From early position, Romain Morin was all in and at risk holding the and Paul van Oort looked him up with the . The flop of gave van Oort the lead, and the turn and river sent him to the rail. A few further players joined him there the minutes after and the money bubble will be looming very shortly.
Wael Sarkis raised from early position and Stefan Huber shoved out of the big blind for 62,600. Sarkis called with the and Huber held . The board ran out and Huber doubled just shy of the money.
On the heads-up flop of , the action was on Yordan Mihaylov Petrov and he bet 11,500 in the hijack. Reinaldo Abramovay moved all in from the button for 51,100 and Petrov asked for a count before eventually folding. "I have to try, I know you gonna put chips in," Abramovay said and then flashed the .
The following players just finished outside of the money, including 2014 WSOP Main Event winner Martin Jacobson and runner-up Felix Stephensen, Ana Marquez, Julian Stuer, Safiya Umerova, and William Kassouf,
From early position, Thomas Christgen moved all in and Miroslav Forman on the button asked for a count. The shove was for 34,200 and Forman then called, the blinds folded.
Christgen:
Forman:
The board ran out and Christgen was eliminated less than 10 spots off the money.
Ognyan Dimov and Ramon Miguel Munoz have been locked in some really aggressive battles over the course of the day. Just moments ago, the two tangled again. This time, the Spaniard was finally able to put a dent in Ognyan's stack.
Miguel raised to 7,800 from middle position and Dimov three-bet the button to 25,000. Miguel called and both players checked the flop. Miguel check-called a 26,000 bet from Dimov on the turn and a 60,000 bet on the river.
Dimov showed for seven-high, leaving Miguel to scoop up the pot with .
Adam Owen raised to 6,500 from middle position. The player in the cutoff called, as did professional Hearthstone player Janne "Savjz" Mikkonen on the button. The blinds both folded.
The flop came and Owen bet 9,000. The cutoff folded, but Mikkonen called. The turn was the and Owen thought before announcing all in. Mikkonen called instantly and tabled for a flush.
Owen winced, and turned over for two-pair, but with a flush draw that would eliminate his opponent if it hit.
The river was the and the table let out a murmur as Mikkonen got to his feet.
"Fish!" said tablemate Danny Tang, and Owen smiled in return.
"When he called instantly, I was thinking 'Please don't have a house!'" said Owen has he raked in his chips. He is now at around 200,000 in chips
The moment where play is approaching the money is possibly the perfect time to double back into serious contention in an EPT and Mike McDonald has done exactly that. He told us about the hand while watching the unfolding action in the next deal.
"I raised to 4500 from the hijack position, and the big blind re-raised to 17,000. I shipped for 41,000 with queens and he called with threes. Queens held."
A satisfied smile replaces the trademark icy stare for a fleeting moment before McDonald is back to watching the action around him like a hawk.
The screens show 377 players remaining and Nuno Capucho has been called the clock on twice. In the first hand, Ivan Luca raised to 6,200 and Kestutis Gecevicius three-bet to 16,100. Capucho tanked in the small blind and Gecevicius asked for time after 30 seconds.
Tournament staff denied the initial request due to lack of time passed by, but Capucho kept tanking for another two minutes. He was then called down for one minute, and the time ran out to kill his hand in the big blind. Luca folded.
The next hand, Vojtech Ruzicka raised to 5,500 and Luca three-bet to 18,000. Capucho tanked in the small blind and this time was given 30 seconds. Again the time ran down, and Capucho's hand was killed. Ruzicka also folded and Capucho was warned that his next countdown would be 10 seconds only.