Sergio Aido and Ibrahim Ghassan were engaged in a hand with the board reading . Aido checked fourth street, allowing Ghassan to lead for 3,625. Aido called and the finished off the board.
Aido checked once again and Ghassan quickly knocked the table back, rolling over in the process. Ghassan's jacks were no good, however, as Aido showed a winning set of treys with . Aido pulled the pot and now has 117,000 to his name.
"I just busted," Sotirios Koutoupas said on his way out of the tournament area. He then quickly walked back to grab the iPad that he had forgotten below his seat and then told us what happened.
Evangelos Tsaris had opened to 1,400 and was called by two opponents before the EPT 10 Deauville champion moved all in for 8,800 out of the big blind. Only Tsaris called with pocket kings and Koutoupas couldn't find a miracle with pocket threes.
The Greek was still smiling even upon elimination though. "He is a friend," Koutoupas added, referring to his countryman.
Andrea Benelli was all in and at risk preflop for his last 11,725 chips and received a reshove all in by Matas Cimbolas, which scared off the other opponents at the table. Benelli needed help with against the of the Lithuanian but the board ran out .
Sylvain Loosli was down to less than 12,000 chips and committed those with . Cyril Ben Soussan had him covered and also the better hand in to score the knockout after a board of .
On a board of it was Jannick Wrang who bet out from the under the gun position. The small blind wasn't super happy about it, but he did snap call before we could tell how much the pot and the bet was. Wrang showed for trips, the small blind tabled for a full house and Wrang was left with 14,400.
We saw Joep van den Bijgaart sitting on the rail, sipping on some red wine. He busted in the last level of the day. His country man Micha Hoedemaker is busy making a big comeback. He doubled once, and won some smaller pots to get back to average.
David Jaoui opened to 1,200 and then called the three-bet of Pavel Gonchakov for 3,125, heading to a heads-up flop of . Jaoui check-called a bet of 3,200 and both then checked the turn. On the river, Jaoui bet 7,400 and was snap-called by Gonchakov with . The Frenchman flipped over the inferior .
Gonchakov is one of the several players above 100,000 in chips, the race for the chip lead is rather tight though.
On a flop of with 22,000 chips in the middle, Pierre Morin led out for 11,350 chips and was called by Gabriel Nassif before Dario Sammartino folded and headed to the rail to talk with friends. The turn and the river were checked through and Morin flipped over . Nassif had the same hand in and they chopped the pot.
Bart Lybaert opened for 1,500 from middle position and his neighbor three bet to 3,500 from the hijack. Jannick Wrang on the button cold four bet to 11,000 with a total stack of 23,775. Both blinds folded and Bart Lybaert did the same. The hijack shoved though and Wrang instantly called.
Wrang was up against with his . That turned out not to be a problem, the board proved no challenge to Wrang's aces and instead improved them to a set. Last level double up for Wrang!
. Aido checked fourth street, allowing Ghassan to lead for 3,625. Aido called and the 
finished off the board.
in the process. Ghassan's jacks were no good, however, as Aido showed a winning set of treys with 
. Aido pulled the pot and now has 117,000 to his name.
against the 
of the Lithuanian but the board ran out 
.
to score the knockout after a board of 
it was Jannick Wrang who bet out from the under the gun position. The small blind wasn't super happy about it, but he did snap call before we could tell how much the pot and the bet was. Wrang showed 
for a full house and Wrang was left with 14,400.
.
with 22,000 chips in the middle, Pierre Morin led out for 11,350 chips and was called by Gabriel Nassif before Dario Sammartino folded and headed to the rail to talk with friends. The 
turn and the 
river were checked through and Morin flipped over 
with his 
. That turned out not to be a problem, the 
