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A preflop showdown between Pedro Javier Piazuelo Ferrero and Eugene Yanayt was in progress when we got there - within moments Yanayt had doubled up 300,000 while Ferrero dropped to 215,000.
Ferrero: 
Yanayt: 
Board: 
The remaining tables have 15 minutes to cool their heels before rejoining battle.
Level: 17
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 500
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
978,000
-2,000
|
-2,000 |
|
950,000
292,000
|
292,000 |
|
875,000
199,000
|
199,000 |
|
||
|
760,000
110,000
|
110,000 |
|
596,000
63,000
|
63,000 |
|
||
|
595,000
295,000
|
295,000 |
|
580,000
46,500
|
46,500 |
|
565,000
435,000
|
435,000 |
|
560,000
18,500
|
18,500 |
|
|
526,000
-124,000
|
-124,000 |
|
505,000
243,500
|
243,500 |
|
460,000
127,500
|
127,500 |
|
399,000
142,000
|
142,000 |
|
398,000
71,000
|
71,000 |
|
|
398,000
-52,000
|
-52,000 |
|
|
||
|
397,000
180,000
|
180,000 |
|
394,000
-149,500
|
-149,500 |
|
390,000
89,000
|
89,000 |
|
386,000
-22,000
|
-22,000 |
|
376,000
132,500
|
132,500 |
|
364,000
184,000
|
184,000 |
|
360,000
-134,500
|
-134,500 |
|
|
||
|
|
352,000
265,000
|
265,000 |
|
|
348,000
164,500
|
164,500 |
|
340,000
50,500
|
50,500 |
|
|
||
Ted Forrest is laddering quicker than a cheap pair of tights, he was just all in with 
against William Reynolds' 
for his last 57,000 but the board came 
. Can the five-time bracelet winner make a Lazarus-like comeback?
EPT Deauville champ Lucien Cohen is getting a lot of camera time at the moment, as his short stack status has him in push-preflop mode. Just now he moved in for 93,000 with 
, called by chip leader Ole Kristian [Removed:332] with . Cohen had a minute or so of pre-deal wait time while the cameras arrived to work himself up, place the lifesize plastic rat on the table next to his stack and tell the dealer, "If an ace, I'll hug you! No ten I hope! Lucky lucky lucky!"
This last sounded like 'looky looky' and his 'looky ra' came through on the river when an fell bringing a huge fists-raised, "YEAH!" from the Frenchman.
"I am sorry, I am happy. I am expensive!" (read: expansive)
Shander de Vries opened preflop and Daniel Weinman made the call in position behind him before Domantas Klimciauskas reraised out of the blinds. De Vries pushed, Weinman got out of the way and Klimciauskas quickly called.
De Vries: 
Klimciauskas:
The board came 
and de Vries was done.
Francois Billard has not yet succumbed following his crippling at the hands of Jason Grad - in fact, he has just more than doubled up to the princely sum of 49,000. He got it in with 
on a 
flop; he was short that Hugo Lemaire thought it worth the call with . The turn and river were the 
and respectively and Billard dtays in the game for now. Lemaire remains firmly in second place on over 900,000.
The UK's Simon Higgins is now lying fourth in chips after busting Thorel and now seriously denting Liviu Toderita in this hand:
Toderita check called a bet of 32,000 on a 
flop. On the 
turn, both players checked, but when Toderita checked once more on the 
river, Higgins fired in a quick, nonchalant 40,000. This too, was called, and he flipped over 
, taking the pot.
Ivan Demidov is out of the running following an epic 15 minute hand fraught with endless tanking and a tension that made the air around his table crackle.
Ben Wilinofsky made the opening raise to 12,500 in early position and Shiraz Soltaninassab called in the hijack before Demidov reraised to 31,000 in the small blind. Wilinofsky folded, but Soltaninassab tanked for a few minutes and then called. Heads up to the flop.
Flop:
Now it was Demidov's turn to tank. After a while he bet out 25,000. Back to Soltaninassab, who stared at the board for perhaps four minutes. The he counted out what looked like a raise - but instead of pushing it across the line, he just riffled it for a while. After another minute or two, he counted out another raise - it looked like 63,500 - and finally pushed the chips into the middle.
Back to Demidov, who tanked long enough for us to cross right to the other end of the room and witness a gentleman bust out. When we returned, though, Demidov went all in - and Soltaninassab snap-called.
Demidov: 
for a pair of sevens
Soltaninassab: for a flush
Turn:
River: 
And with that, the Team PokerStars Pro was gone.
