According to our crack photographer, Neil Stoddart, Philipp Gruissem has just been eliminated by Age Spets. Gruissem moved all in on a board of , and Spets instantly called.
"I have to call," he said. "I have the nuts."
True enough, the Norwegian turned over for quad threes. Gruissem wanted to muck, but he was forced to show .
The completed the board, and the German was eliminated.
Olaf de Zeeuw had a little tangle with Benny Spindler and came out the better of the two.
The Dutchman limped from under the gun and was called by Spindler on the button and both blinds. The flop fell and De Zeeuw led for 425 before Spindler raised to 925. Both blinds folded and De Zeeuw made the call to see the turn where both players checked.
Spindler called a 2,000 bet on the river but mucked upon seeing his opponent's for a straight.
Igor Kurganov has been sat at this table table in seat eight, just to the right of Spindler and David Peters. Tough table!
Neil Stoddart was on the scene again, this time catching an all-in hand between Vanessa Selbst and Tobias Peters. Selbst flopped a set of fours, Peters turned aces and tens, and Peters was eliminated.
Denis Vladimirov opened to 1,000 in early position, [Removed:2] called on his left, Dario Minieri called in the cutoff, and Hiren Patel called out of the small blind. All four players checked when the flop fell , and the turn brought the .
Patel checked, Vladimirov fired 2,200, and the action folded back to Patel, who check-raised to 8,400.
"How much?" Vladimirov instantly asked the dealer.
Once he learned the amount, the Russian moved all in for 19,850. Patel instantly called, and turned over . Vladimirov stood up, looked at Patel's hand, let out a long sigh, and then turned over for a higher set.
The completed the board, and the Russian doubled. Patel dropped down to around 24,000 chips.
Last season's EPT Berlin champion, Davidi Kitai and Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier battled in a really interesting pot from the TV table.
This information came to PokerNews second hand so the details are light but we do know: ElkY raised pre flop and was called by Kitai. Elky then went on to check every street of a board before check-rasing the river. Kitai went into the tank and open folded ten-jack only to be shown pocket nines by ElkY.
Fellow Team Pro Johnny Lodden was on comms at the time and said it was the most interesting hand he'd commentated on.
The board read and Jorryt van Hoof fired out a bet of 2,950. At the other end of the table Marcel Luske riffled chips on the table while he pondered his action. Ultimately, he decided to flat call.
The river brought the and Hoof announced that he was all in for his last 12,400. Luske called and rolled over for a flopped set of sevens.
Unfortunately for Luske, Hoof showed for a king-high flush and the best hand. Hoof scooped up the chips and Luske is now left with about 22,000.
Former EPT champion, Sebastian Ruthenberg, was not able to make a comeback after being crippled before.
There was a raise to 600 before the former EPT Barcelona champion three-bet all in for around 4,000 with . The original raiser folded (pocket tens) after the big blind called with . The board ran to make Broadway for the big blind. Lucky escape for the original raiser.
, and Spets instantly called.
for quad threes. Gruissem wanted to muck, but he was forced to show 
.
completed the board, and the German was eliminated.
and De Zeeuw led for 425 before Spindler raised to 925. Both blinds folded and De Zeeuw made the call to see the 
turn where both players checked.
for a straight.
, and the turn brought the 
.
. Vladimirov stood up, looked at Patel's hand, let out a long sigh, and then turned over 
for a higher set.
completed the board, and the Russian doubled. Patel dropped down to around 24,000 chips.
and Hoof announced that he was all in for his last 12,400. Luske called and rolled over 
for a king-high flush and the best hand. Hoof scooped up the chips and Luske is now left with about 22,000.
. The original raiser folded (pocket tens) after the big blind called with 
. The board ran 
to make Broadway for the big blind. Lucky escape for the original raiser.
