Pavel Plesuv got his chips in the middle with and must have been happy to see Artem Metalidi with being his opponent. Pleusv saw a safe flop of but the on the turn wasn't so good. The on the river sealed the deal and Plesuv was heading for the exit.
We missed the pre flop and flop action but Govert Metaal later told us what had happened.
Vanessa Selbst limped under the gun and Ihar Soika completed from the small blind. John Juanda checked from the big blind and the three took a flop of . Both blinds checked to Selbst and the PokerStars Team Pro made a small bet. Soika folded, Juanda called.
The fell on the turn and Juanda checked again. Selbst made a bet of 39,000 and Juanda shoved all in for, what we think was, less than 200,000. Selbst made the call with , Juanda tabled .
Wouldn't you know it, the river came the and Juanda and Selbst shook hands. Juanda out in 29th place, Selbst at 1.2 million.
Vojtech Ruzicka shoved all in from the cutoff and Kevin MacPhee on the button reshoved. Both blinds quickly released and Ruzicka found out he was in trouble with his soon enough. MacPhee tabled and didn't get in trouble on . Ruzicka home in 30th place for €22,300.
The first hand after the break Jaroslaw Sikora hadn't taken his seat yet, so the big blind was dead. Action folded to Andrew Chen on the button and he moved all in for around 126,000. Small blind Mikkel Lokkegaard Hansen woke up with and called. Chen was at risk with and flopped good on . The on the turn wasn't so bad either, but the on the river got him. Straight for Hansen and Chen was heading to the pay out desk.
Ihar Soika just raised to 20,000 under the gun and former EPT Copenhagen winner Anton Wigg moved all in for 246,000 chips from the button. Soika called right away, creating the following showdown.
Soika:
Wigg:
The window card was the , giving Wigg a set, but the next card to roll off was the . Soika hit a higher set, and neither the , nor managed to give Wigg his last remaining out.
"Why you gotta do me like that?" Wigg jokingly asked the dealer, as he exited the tournament area.
Kacper Pyzara raised under the gun to 25,000 and Team PokerStars Pro Vanessa Selbst three-bet from the cutoff to 68,000. Pyzara moved all in for about 250,000 and Selbst made the call right away.
Pyzara:
Selbst:
The board ran out and Pyzara was knocked out. Daniel Cates, also at this table, has lost some chips and Selbst is therefor the new tournament chip leader.