In about 10 minutes from now, the new feature table should kick in while the current line up with EPT Malta champion Jean Montury has only a few minutes remaining. The new table in the spotlight will then be number eight, which includes Cees Einhoven among others.
Aleksandr Lebedev opened to 1,200 from early position and Jean Montury moved all in for his last 4,300 from the hijack. The Russian asked the dealer how much it was and then made the call, revealing 
. The EPT Malta champion was at risk with 
but got there on a board of 
.
Lebedev has no reason to worry yet, he has more than two times the starting stack remaining.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
10,000
-20,000
|
-20,000 |
|
||
Malek Grabsi raised from middle position and Jean Montury called, the player in the small blind came along as well. On the 
flop, Grabsi continued for 1,600 and was called only by Montury to see the on the turn. Both players checked and the 
fell on the river.
Grabsi cut out a bet worth 5,000 and snap-called the shove of Montury for 7,400, announcing "max" and flashing his 
. "Max?" Montury grinned and then turned over his 
for flopped quads. They exchanged some words in French and Montury then laughed "I was worried for a second that you had a straight flush."
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
30,000
4,000
|
4,000 |
|
|
21,000
11,000
|
11,000 |
|
|
||
Half time has not been reached yet and the screens show 183 out of 231 players remaining. Floor staff has verified the confirmed entries during the last break and in four and a half levels, almost 50 participants have ran out of chips entirely. Among recent notables to depart were Charly Grenet and Quentin Laugt, the latter knocked out Daniel Chutrov earlier and now shares the same fate.
The final number may still be corrected slightly though, as the stacks of the qualifiers that didn't show up were not put in play.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
The full action is unknown, but it is certain that the chips went to [Removed:247]. After some heavy preflop action, the Frenchman from under the gun and Daniyel Destici then checked the 
flop. On the 
turn, [Removed:250] grabbed enough chips to push his opponent all in and the Swede had a decision ahead.
"Impossible to fold. If you fold, you are the king of poker," [Removed:250] said and then called time on his opponent shortly after. "Okay I call," Destici said before the floor could arrive and then turned over his 
for his last 21,300 chips. [Removed:250] had that beat with 
and the blank 
completed the board.
The Frenchman also three-bet shortly after when a newly arrived player opened and called the shove of a short stack. The situation was more tricky though, as the new player had called the three-bet to 3,800 but never saw the shove of the shortie ... . It was ruled that he can call or fold but must forfeit the 3,800 chips already invested either way.
[Removed:250] lost the heads-up pot against the shortie with 
versus 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
175,000
55,000
|
55,000 |
|
|
Busted |
An almost exactly similar situation happened on table 13 with Alekxandr Lebedev calling a three-bet without noticing the shove of a short stack in between. The Russian forfeited his chips and mucked sevens while Mehmet Ongurur looked up Sebastien Bailet with the .
Bailet was at risk with the and the board ran out 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
70,000
70,000
|
70,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Level: 6
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 100
The level change, closing of one table and busting out around 10 players that all joined the rail very recently brought a little bit of chaos into the tournament area, as two tables also required the guidance of the floor as well. Everything was swiftly sorted out though and as soon as the dust had settled, the screens showed just 160 players remaining.
Among those to depart were Franck Kalfon and Jessy Marillaud. The latter was spotted on the rail and he said he failed to improve with 
versus 
on a flop of 
. Too many outs syndrome can be quite severe.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
Aliaksandr Bushayeu and [Removed:247] clashed in a preflop all in and both held pocket kings. The Belorussian was freerolling with the and picked up a flush draw on the 
turn, but the river bricked.
One hand later, [Removed:250] had pocket queens and spiked a set on the flop, made quads on the turn. "You believe me now?" the Frenchman joked and Jussi Heikels laughed back "I always believe you". Run better ...
The tower of chips has already reached his chin, if we were to guess it shall be around 200,000 in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
200,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
Charlotte van Brabander has grinded her stack back to where she started in level one while Frank from the Dutch blog has noticed the elimination of Jerry de Vries.
Since the loss with a pair of tens against the quads of Jean Montury, Malek Grabsi hasn't won any hand and dropped to 15,000 himself, seemingly unhappy with his tournament approximately two meters away from our media desk.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
30,000
17,500
|
17,500 |
|
|
15,000
-15,000
|
-15,000 |
|
|
Busted |
