John O'Shea has just been moved to Table 4 and just as he finished re-stacking his chips he was busy having to build extra towers as he has just doubled up.
He raised to 7,200 from under the gun and everyone folded to Maksim Kolosov on the button and he moved all in. Both blinds got out of the way and O'Shea snap-called.
Kolosov: 
O'Shea: 
The final board ran out 
and O'Shea is now back in business with 125,000 chips.
There will no repeat European Poker Tour champion crowned in Tallinn, after the last remaining champion, Roberto Romanello, was just eliminated.
He opened up with a raise of 7,200 from the cut-off and Andrey Subbotin three-bet from the small blind making it 24,000 to play. The action folded back around to Romanello who moved all-in for around 140,000 in total and Subbotin called.
| Romanello |   |
| Subbotin |  |
The board offered no help to the Welshman and he was sent to the rail. Subbotin meanwhile has 280,000.
Here is a full list of chip counts for you to enjoy, if you like that sort of thing!
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
501,000
40,800
|
40,800 |
|
455,000
45,000
|
45,000 |
|
381,000
31,200
|
31,200 |
|
||
|
365,000
77,800
|
77,800 |
|
|
||
|
337,000
112,200
|
112,200 |
|
335,000
55,000
|
55,000 |
|
314,000
39,000
|
39,000 |
|
|
301,000
49,300
|
49,300 |
|
|
||
|
286,000
75,700
|
75,700 |
|
||
|
280,000
145,000
|
145,000 |
|
273,000
3,400
|
3,400 |
|
263,000
82,000
|
82,000 |
|
|
230,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
221,000
34,500
|
34,500 |
|
|
216,600
90,600
|
90,600 |
|
209,000
129,200
|
129,200 |
|
|
||
|
197,000
140,600
|
140,600 |
|
|
||
|
|
185,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
|
|
||
|
182,900
21,900
|
21,900 |
|
|
180,000
40,400
|
40,400 |
|
|
||
|
179,000
120,600
|
120,600 |
|
162,000
11,000
|
11,000 |
|
161,000
9,400
|
9,400 |
|
|
140,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
|
|
||
|
139,000
28,500
|
28,500 |
Praz Bansi is sat with about half of the average stack and has been looking to get his money in and catch up to the leaders. In a hand just now Stuart Fox raised to 6,100 from late position and the active players folded to Bansi, who was sitting in the small blind.
"Do you have about 115 there?" He asked his fellow Brit. Fox remained silent but moved his arms out of the way so Bansi could view his chips. After looking like he was going to at least raise Banso let his hand go.
"Did you have anything?" Bansi asked, to which he was told, "I would have called a re-raise." Bansi then asked, "All-in?" and Fox replied, "No, not all in. You have too many chips."
Bansi shrugged his shoulders and said, "I felt I would need to go all in."
[Removed:551] raised to 6,200 from the hijack and Grzegorz Cichocki defended the big blind. The flop was 
and both players checked. The turn was the 
and Cichocki check-called a 6,700 [Removed:552] raise. The river put a straight on the board with the 
and Cichocki check-called a 16,500 [Removed:552] bet.
| Cichocki |   |
| [Removed:552] |  |
Split pot.
The pace inevitably slows as we start to creep towards the bubble. With 45 players left and only 40 getting paid tensions are high and decisions become critical.
Raigo Aasmaa raised to 7,200 on the button and after the small blind folded Johan van Till three-bet to 24,000 out of the big blind. Aasmaa took his time before making the call.
Flop: 
Both players checked.
Turn: 
Van Till bet 31,000 and Aasmaa counted out the call and pushed it forward.
River: 
Van Till made a very quick bet of 86,000 and then time stood still…for an eternity! Eventually Aasmaa called the clock on himself and as the TD counted down to 4 he folded (after five minutes of tank).
Ronny Kaiser is a dangerous player that one would be well advised to steer clear of. Play him out of position and you're in for a world of pain.
Albert Mykhaylyuta raised from the cut-off and Kaiser was the only caller from the button en route to a 
flop. Mykhaylyuta led the flop for 7,500 and 15,000 on the 
turn. Kaiser called both bets before betting 30,000 on the river when he faced a check. Mykhaylyuta tanked long and hard but ultimately folded.
Johan van Til has just doubled up Thomas Quaade, costing himself 71,000 chips, but at least he gained a can of Red Bull* in the process.
A raise from Quaade in early position was met with a three-bet from van Til, a shove from Quaade and finally a call. Quaade turned over 
which was up against the 
of the Dutchman. Quaade took the lead on a 
flop but the on the turn gave van Til a few extra outs. However, they failed to materialise and the river was the 
, doubling up the Dane.
"We're friends now. I'll get you a Red Bull*"
*Disclaimer: Other energy drinks are available!!
We joined the action on a flop of 
. Judging by the money in the pot we could deduce that Lari Sihvo had raised from middle position and Grzegorz Cichocki had called in position. Back to that flop and Sihvo bet 7,000 and Cichocki raised to 17,500; an act that was met with an instant call. The turn of 
was checked by both players and the dealer gave us the final card of 
. Sihvo put a bet of 21,500 across the line and Cichocki raised once again, this time to 75,000.
"Call!" Said Sihvo in an instant.
Cichocki flipped over 
and an agitated Sihvo mucked his hand. We believe Cichocki takes the chip lead with that hand.
Sihvo ~ 250,000
Cichocki ~ 520,000
[Removed:551] has dropped to 245,000 chips after betting two streets before admitting defeat.
He three-bet an early position raise from Lari Sihvo before leading for 22,500 on a flop. Sihvo called both both times and also called a 33,500 bet on the 
turn. The river came and [Removed:552] took his time before checking. Sihvo checked behind as well and took the pot with as it bettered [Removed:552]'s . He's up to around 300,000 chips.
