Salvatore Manna raised from under the gun and found a caller on the button in Rytis Praninskas. On the board the Italian fired on all three streets worth 6,000, 11,600 and finally 27,700 all in after the last community card. Praninskas tanked on the river and eventually called with the . Manna shook his head in disgust, then tabled the before leaving the table.
Nearby, Gaelle Baumann had the best starting hand in pocket aces and got her stack in against pocket kings. However, the board saw her opponent improve and the remainder of her crippled stack was gone shortly after.
The flop was and Michael Telker had bet 6,400. Vicky Coren raised him to 16,000 and Eldar Moldobek Uulu to her left gave it some thought. Coren started giggling and Uulu folded. Telker gave it a brief think too before folding.
Coren then apologised for laughing, explaining it was because her hand was so good and thanking the other players for taking so long to fold. Telker then had a bit of a disagreement on who could fold faster, him or Coren before she went on to speculate what sort of hands she could have had in that spot. Coren is enjoying herself immensely and accumulating chips with her tight image.
The button opened for 3,400 and from the small blind Zachary Korik made the call. The big blind came along for the ride as well and they saw a flop: . Korik lead out for 4,200 and just the big blind made the call. Both players checked the -turn and the fell on the river. Korik checked and the big blind grabbed the opportunity to bet 13,200.
Korik thought about it for some time. He said "Four-five? Or eight-nine?" with an interrogative voice. The big blind didn't reply. Rather he showed once Korik had made the call. Korik mucked, and racked up his 120,500 chips as his table was being broken.
The betting escaped us, but we do know that Francesco Lorenzini got his stack all in on a flop holding the against the of [Removed:17].
Lorenzini was well out in front with the flopped flush, but then the dealer burned and turned the . Yan found the right pair to make a full house, which left Lorenzini drawing to just the to stay alive. The odds of hitting the straight flush were long, which is why the table erupted in a mix of disbelief and celebration when the spiked!
Lorenzini had one foot out the door, but now he's back in his seat with a big smile on his face.
Lukas Berglund was just seen with a giant tower of blue 5,000 chips in front of him. When we studied the situation it turned out he wasn't really betting over 150,000, he was rather putting Martin Jacobson all in.
The board read at the time and the decision was on Jacobson. Jacobson had still quite some chips left, but had to risk 'em all if he wanted to find out if Berglund had what he was representing he had. Berglund later told us that he had raised it up pre flop and received multiple callers. After continuation betting the flop, just Jacobson sticked around. Berglund was now firing the second bullet against his countryman, a big one at that.
Jacobson ultimately reluctantly called. He left his shoulder hanging as soon as Berglund tabled his for top pair and top kicker. Jacobson had himself and needed a queen or trey to stay alive. The wasn't the card Jacobson was looking for, and the two time EPT Main Event runner-up headed to the exit.
We saw the flop and Myro Garcia bet 14,000, Bruno Stefanelli moved all in and a third opponent in the hand claimed to have folded the . Garcia called with the for two pair but Stefanelli had that beat with the . The turn and river blanked out for the shorter stack and he is out.
After a series of preflop raises Gianluca Petrone from Italy six-bet jammed and was called by Canadian Shyam Srinivasan. They were both the big stacks at the table. Whoever won would be the tournament chip leader. Surely it would be a clash of big hands, but the table would gasp in surprise when the hands were tuned over.
Srinivasan tabled
Petrone showed .
The cards ran out .
Srinivasan shot into the lead and Petrone was left on fumes.
First we saw the elimination of a very short-stacked Jonathan Karamalikis. He three-bet shoved for only 9,000 with and got called by initial raiser Boutros Naim with the . The board indeed provided help for the player from Lebanon and the Full Tilt Professional was gone.
Only two minutes later the next seat open occurred. Espen Solaas was all in with pocket fours and one seat over, Mauro Mancin snapped him off with the . The board caused the second seat open within a matter of minutes.
Jason Wheeler opened for 3,300 and Roberto Romanello, whose stack has recovered recently, called from the small blind. The big blind folded and the two players saw a flop of .
Both players checked to see a turn card . When Romanello checked this time Wheeler opted to bet 5000. Romanello looked back at his cards and made the call. The river was the and Romanello again checked. A bet of 9,000 from Wheeler represented a significant portion of Romanellos stack but he made the call and said, “Flush.”
Romanello had which was good as Wheeler turned over . The former EPT Champ is hanging in there.
board the Italian fired on all three streets worth 6,000, 11,600 and finally 27,700 all in after the last community card. Praninskas tanked on the river and eventually called with the 
. Manna shook his head in disgust, then tabled the 
before leaving the table.
-turn and the 
fell on the river. Korik checked and the big blind grabbed the opportunity to bet 13,200.
once Korik had made the call. Korik mucked, and racked up his 120,500 chips as his table was being broken.
flop holding the 
. Yan found the right pair to make a full house, which left Lorenzini drawing to just the 
to stay alive. The odds of hitting the straight flush were long, which is why the table erupted in a mix of disbelief and celebration when the 
at the time and the decision was on Jacobson. Jacobson had still quite some chips left, but had to risk 'em all if he wanted to find out if Berglund had what he was representing he had. Berglund later told us that he had raised it up pre flop and received multiple callers. After continuation betting the flop, just Jacobson sticked around. Berglund was now firing the second bullet against his countryman, a big one at that.
for top pair and top kicker. Jacobson had 
himself and needed a queen or trey to stay alive. The 
flop and Myro Garcia bet 14,000, Bruno Stefanelli moved all in and a third opponent in the hand claimed to have folded the 
for two pair but Stefanelli had that beat with the 
. The 
river blanked out for the shorter stack and he is out.
and got called by initial raiser Boutros Naim with the 
. The board indeed provided help for the player from Lebanon and the Full Tilt Professional was gone.
which was good as Wheeler turned over 
