Hossein Ensan finds himself deep once again at EPT Prague, four years after he notched his first major victory here. A lot has changed for him in the poker world since then, but it's worth looking back on his breakout victory.
Luke Marsh had raised the cutoff and after that, the action escalated as Luigi Shehadeh on button three-bet to 81,000. Andreas Boelling in the small blind four-bet to 400,000 with around 340,000 behind. Marsh folded and Shehadeh moved all in, Boelling called it off.
Andreas Boelling:
Luigi Shehadeh:
The board came and Boelling was covered to hit the rail while Shehadeh scooped one of the biggest pots of the tournament so far.
Gaelle Baumann doubled with aces versus Francesco Candelari's kings at the feature table. The flop brought an ace and the river a king, where the rest of the money flew in.
With 54 remaining players showing on the clock, they have been sent for their last break of the day. This time it's 30 minutes and play will resume at approximately 7:43 p.m. local time.
In the final hand before the break, Fredrik Andersson raised to 20,000, Giuseppe Zarbo three-bet to 60,000 and a four-bet shove by Andersson for around 250,000 was called instantly.
Fredrik Andersson:
Giuseppe Zarbo:
The board brought and that spelled the end for Andersson in 55th place.
Laurent Michot raised to 21,000 from early position and Petr Hlavacek three-bet shoved 89,000 from middle position. Michot wasn't all too pleased to make the call but still did so after a second or twenty.
Petr Hlavacek:
Laurent Michot:
The flop paired Michot's inferior kicker, now leaving Hlavacek to draw to three outs. Neither one popped up on the turn and river to end his attempt near the end of level 19.
Giuseppe Zarbo raised to 24,000 from under the gun and Giuseppe Cardone defended his big blind.
They both checked through the flop to the on the turn. Cardone bet 35,000 and Zarbo called.
The river completed the board with the and Cardone checked. Zarbo looked over to see how much Cardone had behind and then bet 200,000. Carbone tanked, used a time bank card, and then folded.