Michael Dietrich raised to 26,000 from under the gun, Ben Vinson three-bet to 64,000 in the next seat, Amit Makhila four-bet jammed for 196,000 in the hijack seat and Vasili Firsau also moved all-in from the cutoff. The action folded around to Vinson and he asked for a count of Makhija's stack as it was the bigger of the two. After a short while Vinson folded and left Makhija and Firsau to their own devices.
Makhija
Firsau
The flop changed nothing, but the on the turn certainly did. Makhija took the lead and when the hit the river his double up was complete. Firsau left the party in 29th place.
Tudor Grangure just hit a dream flop to double through chip leader Vadzim Markushevski.
The pot was limped pre flop and three players saw a flop appear. Markushevski led for 27,000 from the small blind and was raised to 60,000 by Grangure in the big blind. The third player folded before Markushevski shoved and was immediately called by Grangure for 341,000.
Markushevski: for top pair and flush draw.
Grangure: for a made flush.
Michael Dietrich raised to 24,000 on the button and Emin Aghayev moved all-in for 76,000 more. Dietrich asked for a count and when it was confirmed he duly made the call.
Dietrich
Aghayev
Board:
Aghayev leaves the EPT Grand FInal and Dietrich is up to 1,150,000 chips.
After Bernard Guigon raised to 26,000 from the hijack seat and Jason Wheeler called from the cutoff, Philip Parsons reraised to 81,000 on the button. The blinds passed and Guigon was back up. He took a minute or two, then stacked up a pile of chips for a reraise to 246,000. Wheeler quickly got out of the way and then Parsons reraised all in for around 440,000. A quick call came from Guigon and he tabled the mother of all hands with the . Parsons held the .
Parsons was in need of a miracle, but only ended up drawing dead by the turn as the board ran out to eliminate him. Guigon scooped the big pot and moved to 1.2 million in chips.
Ben Vinson raised to 26,000 on the button and Reza Mostafavi Tabatabaei defended his big blind. The action checked through to the river on a board of when Vinson called a 50,000 Tabatabaei bet. Tabatabaei turned over producing a tap of recognition from Vinson before he turned over the lone .
"Minimum value," Said Tabatabaei
"Maximum," replied Vinson.
That was the last action before the table was broken.
Fady Kamar was all in preflop with the against the for Clayton Mozdzen. After a board of , Kamar was awarded the pot and doubled to over 400,000. Mozdzen was left with 575,000.
From the hijack seat, Pratyush Buddiga raised to 25,000. In the big blind, Dominykas Karmazinas reraised all in for 331,000. After some tanking, Buddiga made the call with the . Karmazinas held the to put himself in a flip with his tournament life on the line.
The flop, turn and river ran out and Karmazinas was eliminated.
Anatoly Gurtovoy raised to 24,000 in early position and Pratyush Buddiga called one seat to his left, which also brought the big blind into play. The flop was and Buddiga won the pot with a 39,000 bet once checked to.
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Dimitar Danchev raised to 24,000 in the cutoff, Clayton Mozdzen three-bet to 46,000 on the button and Danchev mucked his hand.
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Amit Makhija raised to 24,000 in the hijack seat before John Andress forced him to fold with a 38,000 three-bet on the button.
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changed nothing, but the 
on the turn certainly did. Makhija took the lead and when the 
hit the river his double up was complete. Firsau left the party in 29th place.
for top pair and flush draw.
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for Clayton Mozdzen. After a board of 
, Kamar was awarded the pot and doubled to over 400,000. Mozdzen was left with 575,000.
to put himself in a flip with his tournament life on the line.
and Buddiga won the pot with a 39,000 bet once checked to.
