Xixiang Luo (pictured) has managed to eliminate local player Marcos Paton Bao after an entertaining hand. Luo called Bao's bet of 22,000 pre-flop, and after it came Bao made it 27,000, Luo raised to 64,000 and when Bao moved all-in with , Luo made an easy call having flopped the nuts with .
The turn of and river of condemned Bao to an early end to his night in the last level of play. Luo, meanwhile, has 805,000 and is dominating the recent action at his table.
With around 85,000 in the pot and the board reading , there was a bet of 87,000 in front of Marc Trijaud and Andrea Cortellazzi in the big blind was to act. The Italian then raised to 203,000 and Trijaud was sent into the think tank. After more than a minute, Trijaud called and the Italian briefly showed his cards but failed to beat Trijaud's .
Nuno Capucho raised to 23,000 from under the gun and Neculai Macovei three-bet out of the big blind to 75,000, Capucho called.
On the flop, Macovei check-called a bet worth 90,000 and both then checked the turn. On the river, Macovei checked and Capucho bet 205,000. After plenty of consideration, Macovei called and Capucho showed as winning hand.
Pavel Plesuv opened to 20,000 from the button and Harcharan Dogra called in the big blind. The flop was and Dogra Dogra bet 30,000. Plesuv called.
The turn was the and this time Dogra checked to Plesuv who bet 55,000. Dogra called. Both players checked the on the river and Dogra turned over for a pair of deuces. Plesuv couldn't do anything but shrug and muck his cards.
Jarno Roine moved all-in for just 70,000 over the top of Vojtech Ruzicka's opening bet, and Ruzicka (pictured) called off the all-in after everyone passed.
Vojtech Ruzicka:
Jarno Roine:
The board of sent Roine home and rebuilt Ruzicka's stack a little, as he'd lost a chunk in a hand just minutes before.
Jason Mercier opened to 20,000 from middle position and Alejandro Belluccia called on the button. Abbas Moradi shoved all in from the big blind to 102,000. Mercier thought around a minute, then cut out a small four-bet. Belluccia immediately released his hand, making the action heads-up.
Jason Mercier:
Abbas Moradi:
Moradi started all-in and behind and stayed all-in and behind: . The American juggernaut and Team PokerStars Pro is now nearing the 1M mark.
Uri Reichenstein raised to 22,000 and Sam Grafton defended the big blind to see a flop of . Grafton checked, Reichenstein bet 25,000 and Grafton called. Both players then checked the turn and the river. Reichenstein showed and that won the pot.
Tony G joined Matthew Parvis and Sarah Herring on this week's episode of the #PNPOD. The crew also discussed the recent EPT payout changes and much more.