Tim "Timmy182" Davie is becoming something of a regular feature on the regional tours across Europe and is making his EPT debut here in London. PokerStars Blog talks to the 23-year-old from Sussex, UK, and finds a young player taking everything very steadily as he rises up through the ranks.
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Alessandro Longobardi limped in the small blind for 2,000 and Ramzi Jelassi pushed all in from the big blind for about 35,000. Longobardi thought for a few minutes but then made the call.
Longobardi: 
Jelassi: 
The board came 
backdooring Longobardi into a straight to remove one of our former EPT champions.
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130,000 | 64,500 |
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Philipp Gruissem raised to 4,000 from UTG and Mike McDonald called on the big blind, as did the small blind before Team PokerStars Pro Lex Veldhuis made it 17,000 from the big blind. McDonald was the only caller.
The flop was 
and Veldhuis bet 15,000 and McDonald called. The came on the turn and Veldhuis now checked with McDonald betting 35,900 which the Dutchman called.
The river was the 
and Veldhuis checked a second time, McDonald set him in and Veldhuis made the call with 
only to find "Timex" with 
to win a monster pot.
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400,000 | 165,000 |
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Steven Silverman is up to 340,000 after he eliminated EPT San Remo runner-up Jason Lavallee.
The action folded around to Lavallee on the button and he moved all in for his last 35,000 chips. Silverman was in the big blind and made a quick call.
Lavallee: 
Silverman:
The board ran 
to pair Silverman's queen.
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340,000 | 93,000 |
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Friend of PokerStars Pierre Neuville just busted to Finnish pro Ville Mattila. Mattila and Neuville got it all in preflop and both players had around 21,000 in chips. Mattila was seated on the button and Neuville was in the small blind.
Pierre Neuville: 
Ville Mattila: 
The board ran out 
and Neuville was knocked out.
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Team PokerStars Pro Theo Jorgensen raised to 4,300 and the action was folded to Michael Tureniec who made it 10,000 to go. Jorgensen tanked for a bit and then decided to move all in. Tureniec called almost instantly and that gave us the following showdown.
Theo Jorgensen: 
Michael Tureniec:
The board ran out 
and Jorgensen doubled up. Tureniec was left behind with 56,000 and he will have to do some rebuilding.
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110,000 | 39,000 |
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Estonian Matthias Tikerpe just grabbed the chip lead after busting out Dutchman Niels van Alphen. Van Alphen explained that he raised preflop and Tikerpe decided to three-bet him from the small blind.
"We were pretty deep so I decided to make the call," Van Alphen said.
The flop came down 
and both players decided to check. The turn brought the and Tikerpe bet out 11,000, Van Alphen made the call.
On the river the 
completed a possible flush draw and Tikerpe decided to check. Van Alphen bet 20,000 and now Tikerpe decided to move all in. Van Alphen had started the hand with around 112,000 chips and he snap-called.
The Dutchman tabled 
for a flush but was beat by Tikerpe's .
"I really can't fold there. I just can't," Van Alphen uttered as he looked stunned as he left the tournament area. Tikerpe is the new chip leader while we lost another player.
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416,000 | 126,000 |
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Former EPT Madrid runner-up Fraser Macintyre was eliminated when he called all in on the river of 
board but mucked his hand when Davide Suriano turned over 
for a turned full house.
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