Tamer Kamel was our first all in of the bubble, he'd pushed for 34,000 from early position and former EPT Deauville finalist Walid Bou Habib made the call in the big blind.
The media thronged around the table as the cards were revealed.
Kamel:
Bou Habib:
The flop brought both a straight draw coming and both made a pair on the turn, the river was the and Kamel's kicker played. He doubled up and we're still on the bubble.
Full Tilt's Professional Viktor Blom raised to 6,000 from the cutoff and Surinder Sunar called from the button. Rory Matthews raised from the small blind to 25,000 and Team PokerStars Pro David Williams gave up his hand from the big blind. Both Blom and Sunar made the call.
The flop brought out and Matthews bet 24,000, Blom folded and Sunar called. On the turn the hit and both players checked.
The river brought the and Matthews bet 75,000. Sunar went into the tank for quite some time but eventually he made the call with 40,000 chips left behind. Matthews had Sunar covered by 120,000 but the pot was still huge to him as well.
Matthews showed and Sunar turned over . The pot was split while Blom claimed to have folded two tens and Williams had lost the minimum with two nines. The break is now upon us and the money bubble will continue afterwards!
After calling a bet from Matthias Tikerpe on the flop (), and another on the turn (), Jose Manuel Nadal Sordo was faced with an all-in bet on the river after the completed the board.
Sordo quickly called, and Tikerpe ripped over for a full house. Sordo was forced to show for trips before exiting the tournament area in 98th place.
Short stack Andrew Abernethy was just eliminated in 99th place, he lost with to Albert Daher's when the board came . We're just a couple of spots away from the money
Matthias Tikerpe opened to 6,100 from UTG and received two calls from Timo Pfutzenreuter and Daniel Erlandsson before Team PokerStars Pro Jason Mercier squeezed all in from the big blind for just over 120,000.
Tikerpe quickly called, Pfutzenreuter and Erlandsson folded.
Tikerpe:
Mercier:
Mercier needed one of the three bullets to survive and it looked to be all over until he hit right on the end with the "Barry Greenstein Special" - an Ace on the River.
The board was and Mercier doubled up to about 250,000.
Plenty of heroes left in the £2k side event at EPT London. Almost £100,000 for the winner with PokerStars Team Online's Mickey Petersen, Jason Wheeler, Mike Watson, Rhys Jones (one of the UK's top online tournament players), Todd Terry, John Eames and Team PokerStars Pro Jonathan Duhamel all still in.
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and both made a pair on the 
turn, the river was the 
and Kamel's kicker played. He doubled up and we're still on the bubble.
and Matthews bet 24,000, Blom folded and Sunar called. On the turn the 
hit and both players checked.
and Matthews bet 75,000. Sunar went into the tank for quite some time but eventually he made the call with 40,000 chips left behind. Matthews had Sunar covered by 120,000 but the pot was still huge to him as well.
), and another on the turn (
for a full house. Sordo was forced to show 
for trips before exiting the tournament area in 98th place.
