The tournament is now hand for hand, with 225 players left, and 223 places paid.
The tournament is now hand for hand, with 225 players left, and 223 places paid.
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Gabriele Zappavigna opened to 6,500, before Luca Delfino produced a three-bet to 18,000 from the cutoff. Mansouri cold-called on the button, and Zappavigna came along for the ride.
On the 10♠6♥5♥ flop, Zappavigna checked to Delfino, who fired out a bet of 20,000. Mansouri called and Zappavigna folded.
On the Q♠ turn, Delfino check-folded to a jam from Mansouri, who windmilled J♠9♣ into the middle of the table.
With 66,000 in the middle on a completed board of K♦J♦2♣7♠3♦, Tolga Savran fired out a bet of 35,000, and Lionel Hamelryck was in the tank.
After about two minutes, he made the call. Savran showed 10♥9♦ for the missed up and down, and Hamelryck had found a good hero-call with A♥10♦ for ten-high, and soaked up the applause of his tablemates.
The defending champion, Jean-Vincent Lehut, has been seen exiting the tournament area just shy of the bubble.
Level: 16
Blinds: 1,500/3,000
Ante: 3,000
The following have exited before the bubble, including former EPT and WSOPE champion Hossein Ensan.
A yelp of pain went up from Table 43 from Costica Nanu, and the reason became clear.
Nanu's pocket jacks were two-outered by Stefano Puccilli pocket sevens on the turn, the board reading A♣8♠3♥7♥5♠.
Nanu was absolutely disgusted, and had to step away from the table to regain his composure.
Conor O'Driscoll informed PokerNews of a set over set cooler he was on the wrong end of.
After check-raising the flop to 55,000, O'Driscoll called off on the turn versus a jam from Rick Krekel of 194,000 over O'Driscoll's further bet of 55,000, the board reading 10♠5♣4♦K♦, and while O'Driscoll had a set of fives, Rick Krekel had a set of tens.
The pot has propelled Krekel into the chip lead.