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We arrived at Khiem Nguyen's table to see three players including Nguyen and Matias Kesanen looking down at a flop of 
. A check prompted Kesanen to fire 45,000 into the middle. Nguyen made it 135,000 to go and the first player folded his hand. Kesanen stuck around.
The 
fell on fourth and Kesanen tapped the table. Nguyen cut out 185,000 and Kesanen went into the tank for quite some time. Eventually he decided that the best course of action was a fold and he guided his cards into the muck. Nguyen picked up the pot.
The next hand Nguyen opened to 32,000 before the flop from the hijack. From the next seat over, Yasar Guden made it 88,000 to go. Action came back around to Nguyen and he four-bet to 210,000. Guden wasted little time calling.
The two saw a flop of 
fall onto the felt and Nguyen came out swinging with 180,000. Guden sat thinking for over a minute before finally slapping 
face up on the table, folding his cards in the process. Nguyen dragged in yet another sizable pot and is now sitting on 1.64 million in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,640,000
665,000
|
665,000 |
|
1,240,000
-400,000
|
-400,000 |
|
860,000
-152,000
|
-152,000 |
Calvin Anderson opened to 32,000 on the button, and Dmitry Chop moved all in for around 350,000 from the small blind. The big blind released, and Anderson immediately called.
Anderson: 
Chop: 
The board rolled out 
, and Chop was eliminated.
Anderson now sits with around 2.4 million chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,400,000
386,000
|
386,000 |
|
Busted |
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| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,617,000
-297,000
|
-297,000 |
|
2,336,000
-24,000
|
-24,000 |
|
|
2,014,000
314,000
|
314,000 |
|
1,835,000
-4,000
|
-4,000 |
|
1,700,000
-100,000
|
-100,000 |
|
1,459,000
378,000
|
378,000 |
|
|
1,400,000
-240,000
|
-240,000 |
|
1,140,000
390,000
|
390,000 |
|
|
1,012,000
-38,000
|
-38,000 |
|
|
975,000
-5,000
|
-5,000 |
|
936,000
316,000
|
316,000 |
|
865,000
-15,000
|
-15,000 |
|
836,000
-6,000
|
-6,000 |
|
810,000
-226,000
|
-226,000 |
|
783,000
-8,000
|
-8,000 |
|
764,000
-166,000
|
-166,000 |
|
750,000
310,000
|
310,000 |
|
610,000
-100,000
|
-100,000 |
|
582,000
-153,000
|
-153,000 |
|
573,000
133,000
|
133,000 |
|
||
|
515,000
-65,000
|
-65,000 |
|
505,000
-240,000
|
-240,000 |
|
450,000
163,000
|
163,000 |
|
400,000
70,000
|
70,000 |
|
383,000
-25,000
|
-25,000 |
Level: 22
Blinds: 8,000/16,000
Ante: 2,000
Players are on their second 15-minute break of the day.
According the EPT Live team, Aku Joentausta was eliminated when Roman Herold turned two pair against Joentausta's flopped top pair.
Joentausta opened to 25,000 in late position, Daniel-Gai Pidun called in the small blind, and Herold three-bet to 79,000. Both Joentausta and Pidun called. The flop fell 
, Pidun checked, and Herold fired out 112,000. Both Joentausta and Pidun called.
The turn was the , Pidun checked again, and Herold fired 267,000. Joentausta moved all in for 560,000, Pidun folded, and Herold asked for a count before calling.
Herold: 
Joentausta: 
The river was the 
, and just like that the Day 2/3 chip leader was eliminated.
Alexander Helbig opened to 27,000 from under the gun. Two seats over, Bryn Kenney cut out a three-bet to 64,000. Olivier Busquet then looked down at his hand and announced a four-bet all in for 247,000. Action then folded back around to Helbig who wasted little time announcing a call.
Action was then on Kenney who sat riffling his chips and pondering his action.
"All in," said Kenney, who moved 540,000 total into the middle.
"Call," said Helbig just as quick as before.
Helbig: 
Busquet: 
Kenney: 
Kenney was looking great with both opponents sharing each other's outs. One of those four outs, however, drilled the flop when it fell 
. Kenney hung his head in disappointment.
The turn was the and Kenney was now one card away from elimination. The 
finished off the board and Kenney became the only casualty of this crazy hand. Helbig and Busquet chopped up the rest and Kenney was sent packing just before the break.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,800,000
675,000
|
675,000 |
|
|
408,000
48,000
|
48,000 |
|
Busted |
These counts are courtesy of the EPT Live team. Roman Herold has taken a huge leap, eliminating Aku Joentausta. We will gather as many details as possible about this hand and bring them to you.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,914,000
2,004,000
|
2,004,000 |
|
|
2,360,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
|
|
1,839,000
569,000
|
569,000 |
|
|
1,081,000
-319,000
|
-319,000 |
|
|
842,000
227,000
|
227,000 |
|
|
791,000
321,000
|
321,000 |
|
Busted |
