John O'Shea had got his day going back in the right direction with a much needed double-up.
He moved all-in for 18,000 from mid position and was given a spin by Georgy Serov who called from the button with 
. O'Shea tabled 
and stayed solid through the 
board.
"All in and call!" was the ring from Dmitry Gromov's table. When we got there, the flop was 
and Gromov's 
was up against Sylvester Kleian's 
. The turn was the and the river the 
. Both of those missed Kleian and he was sent to the rail as Gromov climbed to 300,000 in chips.
In early position, Jonathan Duhamel came into the pot raising, and Torsten Brinkmann three-bet him a few seats over. When it came back around to Duhamel, he shoved over the top, and Brinkmann called all in for his last 43,400. He was in good shape as the cards were turned over, showing 
to dominate Duhamel's 
There was no funny stuff on the 
board, and Duhamel has been parted with about two thirds of his stack. After working up around 65,000, he's left with just around 21,000 now, and he'll have some rebuilding to do once again.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
90,000 | |
|
21,000
2,600
|
2,600 |
|
||
Jason Mercier got the last 20,800 of his chips into the middle preflop a moment ago, and he would soon be presented with a bit of bad news. The Team PokerStars Pro was working with , and Kevin Stani looked him up with the dominating 
, putting Mercier five cards from the exit.
The board ran out in Mercier's favor, though, coming 
to secure his double. Finally, the American catches a break! He's back up to about 44,000 now and back in the game.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
52,000
-49,600
|
-49,600 |
|
||
|
44,000
18,500
|
18,500 |
|
|
||
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
300,000
80,000
|
80,000 |
|
|
265,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
165,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
130,000
-10,500
|
-10,500 |
|
121,000
16,000
|
16,000 |
|
||
|
90,000
26,200
|
26,200 |
|
|
||
|
89,000 | |
|
|
||
|
85,000
16,300
|
16,300 |
|
85,000
55,900
|
55,900 |
|
60,000
11,700
|
11,700 |
|
60,000
46,100
|
46,100 |
|
54,000
-17,300
|
-17,300 |
|
44,000
1,600
|
1,600 |
|
40,000 | |
|
|
26,000
26,000
|
26,000 |
|
|
24,000
-20,100
|
-20,100 |
|
15,000
2,600
|
2,600 |
couldn't come from behind to beat Hasan Alexander Anter's .
flop got through in a heads-up pot.
flop won him a small pot.
From middle position, 2008 EPT Barcelona seventh-place finisher Sam Chartier raised to 2,500. Daniel Hernandez called from the button, Marius Fritz called from the small blind and Ran Azor called from the big blind. The flop came down 
and action was checked by Fritz and Azor to Chartier. He fired 4,300 as his continuation bet and only Hernandez made the call.
A third spell fell to the board when the 
hit the turn. Chartier stayed on the gas and bet 7,800. After a long two or three minutes in the tank, Hernandez fired back with a raise to 15,600. Chartier didn't take long to give it up and dropped back to 46,000 in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
46,000
-14,000
|
-14,000 |
We've got the brief details on two recent and notable eliminations. It's a pair of EPT champions who've just gone under.
We mentioned Vamplew going broke a moment ago, and we've learned that the EPT London defending champ got his last chips in before the flop with king-queen against ace-queen. That's usually not a good situation in which to find oneself, and the 
board did nothing to save the Scot's tournament life.
Also heading to the rail as we speak is the most recent EPT winner, Tallinn's champion Ronny Kaiser. Kaiser figured was good enough to go with, but he too got his money in dominated. It was Antoine Junillon with the , and the board came 
to end his run at going back-to-back.
By our quick count, we still have seven former EPT champions (and two former EPT Barcelona champions) in contention: Lucien Cohen, Kevin Stani, Jason Mercier, Jan Skampa, and Antonio Matias, along with Kent Lundmark and Sebastian Ruthenberg.
Team PokerStars Pro Vanessa Selbst is up with the big boys at the top of the chip counts after she cracked pocket aces with her holding of pocket queens.
The unfortunate player to lose out on the 300,000 chip pot was Michael Schurpf. The two both had around 150,000 (Selbst slightly more) and they all went in preflop. The board ran 
to make the American a set.
