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Short-stacked Jose Carlos Garcia raised to 60,000 under the gun and got calls from Koichi Nozaki on the button and Adrian Mateos in the big blind.
The flop was 
and after Mateos checked and Garcia continued for 120,000. Nozaki stacked and re-stacked his chips, and asked how much Garcia had behind. The Japanese player then re-raised to 260,000, and Garcia's response was to shove for his remaining 659,000 chips.
Garcia quickly asked for a count before calling, tabling 
. However, he was behind to his opponent's 
.
The board ran out 
and Jose Carlos Garcia's tens held, giving the Polish player a much needed double up and meant the pair of them swapped positions in the chip counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,537,000 | 800,000 |
|
833,000 | -675,000 |
Johnny Lodden opened to 50,000 from early position and Dmitry Ivanov made the call from the big blind.
Ivanov checked on a flop of 
and initial raiser Johnny Lodden made a bet of 72,000. Ivanov called.
The 
on the turn had both players check, and the 
completed the board. Ivanov checked again, and folded to Lodden's 244,000 bet.
Koichi Nozaki opened to 50,000 from early position. Markus Ross three-bet to 140,000 from the cutoff and action folded back to Nozaki. Nozaki four-bet to 340,000 and Ross folded not much later.
Adrian Mateos raised to 50,000 from the cut-off and Jose Carlos Garcia moved all-in for 337,000 from the button. It was folded back round to Mateos who made the call.
Mateos: 
Garcia: 
The flop was 
and Garcia looked to be sure a double up. The on the turn meant that Mateos was drawing dead and Garcia doubled to 737,000, roughly 31 big blinds.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,388,000 | -321,000 |
|
|
737,000 | 265,000 |
After the short pause to conduct the seat draw for the last 9 players, play is back under way
The remaining nine players have taken their seats at the last table of nine, which officially isn't the final table yet. One more player has to be eliminated to call it a final table as final tables on the European Poker Tour consist of eight players, not nine.
| Seat | Player | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Adrian Mateos | 2,709,000 | 113 |
| 2 | Jose Carlos Garcia | 472,000 | 20 |
| 3 | Markus Ross | 2,234,000 | 93 |
| 4 | Muhyedine Fares | 1,875,000 | 78 |
| 5 | Hady El Asmar | 3,081,000 | 128 |
| 6 | Ole Schemion | 1,812,000 | 75 |
| 7 | Dmitry Ivanov | 1,335,000 | 55 |
| 8 | Koichi Nozaki | 1,508,000 | 63 |
| 9 | Johnny Lodden | 1,887,000 | 79 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
3,081,000 | |
|
|
2,709,000 | -3,000 |
|
2,234,000 | 30,000 |
|
1,887,000 | -206,000 |
|
1,875,000 | 598,000 |
|
1,812,000 | -83,000 |
|
|
1,508,000 | -92,000 |
|
1,335,000 | 135,000 |
|
|
472,000 | -334,000 |
After Hady El Asmar had made it 55,000 from the button, Lyndon Basha re-raised to 193,000 from the small blind. El Asmar thought about it for a short while before making the call.
On the flop of 
Lyndon Basha checked, and Asmar slid out a roughly pot-sized bet. Basha then announced he was all-in and El Asmar made the insta-call, flicking a single chip into the middle.
Basha: 
El Asmar: 
"Nice hand," said Basha, "Picked the wrong time."
The 
on the turn did gave him outs to a straight. "Two," he said to his fiancee on the rail, "Four outs."
But the river wasn't one of them, as the 
gave El Asmar a full house to eliminate Lyndon Basha in 10th. The remaining nine players are guaranteed €95,300.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
3,081,000 | 1,181,000 |
|
Busted |
Dmitry Ivanov raised under the gun to 52,000 and his neighbor Juan Martin Pastor three-bet to 115,000 with 380,000 behind. Adrian Mateos cold four-bet to 250,000 and Hady El Asmar in the small blind tanked for some before folding.
Christopher Frank in the big blind didn't need time though, he peeked at his cards and instantly shoved all in for 407,000.
Ivanov quickly folded, and Pastor shoved over the top all in for 495,000 total. Mateos now had the decision, and needed some time. He did the math, and eventually said "I have to call"
Juan Martin Pastor: 
Christopher Frank:
Adrian Mateos:
It was a massive pot, and the players weren't hiding how excited and nervous they were. Christopher Frank walked around, Pastor nervously got up from the table, only to sit down again for a bit, and Mateos knew he had slim chances of winning, but also knew he was committed and meekly saw what was going to happen.
Hady El Asmar, in the meantime, repeatedly told he had folded jacks, though Frank wasn't really interested in the hand of his neighbor.
The flop came 
, about as full of blanks as they could come. The turn was anything but a blank though, helping Mateos in front to scoop it all: .
Frank needed a king, Pastor needed an ace, and they were almost losing it at this point, while Mateos was holding his breath.
The 
completed the board and Frank just walked to the pay-out desk. Juan Martin Pastor wasn't ready for that part yet though, he was just about to break down it seemed. The biggest bad beat of his poker career just happened, and he wasn't prepared for it. He did recover not much later, and thanked all the players that supported him via twitter:
No me resta mas que decirles GRACIAS a todos por el apoyo que recibí, son lo mejor.Follow @xPastorcitox
El Asmar was still happy about his fold, but it was Mateos who was the happiest of them all. He started stacking and built a castle worth 2,712,000 in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,712,000 | 1,012,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
Koichi Nozaki raised to 50,000 under the gun and Paon called from the big blind.
The two players saw 
on the flop and Paon check-called Nozaki's bet of 110,000. On the turn of Paon checked and Nozaki shoved and got snap-called by the Frenchman.
Nozaki:
Paon: 
The river card was the 
and that wasn't one of the 15 outs he needed to survive, and he was eliminated in 13th place (€66,500)
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,600,000 | 500,000 |
|
Busted |
