Stelyan Georgiev's stack has been steadily climbing today. While his appearance is stoic, he's been active throughout the afternoon, involved in a high percentage of pots and winning enough to accumulate a 70,000-plus chip stack.
At the end of the previous level, Georgiev opened for 500 from middle position and got three callers, including both blinds. The quartet all checked the flop, then when the fell on the turn it checked through to Jiachen Gong in late position who bet 1,025, and only Georgiev called.
The river was the and both Georgiev and Gong checked. Gong showed , having failed to steal the pot on the turn, while Georgiev had for queens to claim the small pot.
Jamel Haddad has been eliminated after an all in preflop altercation with Mikhail Korotkikh, Haddad's unable to improve against Korotkikh's - the latter crying out loudly in Russian after he won on a board of
Pawel Brzeski looked even more disappointed, he'd folded preflop after the raising war...
Max Heinzelmann check-called a bet of 1,200 against Harry Loria on a flop of before doing the same on the turn. The river saw both players check and Loria flipped but Heinzelmann had turned a straight and rivered a flush since he was holding .
Former World Series of Poker Main Event runner-up, Martin Staszko, has been eliminated from the EPT Deauville main event at the hands of Jeffrey Hakim.
Hakim opened the preflop betting round with a min-raise to 400, two players folded and Staszko three-bet all-in for 3,400 in total. The action passed back to Hakim, he checked his cards once more and announced, "I call."
Hakim:
Staszko:
The flop was no help at all the Staszko and the turn was even worse as it improved Hakim to an unbeatable — in this hand at least — full house. The meaningless completed the board and confirmed Staszko's exit.
We came up on this big three-way hand on the river with the board showing involving Dmitry Gromov (small blind), Zimnan Ziyard (big blind), and Laurent Polito (button).
By then the pot had already bloated up to around 20,000, and when Gromov checked Ziyard committed the last of his stack, forcing a fold from Polito. Gromov thought a while, then called, and Ziyard quickly showed his for a flopped full house. Gromov exhaled as he flashed a before mucking, and Ziyard collected the pot.
Sinel Anton opened the betting by raising to 550 from the hijack position and John Eames, to his direct left, called. To Eames’ immediate left was Jose Quintas and he called. Both blinds folded and, after burning a card, dealt the flop.
Anton checked, Eames tested the waters with a 1,100 bet and only Quintas called. The turn witnessed Eames check-call a 2,600 bet from Quintas, and the river saw similar action, except the bet size was 5,500.
David Vamplew was staring at a 1,000 bet made by Andrei Stoenescu with the board reading . Vamplew made it 2,000 and Stoenescu made the call to see the on the river.
The bespectacled Scotsman fired an over bet of 7,500 in to the 5,100 pot but was still called by Stoenescu. Vamplew flipped for a rivered flush to boost his stack to 58,000.
flop, then when the 
fell on the turn it checked through to Jiachen Gong in late position who bet 1,025, and only Georgiev called.
and both Georgiev and Gong checked. Gong showed 
, having failed to steal the pot on the turn, while Georgiev had 
for queens to claim the small pot.
- the latter crying out loudly in Russian after he won on a board of 
preflop after the raising war...
before doing the same on the 
turn. The 
river saw both players check and Loria flipped 
but Heinzelmann had turned a straight and rivered a flush since he was holding 
.
flop was no help at all the Staszko and the 
completed the board and confirmed Staszko's exit.
involving Dmitry Gromov (small blind), Zimnan Ziyard (big blind), and Laurent Polito (button).
before mucking, and Ziyard collected the pot.
on the river.
for a rivered flush to boost his stack to 58,000.