The last Team PokerStars Pro has been eliminated from the 2012 PokerStars.net EPT Prague Main Event as Johnny Lodden was just eliminated by last year's runner-up, David Boyaciyan.
It happened when Ramzi Jelassi opened for 60,000 from early position and cleared the field all the way to Lodden on the button. He had the short stack at the feature table, and he opted to commit his last 779,000. Boyaciyan was next to act in the small blind and put in a raise, which drove Jelassi from the hand.
Boyaciyan
Lodden
Lodden had a good hand, but he had run into the granddaddy of all hands as Boyaciyan woke up with aces. The flop wasn't all that exciting, but the turn was as it gave Lodden an open-ended straight draw. Much to the dismay of his fans back in Norway, the blanked on the river and Lodden was eliminated from the tournament in 13th place. Meanwhile, Boyaciyan took over the chip lead and is primed to make back-to-back EPT Prague Main Event final tables.
Ben Warrington kicked off the betting with a raise to 60,000 from the cutoff. The action passed to Diego Gomez in the small blind and the eccentric Spaniard verbally announced "Raise," before making it 161,000 to play.
Warrington reluctantly folded and showed the table the and his reward was to be shown a pair of queens by Gomez.
Diego Gomez has been quite the entertainer during this tournament; his quirky sense of humor has brought a smile to his opponents' faces.
Mariusz Klosinski opened the betting with a min-raise to 60,000 and no sooner had his chips landed on the felt, Gomez had called. It was heads-up to the flop and Klosinksi checked. Gomez checked behind, mimicking the checking action of Klosinksi.
The turn saw Klosinksi check and Gomez copy him once again, much to the amusement of the rest of the table and those watching on from the rail. The river saw both players check.
"King," said Klosinksi as he opened . Gomez could only muster and Klosinski claimed the pot.
Mark Herm opened for 60,000 from the cutoff and cleared the field all the way around to a short-stacked Mikhail Petrov in the big blind. The Russian wasted little time in moving all in for 548,000, and Herm shot back in his chair. The American removed his sunglasses, asked for a count, and eventually made the call.
Showdown
Petrov:
Herm:
"I have an over," Herm said somewhat hopefully. He did indeed, and that's all it'd take as the flop paired it and gave him a commanding lead. Neither the turn nor river provided Petrov salvation, and he exited the tournament in 12th place.
Meanwhile, there was an all in and a call over at the feature table.
Andreas Berggren has been eliminated in a cruel blind-vs-blind confrontation.
A preflop raising war broke out between Berggren and Aleh Plauski that resulted in Berggren being all-in and a 3,676,000 pot being created! Berggren showed and was way in front of the of Plauski — but it would not stay that was for long.
The dealer put out the flop, gifting Plauski quad deuces — the second set of quads we have seen today! The turn and river completed the hand and Berggren headed to rail with an almighty bad beat story to tell his friends.
Sweden's Ramzi Jelassi opened to 60,000 UTG+1 and was called by both blinds; David Boyaciyan in the small blind and Sotirios Koutoupas in the big blind.
The trio checked the arrival of the flop, but when the blinds checked the turn, Jelassi fired out a delayed continuation-bet of 125,000 and it was enough to get the job done as both opponents folded.
From the button, Jorma Nuutinen opened on the button and after David Boyaciyan folded his small blind, Sotirios Koutoupas called in the big blind.
The pair shared a flop, Koutoupas check-calling a 60,000 continuation bet. The turn saw Koutoupas check-call again, this time an increased bet of 100,000. The river saw Koutoupas check for a third time, but this time Nuutinen checked behind.
flop wasn't all that exciting, but the 
turn was as it gave Lodden an open-ended straight draw. Much to the dismay of his fans back in Norway, the 
blanked on the river and Lodden was eliminated from the tournament in 13th place. Meanwhile, Boyaciyan took over the chip lead and is primed to make back-to-back EPT Prague Main Event final tables.
and his reward was to be shown a pair of queens by Gomez.
flop and Klosinksi checked. Gomez checked behind, mimicking the checking action of Klosinksi.
turn saw Klosinksi check and Gomez copy him once again, much to the amusement of the rest of the table and those watching on from the rail. The 
river saw both players check.
. Gomez could only muster 
turn nor 
of Plauski — but it would not stay that was for long.
flop, gifting Plauski quad deuces — the second set of quads we have seen today! The 
turn and 
flop, but when the blinds checked the 
