Sigurd Eskeland opened the pot with a raise to 53,000, and it would turn out to be a fateful move. Saar Wilf put in the call from the next seat over, and the two men went heads-up to the flop.
It came , and Eskeland continued out with another 72,000. Wilf put 135,000 into the pot, an under-raise. He was required to make it 144,000 for a legal raise, and Eskeland responded with an all-in reraise for about 500,000 total. Snap-call! Cards on their backs, gents.
Showdown
Eskeland:
Wilf:
Wilf's sneaky aces had him a near-lock for the knockout, and the turn made that a certainty. The river was unimportant, and Eskeland has been sent on his way by the chip leader. For the 2010 bracelet winner, it's a small cash of €20,000. For the chip leader, it's another boost to his already towering stack. We count him around 4.9 million now, but we'll try to get a better count during the upcoming break.
Mikel Allende is the latest player to fall. He lost most of his chips in a versus the of Miikka Anttonen. The board ran out to drop him down to 64,000.
He managed to double back up the next hand via Saar Wilf but busted soon after. to the same player.
We didn't see much of this pot, only walking up as there was already at 6-700,000 chips in the pot. The board showed , and Saar Wilf had a bet of 425,000 out in front of him. Sigurd Eskeland had checked, and now he was deep in the tank considering the call for a significant chunk of his remaining stack. Finally, and quietly, he announced it, and Wilf tabled for the second-nut flush. It may as well be the nuts, though, because Eskeland clearly could not beat it, slipping his cards into the muck, and slipping his stack all the way down to 670,000.
Marcos Fernandez has just doubled-up fellow countryman Juan Manuel Perez to 1.3 million, with his stack dropping to 650,000.
Perez opened to 52,000 from the hijack before Fernadez three-bet to 130,000 from the button. Perez took his time and put in a four-bet to 282,000. Fernadez called quickly to see a flop.
Perez continued the aggressive line with a 250,000 bet (410,000 back) and called quickly when Fernandez set him all-in. Fernandez reacted like he thought he could get his opponent off the hand, but he was wrong.
Perez tabled , ahead of Fernandez's . The board ran out .
First into the pot from late position, Rumen Nanev open-shoved for 290,000. Next door, Eugene Katchalov re-shoved over the top, and that got him heads-up with Nanev with a chance at the knockout. When the cards were turned up, Nanev was trailing but drawing live to the double-up.
Showdown
Nanev:
Katchalov:
The board ran out clean for the Team PokerStars Pro from Ukraine, coming to keep his ace-king in front. Unable to catch up, we've bid farewell to Bulgaria's Rumen Nanev in 21st place. He'll pocket €20,000 for this first-ever EPT cash, not a bad consolation prize for four days' work.
Sigurd Eskeland raised to 53,000 to open the pot, and Anthony Picault three-bet shoved for about 430,000 from the big blind. When it came back to Eskeland he tanked for a minute or more before making the call with his covering stack. Picault turned over , and Eskeland's had him dominated and five cards from the exit.
"Just no nine," Eskeland instructed as the two men waited for the flop. The dealer obliged, even doing one better as the first three cards delivered and top pair the the Norwegian. Picault needed runners to stay alive, but the turn and river only made matters worse. Eskeland makes the full house, and that beats two pair any day, even today.
So, it's the end of the road for Anthony Picault, relegated to the rail in 22nd place. That's worth €20,000 for him, while Eskeland is still in the running for the big prize tomorrow. He's up to about 1.3 million now and back above the chip average.
As the price of poker goes up so does the EV of winning chips preflop. If there's more out there, why not try and still them. We think Evgeny Zaytsev just tried this versus Juan Manuel Perez but it didn't work.
Perez raised to 48,000 from UTG+1 only for the Russian to three-bet to 120,000 from the big blind. Perez thought for a little while before calling, all the time with his head faced down.
The flop came . Zaytsev checked and quickly folded, like he suspected something or was purely bluffing, when Perez bet.
Massimiliano Martinez raised to 46,000 first into the pot, and he found a call from Xavier Carruggi, the two men going heads-up to the flop. It would end up being the last flop of Carruggi's day.
The dealer spread out , and Martinez continued out with another 71,000. Carruggi raised to 175,000, Martinez shoved, and Carruggi called all in for about 500,000 total. It was a bit of a cooler.
Showdown
Martinez:
Carruggi:
Carruggi needed to find both of the last two nines in the deck to stay alive, and that was quite the longshot. The turn ended any of those dreams, and the river was meaningless.
Martinez will take that pot, and with it comes the elimination of Xavier Carruggi. The Day 2 chip leader has fallen in 23rd place, and Martinez recovers some of his earlier losses to improve back to about 1.325 million.
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, and Eskeland continued out with another 72,000. Wilf put 135,000 into the pot, an under-raise. He was required to make it 144,000 for a legal raise, and Eskeland responded with an all-in reraise for about 500,000 total. Snap-call! Cards on their backs, gents.
turn made that a certainty. The river 
was unimportant, and Eskeland has been sent on his way by the chip leader. For the 2010 bracelet winner, it's a small cash of €20,000. For the chip leader, it's another boost to his already towering stack. We count him around 4.9 million now, but we'll try to get a better count during the upcoming break.
versus the 
of Miikka Anttonen. The board ran out 
to drop him down to 64,000.
, and Saar Wilf had a bet of 425,000 out in front of him. Sigurd Eskeland had checked, and now he was deep in the tank considering the call for a significant chunk of his remaining stack. Finally, and quietly, he announced it, and Wilf tabled 
flop.
, ahead of Fernandez's 
. The board ran out 
.
to keep his ace-king in front. Unable to catch up, we've bid farewell to Bulgaria's Rumen Nanev in 21st place. He'll pocket €20,000 for this first-ever EPT cash, not a bad consolation prize for four days' work.
and top pair the the Norwegian. Picault needed runners to stay alive, but the turn 
and river 
ended any of those dreams, and the river 
was meaningless.