Like Ross and Rachel, we're on a break.
2011 PokerStars.com EPT Loutraki
Ilias Zografos raised to 5,200 on the button and Charalampos Kapernopoulos three-bet out of the small blind making it 12,000 to play - Zografos made the call. Our flop was the
and both players rapped the felt with their knuckles. Out popped the
on the turn and Kapernopoulos bet 15,000 and Zografos called. The river card was the
and Kapernopoulos checked to Zografos and he bet 20,000. Back to the bead twirling Kapernopoulos and he check-raised to 55,000 and Zografos snap-called.
Kapernopoulos flipped over
for the straight and Zografos mucked with a shake of his head.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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315,000 | |
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130,000
10,000
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10,000 |
Team PokerStars Pro Toni Judet raised to 5,200 on the button and Stelios Drosos defended his big blind. The board was soon displaying a rainbow flop of
and it created quite a lot of action. Drosos checked to Judet who c-bet 7,100 and when the action returned to Drosos he check-raised to 19,900. This left Drosos with 130,000 behind and Judet wondering what to make of this polarised move. In the end Judet decided to continue with the hand and he made it 40,000 to play and Drosos folded his bluff.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
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273,000
27,000
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27,000 |
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117,000
53,000
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53,000 |
Rupert Elder is up to 330,000 after he called three streets on a 



board against Besania Antoni, who barreled all the way, finally betting 39,000 on the river. Elder made a crying call but found that his 
had outflopped her 
to take the sizeable pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
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330,000
108,000
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108,000 |
|
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Grudi Grudev was playing a big pot against Hauke Heseding, betting 60,000 (an almost potsized bet) on the river of the 



board. This represented around 75% of Heseding's stack but the German made the call, Grudev flipped 
for the straight to win the pot. He's over the 300,000 mark.
Dimitrios Mpallas has found himself down to embers after he got Ioannis Taramas all-in preflop with 
against 
.
The board hit both, coming 



and Taramas doubled his stack to about 150,000. while Mpallas dropped to just 5,000.
Apostolos Chatzopoylos raised to 5,200 in the hijack seat and Roger Hairabedian called in the big blind. The pair shared a flop of
which they both checked. The turn brought out the
and Hairabedian check-called a 6,100 Chatzopoylos bet. Then to end the action we saw the
and Hairabedian made a small bet of 7,000. Chatzopoloylos made a raise to 20,200 and Hairabedian called and mucked when he saw his opponents hand.
| Chatzopoloylos | ![]() |
| Hairabedian | Mucked |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
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198,000
86,000
|
86,000 |
|
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45,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
David Vamplew fired out 25,800 on the river of a 



board against Norberto Latorre - the latter taking several minutes to make the call, but call he did. Vamplew turned over 
for a turned straight and it was enough to win the pot.
Georgios Grigoropoylos raised to 5,100 in the cutoff seat and Stelios Drosos three-bet to 13,300 on the button. The blinds decided they would rather watch than play and Grigoropoylos four-bet to 25,600. Drosos called very quickly and the two of them saw a four-bet flop. The dealer handed us the
and Grigoropoylos bet 27,100 and Drosos folded instantly.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
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188,000
58,000
|
58,000 |
|
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64,000
51,000
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51,000 |
Paul Berende has doubled up to 66,000 in a blind vs blind tussle where his 
outraced Viliyan Petleshkov's 
on a board of 



.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
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66,000
38,000
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38,000 |