Praz Bansi and Stuart Fox are sat at opposite ends of the table and have threatened to clash with each other all day but for the most part pots have been settled preflop due to their respective stack sizes.
A hand just now did eventually get to showdown but failed to light any fireworks. Fox min-raised to 8,000 from under the gun and everyone folded to Bansi on the button. He asked to see how many yellow 5,000 chips Fox had in his stack because he does not have them stacked the standard 20 chips high. Once he saw how many he had he three-bet to 23,500. Fox quickly called.
The dealer put out the flop and both players checked. They both checked when the appeared on the turn and again on the river. "Ace-high" announced Bansi, prompting Fox to turn over . Bansi mucked but not before revealing .
Praz Bansi is up to 270,000 after taking down a pot where he was happy to control the pot post flop after being aggressive preflop.
Stuart Fox raised to 9,000 and was called by Lauri Meidla on the button before Bansi thought for a while and three-bet to 31,700 from the small blind. Fox folded quickly but Meidla called.
No more chips made it into the pot as they checked the board all the way down. Bansi tabled and scooped as Meidla mucked.
We heard a loud bang and headed over to the direction of table five. EPT Deauville 5th place finisher Kaspars Renga was on his feet and it was him to had made the noise after slamming his fist into the table. Renga had raised to 10,000 and PokerStars qualifier Robert Brofeldt had raised to 25,000. Renga moved all-in, Brofeldt called and the fist came down after Renga saw his opponents cards.
Sander Laprik is a very unlucky man. He just got his aces cracked with running cards to leave in 44th place.
PokerStars qualifier Liutauras Armanavicius raised from UTG and Laprik just called from the cut-off to see a flop.
Armanavicius c-bet for 10,000 and then moved all-in when raised to 25,000 by Laprik. Laprik took one last look at his hand and called off his remaining 89,000.
Laprik:
Armanavicius:
The turn came and Armanavicius whispered, "Club" and he got just that as the river fell . Ouch.
There are quite a few players who have stack in the 20-30 big blind range and they are certainly not shy about moving all in with them.
Over on Table 5 Jani Sointula raised from the cutoff to 8,800 only to see Ron Palto three-bet all in for 81,200. Sointula was not prepared to pay this much to see his opponent's cards and he folded.
Then on Table 4 Vojtecj Ruzicka opened to 9,500 from late position, O'Shea flatted in the hijack and when the action folded to Matthias Lotze in the small blind he moved all in for 83,600. Ruzicka snap-folded but O'Shea sat there for exactly one minute before passing his cards to the dealer.
We joined the action on a flop of with Irene Baroni in the big blind and Grzegorz Cichocki on the button. Baroni checked and Cichocki bet 13,000. The action fell back to the white-hooded Baroni who check-raised to 36,000 and Cichocki calmly called. The turn was the and both players checked before we saw the on the button. Baroni made a bet of 48,000 and Cichocki wasted no time at all when he raised to 100,000. Baroni sneaked a little look at her cards before mucking her hand.
Nikolas Liakos is no longer our chip leader, in fact he is now in the middle of the pack and it looks like it is Lari Sihvo who has been the main benefactor.
In the last hand before the break, with the board reading , Sivho lead out for 72,500 and then snap-called when Liakos raised to 175,000. Liakos flipped over but it was no good as the Finn held for two pair and he now has a stack of 480,000 chips.
flop and both players checked. They both checked when the 
appeared on the turn and again on the 
river. "Ace-high" announced Bansi, prompting Fox to turn over 
. Bansi mucked but not before revealing 
.
board all the way down. Bansi tabled 
flop.
. Ouch.
and both players checked before we saw the 
on the button. Baroni made a bet of 48,000 and Cichocki wasted no time at all when he raised to 100,000. Baroni sneaked a little look at her cards before mucking her hand.
. Fox called from the small blind with 
and safely navigated his way through the 
but it was no good as the Finn held 
for two pair and he now has a stack of 480,000 chips.