We joined the action on a board reading where Vladimir Geshkenbein had fired a bet of 100,000 at Marc Wright. Wright made the call and the landed on the river. Geshkenbein, the last remaining former EPT champion in the field, tapped the table and checked and it looked like Wright was going to bet but at the last minute he pulled back and checked.
Wright:
Geshkenbein:
Geshkenbein's flush is the best hand and he has over two million chips.
Pratyush Boddiga opened to 60,000 after Vladimir Geshkenbein had folded under the gun. Nobody wanted to play until the action passed around [Removed:284] in the big blind. He put in the extra chip and made the call.
The flop came down and [Removed:287] check-folded to a 65,000 continuation bet from Buddiga. As he folded a wry smile appeared on [Removed:287]'s face, the type that suggests he knew Buddiga had nothing but it was probably a better nothing than his own.
Tomas Cibak was just eliminated on the feature table after losing a flip against Bahadir Kilickeser. Cibak held pocket nines and Kilickeser . Kilickeser hit a ten on the turn to win the hand and eliminated Cibak.
Marc Wright got lucky to eliminate the always chirpy Heinz Kamutzki. The German is not so chirp now though as he got his stack in good with . Wright held and spiked a jack on the river.
Anton Wigg will not become the first-ever double EPT champion because he has just been sent to the rail by Vladimir Geshkenbein; now the last remaining former champ in the field.
Geshkenbein had just been moved to the table and was playing his first hand and decided to test the waters of his new shark infested home with a raise to 50,000 from the cutoff. Anton Wig three-bet but we did not get the amount because Geshkenbein shoved and Wigg snap-called him.
Wigg:
Geshkenbein:
Geshkenbein's timing way off in this hand and he looked quite embarrassed in all honesty. He said, "at least i have outs" before the dealer put out the [ flop. Both players made a pair but Wigg was way in front, that was until the landed on the turn. Wigg rose from his seat and had the look of a man who hated poker as he did so. The river was the and Wigg was eliminated from the Main Event.
Ever the gentleman, Wigg ensured he shook each and every surviving player's hand before heading to the payout desk 13 places before he wanted to.
Just minutes ago we mentioned that Florian Dohnert was in push-or-fold mode and had been all-in three times in a single orbit. Now he is all-out after busting at the hands of [Removed:284].
There was a flurry of action that saw [Removed:287] open, Dohnert shove for 560,000 and [Removed:287] instantly call. As soon as Dohnert showed he stood up then turned around to see [Removed:287] had . The first four community cards were kind to Dohnert as they read but the river was the to send him to the rail just a few places short of an EPT final table.
Tomas Cibak has not been getting his own way much today and his stack has taken another big hit after he doubled up the dangerous Mario Puccini.
Our man in the TV truck, Jonathan Zinke, told us that Puccini held pocket nines. Cibak had ace-nine and the chips went in on a flop. The turn and river were blanks.