Action folded to Jans Lakemeier in the small blind, and he opted to move all in to put the pressure on a short-stacked Patrick Sacrispeyre. The Moroccan called off and the cards were turned up.
Lakemeier:
Sacrispeyre:
Sacrispeyre got it in good, but Lakemeier took the lead on the flop. Neither the turn nor river helped Sacrispeyre, and he was bounced in 21st place for €19,500.
Back in December, Ivan Soshnikov won the EPT10 Prague High Roller for €382,050. The Russian was looking to become the first player to win two EPT High Roller titles, but that dream just came to an end.
It happened when action folded to a short-stacked Soshnikov on the button, and he hesitated. He seemed to be eyeing up the other tables to see if he might ladder up in the money, but after about a minute of waiting he moved all in for 47,000. The small blind quickly folded, and then Anatoly Filatov, who is sitting on a massive stack, called the small raise.
Soshnikov:
Filatov:
Soshnikov was drawing to two live cards, but he was drawing dead when the flop came down . The turn and river completed the board, and then Soshnikov wished the table luck before taking his leave.
Alex Klimashin opened the betting, Anatoly Filatov raised him and when Jonathan Duhamel moved all in for just under 200,000 Klimashin and Filatov made the call.
Filatov
Duhamel
Klimashin
The cards ran out and Duhamel trippled up, eliminating Klimashin in the process.
As soon as the bubble burst, a short-stacked Alexander Dovzhenko moved all in under the gun for his last 55,000. Benny Spindler, who was next to act, made the call and the rest of the field got out of the way.
Spindler:
Dovzhenko:
Dovzhenko's best chance of doubling was to find an ace, and while the flop failed to deliver one, he did pick up a gutshot wheel draw. The turn wasn't what he was looking for, and neither was the river. Dovzhenko missed and became the first player to be eliminated in the money.
There were a lot of short stacks clinging to life and hoping to make it in the money. Odds were one of them would be the bubble boy, but instead it turned out to be a player who could have coasted to the money.
It happened when Viacheslav Goryachev opened for 18,000 and Jens Lakemeier three-bet him to 39,000. Action folded back around to Goryachev and he announced that he was all in for 247,000. Much to the surprise, and no doubt delight, of the rest of the table, Lakemeier snap-called.
The players didn't revealed their cards until action had concluded at the other tables, and when they did Goryachev discovered the bad news.
Goryachev:
Lakemeier:
The railbirds were several deep all around the table, with many of the high rollers coming to see if they were about to earn at least a €17,750 payday. The flop left Goryachev in need of running cards, which meant when the blanked on the turn the bubble was burst.
The meaningless was put out on the river to make it official, and then Goryachev headed to the exit as the bubble boy.
Two players had reached the river, Simon Ravnsbaek in the big blind and Fabrice Soulier. The final board out there on the felt was and Ravnsbaek announced all in. The red triangle was thrown to Ravnsbaek and Soulier, the at risk player, exhaled and sat back in his seat.
“I’m going to need time on this one.” Soulier said. Play had stopped at the other tables as everyone waited to see if he would call and risk being the bubble. There was 87,000 in the pot and Soulier had 100,000 behind.
A few minutes passed but he eventually folded his hand saying, “I wish I had an ace.”
flop. Neither the 
turn nor 
river helped Sacrispeyre, and he was bounced in 21st place for €19,500.
only to run into the 
of Jonas Kronwitter.
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. The 
turn and 
river completed the board, and then Soshnikov wished the table luck before taking his leave.
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of Kronwitter.
and Duhamel trippled up, eliminating Klimashin in the process.
turn wasn't what he was looking for, and neither was the 
river. Dovzhenko missed and became the first player to be eliminated in the money.
