It would really turn into a great comeback story if Francois Evard gets far into the event, as the Swiss was down to just two big blinds in the first level. Just now he check-called a bet of 1,200 on the turn by Pawel Chmiel and both then checked the on the turn. After the river, Evard bet 2,600 and Chmiel called, then mucked when Evard showed the .
The very same table now also features a former EPT champion in Julian Track.
With around 10,100 in the pot on the turn, Cristinal Sandu bet 5,000 and Ricardo Cuerda Cuartero moved all in for 16,925 from one seat over. Sandu asked for the count, contemplated some more and then called.
Cuartero showed the and Sandu turned over , the river blanked.
The board was and Sirzat Hissou bet 650 from the cutoff. To his left, Govert Metaal raised to 1,750 and Hissou called.
The river was the and Hissou checked to his neighbor. Metaal waited till the clock was down to zero, so the break would start after the hand. He then fired 5,725 and Hissou folded, while slamming a on the table.
Metaal laughed and showed for a missed straight draw and rubbed some salt into the wounds of Hissou.
So far the screens show 257 entrants for Day 1b and they are all heading into the first 20-minute break of Day 1b with a handful of seat open thus far.
Leonardo Pires raised to 650 and received three callers including Sergio Benso on the button and Jerry Oedeen in the small blind. In the flop, action cheked to Pires and he continued for 1,000. Only Benso called and the on the turn was checked through.
Pires then checked the river and Benso bet 3,550. Pires called and mucked once he was shown the . The same table also features Dara "Doke" O'Kearney and Antoine Saout.
On the heads-up turn of , Arnaud Peyroles bet 1,100 and Nabil Cardoso called on the cutoff. Peyroles then bet the river for 3,500 and Cardoso called.
Peyroles turned over the as winning hand and Cardoso dropped to just over half the starting stack. The 8th place finisher of this very event from one year ago has lots of work ahead if he wants to repeat or better the previous result.
The screens now show 279 entries and the latest trio to join the action includes Ismael Bojang, Dominik Panka and William Kassouf. The latter entered table six with plenty of table talk and Alexander Lakhov immediately left ... due to table balancing.