Frenchman Thibaud Zeien has been bleeding chips during this level, something he will need to put a stop to if he wants to at least make it to the money.
His latest loss occurred in a hand against Austrian Kurt Haindl when Zeien raised to 3,300 from the hijack seat and only Haindl, in the big blind, made the call.
The flop came down and both players checked. The turn saw the make an appearance and Haindl check-called a 6,100 bet from Zeien. The river was the and again Haingl check-called a bet from Zeien but this one was a little larger as it topped the scales at 8,000.
Haindl revealed , enough to win the pot as a visibly frustrated Zeien mucked his hand.
Michael Tureniec opened preflop to 3,500 before Yann Dion made it 8,000 a few seats down, a quick call from the Swede.
The flop was and Tureniec check-called a bet of 9,200 from his opponent, the same process happened on the turn with a 21,000 bet. The river was the and Tureniec now suddenly moved all-in to cover Dion, but the Canadian shrugged and called.
Tureniec showed but Dion must have been wondering how he could only chop - he had flopped the nuts with .
The cries of, "All in!" echoing around the cardroom earlier in the day, making your keen bloggers kind of dizzy in an effort to keep up, seem to have died off a little of late. And fair enough - in two and a half levels, we've dropped almost half the field. So for the moment, we're having to content ourselves with a few smaller hands.
Iulian Ruxandescu, who finished 92nd at the PCA and was a big stack in the early stages at Copenhagen this year, opened to 4,000, only for the permanently impassive Jack Powell to re-pop to 10,500. It folded back around to Ruxandescu, who commenced eyeing up Powell's stack and pulling faces. "Like 60 or something?" he squinted. Powell remained completely expressionless; he just looks bored when he's at the tables.
Eventually Ruxandescu folded and Powell raked in the pot, up to around 80,000. We imagine that he was fist-pumping on the inside.
Viktor Wessmann doubled up to a still shortish 55,000 when his held up against Nikolaus Deininger's on a board. That will be a little over 20 big blinds when players return from break.
Pierre Neuville, an official Friend of PokerStars thanks to his ability to satellite into every EPT event for what seems like forever! Despite his title he was not in a friendly mood just now with Yann Dion, taking his chips with glee.
Michael Tureniec opened the betting with a 3,500 raise from early position, one player folded and Dion called in the hijack seat. Neuville also called on the button and Sebastian Ruthenberg came along for the ride in the big blind.
Flop: - Ruthenberg checked, Tureniec followed suit, Dion bet 6,800 and only Neuville called.
Turn: - Dion fired another bet, this one a much larger 12,500 and Neuville almost beat him into the pot when he called.
River: - Dion now checked and quickly mucked as Neuville placed five yellow 5,000 chips on the table.
A fairly hefty pot had formed by the flop when two-time EPT finalist Artur Wasek check-called 20,000 from Virgilio Di Cicco. He checked again on the turn and this time Di Cicco went all in for 22,400. Wasek called, and made a sound like, "Pffff," when Di Cicco turned over . Wasek could only boast that did not make a set on the river, and Di Cicco doubled to around 110,000. Wasek was left with about 100,000.
and both players checked. The turn saw the 
make an appearance and Haindl check-called a 6,100 bet from Zeien. The river was the 
and again Haingl check-called a bet from Zeien but this one was a little larger as it topped the scales at 8,000.
, enough to win the pot as a visibly frustrated Zeien mucked his hand.![[user76023]](/img/avatars/avatar.svg){kind=avatar}
and Tureniec check-called a bet of 9,200 from his opponent, the same process happened on the 
turn with a 21,000 bet. The river was the 
and Tureniec now suddenly moved all-in to cover Dion, but the Canadian shrugged and called.
but Dion must have been wondering how he could only chop - he had flopped the nuts with 
.
and Pagano had check-raised a 13,000 bet to 53,000 against Iulian Ruxandescu, but the Romanian made the call to see the 
river.
held up against Nikolaus Deininger's 
- Ruthenberg checked, Tureniec followed suit, Dion bet 6,800 and only Neuville called.
- Dion fired another bet, this one a much larger 12,500 and Neuville almost beat him into the pot when he called.
turn and this time Di Cicco went all in for 22,400. Wasek called, and made a sound like, "Pffff," when Di Cicco turned over 
. Wasek could only boast 
that did not make a set on the 
river, and Di Cicco doubled to around 110,000. Wasek was left with about 100,000.