There was around 12,000 in the pot by the river of the board when we got there; IPT Female Player of the Year Carla Solinas had checked, and PokerStars Greek Challenger and 2009 EPT Barcelona finalist Georgios Kapalas had bet 6,700. Solinas tanked up for a very long time, but eventually made the call. She flipped , and soon discovered that it was good when Kapalas could only muster . He shrugged as he dropped to 22,000; she meanwhile looked largely relieved as she upped her stack to 53,000.
Lucien Cohen was tanking. He had raised Richard Loth's 1,400 bet to 3,675 but Loth set him all-in for his last 9,000 on a flop of - Finally Cohen sighed and called with but Loth had flopped a flush with , the latter holding on a turn and river for the pot.
An intriguing hand will remain forever mysterious as a preflop raising war broke out between another of our PokerStars Greek Challengers Alexios Zervos in the cutoff and EPT Berlin champion Ben Wilinofsky in the big blind. There was around 20,000 in the pot when we got there, and Wilinofsky was facing an additional 5,700 from Zervos - what we suspect was a six-bet. Wilinofsky tanked, and tanked, and tanked - and eventually folded, releasing an almighty sigh as he turned his face ceilingwards as if to ask God why.
This proved to be a setback from which he was unable to recover - we're not sure of the details, but he is no longer in his seat.
Nicolo Calia has been eliminated after being all-in for his last 10,000 with on a flop of against the of Samer Rahman. The turn reduced Calia to an ace or the but the river was the and the Italian was knocked out of his home tournament.
Last year's winner Liv Boeree opened to 500 preflop from the cutoff, Lex Veldhuis called in the small blind and Alex Wice called from the big blind.
The flop was and Veldhuis led out for 1,100, Wice called and Boeree folded leaving us heads up for the turn. Veldhuis now bet 2,600 and again Wice called without too much hesitation. The river was the and Veldhuis now bet 12,300 - an overbet of the pot and the usually fast-acting Wice slowed right down.
Tanking for over a minute (that's a Wice minute, roughly equivalent to five of our normal minutes) Wice finally made the call and turned over . Veldhuis flipped for the absolute nuts and the Dutchman is up to about 63,000 while Wice dropped to about 14,000 or so.
There was quite a crowd around Ted Forrest's table though the American (making a rare foray into Europe's poker waters) was not involved. Manuel Coppola (No relation to Francis Ford or Sofia we presume) had 4-bet all in for a massive 40,000 over a raise to 1,200 and then a 3-bet to 7,200.
Pierre Sakr, who had made the 3-bet tanked for a while after the intial raiser and caller both folded. Sakr finally calling with miles ahead of Coppola's but the board came and the huge pot was shipped to the Italian who is up to 80,000.
Shander de Vries' stack dropped into the early 20s in the first few hours of play, but he's now making a bit of a recovery.
The EPT Barcelona finalist reraised to 2,150 from the small blind to a 650 raise from online qualifier Davide Costa and a call from Salvatore Arrigo; Costa folded but Arrigo made the call to see a flop. The flop must not have been to his liking though - de Vries bet out, and Arrigo swiftly passed, boosting de Vries' stack back up to 25,500.
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board when we got there; IPT Female Player of the Year Carla Solinas had checked, and PokerStars Greek Challenger and 2009 EPT Barcelona finalist Georgios Kapalas had bet 6,700. Solinas tanked up for a very long time, but eventually made the call. She flipped 
- Finally Cohen sighed and called with 
, the latter holding on a 
turn and 
river for the pot.
on a flop of 
against the 
of Samer Rahman. The 
turn reduced Calia to an ace or the 
but the river was the 
and the Italian was knocked out of his home tournament.
and Veldhuis led out for 1,100, Wice called and Boeree folded leaving us heads up for the 
and Veldhuis now bet 12,300 - an overbet of the pot and the usually fast-acting Wice slowed right down.
. Veldhuis flipped 
for the absolute nuts and the Dutchman is up to about 63,000 while Wice dropped to about 14,000 or so.
but the board came 
and the huge pot was shipped to the Italian who is up to 80,000.
flop must not have been to his liking though - de Vries bet out, and Arrigo swiftly passed, boosting de Vries' stack back up to 25,500.