When we arrived at Table 20, Dan Smith was all in for effectively 30,000 or so on a flop of . Haitao Wu was in the tank, and by the looks of it, Smith had bet 6,600 and Wu raised to 13,500. Smith responded with an all-in wager, and Wu dipped into the tank.
Finally the Brit folded his hand, and Smith dragged in the pot.
"I just wanted to impress her," Smith said with a grin as he motioned towards his masseuse.
Josh Green had 8,500 sitting in front of him on a board of . Nichlas Mattsson raised, going all in for effectively 18,000 or so, and Green tank-called for his tournament life.
Green:
Mattsson:
The suicide king () bricked off on the river, and Green was eliminated.
Pete Linton's poker career was born in the same fire that produced EPT champion Julian Thew and nose-bleed specialist Sam Trickett. The trio used to all play in the same Nottingham cash games a few years ago before all three saw respective success.
Dejan Divkovic had opened to 600 preflop before Linton made it 1,600 from the button. Divkovic called to see a flop where both players checked. Divkovic led for 2,000 on the turn but Linton called to see the on the river. This time Divkovic was more cautious and he checked.
Linton fired a bet of 3,000 which had Divkovic tanking for several minutes before the latter elected to give up the hand.
After a raise and a call from Dhru Patel, Leo Margets three-bet to 3,000 from out of the small blind. The original raiser folded, and Patel called on the button.
The dealer fanned , Margets checked, and Patel fired out 7,050. Margets check-raised all in for what looked like 20,000 or so, and Patel snap-called.
Margets:
Patel:
The turn and river came , respectively, and the Team PokerStars Pro hit the rail.
Michael Tureniec is a stalwart member of the EPT, turning up and running deep more often that not with one EPT title already to his name. He's not had things go his way so far here though, Tureniec check-called a bet of 1,800 on the turn of a board against Yngve Steen.
The river was the and Tureniec checked to Steen, the latter betting 4,700. This was too much for Tureniec who quickly folded, leaving himself 26,000.
Martin Diaz was faced with an all-in bet of roughly 8,300 on a board of . Ryan Spittles had him well covered, and sat quite still as Diaz decided whether or not to risk his tournament life. Diaz eventually called, turning over , and Spittles showed for an overpair of aces.
The completed the board, and Diaz hit the rail. Spittles is up to around 70,000 chips.
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. Haitao Wu was in the tank, and by the looks of it, Smith had bet 6,600 and Wu raised to 13,500. Smith responded with an all-in wager, and Wu dipped into the tank.
. Nichlas Mattsson raised, going all in for effectively 18,000 or so, and Green tank-called for his tournament life.
) bricked off on the river, and Green was eliminated.
. [Removed:17] took the opportunity to bet 800, and Debackere put in a check-raised to 1,700. Yan called.
, Debackere checked again, and Yan fired out 2,400. Debackere called.
completed the board, and for the first time Debackere led out. The Belgian made it 3,600 to go, Yan called, and Debackere showed 
for top two pair.
on the river. This time Divkovic was more cautious and he checked.
, Margets checked, and Patel fired out 7,050. Margets check-raised all in for what looked like 20,000 or so, and Patel snap-called.
, Guanilo checked again, and Jorgensen tossed out another 6,000. Guanilo tanked for no more than 10 seconds before folding.
, and Spittles showed 
