Matt Stout opened to 3,200 from late position and called as Katie Dozier pushed from the big blind for 9,800. Dozier had found the perfect hand to shove with as she tabled . Matt Stout had a worse hand with but would hit the flop pretty hard: . Dozier needed a king or a foul deck but that wouldn't happen. The on the turn and on the river were blanks for her and Stout won the pot.
Dozier left the tournament and made her way to the pay out desk. Maybe she'll use some of the money she cashed to buy in to the Ladies Event.
From late position Tim Duckworth pushed his last 9,300 to the middle. The cut off, also short with just 16,300, reshoved and Jeremy Joseph in the big blind made the call to put both players at risk. Duckworth showed while Joseph had . The cut off had the best hand however with , and that hand would hold up: | | . Duckworth out, Jospeh down a bit and the cut off almost tripled.
Duckworth is not the only notable out, a couple tables over Neil Channing also made his way to the pay out desk.
Before the bubble Govert Metaal was already up to 100,000 in chips, coming from 80,000. He just told us a hand where he lost a lot of chips.
Short stacked player Joshua Jones shoved all in for about 10,000 from the hijack, and in the cut off Govert Metaal made the call with . Right next to him Noah Sandler made the call as well from the button, and both blinds folded. with two hearts on the flop and Metaal checked to his opponent. Sandler, starting the hand with just over 60,000, bet 16,000. Metaal shoved all in and Sandler made the call with for two overs to the board and a flush draw. Sandler hit his flush and decapitated Metaal's big stack.
Chris Hunichen started the day with 11,800 but, unfortunately for him, just bubbled this event. We arrived when the pre flop action was already done and he was up against with his . He was in good shape to double up his 8,400 stack but the board would spell doom for him: | | . Hunichen ends up as the number 244th in this event. Austrian big stack Thomas Butzhammer, who was the owner of the ace-jack, now has 116,000.
Two time bracelet winner Michael Gathy put his pedal to the metal on the hand the bubble would break. He opened under-the-gun to 2,400 and received a call from big stack Ryan Riess in middle position and Matthias De Meulder in the big blind.
De Meulder checked to Gathy on and Gathy made a 3,600 continuation-bet. Riess made the call, De Meulder folded. The came on the turn and now Gathy made a 11,600 bet. Riess again called but when faced with a 33,000 bet on the -river, he folded after some thinking.
EPT London champion Ruben Visser has left the tournament just shy of the money. He started the day with seventeen big blinds but lost those with to Tripp Kirk's .
The dealers are asked to stop dealing after the hand is complete, and stand up. This means the organization is doing a count again, and we might be entering hand for hand play.
Christian De León started the day with 8,500 but had apparently already gathered some chips since his shove just now was for, what appeared, 12,000. He shoved from early position on a big blind that hasn't shown up yet. His shove was called by Erica Schoenberg in the cutoff position and bot the button and small blind folded.
De León tabled while Schoenberg showed . The board was of no help to De León and gave Schoenberg a full house she didn't even need: | | .
. Matt Stout had a worse hand with 
but would hit the flop pretty hard: 
. Dozier needed a king or a foul deck but that wouldn't happen. The 
on the turn and 
on the river were blanks for her and Stout won the pot.
while Joseph had 
. The cut off had the best hand however with 
, and that hand would hold up: 
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. Duckworth out, Jospeh down a bit and the cut off almost tripled.
with two hearts on the flop and Metaal checked to his opponent. Sandler, starting the hand with just over 60,000, bet 16,000. Metaal shoved all in and Sandler made the call with 
for two overs to the board and a flush draw. Sandler hit his flush and decapitated Metaal's big stack.
with his 
. Hunichen ends up as the number 244th in this event. Austrian big stack Thomas Butzhammer, who was the owner of the ace-jack, now has 116,000.
and Gathy made a 3,600 continuation-bet. Riess made the call, De Meulder folded. The 
came on the turn and now Gathy made a 11,600 bet. Riess again called but when faced with a 33,000 bet on the 
to Tripp Kirk's 
while Schoenberg showed 
. The board was of no help to De León and gave Schoenberg a full house she didn't even need: 
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