Mikita Badziakouski raised to 2,500 from early position and found two callers in the shape of Ole Schemion on the button and Adrian Mateos in the big blind. The action checked to Schemion on the 
flop, and he wasted no time at all in betting 4,200. Neither Mateos nor Badziakouski wanted to pay that amount, and their cards hit the muck.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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250,000 | |
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250,000 | |
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250,000 | |
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250,000 | |
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250,000 |
Action folded to Paul Newey, who won his way in via last night's qualifier, and he raised to 3,000 from the small blind. Ole Schemion defended from the big blind, and then both players checked the 
flop. Action repeated itself on the 
turn as well as the 
river, and Newey rolled over the 
for ace high. It proved good as Schemion took one last look at his cards and sent them to the muck.
Anthony Zinno's been having a spectacular year, but the icing on the cake would be for him to win the GPI Player of the Year ranking. Zinno has been vocal about the importance of winning this title, and with only a few events left this could be one of his best shots to get some points.
Zinno's biggest rival is Byron Kaverman, who currently leads the way, and the three-time World Poker Tour winner said that he thinks a min-cash in this event would be enough to overtake the lead. Here are the current standings, with only EPT Prague, WPT 5 Diamond and WPT Alpha 8 left to be played.
| Place | Name | Points |
|---|---|---|
| #1 | Byron Kaverman | 4,736.90 |
| #2 | Anthony Zinno | 4,649.07 |
Zinno just sat down in the tournament, and as of right now 18 players have registered.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
250,000 | 250,000 |
On the 5-handed table it was Jeff Rossiter who opened the cutoff for 2,500. His next door neighbor Juha Helppi called from the button before Luuk Gieles in the big blind squeezed to 11,000. Both Rossiter and Helppi called.
The flop came 
and Gieles continued for 22,000. Rossiter called without much hesitation, Helppi folded just as easily. Both players checked the 
on the turn and 
on the river. Gieles tabled 
for the rivered set. Rossiter couldn't show a king, spade or any other winning hand, and mucked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
290,000 | 40,000 |
|
120,000 | -74,000 |
After a raise from Juha Helppi on the button Sam Greenwood three-bet from the blinds to 8,500 and his Finnish opponent called.
The flop brought out 
and Greenwood fired out 5,500, which got Helppi to fold right away.
Besides this pot Greenwood has raked in a few more as he's already sitting in 290,000 chips from the 250,000 starting stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
290,000 | -18,000 |
|
230,000 | -20,000 |
The board showed 
when Adrian Mateos bet 3,500 and Paul Newey raised it up to 10,000. Mateos tanked for a bit before calling, and the river brought the 
. Mateos checked to Newey who bet 20,000, and Mateos quickly folded.
Last year Newey finished second in this event, and this year he qualified through the €5,000 live satellite that was held last night.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
270,000 | 20,000 |
|
235,000 | -15,000 |
Sam Greenwood hasn't been in his seat for long, but that's not stopped him from chipping up past the 300,000 chip mark.
Greenwood opened from under the gun and his only caller was the talented Australian Jeff Rossiter in the next seat along. Greenwood checked the 
flop, Rossiter bet and Greenwood called.
The turn brought the 
into play and Greenwood check-called another bet, this time one weighing in at 20,500. It was the 
that completed the community cards and once again Greenwood checked. Rossiter fired a bet of 48,000, sending Greenwood into the tank. He stayed there for amost one minute before calling, turning over 
as he did so. Rossiter mucked and Greenwood raked in the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
308,000 | 58,000 |
|
|
194,000 | -56,000 |
Christoph "Tight-Man1" Vogelsang opened for 2,700 under the gun and Oleh Okhotski, who was seated to his direct left in the cutoff, made the call. That promoted Daniel Dvoress to come along from the button, Steve O'Dwyer to do the same in the small blind, and Mike "Timex" McDonald folded the big to ruin the family pot.
When the flop came down 
, O'Dwyer checked and Vogelsang continued for 4,000. Okhotski called, both Dvoress and O'Dwyer folded, and it was heads-up action to the 
turn.
Vogelsang bet 13,000, Okhotski quickly called, and the completed the board on the river. This time Vogelsang checked, and made a relatively quick fold when Okhotski bet 25,200.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
295,000 | 13,000 |
|
230,000 | -20,000 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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250,000 | |
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250,000 | |
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250,000 |
