The board showed 
when we noticed the dealer counting out a double up for Mario Puccini. The German pro was all in for 81,500 holding 
and his opponent's 
were thrown into the muck.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
170,000 | -5,000 |
|
120,000 | -42,400 |
Candido Gonsalves just ended up all in with 
against Joel Nordkvist's 
and the board ran out 
. Gonsalves was all in for 76,500 and doubled up to around 160,000 chips. Nordkvist is now sitting on 215,000 and that's still plenty to play with.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
215,000 | 67,600 |
|
160,000 | -40,600 |
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On the river of a 
board Max Altergott set David Vamplew all in for his last 87,000 with around 50,000 already in the pot.
Vamplew tanked for about five minutes before eventually calling and immediately turning over 
. Altergott sat silent and still for ten seconds before mucking his cards.
A huge double up for the only remaining EPT champion in the field.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
200,000 | 90,000 |
|
100,000 | -166,000 |
The European Poker Tour Season 10 Player of the Year race is on, and as you know players will be able to accumulate points in all events throughout Season 10, regardless of the buy-in level. In addition, all of the Festival Events (Estrellas, UKIPT, Eureka, FPS, IPT) that combine with an EPT tour stop will be eligible for Player of the Year points. The winner of this season’s award will walk away with €50,000 in Main Event buy-ins, good for any PokerStars or Full Tilt sponsored event.
The Global Poker Index (GPI) points formula, which will be used to determine the EPT10 POY, is a bit complicated, but you can read about all the details here.
Here are the current top ten on the EPT10 POY Leaderboard:
| Place | Player | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | David Benefield | 321.18 pts |
| 2 | Ole Schemion | 240.65 |
| 3 | Joao Barbosa | 220.20 pts |
| 4 | Thomas Muehloecker | 196.87 pts |
| 5 | Jonathan Duhamel | 195.58 pts |
| 6 | Tom Middleton | 181.74 pts |
| 7 | Kevin Vandersmissen | 173.42 pts |
| 8 | Oleksii Khoroshenin | 166.89 pts |
| 9 | Eduard Bhaggoe | 164.91 pts |
| 10 | Alejandro Perez Torres | 164.27 pts |
We'll be bringing you daily updates on the Player of the Year race, so be sure to keep an eye out for those.
The EPT Quote Board brings you some of the choice quotes from the festival. We can’t promise controversy, but we can certainly try our best. Check it out at the PokerStars Blog, featuring quotes from Daniel Negreanu, Vanessa Selbst, Marcin Horecki, Bill Perkins and more.
Vasili Firsau just ended up all in and at risk, but he was in great shape to double up. Aris Petropoulos was the short stack in this clash with just 45,000 chips and the cards were turned face up.
Firsau: 
Petropoulos: 
McClean: 
The board ran out 
and Firsau raked in a huge double up as he was all in for 155,000 chips. McClean was left behind with a big stack but he will now have to battle it out with Firsau for much longer.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
365,000 | -10,000 |
|
320,000 | 86,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Juan Manuel Perez open-shoved all in for 28,500 from under the gun, Jamil Kanji called in the hijack seat, and the rest of the players folded.
Perez:
Kanji: 
Perez's hand held up on the flop (
) and the turn (
), but the spiked on the river and he was eliminated.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
551,000 | -9,000 |
|
528,000 | 133,000 |
|
229,500 | 74,000 |
|
189,500 | 18,500 |
|
|
182,000 | -22,500 |
|
172,000 | -74,500 |
|
96,000 | 25,500 |
|
Busted |
Shannon Shorr has dropped down to less than 100,000 after he called Georgios Karakousis all-in on the river of a 
board. The latter showed and Shorr mucked his hand but due to it being an all-in showdown, his was flipped over by the dealer.
Karakousis has about 350,000 now, a very healthy position indeed.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
350,000 | 240,000 |
|
85,000 | -186,500 |
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Antonin Duda is the latest player to be eliminated, he couldn't beat Robin Ylitalo's on a 
board and had to hand across all 200,000 or so of his chips. The Swede has over three-quarters of a million now and is the chipleader.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
760,000 | 260,000 |
|
Busted |
