Frenchman Manuel Bevand was just involved in a strange hand with American James Sowers over on table 14.
The action folded to Bevand in middle position and he attempted to raise to 525 but as the blinds are currently 150/300 he had to make it at least 600, which he did when he exchanged the green 25 chip for a black 100 one. First mistake.
He then didn't realise that Sowers had called in the big blind and turned over his hand but immediately put it face down again when the dealer announced there was a caller! Second mistake
"Did you see my hand?" quizzed Bevand?
"No" came the reply and both players saw a flop. Sowers lead out with a bet of 800 and Bevand instantly folded and turned over his .
Ivo Donev opened preflop to 800 before Finn Pasi Tapani Sormunen reraised to 3,000 on the button. Donev responded by moving all-in for about 26,000 covering his opponent and Sormunen tanked for several minutes before making the call with . Donev showed and it looked for all intents and purposes as though we were going to have a chop...
But wait!
The board came and Donev looked disgusted, he has lost most of his chips and is now one of the short stacks in this event.
Liv Boeree and Kevin Stani have just clashed on the Table of Death, leaving Boeree with just 10,600 to her name and Stani buoyed back up to a shade over his starting stack.
We caught it on the turn of the board with Boeree checking and Stani betting 2,500. Boeree called and they proceeded to the river. Boeree checked again and this time Stani checked behind, revealing . Boeree just mucked, prompting Stani to ask her, "You'd have called another bet on the river?"
"Probably not," Boeree replied; she admitted that she had also had an overpair to the flop (although obviously not the aces that some joker at the table suggested). Some more chip counts from the Table of Death:
Pierre Neuville, serial EPT qualifier and all around smiley Belgian just knocked out Jens Anskohl after all the money went in on the turn of a board, Anskohl holding but Neuville sat with which stayed in front on the river.
Three players made it to the flop and it checked around to Konstantin Puchkov who bet 3,000. Oreste Alessandro Faga in the big blind now check-raised all in, George Danzer in mid position got out of the way, and Puchkov made the call.
Faga: for top pair and a flush draw
Puchkov: for an overpair
Turn and river respectively: and
Faga duly busted out with a nod, and the EPT Barcelona finalist and WSOP bracelet winner raked in the pot to put him up to 50,000.
Because of the large field today, the TD has decided to send the players to dinner in shifts. So while half of the field is now heading off on a two hour sojourn to the buffet, the other half will just be taking a regular 15 minute break and then go straight into Level 5. In two hours' time they'll swap. Your live reporting team will continue to bring you coverage throughout this whole process, admirably resisting the buffet for now.
Matthias De Meulder opened for 700 and Jeff Sarwer flat-called behind before Kevin Vandersmissen in the big blind re-raised to 3,400. De Meulder folded, but Sarwer now went all in for 20,550 - a somewhat mistimed move, as it turned out, as Vandersmissen called and they were on their backs.
Vandersmissen:
Sarwer:
Board:
"Meh, I was live," mused Sarwer philosophically as he exited the tournament area for a lengthy unscheduled dinner break. Vandersmissen, already an enormous stack before the hand, is now our runaway chip leader on 115,000.
Martin Jacobson, currently doomed as the EPT's bridesmaid thanks to two 2nd places at this season's EPT is going well once again here at Snowfest with around 45,000 - well above average. He had reraised to 2,350 from the small blind against Andreas Berggren's button open of 750 before Alex Isaza made it 6,200 in the big blind with just 13,600 behind. Berggren quickly folded but Jacobson asked for a count before setting his American opponent all-in.
Isaza snap-folded, it's an easy game when you have it...
flop. Sowers lead out with a bet of 800 and Bevand instantly folded and turned over his 
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. Donev showed 
and it looked for all intents and purposes as though we were going to have a chop...
board with Boeree checking and Stani betting 2,500. Boeree called and they proceeded to the 
board, Anskohl holding 
but Neuville sat with 
which stayed in front on the 
river.
flop and it checked around to Konstantin Puchkov who bet 3,000. Oreste Alessandro Faga in the big blind now check-raised all in, George Danzer in mid position got out of the way, and Puchkov made the call.
for top pair and a flush draw
