Before the bubble, Italian player Luca Antinori single-handedly provided the drama for the afternoon in a lengthy dispute about some purple chips.
Read all about it on the PokerStars Blog.
Another level has come to an end and the players are on a 15-minute break.
Massimiliano Bellon Bellucci had moved all in on the turn of a 
for about 200,000 over the top of a 36,500 bet from Michael Ruane, the latter was thinking for what must have been six or seven minutes, going into the break before he finally mucked his hand.
Bellucci triumphantly showed 
for air.
We joined the action on a flop reading 
with Marco Fabbrini in the small blind and Roberto Romanello on the button. It looked like Fabbrini had check called a 12,000 bet from the former EPT Prague champion, taking the duo to the 
turn.
Fabbrini now lead into Romanello with a 22,000 bet and the Welshman called and Fabbrini bet again on the arrival of the 
river. This time he made it 32,000 to play and Romanello quickly called but mucked his hand when he was shown 
for a set of sevens.
Koen De Visscher opened the betting with a raise to 10,000 from middle position, Ronnie Kaiser then three-bet to 22,000 next to act. The next two players folded but Michael Ruane, on the button, four-bet to 51,00.Once the blinds got out of the way De Visscher instantly folded but Kaiser asked for confirmation of the bet amount before making the call.
Flop: 
- Kaiser checked to Ruane who sat riffling chips for just shy of one minute. He stopped playing with his chips to bet 64,000. Again Kaiser asked for confirmation of the amount before going back to pondering his options. Eventually he decided he was done with the hand and Ruane won the pot.
Andrey Gulyy has just eliminated PokerStars Team Pro Bertrand Grospellier, the latter was all in with 
against Andrey Gulyy's 
who flopped a gutshot, turned a flush draw and then hit his wheel on the river of a 
board to eliminate the Frenchman.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
475,000 | 155,000 |
|
Busted |
Some days as a tournament reporter can be frustrating as so much time is wasted waiting for players to make decisions. I'm not mentioning any countries by name but nationalities are famed for taking an age.
Two Italian players were involved in a large pot, all pre-flop, where everyone around knew a fold was coming but the theatrics had to be played out like we were watching an old Italian Opera. Just like an Opera, I had no idea what was being said.
Piero Schiavulli opened to 10,500 before Stefano Demontis three-bet to 25,000 from the button. Schiavulli came back with a four-bet to 43,500 but Demontis wasn't finished and shoved for 200,500.
It took the dealer several minutes to count this amount as Demontis' stack was awkwardly stacked. Schiavulli had this time to think and then took several more minutes to make a decision. His table mates were getting frustrated and the TD picked up on this and put the clock on Schiavulli. This prompted him to open fold 
and he was shown 
by his fellow countryman.
The two players then stepped away from the table and continued to argue about the hand for another minute or two.
The excellent Neil Stoddart has been snapping away all day long, here are some of the images he has captured.
Koen De Visscher's day is getting better and better. The opposite can be said for Nick Yunis.
The action folded around to De Visscher in the small blind and he set Yunis in for his last 50,000. The Chilean made the call all-in.
De Visscher: 
Yunis:
The board ran a waffle friendly 
to make the Belgian two-pair by the river.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
720,000 | 92,000 |
|
Busted |
After losing with 
to Ramin Hajiyev's 
, former EPT winner Martin Finger was left with just 1,000 remaining and it went in from the small blind as Liv Boeree opened to 12,000 from late position and Massimo Mosele defended the big blind.
The two checked the 
down to the river, Mosele then bet 10,000 and Boeree moved in. Mosele shrugged and called, turning over 
but Boeree flipped 
for a flush. Finger then flipped his cards but he only had 
and was also knocked out.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
200,000 | 72,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
