We heard a player yelling in Russian over on Table 7 moments ago, so we meandered over to see what was happening. When we arrived, we saw that Anatoly Gurtovoy had 76,200 sitting in front of him, and Walid Bou Habib was all in for a total of 107,600 - just 31,400 more.
Gurtovoy is Russian, but he wasn't the one who was upset, it was tablemate Mikhail Korotkikh.
After roughly two minutes, Gurtovoy folded, prompting half of the table to groan in disbelief, and Habib flashed for a pair of kings.
Korotkikh was warned after the hand for both cursing and speaking a non-English language at the table.
Robert Haigh is the front runner in the made up award race, "Comeback of the Day." The Brit started the day with only 14,100 chips and within one level he's managed to get a hold of 170,000 chips.
Just now Jonathan Concepcion raised preflop from the cutoff and and Haigh called from the button. The flop brought out and Concepcion checked to Haigh who bet 7,000. The Spaniard now raised to 20,500 and Haigh made the call.
On the turn the hit and Concepcion moved all in and Haigh snap-called.
Robert Haigh:
Jonathan Concepcion:
The river brought the and Haigh doubled up again. Haigh is now just below the average stack while he started.
It was not Marc Wright's day today. He came back with 130,000 but now he has none.
He was down to 43,800 when he open shoved from the button. Team PokerStars Pro David Williams made the call from the big blind and the cards were flipped up.
Wright:
Williams:
The board ran .
Wright wished everyone the best of luck and headed off.
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.
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.
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
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.
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!
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for a pair of kings.
and Concepcion checked to Haigh who bet 7,000. The Spaniard now raised to 20,500 and Haigh made the call.
hit and Concepcion moved all in and Haigh snap-called.
and Haigh doubled up again. Haigh is now just below the average stack while he started.
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when the board came 
), and another on the turn (
for a full house. Sordo was forced to show 
and Matthews bet 24,000, Blom folded and Sunar called. On the turn 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.
and Sunar turned over