Two big name players exited just before the end of level 12 and both of them held ace-king in their exit hands.
First to go was Manig Loeser he three-bet all-in for 25,600 with only for Renato Almeida to re-raise all-in behind him with pocket kings. A board sent Loeser tumbling out.
And moments later Joni Jouhkimainen suffered the same fate, he three-bet all-in for around 40,000 holding but he didn't even have the luxury of an overcard as Ekrem Sanioglu had pocket aces. A board gave him a flush draw on the turn but he missed the river.
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Marc Trijaud raised to 3,500 preflop from middle position before Aurelien Soutchkov made it 9,300 in the blinds. Trijaud called to see a flop where Soutchkov fired a bet of 13,500
Trijaud moved all in for about 43,000 in total and Soutchkov tanked for a couple of minutes before making the call.
Trijaud:
Soutchkov:
The on the turn was a deathblow for Trijaud and the latter was eliminated on the river.
Jonathan Abdellatif, a PokerStars player from Belgium, opened for 3,000 from the small blind and was raised by big blind Erkan Yildirim to 8,000. Abdellatif asked for a count and didn’t seem particularly happy to hear his opponent was neither too deep nor too short. Nevertheless he threw in a T5000 chip to make the call and they saw a flop of . Abdellatif checked and called a bet of 8,600, throwing the colours in one at a time. The turn was the and Abdellatif quickly checked again. A bet of 16,500 Yildirim and Abdellatif flicked his cards away.
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Ivan Soshnikov is up to 190,000 after eliminating Stephane Benadiba with ace-king against ace-queen whilst Niels van Leeuwen doubled through Nicolas Chouity. He was all-in pre-flop fro roughly 16,000 with , Chouity raise-calling with . The board keeping Van Leeuwen in front. Chouity is down to 150,000
EPT Prague serial final tabler David Boyaciyan has just been eliminated from the tournament.
Mitch Johnson from the UK opened the hijack and Frenchman Laurent Bachelet in the cutoff made the call. Dutchman David Boyaciyan on the button opted to call as well but Joel Ferando Durfort in the small blind had other plans. He squeezed and scared away Johnson and Bachelet. Boyaciyan however called and they saw a flop heads up.
Durfort continued with a bet of 25,000 and Boyaciyan made the call. The turn was the and Durfort now pushed all in. Boyaciyan would be at risk if he called and did just so. Boyaciyan was in trouble as his was up against Durfort's .
The river was the and for a millisecond Boyaciyan thought he had delivered a suck out. He quickly realised the on the turn had counterfeited him as his two pair was no good against the higher two pair. He wished the table good luck and gracefully left for the exit.
On the turn of a board, Eric Sfez set David Zakine all in and was instantly called.
Zakine:
Sfez:
Sfez was drawing dead as the dealer put out the on the river. But then she didn't stop there and ended up dealing a sixth card (the sea?) which was the . Either way, Zakine doubled up while Sfez was left nursing a short stack.
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only for Renato Almeida to re-raise all-in behind him with pocket kings. A 
board sent Loeser tumbling out.
but he didn't even have the luxury of an overcard as Ekrem Sanioglu had pocket aces. A 
board gave him a flush draw on the turn but he missed the river.
flop where Soutchkov fired a bet of 13,500
river.
and Abdellatif quickly checked again. A bet of 16,500 Yildirim and Abdellatif flicked his cards away.
, Chouity raise-calling with 
. The 
board keeping Van Leeuwen in front. Chouity is down to 150,000
was up against Durfort's 
.
and for a millisecond Boyaciyan thought he had delivered a suck out. He quickly realised the 
. Either way, Zakine doubled up while Sfez was left nursing a short stack.