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Hannu Peltola moved all-in for his last 5,000 and was called by Janar Kiivramees. It was your classic coin flip situation but unfortunately for Peltola his drama didn't last too long as Kiivramees flopped a Royal Flush.
| Peltola |  |
| Kiivramees |   |
Flop: 
Obviously no need to explain the turn or the river and Kiivramees won a round of applause and 5k - nice for him!
Roberto Romanello's stack had been on the slide all day after he came back with very healthy 80,000-plus stack. That slide has just stopped after he doubled through Yury Yurchanka.
A preflop raising war saw both players all in, the Welshman having the smaller stack with 28,000.
Romanello: 
Yurchanka: 
The board ran 
to pair Romanello's ace.
Yesterday we watched an incredibly patient display of poker by Johan Van Til. Despite being very short most of the day he was able to remain focussed and make excellent decisions throughout. The online phenom known as "busto soon" finished that day with a paltry 5,300 chips but we have just witnessed him winning a hand and he now has an incredible 90,000 chips.
Yotam Bar-Yosef raised to 2,000 from early position and Van Til raised to 5,100 from the small blind. Bar-Yosef moved all-in and Van Til snap called.
| Bar-Yosef |  |
| Van Til |  |
Board: 
Sam El Sayed, renowned for his extremely loose style of play, has just eliminated Mattias Lannermark and EPT London Champion, David Vamplew from the tournament in one hand.
El Sayed opened the betting with a raise to 2,200 in middle position. The player next to act folded, then Vamplew moved all in for what turned out to be 22,300. The action folded to Lannermark in the small blind and he moved all in too for 23,700 chips. This put the focus back on El Sayed and he set about figuring out what he needed to do.
"I was folding but not now," Sayed informed the table, before muttering under his breathe something about the average chip stack and that it was now time to gamble. After close to two minutes of chatter he made the call.
El Sayed: 
Lannermark: 
Vamplew: 
By the turn the board read 
and it looked like a double up was on the cards but El Sayed pleaded with the poker gods "jack one time please" and low and behold his prayers were answered as the showed up on the river.
With that both Vamplew and Lannermark have been eliminated and El Sayed finds himself armed with more than 100,000 chips.
Paul Testud is out after a cooler of a hand. He held pocket fours and found a third four on a dry flop. He was up against Severin Walser and two were eager to and did commit their stacks. The Frenchman soon found out that his set was no good though as Walser had flopped top set with pocket kings.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
180,000
139,425
|
139,425 |
|
171,000
-20,000
|
-20,000 |
|
|
170,000
68,350
|
68,350 |
|
|
170,000
14,000
|
14,000 |
|
163,000
108,275
|
108,275 |
|
159,000
64,000
|
64,000 |
|
||
|
153,000
17,800
|
17,800 |
|
142,000
95,200
|
95,200 |
|
|
||
|
140,000
102,975
|
102,975 |
|
136,000
122,500
|
122,500 |
|
124,000
4,000
|
4,000 |
|
123,000
50,575
|
50,575 |
|
|
||
|
|
118,000
82,125
|
82,125 |
|
|
||
|
|
118,000
63,550
|
63,550 |
|
|
||
|
117,000
-13,000
|
-13,000 |
|
117,000
70,250
|
70,250 |
|
113,000
-7,000
|
-7,000 |
|
110,000
-4,000
|
-4,000 |
|
107,000
24,800
|
24,800 |
|
|
103,000
51,325
|
51,325 |
|
102,000
26,350
|
26,350 |
|
|
100,000
63,000
|
63,000 |
|
100,000
62,750
|
62,750 |
|
|
96,000
8,050
|
8,050 |
|
91,000
17,000
|
17,000 |
Recent World Series of Poker bracelet winner Joe Ebanks did not have the best of starts today and was as low as 15,000 chips at one point, but he has recovered and currently sitting behind a 77,000 stack, 11,000 more than average.
He just added to his stack when he tangled with his fellow American, Will Haydon over on Table 8. Haydon checked to Ebanks on a flop that read 
but Ebanks refused to check it back, instead he bet 2,300. Haydon pondered his options and decided calling was the best of the three available to him.
The turn was the 
and the action was similar, first Haydon checked, Ebanks bet 6,400 and Haydon made the call. The river was another ten, the 
and this time both players checked.
Ebanks did not look optimistic as he turned over 
but it was enough as Haydon mucked his hand.
Lari Sihvo is a regular face on the European Poker Tour scene but with only a 19th place finish at Season 7 EPT Barcelona to show for it. He is having a great level ten and has just pushed himself up to 150,000 chips after winning his latest confrontation.
Sihvo raised to 2,000 from under the gun and Pokerstars Qualifier Edgars Augstkalns and Team PokerStars Pro Richard Toth both called. The flop was 
and the action checked to Sihvo who bet 3,200 and only Augstkalns called. The turn of was checked by both parties before the dealer gave us the river of . Sihvo made a bet of 6,600 and Augstkalns had a suspicious look about him when he made the call. Sihvo turned over 
and Augstkalns mucked his hand.
Natalia Nikitina is still in the EPT Main Event after winning a crucial coinflip against local player Priit Turner.
Pierre-Olivier Jandaud started the betting with a raise to 2,200 from middle position and when the action folded to Turner oin the cutoff he three-bet to 5,600. The button got out of the way but Nikitina sat riffling chips in the small blind. After around 20 seconds she moved them all into the middle of the table. Jandaud folded but Turner snap-called.
| Turner: |
Nikitina:  |
The board ran out 
and Nikitina more than doubled up and is now armed with 46,000 chips.
