Fernando Brito got his last 90,000 in preflop and was in bad shape against Pedro Javier Piazuelo Ferrero.
Brito:
Ferrero:
Flop:
Realising that he was drawing dead, Brito shook hands with every player at the table while the TV crew inexplicably still made the dealer pause for ten seconds before the turn and again before the river. He was gone before the last card came down, a true gentleman in defeat.
Still, it's not been a bad year for Brito - even before cashing in this event, he was already unbeatable in the race for EPT Player of the Year, although it won't be official official until Thursday night's EPT Awards party.
William Reynolds just lost his "first flip of the tournament," and in dramatic, disappointing style. For him - on the flip side of it was Raemon Sluiter who is now over 1,100,000 in chips. It was a huge preflop pot, with Sluiter having raised 61,000 and big blind Reynolds choosing that moment, after careful deliberation, to move all in. He was called.
Reynolds:
Sluiter:
While the cameras gathered, someone asked him if he was going to commentate on this hand later.
"I'm gonna let James handle this one on the broadcast. I'm not getting paid to commentate right now," he joked, adding, "The hand played itself...that's all I got."
The board came prompting a squeal of delight from railer and girlfriend Fatima Moreira de Melo and big count down which left Reynolds with 1,000 over a big blind.
"Comebacks happen," he quipped, getting it in with a live vs. Pedro Javier Piazuelo Ferrero's preflop and losing to a full house: . He gets €30,000 reward for his deep run.
Daniel Weinman's final microstack was taken by Torsten Brinkmann (under 60,000) - in effect all in preflop although Weinman's card protecting chip strictly speaking went in on the flop. Unfortunately Brinkmann had now hit with his and Weinman's missed the turn and river.
It's the sort of hand that makes a person think, "Well maybe, just maybe this is my day..."
Simon Higgins had raised Markus Ristola's 40,000 bet on a flop of to 110,000 forcing a third player out of the way. The Finn moved in for 450,000 in total and Higgins made the call with - up against but the made the British player a straight and with a non-board-pairing river it was Ristola walking to the rail.
Higgins is up to 1.85 million - a clear chip leader at the moment.
Alessandro Limblici is yo-yoing between a 10 and 20 big blind stack at the moment as he lurches from doubling someone up before following it up with his own double.
First he called Vasily Fursov's 100,000 shove with only to find the Russian holding - which held on a board of . Fursov moved up to 260,000 and Limblici dropped to 100,000.
Next Limblici was all in with against Thomas Pettersson's and the board secured Limblici's own double up back to 200,000. Pettersson left with 350,000.
It's been a roller coaster of a level for Vasily Fursov. After his double up with immediately upon returning from dinner, he seemed to have amassed even more chips and was briefly in OK shape. But when we arrived, he was looking at a board, around 150,000 already in the pot. Juan Maceiras had checked and Fursov had bet 50,000, but Maceiras then check-raised to cover him. Eventually he folded. Down to 160,000.
A few minutes later and Eugene Katchalov raised to 25,000. Philippe Boucher called behind, and Fursov shoved. Katchalov reshoved, Boucher folded, and they were on their backs.
Katchalov:
Fursov:
Board:
Another double up for Fursov. He's on around 330,000 for now. Katchalov is down to 230,000.
Up on the feature table, EPT Deauville champion Lucien Cohen was all in against Andrew Li. The giant plastic rat was out, Cohen stroking it and looking very confident indeed. And no wonder.
Cohen:
Li:
But come the river, Cohen was looking altogether less happy.
Board:
The rat couldn't save Cohen from Li's rivered straight and he duly busted out. Cohen was our last remaining former EPT winner, meaning that we will be crowning a brand new champion here this week.
Sarah Grant talked to Andrew Li about this hand and about his day thus far.
Jose Nadal had Litterio Pirrotta standing up, all-in, on the turn and ready to leave before a river two-outer saved the Italian's bacon... The hand that launched a million chips was for Pirrotta in the cutoff, and for Nadal on the button. The board ran out ... giving Pirrotta a new lease of life and seven figure stack and dropping Nadal to 450,000.
To coincide with the table break and new TV lineup-creation, we're having our end-of-level 15 minutes now. Back to finish this one and move straight on up.
prompting a squeal of delight from railer and girlfriend Fatima Moreira de Melo and big count down which left Reynolds with 1,000 over a big blind.
vs. Pedro Javier Piazuelo Ferrero's 
flop. Unfortunately Brinkmann had now hit with his 
missed the 
turn and river.
to 110,000 forcing a third player out of the way. The Finn moved in for 450,000 in total and Higgins made the call with 
made the British player a straight and with a non-board-pairing 
river it was Ristola walking to the rail.
only to find the Russian holding 
board secured Limblici's own double up back to 200,000. Pettersson left with 350,000.
immediately upon returning from dinner, he seemed to have amassed even more chips and was briefly in OK shape. But when we arrived, he was looking at a 
