Seth Davies raised from middle position and a very short-stacked Victoria Coren Mitchell put her last 9,000 in the middle. All the other players got out of the way and they opened up.
Seth Davies:
Victoria Coren Mitchell:
The board ran out and Coren Mitchell was eliminated from the tournament just before the money was reached.
Roman Herold was eliminated from the tournament by Johann Zeitoun right before the money was reached in 137th place after he ran with in the full house of Johann Zeitoun who had on the board.
Zeitoun now holds one of the biggest stacks in the room with 690,000 while Herold was sent to the rail empty-handed.
One table broke and it was verified that all remaining tables were eight-handed before EPT tournament director Toby Stone announced the hand-for-hand procedure. Only 136 players remain and 135 of them will make the money unless two hopefuls run out of chips at the same time and on different tables.
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On the bubble, two players found themselves all-in and at risk during the hand-over-hand phase. In the first hand, Christoph Vogelsang raised to 9,000 from the cutoff and Philippe Narboni three-bet to 29,000 from the small blind. James Romero went in the tank for two minutes before cold-calling from the big blind, while Vogelsang snap-folded his hand.
The flop came down and Narboni continued for 44,000. Once again, Romero tanked deeply and called just after getting the clock called on him.
The turn brought the and Narboni shoved all in for about 160,000. Romero double-checked his hand, then quickly called it off to put Narboni at risk.
Philippe Narboni:
James Romero:
The cards remained face-down until action on all tables had concluded. A sizable crowd gathered around the table to watch the river being dealt, and it was the to leave Narboni empty-handed.
Oshri Lahmani was the second player at risk and the crowd had first gathered on his table before moving over to see the previous showdown. Lahmani’s shove for 60,000 in the cutoff was called by big stack Pablo Melogno on the button.
“I want you to double up,” Melika Razavi from one table over said while filming all with her smartphone, to which Lahmani replied “thank you.”
Lahmani added “you can sit down everybody, I will double up.” Once the showdown took place, the following cards were turned over.
Oshri Lahmani:
Pablo Melogno:
The board came and Lahmani kept his promise to ensure no bubble chop. With Narboni eliminated, all other players are guaranteed at least €8,800 for their efforts.
Julien Martini was involved in almost every hand leading up to the bubble (no surprise considering his stack size) and his aggression has continued in the couple of hands since the bubble burst. Opening the action to 8,000, only Sam Greenwood wanted to play, calling behind and taking the two of them to the flop.
It came down and Martini didn't continue. When Greenwood bet 7,000, he took back the betting aggression by upping it to 24,000. Greenwood tanked, then called out of a shallow stack (he had 63,000 behind). Martini then set Greenwood in on the turn and Greenwood snapped.
Sam Greenwood:
Julien Martini:
Martini had flopped big, hitting a set with his fives but Greenwood's top pair on the flop had improved to a straight on the turn. There was no pair on the river and Greenwood secured a double.
Johann Zeitoun raised to 13,000 first to act and was called by Romain Lewis. Jean-René Fontaine came along from the small blind and Paul-Francois Tedeschi jammed for the last 51,000 from the big blind. Zeitoun called, as did Lewis, and Fontaine then jammed for 241,000 over the top.
Zeitoun asked for a count and folded, Lewis did so after some consideration as well.
Paul-Francois Tedeschi:
Jean-René Fontaine:
The board came and that sent Tedeschi to the payout desk.