Laurence Houghton has been knocked out, it looked like all the chips had gone in on a 
flop, Houghton holding 
against Mario Nagel's 
which hit a 
on the turn, Houghton drawing dead on the 
river.
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Busted |
Three more of the Team PokerStars Pro contingent have fallen this level. Fatima Moreira de Melo, Alex Kravchenko, and Luca Pagano all lost their chips.
We only have details of the Italian's bust out. Pagano shoved with 
on a 
flop. Variance: his opponent held pocket tens.
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Irene Baroni is no more, no she's not died but she has lost her chips to her fellow Italian Muhamet Perati. The chips went in preflop with Baroni holding 
but needing some help from the board as Perati held 
.
That help failed to materialise as the board ran out 
and Baroni heads for the exits.
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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"
Must be nice etc.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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220,000
44,000
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44,000 |
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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.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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244,000
78,200
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78,200 |
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141,600
21,600
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21,600 |
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136,000
14,000
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14,000 |
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130,700
1,300
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1,300 |
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128,300
35,100
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35,100 |
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97,800
2,200
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2,200 |
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85,800 | |
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72,100
21,300
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21,300 |
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58,200
7,000
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7,000 |
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52,600 | |
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29,200
7,100
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7,100 |
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27,400
4,400
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4,400 |
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20,400
3,200
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3,200 |
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Busted | |
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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.
Easy game.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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128,000 | |
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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.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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Busted |
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.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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176,000
75,900
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75,900 |
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15,000
30,000
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30,000 |
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