Erik Seidel opened for 6,000 and was called by Marc-Andre Ladouceur. Jean-Noel Thorel, on the button, three bet to 18,000. Seidel called and back on Ladouceur, he moved all in. Thorel was out of his seat, “How much?” he asked. It was 87,000 total. Thorel seemed to be considering it. Maybe it was the fact that Seidel was still to act that made him make the fold, but Seidel too folded and Ladouceur survived, cards unseen.
Faced with a bet of 23,000 on the 
board from EPT Season 8 Prague champion Martin Finger, Dani Stern made the call to see the 
land on the river. Finger opted for a check, and Stern checked behind. Finger showed the 
, but lost to Stern's 
for trip aces. Stern won the pot and climbed back over 400,000 in chips. Finger dropped below 200,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
423,000
7,000
|
7,000 |
|
192,000
42,000
|
42,000 |
|
||
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Level: 5
Blinds: 1,200/2,400
Ante: 300
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
500,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
||
|
465,700
4,300
|
4,300 |
|
455,000
215,000
|
215,000 |
|
|
430,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
397,300
117,300
|
117,300 |
|
|
||
|
378,000
153,000
|
153,000 |
|
360,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
340,000
90,000
|
90,000 |
|
320,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
310,100
35,100
|
35,100 |
|
300,000
45,000
|
45,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
283,300
26,700
|
26,700 |
|
280,500
12,500
|
12,500 |
|
280,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
|
||
|
278,800
16,200
|
16,200 |
|
269,200
800
|
800 |
|
||
|
264,300
44,300
|
44,300 |
|
260,100
114,900
|
114,900 |
|
260,000 | |
|
248,000 | |
|
245,000 | |
|
240,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
|
||
|
240,000
75,000
|
75,000 |
|
235,000
130,000
|
130,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
234,000
44,000
|
44,000 |
|
|
||
Players are now on their second 20-minute break of the day.
Erik Seidel was under the gun and seemed to be contemplating a bet. A moment passeed and the dealer reminded him that the action is on him. Giving a sheepish smile, Seidel released his cards.
When it got to Jean-Noel Thorel he opened the pot to 6,000 and Daniel Alaei, sitting to his left, called. The Blinds folded and the flop fell 
. Thorel continued for 16,000 and was called by Alaei. Thorel bet out again, for 30,000 on a turn card 
. That was enough for Alaei and he releases his hand.
We missed the exact amounts, but we do know a preflop raising war saw Philip Sternheimer shove all in from the button and Max Lehmanski made the call from the big blind.
Lehmanski: 
Sternheimer: 
Sternheimer knew he'd been caught even before the cards were tabled, but even so he was drawing to two live cards. Unfortunately for him, the 
flop gave Lehmanski two pair. Sternheimer needed running cards to stay alive, and he found one when the 
turn gave him a gutshot straight draw to a non-diamond six. The dealer burned one last time and put out the 
.
Lehmanski made a flush to win the pot while Sternheimer rapped the table and quickly exited the tournament floor. Whether or not he opts to re-enter remains to be seem.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
310,000
136,800
|
136,800 |
|
Busted |
The action seems to have slowed down a little bit on table one with fewer hands going post flop and a few opens meeting no resistance. Steve O’Dwyer in particular seems to be able to steal the blinds and antes in position now that his stack is in a more healthy state. Dan Smith won a little pot when he opened to 6,000 in the cut-off and got called in the blinds. A continuation bet of 9,000 when it was checked to him on a 
board was good enough. Vitaly Lunkin has been fairly quiet so far, but a button three bet to 15,000 was persuasive enough to win him the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
470,000
220,000
|
220,000 |
|
320,000
70,000
|
70,000 |
|
|
240,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
215,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
192,000
58,000
|
58,000 |
|
||
|
135,000
62,000
|
62,000 |
|
|
135,000 | |
