Isaac Haxton was once quoted saying "[...] we look kinda similar. When I first started playing live cash games, the regs at Turning Stone called me Harry Potter" when asked who should play him in a movie.
Well, at his table sits EPT Barcelona champion Sebastian Malec and he's dressed as Harry Potter. He's not just wearing the iconic Harry Potter glasses, he's also sporting a Gryffindor sweater and has a wand which he's waving when all in. Just now, he needed to wave it really hard because he needed some help when he got his chips in the middle.
We caught the tail end of that hand, but Malec himself told us after the hand what had happened prior.
Rainer Kempe opened under the gun and Pascal Lefrancois called from the hijack. Sebastian Malec over called from the button and both blinds came along as well to make it five-handed.
The flop came 
and action checked to Lefrancois who bet 3,000. Malec called, both blinds folded and Kempe squeezed to 9,800. Now Lefrancois called and, wouldn't you know it, Malec pushed all in by placing a huge tower worth 100,000 forward. Kempe folded, Lefrancois went deep into the tank.
After some time, he called for 26,600 more and it was time for Malec to put his wizard wand to work.
Sebastian Malec: 
Pascal Lefrancois: 
The 
on the turn wasn't doing it for Malec but the waving of the wand paid off as the 
completed the board, gifting Malec the magic flush while Lefrancois exited.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
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150,500
20,500
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20,500 |
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Eliminé | |
, Jason Wheeler bet 6,400 into 14,500 from the small blind and Rainer Kempe called on the button. The 
fell on the turn and Wheeler moved all in, Kempe called for his last 17,400.
on the river completed a flush for Kempe and he doubled, leaving Wheeler short on his second bullet for the tournament.
flop. Lauttamus bet enough to cover Daher's short stack and the latter folded.
hit the turn. Kamel checked, and called the 3,200 bet that followed.
completed the board and Kamel checked. Piccioli bet 8,500 and Kamel called.
for a flush. It was second-best, though, as Bryan Piccioli tabled 
for a royal flush!
for a full house. Bicknell mucked, but as it was an all in showdown her 
and [Removed:198] bet 24,000. Kurganov called.
hit the river. [Removed:198] sighed. 
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, Xavier Detournel checked in the big blind and Kenny Hallaert bet 3,000 from the cutoff. Sergey Sergeev raised to 7,700 on the button and both opponents called.
fell on the turn and Detournel bet 21,500, Hallaert gave it some thought and folded with a sigh. Sergeev called rather quickly and the 
came on the river. Detournel shoved and Sergeev called to get shown 
