Yann Dion raised to 900 from under the gun and Priyan de Mel defended his small blind.
On the flop, de Mel check-raised Dion's continuation bet of 1,100 to 2,500. Dion called.
The turn came the , and with little hesitation, de Mel reached into his column of purple chips to fire out a bet of 2,500.
"All-in," announced Dion in a Terminator tone.
After requesting a count ("12,600," came the reply), de Mel relinquished his hand and Dion took it down. As a result, de Mel has slipped slightly to 17,500.
We've just broken the fifth table out of play and re-combined down to the final four tables in Day 1b. Before everyone was even fully reseated, two more players were knocked off in quick succession to leave us with just 34 players remaining.
If you'll recall, Day 1a was cut one level short as the field was reduced close to the 15% mark at 28 players. We were setting a similar pace today, but the after-dinner rush has seen players dropping significantly quicker than yesterday. There are a few more bigger stacks than there were at this time on Day 1a, and if this pace continues, we could well be down (or at least very close) to the final two tables by the time Level 9 runs out.
After he won EPT Vilamoura, all of Toby Lewis' friends cheered him on, shouting "Run-good Toby, Toby Run-good!"
Lewis is now up to 40,000 after an opponent bluffed off his stack to him when Lewis had a flush.
Lewis had opened to 750 preflop from UTG and UTG+1 made the call. Lewis fired 1,050 on the flop and was called before both players checked the turn. Lewis bet 3,750 on the river only to find his opponent moving all-in on the river.
A worried Lewis stood up, "I'd have prefered the to come on the river, I have a flush."
Finally Lewis made the call and his opponent mucked hand as the Vilamoura winner showed for the rivered flush to eliminate his opponent.
Chip leader Welsey Pantling had suffered a few chinks in the armour of late, but he's just got those chips back after a successful encounter with Dominik Nitsche.
I joined the action on the flop, both players checking to a turn where Nitsche check-called a bet of 1,500. On the river, Nitsche check-called again, this time for 5,500, before being shown .
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flop, de Mel check-raised Dion's continuation bet of 1,100 to 2,500. Dion called.
, and with little hesitation, de Mel reached into his column of purple chips to fire out a bet of 2,500.
flop, the button raised to 950 and Kornuth made it 2,000. The button instantly folded.
versus 
"
," claimed de Mel.
flop and was called before both players checked the 
turn. Lewis bet 3,750 on the 
river only to find his opponent moving all-in on the river.
to come on the river, I have a flush."
for the rivered flush to eliminate his opponent.
flop, both players checking to a 
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