Gang Wang got his last 308,000 in and was at risk against Simon Charette, holding 
against Charette's 
. Wang flopped two pair as 
hit the felt, and Charette was in need of a whole lot of help. Bricks on the turn and river reduced him to a few big blinds and he's now in desperation mode.
Maxim Lykov's hopes for a second EPT Main Event title were recently dashed. Back in 2009, the Russian poker player won the EPT 6 Kiev Main Event during the tour's only stop to Ukraine for €330,000.
Konstantin Uspenskiy opened the action from early position before deep stacked Apostolos Bechrakis three-bet and Maxim Lykov declared himself to be all in. Uspenskiy got out of the way and Bechrakis quickly called.
Lykov: 
Bechrakis: 
Lykov was ahead on the 
flop, however, Bechrakis picked up more outs with a queen appearing on the turn or river able to complete a straight. The 
on the turn was another safe card for Lykov, however, he was eliminated from the tournament after the 
completed the board on the river giving Bechrakis a straight.
Bechrakis was hovering around 2 million chips after the last break, however, lost a hand before this one and just rebounded in this hand back up to 1,750,000.
Dick Postel raised to 33,000 in middle position, and Felipe Ramos shoved all in from the small blind. Postel thought awhile and seemed pained but decided to call for his 305,000.
Postel: 
Ramos: 
It was a brutal spot for Postel but he found a shot on the 
flop.
"Please," he pleaded with the dealer.
It wasn't to be, as an 
turn was followed by a 
river.
Mikolaj Zawadzki pushed all in from the button. It was 146,000, and Martin Kabrhel came over the top all in to offer Johan Guilbert a chance to risk his stack of 250,000 or so. Guilbert decided to call.
Guilbert:
Kabrhel:
Zawadzki: 
Guilbert saw a beautiful 
hit the felt, and he seemed poised to nearly triple up. On the turn, he stayed best with two pair, but the river busted him and allowed Zawadzki to survive with the chop.
At another table, Pablo Gordillo went bust.
Level: 21
Blinds: 8,000/16,000
Ante: 2,000
Players are on their first 20 minute break of the day.
Sarah has some food for thought while you wait.
There was a shout by the dealer of an all in and a call on Table 2. Josip Vidovic was all in for his remaining 180,000 chips holding 
and needed some help from the board after Demosthenes Kiriopoulos turned over 
.
Depending on how you look at it, help maybe came on the flop of 
. Even though Kiriopoulos hit top pair, Vidovic gained another out for a straight draw. The 
on the turn didn't improve either player's hand, however, the on the river handed Vidovic a double-up with the nut straight.
Janos Kurtosi opened under the gun for 25,000, and Viacheslav Belyaev shoved all in for 263,000. Action folded to the big blind, who tanked awhile and folded. Kurtosi snap-called.
Kurtosi:
Belyaev:
The big blind said he folded nines, and someone told him "good fold" after the flop came 
. The turn and 
river kept Kurtosi best and eliminated Belyaev.
Aleksey Ponakov checked from the small blind with a massive pot of over 500,000 in the middle between he and Marius Gierse. The board read 
, and Gierse asked to see his opponent's stack before announcing all in. It was a bet to put Ponakov at risk for about 375,000, and he sighed and folded after a couple of minutes.
"What hands can you tank with there?" Martin Kabrhel asked.
Someone suggested pocket eights, and Kabrhel said that would be a snap-call.
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