A Russian civil war broke out as Vasily Fursov and Andrey Danilyuk got the chips in preflop - but a truce was soon declared as they both flipped over 
. The board ran out a flush-free 
and they amicably chopped it up.
The pot looked like around 130,00 when we arrived there on the 
flop. Torsten Brinkmann bet out 68,000, and after a few moments Marco Leonzio announced all in.
Snap-call.
Leonzio: 
for a pair and a flush draw
Brinkmann: 
for a set
River: 
Leonzio's rivered two pair wasn't enough to save him and he headed dejectedly to the rail. Brinkmann meanwhile is up to around 1.3 million.
The ex-feature table - all but one photo-less ID-less gent (on 300k) whom we'll try to get hold of in the break:
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
440,000
4,000
|
4,000 |
|
||
|
430,000
172,000
|
172,000 |
|
|
||
|
360,000
95,000
|
95,000 |
|
|
||
|
290,000
74,000
|
74,000 |
|
230,000
63,000
|
63,000 |
|
200,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
Michael Friedrich has doubled up to 180,000 with 
. As if it wasn't good enough to get them in the small blind vs. only the big blind, when the big blind Juan Maceiras held 
, he went and flopped a set: 
and turned quads: 
for good measure.
Three players were in the hand on the 
flop; soon there were only two as Leo Fernandez went all in from the big blind and Dag Palovic reshoved for just a little more. Josef Bachar folded, showing them the .
"Aces?" said Fernandez to Palovic.
Fernandez: 
Palovic: 
"I want a deuce or a four, immediately," said the extremely cheerful Palovic. Ask, and ye shall receive.
Turn:
River:
The Argentinian hit the rail. Meanwhile his fellow Team PokerStars Pro is up to 460,000 and giggling.
Melanie Weisner was all in for her last 200,000 or so (it was hard to see from our angle) against Ivan Freitez' 
. She turned over 
and Freitez declared he wanted a flop of "ace, king, king for my lady...my friend."
Instead the dealer put out a board of 
and despite Freitez's pleas on the turn for an ace, king or queen, none was forthcoming. He moves up to about the 1 million mark.
Sarah Grant spoke with Melanie about this hand and her love of the EPT.
Ben Wilinofsky was all in for his last 110,000 or so with 
and managed to double up against 
on a 
board. Barely a couple of hands later and he had raised to 20,000 and then called all in against Gerardo Godinez' shove.
Wilinofsky:
Godinez: 
Flop:
"Seven!" said Gordinez.
"Five-ball, I'm not greedy," replied Wilinofsky.
The gave Wilinofsky a flush draw, a fact not lost on the Canadian who said with a wry smile, "That's what you asked for, a seven..."
Despite having numerous outs to both win and chop, Wilinofsky couldn't hit any of them on the 
river and was then eliminated. Lucien Cohen is our last remaining former winner still in.
Samir Moukawem is the latest player to fall, he was holding 
against Kjartan Berger Jonsson's and failed to spike on a board of 
. We're almost down to our final five (the Final Five - for BSG fans) tables.
Joao Studart raised from the hijack and faced a shove from Markus Ristola on the button. After a little bit of a tank, Studart called and they turned their cards over.
Studart: 
Ristola:
Board: 
Ristola is up to 500,000 now, around the average. Studart looked unhappy about it - he is no longer among the bigger stacks, but is just a shade above average on 620,000.
The flop read when Daniel Idema went all in; he was soon all out when his flush draw failed to come in and Jose Nadal's Broadway straight was good enough to take the pot. He's at over a million now.
Idema: 
Nadal:
Turn:
River:
