Just before the break Chris Moorman opened to 2,000 from the button and Panagiotis Gavriulidis made it 5,000 in the small blind, the online star made the call to see a flop of but Gavriulidis chose to check, Moorman bet 6,300 but was check-raised to 14,000. He made the call and the came on the turn.
Gavriulidis now fired 16,000 and Moorman called once more to see the on the river. The Greek player now bet another 16,000 but this time Moorman moved all in for 43,900.
Gavriulidis tanked into the break before finally calling and Moorman showed for the turned straight. Gavriulidis was furious and began talking in a cross manner to Konstantinos Nanos while Moorman raked in a huge pot with a slightly embarrassed smile.
Afterwards he said, "When he check-raised me on the flop, I thought he had a lot of ace-high hands so I would win a big pot if the gutshot came in, there's also quite a few turn cards I can bluff..."
Patrik Antonius has been hovering around his starting stack since he registered late on Day 1b and it appears that he cannot get anything going today either. He started the day with 34,700 and he now has 35,900.
In a hand just now Team PokerStars Pro Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier checked from the small blind, Antonius checked in the big blind, Alessandro Speranza checked from late positon and Mihai Manole complete the round of checking from the cutoff. The flop, by the way, read .
The turn brought the into play and when ElkY checked for a second time Antonius fired a bet of 5,500 which Speranza folded to, albeit after 45 seconds' thinking time, Manole folded more quickly and ElkY even quicker than him.
Pier Paolo Fabretti is the latest Team PokerStars Pro to bust.
We missed the hand but an Italian colleague kindly offered up the information in broken English. It seemed as if the Italian got the last of his chips in with a on a flop. His opponent held and the turn and river bricked out.
It was a blind on blind battle between Team PokerStars Pro Liv Boeree and former EPT London champion David Vamplew, Boeree check-called a bet of 4,300 on the flop of and then another 8,500 on the turn to see the on the river, she then checked a third time and Vamplew made a sizeable bet of 23,300 on the river. Boeree snap-called and Vamplew showed for the nuts to win a big pot.
Boeree was all in almost the very next hand for her final 7,400 with against Michael Bonzon's and survived a real sweat on the board.
Eddie Playter has joined the long list of players who have busted with ace-king today.
Ramin Hajiyev opened to 2,100 from early position and was called Massimiliano Bellon Bellucci in the hijack before Playter thee-bet to 6,000 from the cut-off. Hajiyev folded but Bellucci called to see a flop appear.
Playter continued for 9,000 and was quickly check-raised up to 21,000. The Canadian sat and thought, all the while with the look of a man who was going to three-bet shove for his remaining 70,000. He found the notion to do it and was called by his Italian opponent with the drawing .
Playter was ahead with but was powerless to the board running out to make Bellucci a flush.
Rupert Elder has to thank today, he's just doubled up twice in two hands, the first against Mario Gobbi's all in preflop and then in the very next hand with holding on a versus Anton Sinel's , again all in preflop.
Kenny Hallaert's tournament is over and done, he's is out.
We heard him speaking to one of the dealers explaining how he had eights in against sevens and a third seven flopped, this left him with just 700 chips after paying the ante, not even enough to pay the big blind. The action folded around to Roberto Romanello in the small blind and he completed before showing . Hallaert had not even checked his cards but was pleased when he did because they were . The board ran out and it was a split pot!
The very next hand Andrea Benelli opened to 2,000 from middle position and everyone folded to Hallaert who called off his stack. The big blind folded and Hallaert showed , which were up against Benelli's . The flop put Hallaert into an early lead and the improved him to two pair. However, the river was the and Benelli improved to a hand-winning straight, eliminating Hallaert in the process.
Yesterday we witnessed David Vamplew having quad nines paid off, today he is making full houses for fun. He has just tweeted, "Made 2 boats, got paid big w both, 2nd one w river overbet. 220k! #eptcampione"
but Gavriulidis chose to check, Moorman bet 6,300 but was check-raised to 14,000. He made the call and the 
came on the turn.
on the river. The Greek player now bet another 16,000 but this time Moorman moved all in for 43,900.
for the turned straight. Gavriulidis was furious and began talking in a cross manner to Konstantinos Nanos while Moorman raked in a huge pot with a slightly embarrassed smile.
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into play and when ElkY checked for a second time Antonius fired a bet of 5,500 which Speranza folded to, albeit after 45 seconds' thinking time, Manole folded more quickly and ElkY even quicker than him.
on a 
flop. His opponent held 
and the turn and river bricked out.
and then another 8,500 on the 
turn to see the 
for the nuts to win a big pot.
against Michael Bonzon's 
and survived a real sweat on the 
board.
flop appear.
but was powerless to the board running out 
to make Bellucci a flush.
to thank today, he's just doubled up twice in two hands, the first against Mario Gobbi's 
all in preflop and then in the very next hand with 
, again all in preflop.
, which were up against Benelli's 
. The 
and Benelli improved to a hand-winning straight, eliminating Hallaert in the process.
