Kevin MacPhee and Robert Schulz were heads up on a board of . MacPhee checked the turn over to Schulz who fired 17,500 from the button. MacPhee came over the top with a check-raise to 57,500 and Schulz came along to see a river.
The paired the board on the river and MacPhee wasted little time organizing a bet of 87,500. Schulz went into the tank, first cutting out the proper bet amount before staring down MacPhee. After about two minutes, Schulz reached for the calling chips and dropped them forward.
MacPhee confidently rolled over for a straight flush, prompting an instant muck from Schulz. MacPhee scooped the massive pot and has retaken the chip lead with 596,000.
PCA champion Dimitar Danchev had doubled up once again and was around the average stack when he got involved into a raising war with Sebastien Lebaron. The Frenchman ended up being at risk from the cutoff for his last 99,000 chips with and Danchev had picked the wrong timing, tabling in the small blind.
After the board he was sent right back to the short stack and needs to grind it up again.
The board was already complete and Guillaume Diaz had checked from the big blind before David Van Den Berg moved all in from the button for 68,500. Diaz spent a long time considering his decision and the clock was called on him. With only one second to go, the Frenchman tossed in a T-1,000 chip to make the call and then tried to muck his after seeing the superior of his opponent.
After a three-way flop of , Firas Nassar made a continuation bet of 22,000 and was called by Yannick Chevrier before Jin Haijing moved all in for 65,500. Nassar tanked for quite some time and then folded, claiming in table chat he had pocket aces. He shook his head when Chevrier called and flipped over whereas Haijing had .
The on the turn sent Haijing to the rail and the meaningless river completed the board. Among the other notables to bust before the money were Alexandre Reard and Rhys Jones, the screens currently show 99 players left.
Eugene Katchalov opened for 8,000 and Matthieu Lamagnere moved all in. Georgios Zisimopoulos then moved all in over the top of him and when Katchalov folded the cards were exposed.
Lamagnere was at risk with and Zisimopoulos held .
Lamagnere was left looking for one of the remaining jacks in the pack as the cards ran out . He found them both to double up and Zisimopoulos handed over the chips without a whimper.
We found Ognjen Sekularac and Marcin Horecki heads up with the board reading . Sekularac fired 8,500 on the turn only to have Horecki raise the action to 32,500 total. Sekularac called and the two saw the pair the board on the river.
Two checks prompted a showdown and Sekularac showed a winning . Horecki mucked his cards and his stack decreased to 145,000.
With the bubble fast approaching and tables breaking, Rob Strong arrived at his new table and had a few things to say on how action should play out. Stalling was fine and they should only be playing good pairs and ace-ten at the worst. That way if someone raises they know they have it and everyone can fold. Everyone agreed and laughed along. Strong was on the button and the cut-off folded saying, “Ok ace-nine, I fold.” Strong folded and action was on small blind Jerome Zerbib.
Zerbib completed and big blind Rasmus Vogt declared all in for 80,000. Zerbib took quite some time to think about it before folding and showing the .
Vogt raised his eyebrows and asked what his kicker was. Zerbib indicated he had .
“Easy fold.” Strong said. “Not easy fold.” Was Zerbib’s opinion on the matter.
Dany Parlafes has just eliminated Owain Carey. The latter ran his into Parlafes' on a board of . Parlafes apparently checked back the flop with top set, but Carey was convinced he would have lost the pot even if Parlafes hadn't played it the way he did. Parlafes is up a lot for the day, he's nearing 350,000 in chips.
"Good game guys, see you later" said a friendly Carey as he made his way to the exit.
Remi Castaignon opened to 9,000 and Georgios Kapalas three-bet to 22,000 before Sören Ingwart Vöhrs four-bet shoved for 69,000. The former EPT Deauville champion Castaignon now five-bet shoved for 160,000 with pocket kings and Kapalas had an easy call with the only hand in No Limit Hold'em that had the Frenchman crushed: Pocket Aces. Vöhrs was doomed with jacks and neither player hit anything on the board to send the chips to Kapalas.
. MacPhee checked the turn over to Schulz who fired 17,500 from the button. MacPhee came over the top with a check-raise to 57,500 and Schulz came along to see a river.
paired the board on the river and MacPhee wasted little time organizing a bet of 87,500. Schulz went into the tank, first cutting out the proper bet amount before staring down MacPhee. After about two minutes, Schulz reached for the calling chips and dropped them forward.
for a straight flush, prompting an instant muck from Schulz. MacPhee scooped the massive pot and has retaken the chip lead with 596,000.
and Danchev had picked the wrong timing, tabling 
in the small blind.
board he was sent right back to the short stack and needs to grind it up again.
of his opponent.
, Firas Nassar made a continuation bet of 22,000 and was called by Yannick Chevrier before Jin Haijing moved all in for 65,500. Nassar tanked for quite some time and then folded, claiming in table chat he had pocket aces. He shook his head when Chevrier called and flipped over 
.
on the turn sent Haijing to the rail and the meaningless 
river completed the board. Among the other notables to bust before the money were Alexandre Reard and Rhys Jones, the screens currently show 99 players left.
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. Parlafes apparently checked back the flop with top set, but Carey was convinced he would have lost the pot even if Parlafes hadn't played it the way he did. Parlafes is up a lot for the day, he's nearing 350,000 in chips.
