While it has admittedly slowed down in the mid 120s, some players have been inching up the chip rankings to nip at the heels of leaders like Fabrice Soulier and Giuseppe Pantaleo. Portuguese Team Pro Henrique Pinho is climbing towards the half mil, his most recent boost coming from a race against a shorter stack with vs. . His ace came right away on the flop, and despite muttering something about having been worried about aces or kings, looked pretty happy.
After an UTG raise to 8,000, Kevin Stani made it 23,500 from late position with about 80,000 remaining. 43,600 was the riposte from the UTG player and Stani quickly moved all-in - and was equally quickly called.
PokerStars qualifier Ben Wilinofsky found himself in a sticky spot against a short stack. Wilinofsky was holding against but somehow the poker gods granted him favour, the board came to cause a loud amount of groans from several players.
By the by, it has come to our attention that the reason that Fabrice Soulier has all of those chips (almost a million, we reckon) and Jason Helder has almost none (80,000 or so) is the that Soulier turned over after getting his whole stack in on the river of an board. Helder mucked and Soulier looks to be our chip leader still.
Tough break for Nicholas Newport, who falls just short of the money in either 123rd or 122nd place (the screens briefly flicked between numbers as he stood with his tournament life at risk). He made the final bet (+49k) all in over Mario Adinolfi, who made the call with . Newport's dominated, but a flop changed all that.
On the turn, Newport gave the table a small frustrated slap, and was walking out the door on the river.
Three all-in-and-call combos at once! This is the first time we've seen this in one hand-for-hand moment at an EPT. The tension was clearly great for Lobzhanidze, who had to wait while a) huge crowds grew around all three tables b) one of the camera guys fetched a spare battery and c) the TV table's hand (coming shortly) was played through because his was the largest at-risk stack.
Lobzhanidze stood on a chair, resplendent in red with at risk against Vladimir Geshkenbein's . Tense but patient and heckled and encouraged by the rail which seemed to have materialised out of thin air, Lobzhanidze watched sadly as the board brought and gave him no share of the prizepool.
The other two hands going on at the same time as the bubble saw an elimination and a split pot.
Karl Heinz Klose was all-in preflop for 74,200 against Christian Knese, the former having made a very bold move with only to run into the of the latter.
The board came and Klose was eliminated but busts out in 119th receving €7,500 by degree of having more chips than Andrey Alexandrovich Lobzhanidze.
In the third hand, Maxim Panyak was at risk with against surviving a mighty scare on the turn of a board.
Play is now done for the night, we'll restart tomorrow, eight-handed, with 119 players.
vs. 
. His ace came right away on the flop, and despite muttering something about having been worried about aces or kings, looked pretty happy.
and Stani doubled up to 170,000.
board.
to cause a loud amount of groans from several players.
that Soulier turned over after getting his whole stack in on the river of an 
board. Helder mucked and Soulier looks to be our chip leader still.
. Newport's 
turn, Newport gave the table a small frustrated slap, and was walking out the door on the 
river.
when the board came 
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and Klose was eliminated but busts out in 119th receving €7,500 by degree of having more chips than Andrey Alexandrovich Lobzhanidze.
