Mike Watson pushed all in for his last few chips and Dikovic Dejan, a big stack in the big blind called him off with 
. Watson had 
and a final board of 
sent the unlucky Watson home.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted | |
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On the feature table David Kaufmann moved all in and was called by Christophe De Meulder. Kaufmann had 
but had run into the 
of De Meulder. The board ran out 
and Kaufmann took a big hit to his stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
626,000
1,000
|
1,000 |
|
||
|
430,000
228,000
|
228,000 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
3,025,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
1,450,000
800,000
|
800,000 |
|
1,400,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
||
|
|
1,300,000
535,000
|
535,000 |
|
1,200,000
607,000
|
607,000 |
|
1,170,000
444,000
|
444,000 |
|
|
||
|
940,000
585,000
|
585,000 |
|
800,000
616,400
|
616,400 |
|
675,000
565,000
|
565,000 |
|
650,000
450,000
|
450,000 |
|
600,000
250,000
|
250,000 |
|
|
500,000
85,000
|
85,000 |
|
|
475,000
525,000
|
525,000 |
|
420,000
44,000
|
44,000 |
|
|
||
|
350,000
250,000
|
250,000 |
|
225,000
355,000
|
355,000 |
|
172,000
658,000
|
658,000 |
|
154,000
341,000
|
341,000 |
Unfortunately we missed the hand, but we can confirm that Dimitar Danchev, the last former EPT champ in the field, has been eliminated. If you recall, Danchev won the 2013 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure Main Event back in January for $1,859,000.
That means the streak of not having a two-time EPT winner will continue further into Season 10.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
Busted | |
|
|
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Luca Fiorini moved all in from the small blind and Danny Covyn called with the short stack and showed 
. Fiorini tabled 
. Covyn was out of his seat and being cheered on by his enthusiastic rail nearby. The dealer dealt 
and the baby pair held to give a ray of hope to Covyn.
A couple of hands later Covyn was using those newly acquired chips to open from late position and getting one caller in the big blind. Checked back to him on a flop of 
he bet 40,000. Facing a check raise to 120,000 Covyn decided to hold on to his chips and folded.
Michel Pecheux moved all in for his last 188,000 and having asked for a count Martin Staszko made th call with 
. Good call as Pecheux tabled but there was a sweat on the flop of 
giving the at risk player a flush and a gut shot straight draw. Last two cards no help though . Pecheux was eliminated just before the break.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
Busted |
In the last hand before the break, a huge three-way pot took place at the feature table.
It began with Florian-Dimitrie Duta raising from the cutoff and Thomas Butzhammer three-betting him from the button. David Kaufmann then cold four-bet to 139,000 from the big blind, and Duta shoved for 431,000. Butzhammer, who had the biggest stack, thought for a bit before moving all in over the top, and Kaufman sort of shrugged before calling off for 637,000.
Duta: 
Kaufmann:
Butzhammer: 
Buthammer was out in front, but Kaufmann was drawing to two overs. Duta, on the other hand, was in need of some major help. The 
flop provided a little as Duta picked up a gutshot straight draw to a seven, but as it was Butzhammer's jacks were still in the lead.
They stayed there on the , and Butzhammer was one card away from scoring a double elimination. Unfortunately for him, he couldn't seal the deal as the 
spiked on the river to give Duta the improbable straight and the triple to 1.315 million.
Meanwhile, Butzhammer took down the 412,000 side pot and a disappointed Kaufmann was dispatched in 42nd place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,315,000
662,000
|
662,000 |
|
736,000
260,000
|
260,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Players are now on an extended 30-minute break.
Level: 23
Blinds: 10,000/20,000
Ante: 3,000
Christophe de Meulder is the last remaining Team PokerStars Pro with chips in the EPT Barcelona Main Event, still battling after a roller-coaster afternoon. He spoke with Sarah Grant about his day thus far as well as having recently appeared with his brother Matthias and Fatima Moreira de Melo on the Dutch-Belgian Survivor-like show, Expeditie Robinson.
