Moments after the break, Julio Marino Carvalho found himself at risk for 18,000 chips on the button against Parker Talbot in the big blind.
Julio Marino Carvalho: A♥7♣
Parker Talbot: 10♠10♥
On the board 4♦9♦7♥Q♣3♣, Talbot's tens held, leading to Marino Carvalho's elimination.
Niveau: 5
Blinds: 200/500
Ante: 500
Players in the EPT Cyprus Main Event are heading for a 20-minute break. There are 404 entries and 308 players remain.
Evgenii Sboev raised to 1,000 under the gun before Andrew Gray three-bet to 3,500 in the cutoff. Carl Shaw called on the button as action went back to Sboev, who put in a four-bet to 11,700.
Both Gray and Shaw called, putting more than 30,000 in the pot already as they went three-handed to the 2♥5♣7♠ flop. Sboev then led out for 4,500 and Gray called, while Shaw got out of the way.
The turn came the 3♥ and Sboev checked over to Gray who moved all in. "Alright, let's gamble," Sboev said as he slammed in his last 21,000 after tanking for a few minutes.
Gray showed 10♠10♥, while Sboev had K♥5♥ for a pair and flush draw. The A♥ fell on the river and Sboev made his flush to double up.
2023 EPT Paris finalist Fabrice Bigot under the gun opened to 1,000 but was raised to 2,800 by Hang Xu seated on his left.
Bigot called and checked on the flop A♠7♠5♠. Xu checked back. The turn was the 2♦, and Bigot checked again, so Xu bet 3,200. But he saw Bigot check-raise to 6,500. Xu didn't wait much to call.
On the river 7♣, Bigot shoved, and Xu snap-called with his last 10,000 chips.
Hang Xu: A♦K♦
Fabrice Bigot: K♠10♠
Hang had top pair, but Bigot hit the nut flush directly on the flop, so Xu was eliminated just before the break.
Denis Vitchenko min-raised to 800 from under the gun and Dylan DeStefano reraised to 2,100 from the button. Vitchenko called.
The flop came Q♣3♥A♣. Vitchenko checked and DeStefano fired out a small bet of 700. Vitchenko check-raised all in with a relatively short stack of less than 10,000 and DeStefano made the call. Players flipped their cards, with Vitchenko at risk.
Denis Vitchenko: J♣10♣
Dylan DeStefano: A♥Q♥
DeStefano had top two pair and Vitchenko had a flush draw with a backdoor straight draw. The turn came the 10♦ and the river was the 2♦. Vitchenko picked up a pair on the turn but failed to improve on the river.
DeStefano won the pot and Vitchenko was eliminated.
Andrew Gray opened to 1,000 from under the gun and the action folded around to Yi Peng in the cutoff, who slid out a three-bet to 3,500. Gray called to see the 2♣K♣K♥ flop.
Gray quickly checked before Peng fired a continuation of 2,000. Gray took some time before making the fold, awarding the pot to Peng.
Harald Sammer and Mihai Hanu were heads-up in a blind versus blind confrontation when Sammer bet 5,000 on a 10♣2♦8♦4♠ board.
Hanu called in the small blind as they saw the J♥ fall on the river. Sammer then moved all in.
Hanu had around 18,000 remaining in his stack and tanked for nearly five minutes. He eventually folded and Sammer took the pot without a showdown.
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