All the chips went in before the flop as Baris Topuz was all in for his last 85,000 from the cutoff against Michael Brown in early position.
Baris Topuz: K♦K♠
Michael Brown: A♦A♥
Topuz had run into the ultimate cooler and watched helplessly as the board ran out 3♠4♦6♠6♦3♠ to make him the first casualty of Day 1b.
EPT champion Joseph Mouawad raised to 1,500 in early position and received four callers as they went five ways to a 5♣Q♠10♠ flop.
Action was checked to the K♦ turn where Hadi Khordbin led out for 6,000 from the small blind. Only Mouawad called and the 2♣ fell on the river.
Khordbin then bet 12,000 and Mouawad again called. Khordbin then showed J♣9♣ for a straight and Mouawad mucked.
This table also includes Umberto Ruggeri, coming off a final table run at EPT Prague last month, and Stanislav Tishkevich. Baris Topuz has also reentered.
Level: 2
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 600
Vincent Meli and Arif Yildirim built a pot of around 12,000 as they went heads-up to the 5♦7♠Q♣ flop.
Meli then bet 3,500 from middle position and Yildirim called in early positiion. The turn was the 4♣ and Meli bet another 8,000.
Yildirim raised to 30,000 and Meli didn't take long before giving up his hand.
Traian Stanciu raised to 2,000 under the gun before Artem Sadovskii three-bet to 5,100 next to act.
Stanciu put in a four-bet to 12,500 and Sadovskii tanked for a minute before five-betting to 23,700. Stanciu then paused for more than a minute until taking one last look at his hand and giving it up.
Muhammadreza Karkan raised to 1,800 in early position, then called when Cheng Zhao three-bet to 5,100 in middle position.
The flop came 10♥5♦5♥ and Zhao continued for 7,000. Karkan called and the 4♠ fell on the turn.
Zhao then bet another 12,700 and Karkan quickly folded.
With around 15,000 in the pot on a board of 6♠A♥5♦8♦, Michel Eid bet 5,500 from the small blind and Stephane Gabarre called in the big blind. Zeki Karali then raised to 27,200 in middle position and only Eid called.
Eid checked the J♥ river and Karali bet 35,000. Eid quickly called and Karali showed A♠5♣ for two pair. Eid, though, had 7♣4♦ for a straight as he won the big pot.
Heads-up on a board of 7♣K♥A♠J♣, Nils Pudel bet around 12,000 from middle position and Nina Krasilnikova called in the big blind.
The river was the Q♥ and Pudel bet another 7,000. Krasilnikova quickly called.
Pudel turned over A♥K♦ for top two pair. "I also had two pair. But ace-king is better," Krasilnikova said as she mucked.
Maksim Skripkin bet 5,000 from the small blind on a flop of 7♥5♥J♠ before Baris Topuz raised to 12,000 in the cutoff. Skripkin reraised to 35,000 and Topuz called.
The turn was the A♣ and Skripkin slowed down and checked. Topuz then moved all in and Skripkin snap-called with K♥K♦. Topuz, though, had A♠J♣ for two pair.
Skripkin got out of his seat to leave as the 5♦ fell on the river, but a count showed that Topuz had 45,600 remaining and Skripkin had him covered by around 10,000.
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