The only "big" showdown that Mukul Pahuja had, according to himself, was the elimination of a short stack with 
versus 
while all other pots didn't require him to show the cards. Pahuja is well above average right now and increased the stack nicely in the past hour.
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82,000 | 30,000 |
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Rodger Reynolds opened to 1,025 and Benjamin Pollak flat-called on the button to see the flop 
. Reynolds continued for 2,000 and was called before firing 2,500 on the 
turn. Pollak folded and got involved in the next hand straight away.
Christoph Vogelsang, who just arrived at the table, opened to 900. Pollak three-bet to 2,600 and Vogelsang checked for the stack of his opponent. "Three blue?" the German asked and then moved all in. Pollak folded his cards almost immediately.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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84,000 | |
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16,000 | 4,500 |
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15,000 |
A player in the hijack raised to 1,000 and Niall Farrell three-bet to 2,700 from the cutoff. The button and blinds all folded, the flop came down 
, and action went check-check. After the dealer burned and turned the 
, the player in the hijack bet 3,500 and Farrell called to see the 
river.
The hijack slowed down with a check, and Farrell tossed out a single blue T5,000 chip. It did the trick as his opponent folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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99,000 | 9,000 |
After Andrew Chen opened with a raise from middle position, Team PokerStars Pro Jason Mercier three-bet jammed for 9,300 total from the hijack. Action folded back to Chen, who snap-called.
Chen: 
Mercier: 
Mercier couldn't help but laugh, and watched as the flop fell 
. Mercier needed to go runner-runner to survive, and the 
turn made it a real possibility by giving him both Broadway and flush draws.
Well, you've seen the title to this post, so you can guess what happened. The dealer burned and put out the 
!
"Gotta make sure you're suited," Mercier said with a big smile.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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30,000 | -17,000 |
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20,000 | 9,800 |
On the turn of a 
board, Leonid Sidelkovskiy checks out of the big blind and Piotr Franczak bet 4,500. Sidelkovskiy moved all in for what looked like 23,050 and Franczak made the call with 
for two pair. Sidelkovskiy's 
had turned the nut flush and the 
river left Franczak behind very short.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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55,000 | 55,000 |
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5,000 | 5,000 |
Georgios Sotiropoulos finished runner up of the EPT Prague in 2013 and just won his first WSOP bracelet not long ago in Berlin. The Greek made the trip over to Malta like so many other pros and is currently on a table with Thomas Muehloecker. Chip wise the two could not be further apart, as Sotiropoulos needs a double soon and Muehloecker is among the biggest stacks in the field.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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90,000 | |
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5,300 |
David "MissOracle" Yan is back at it with winning many small pots and that led to an increasing stack as of lately. Among the most recent hands was one against Fabrice Soulier where he bet the 
river for 1,900. Soulier was curious enough to call and then double-checked his cards twice before sending them into the muck. Yan had shown for a busted flush draw but pair of eights on the river and that won the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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66,000 | 26,000 |
Ole Schemion flew into Malta early this afternoon and promptly late registered the EPT Main Event. Unfortunately for him, it was not his day.
In what would be his last hand, Johan Guilbert opened for 800 from the hijack and Schemion called from the small blind. Bernhard Haider did the same from the big and three players took a flop of 
. Two checks saw Guilbert bet 1,600, and both his opponents called.
After the dealer burned and turned the , Schemion checked for a second time and Haider seized the initiative by betting 3,800. Guilbert called, and then Schemion sprung to life with an all-in check-raise to 11,625 total. Haider just called, which prompted Guilbert to ditch his hand.
Schemion: 
Haider: 
Schemion had flopped the straight, but he was drawing dead as Haider turned a flush. The meaningless was put out on the river to make it official, and Schemion wished the table luck before heading to the exit.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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Busted |
Justin Bonomo raised to 1,200 and both players in the blinds, Mohsin Charania and Mukul Pahuja, called. On the 
flop, Charania and Pahuja checked and Bonomo continued for 1,500. Only Pahuja called and checked the 
on the turn. Bonomo fired a bet of 5,000 and then folded once Pahuja check-raised all in.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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52,000 | 20,800 |
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16,000 | -24,000 |
