyed him up suspiciously for a while before making the call.
It would all be over very swiftly on the flop, though. De la Gorce checked and Andrulis calmly bet another 11,500. With the minimum of fuss, de la Gorce gave it up.
Current score: de la Gorce 180,000, Andrulis 135,000.
Nacho Barbero has been knocked out after getting his 33 big blind stack in with and running into another player's . Meanwhile Matt Perrins, who won an IPT title last year and finished 10th at the EPT Grand Final, has also been knocked out having ran into .
Mathew Frankland is storming ahead with the chip lead after Irish Open winner James Mitchell check-called his stack off over all three streets of a board.
Frankland turned over and Mitchell simply mucked his hand and left the table.
Battle of the short stacks at Table Naydenov/Cailly.
First up Lucille Cailly opened for 3,900 and received one call before Simeon Naydenov shoved from the button for 13,600. One by one his opponents all folded, and he increased his stack to a still worryingly short 25,000.
A few hands later and it was Cailly's turn to push her stack across the line, this time for 27,500 from the big blind to several limps around the table. Everyone folded and she's now a little more comfortable on 38,000.
All we caught was the very tail end of the hand; what we could ascertain was that the sleepless Praz Bansi was holding on an board and announcing, "Sick," while an unhappy David Lascar was collecting his belongings and leaving the table.
Bansi is up to around 130,000. Could this be the EPT that finally breaks his cashing curse?
Bruno Launais has a fantastic EPT record. He knows how to find his way through these types of fields having done so to reach final tables in Vienna in 2010 and this very tournament in 2009.
He is playing in a lot of pots and using his chip advantage well but he has just lost 20,000 chips to Antoine Amourette.
Launais raised to 4,000 from middle position and Amourette three-bet from the small blind and Launais called. The flop was and both players checked. The turn was the and Amourette checked. Launais made a bet a 8,700 and Amourette called. The river was the and with 34,000 behind Amourette made a pretty committing bet of 12,600 and Launais mucked his hand.
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, Ferrari checked and Mitchell bet and Ferrari called. Both players checked the 
turn before Ferrari shoved the 
flop, though. De la Gorce checked and Andrulis calmly bet another 11,500. With the minimum of fuss, de la Gorce gave it up.
board.
on an 
and with 34,000 behind Amourette made a pretty committing bet of 12,600 and Launais mucked his hand.