Pierre Sakr raised to 925 from under the gun and Ted Forrest three-bet from the small blind with a bet of 3,700. A very happy looking Sakr made the call grinning form ear to ear.
Flop: 
Sakr bet 8,300 and Forrest snap-folded.
"Thanks for making my decision easier," said Forrest.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
71,500
7,500
|
7,500 |
|
||
|
65,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
|
|
62,000
17,000
|
17,000 |
|
||
|
53,000
8,000
|
8,000 |
|
50,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
|
48,500
22,500
|
22,500 |
|
|
||
|
45,000
1,000
|
1,000 |
|
|
||
|
36,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
|
31,000
9,000
|
9,000 |
|
27,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
|
||
|
26,000
6,000
|
6,000 |
|
24,350
6,350
|
6,350 |
|
|
||
|
24,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
17,000
2,500
|
2,500 |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
|
||
|
Busted | |
Joel Benzinou was sadly turning over his 
on the 
flop - we say sadly, because his all-in opponent had already turned over 
. There was no help for the Belgian from the 
turn or 
river, and he's at 39,000 now. His newly doubled opponent is at 50,000.
The tournament is slowing down for 15 minutes as we go on the penultimate break of the day.
A total of 987 players from 57 countries competed creating a €4,786,950 prize pool. Interestingly, 438 Italians played (44% overall) which was the exact number of players that competed on Day 1a. France was second with 84 players (9%) and Sweden was third with 53 players (5%).
Level: 7
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 50
Liv Boeree has been card dead all day long and eventually she found pocket queens with a stack of around 10,000. She moved all-in over the raise of Sandiep Ajab Sing Khosa and he made the call. She was in great shape to double up - until the dealer gave us the flop!
Sandiep Ajab Sing Khosa: 
Boeree: 
Board: 
So EPT 7 will crown a new champion.
We've just lost Melanie Weisner from the tournament, unfortunately there are no details.
Just as Liv Boeree was being eliminated there was an interesting hand building up on the opposite table.
It was a three-bet pot with 25,000 in the middle and the two players involved in the hand were Luigi Torquato and Umberto Pavoncelio. Torquato bet 50,000 on a flop of and Pavoncelio called the bet holding 
. Torquato had 
for the semi bluff. The 
turn and river didn't change the result and Pavoncelio was rewarded for making the correct but brave call.
Giovanni Cantonati, who's cashed twice in this EPT season at Berlin and Copenhagen, is looking fairly unlikely to make this one his third cash - he's just been crippled. We didn't see the action, but we strongly suspect that the chips in before the flop or on it. And what a flop:
Cantonati: 
Viktor Wessman: 
Board: 
Wessman's at 80,000 now; Cantonati is down to just 9,500.
