We arrived in time to find Ezequiel Macho and Dominik Panka looking down at a completed board of . With well over 10,000 already in the middle, Macho moved 5,400 past the betting line. Panka went into the tank for a moment, pondering his final action. Ultimately, Panka reached for raising chips and made the action 13,500 to go.
This raise was enough to instantly get Macho off of his hand, allowing Panka to take down the pot without showdown. He now has roughly 55,500 to his name.
David Vamplew squeezed all in over the top of a raise and a call. Norman Thalwitzer, the original raiser made the call and the other player folded.
Vamplew tabled and must have been relived to be in a flip against his opponent's . He was even happier when the board came to make trips for the double. After the hand, the third player told Vamplew he'd folded as well...
Praz Bansi, a two-timer bracelet winner and widely considered to be one the UK's top pros has been knocked out. Bansi has a terrible record in EPTs compared to his numerous successes elsewhere and that continued here today in his hometown of London.
Bansi and Team PokerStars Pro Johnny Lodden got into a raising war preflop. It was Lodden's against Bansi's , the Norwegian spiked for an 80,000 and it was Bansi walking out the door.
As play begins to wind down for the end of the day, it's Anatoly Filatov who is currently leading with around 30 minutes left. The Russian told us of a four-bet pot he won against Joni Jouhkimainen. Both players had checked a flop before Jouhkimainen bet 5,000 on the turn and 17,000 on the river. Filatov called him down with and won a substantial pot.