Despite having more than 1,700,000 chips in his stack Simeon Naydenov has employed the unusual strategy of moving all in whenever he wants to play a hand.
Just now Andrea Benelli opened on the button to 32,000 and Naydenov three-bet all in for 1,700,000 chips from the small blind. Stefano Demontis got out of the way and despite looking like he was going to call, Benelli ultimately got out of the way and folded his hand.
Stefano Demontis' tournament has come to an abrupt end in 21st place. The action folded around to him in the small blind and he decided to try and steal the blinds and antes by moving all in for 188,000. Stefano Puccilli was his opponent in the big blind and he made the call with to discover he was up against the of his all-in opponent.
The flop came down keeping the threes in front. The on the turn meant Demontis could not only hit a jack but it failed to materialise as the river was the .
We are now down to 19 players in the EPT Campione main event.
David Vamplew had opened preflop to 32,000 and Andrea Benelli moved all in behind him for about 300,000, it was passed back around to the Scot and he instantly called.
Benelli:
Vamplew:
The board came and the pair shook hands. Can Vamplew make another EPT final table?
Adrian Veghinas has fallen in 19th place after a set-up of a hand.
The action folded around to Jannick Wrang in the cut-off who raised. Fabrice Soulier put in a three-bet from the button and Veghinas four-bet shoved from the small blind. Wrang folded but Soulier snap called.
Veghinas:
Soulier:
The board ran to safely see a relived Soulier take the pot and the scalp.
We just witnessed a three-way all-in at table one.
The action folded around to Giuseppe Biancoviso in the cut-off and he shoved for 108,000 with . Panagiotis Gavriulidis and Jean-Philippe Rohr both moved in behind with ace-king but the Italian found a queen on the river to triple up.
The players are dropping like proverbial flies at the moment and we are now down to just 18 of them here in Campione.
The latest casualty was Panagiotis Gavriulidis who moved all in with his short-stack holding and Koen De Visscher made the call with . The board ran out and Gavriulidis headed for the rail, via the cashier's cage of course.
Koen De Visscher is on a charge like he was on yesterday. He's knocked out another player in Jean-Philippe Rohr.
The action folded around to the Frenchman on the button and he shoved for his remaining 285,000. The Belgian was in the big blind and called after getting a count.
Rohr:
De Visscher:
The board ran .
We're already at the halfway mark. Table three will now be broken amongst tables one and two. We'll bring you the refreshed table draw as soon as we have it.
The players have been sent on a break whilst the tournament staff rearrange the tables. The new seat draw will be published as soon as we have it in our possession.