It is that time of the tournament where some poor sod is going to go home with nothing but a sob story to tell their friends and family.
2011 PokerStars.com EPT Loutraki
Level: 17
Blinds: 2,500/5,000
Ante: 500
Jason Wheeler raised to 8,500 from middle position and David Vamplew reraised to 19,500 a couple of seats down. Wheeler moved all in and Vamplew called, a crowd gathered and the hand went to showdown with the former EPT London champion the player at risk.
Wheeler: 

Vamplew: 

The flop came 

and Vamplew took the lead, no doubt to the disappointment of several short stacks, the
turn and
river changed nothing and Vamplew scooped a sizeable 200k+ pot to leave Wheeler down to around 30,000.
We're on a 20 minute break - the 100 chips will be coloured up at this point.
It was an all-in confrontation with pocket tens versus pocket eights and the pocket tens of Michail Manolakis stood strong eliminating Georgios Grigoropoylos.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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Busted |
Tobias Garp raised in the cut off, Ioannis Papadopoylos moved all-in on the button holding
and Garp called with
. The board was
and Garp was up to a half a million.
"Your run good continues," said one of the players at Garp's table.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
495,000
225,000
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225,000 |
|
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Busted |
As we fast approach the bubble Ioannis Papathanasioy has decided to help himself to Ruper Elders stack. He just doubled up through Elder with pocket aces and then this happened.
Elder raised to 8,000 from first position and Papathanasioy cold-called on the button which also brought the big blind along for the ride. The flop was the
and Elder bet 12,500 when checked to. Papathanasioy made the call and the big blind folded and the two new foes saw the turn of
. Elder liked it and he bet 28,000 but Papathanasioy raised the bar slightly higher with a raise to 64,000 and Elder made the call. The river was the
and both players couldn't check quick enough.
"I have ace high," said a sheepish Papathanasioy showing

Incredibly, ace high was good as Elder mucked his cards and Papathanasioy could not believe it.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
439,000
85,000
|
85,000 |
|
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433,000
93,000
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93,000 |
Ioannis Papathanasioy has just smashed into the stack of Rupert Elder and caused a huge dent. We didn't see the pre flop action but Rupert Elder was in the small blind and Ioannis Papathanasioy was in middle position and it was an all-in confrontation.
| Papathanasioy | ![]() |
| Elder | ![]() |
Board:

Elder is still the chip leader but is down to 524,000 chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
524,000
110,000
|
110,000 |
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340,000
153,000
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153,000 |
Roger Hairabedian got his last 25,000 in preflop with 
against Panagiotis Koyloykakos' 
and Jose Maria Felices' 
- the board came 



and Koyloykakos doubled through Felices and eliminated Hairabedian at the same time.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
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Busted |
