Fabian Quoss must be wishing this was a bounty tournament as he just busted his second player of the day.
Our photographer on the ground, Neil Stoddart, caught up with a hand between him and Andoni Larrabe on the turn when the board read . Quoss check-raised all in and Larrabe made the call all in.
Larrabe opened but was drawing dead to Quoss who had flopped the nuts with . The inconsequential river came as .
Jason Wheeler has been eliminated from the tournament. We didn't catch the elimination hand, but Wheeler did explain what happened on Facebook:
"busto from EPT Prague Main Event...was dealt 3 hands in the first level. which i flatted a raise then folded to reship from short stack who had ...then which i ran into of short stack...then < against same guy who had ....gonna laxx for a couple hours then jump in the 2k."
Likewise, Mike "Timex" McDonald explained his demise on social media:
Ignat Liviu is a prolific online high-stakes poker player under the moniker "0Human0", and now he's looking to make a name for himself in the live realm.
In a recent hand, there was approximately 45,000 in the pot on a board of when Vadim Kholomeev checked from the big blind and opened the door for Liviu to fire out a big bet of 37,000. Kholomeev thought long and hard, but he ultimately decided to lay it down to the online legend. Kholomeev dropped to 54,000 on the hand.
Anton Wigg is up to 86,000 chips, thanks in part to eliminating Margaux Duplantier.
Duplantier was short stacked and her chips went into the middle whilst holding and Wigg called with . Wigg spiked an ace on the flop, Duplantier picked up a straight draw on the turn, but the river was not one of her outs and she was eliminated.
Viktor Lavi opened to 1,600 from middle position, Martins Adeniya three-bet to 3,600 on the button, and Lavi made the call.
The flop fell , and Lavi check-called a 3,800-chip bet from Adeniya.
The turn was the , Lavi checked again, and Adeniya fired 8,400. Lavi examined the bet, thought for 30 seconds or so, then called.
The completed the board, and Lavi checked a third and final time. Adeniya, who was staring down Lavi, turned his attention to his own stack. Eventually, he grabbed it all, and moved all in for 22,800.
Lavi quickly called, and Adeniya turned over for a queen-high flush. Lavi mucked, and Adeniya raked in the pot.
Todd Terry is approaching 200,000 chips after eliminating Greek player George Pappas.
Terry opened in late position and then called Pappas' 15,000 shove from the big blind. Terry had the in his hand, which was trailing the of Pappas.
Terry stayed behind on a flop, but flew into the lead upon the arrival of the on the turn. The river had no effect on the hand and Pappas was eliminated.
Niclas Martinsson opened for 1,700 under the gun only to have Ari Engel three-bet to 3,900 from middle position. When action reached a short-stacked Tayfun Rodoplu in the big blind, he moved all in for 8,300. Martinsson got out of the way, and Engel called the additional 4,400.
Showdown
Rodoplu:
Engel:
Rodoplu got it in good, and the flop seemed harmless. However, the turn did give Engel a flush draw. Fortunately for Rodoplu, the blanked on the river and he received a double.
Meanwhile, Thomas Macdonald was eliminated at the hands of Maroun Jazzar, who is now up to 90,000.
When we reached Table 5, Andras Nemeth had already moved all in for effectively 101,500. From the looks of things, Nemeth had put in a four-bet to 18,600, Pier Paolo Fabretti, who was in the tank, had five-bet to 29,700, and Nemeth moved all in.
Fabretti tanked for quite some time, checking and re-checking his cards as he studied Nemeth. Finally, he grabbed all of his blue T5,000 chips and committed them.
Nemeth:
Fabretti:
Fabretti flopped the world as it came , giving him the nut flush. The turned, ending the hand, and the completed the board. Fabretti doubled to 205,000 chips, while Nemeth dropped to 60,000.
Mathew Frankland opened t 1,600 from early position and his only opponent was Tayfun Rodoplu seated in the big blind. Rodoplu called, leaving himself just 6,200 chips behind.
The flop came down and Rodoplu open-shoved, Frankland called and the cards were revealed.
Frankland:
Rodoplu:
Rodoplu held the advantage and that advantage held as the turn and river were the and respectively. Frankland drops to 16,000.
. Quoss check-raised all in and Larrabe made the call all in.
but was drawing dead to Quoss who had flopped the nuts with 
. The inconsequential river came as 
.
...then 
and Wigg called with 
. Wigg spiked an ace on the 
flop, Duplantier picked up a straight draw on the 
turn, but the 
, and Lavi check-called a 3,800-chip bet from Adeniya.
, Lavi checked again, and Adeniya fired 8,400. Lavi examined the bet, thought for 30 seconds or so, then called.
completed the board, and Lavi checked a third and final time. Adeniya, who was staring down Lavi, turned his attention to his own stack. Eventually, he grabbed it all, and moved all in for 22,800.
for a queen-high flush. Lavi mucked, and Adeniya raked in the pot.
flop, but flew into the lead upon the arrival of the 
blanked on the river and he received a double.
, giving him the nut flush. The 
and Rodoplu open-shoved, Frankland called and the cards were revealed.
