Alexey Rybin raised to 115,000 to open the pot, and he found a call from Giuseppe Diep in the small blind. Heads up, the two men watched a flop of roll out on board. Diep took the betting lead now, firing out 170,000 at the pot. Rybin didn't waste too much time making the call.
Fourth street came the , and Diep slowly surrendered the lead with a check. Rybin stacked out 230,000 chips and slid them forward, Diep double-checked his cards, sent them into the muck, and the dealer shipped the pot over to Rybin.
Mohsen Tayfeh raised to 115,000 in early position and it folded around to Mike Piper on the button.
"How much are you playing please?" he enquired of Tayfeh in a manner that suggested he meant business. 1.3 million at the start of the hand, was the answer. Piper reraised to 265,000.
Back to Tayfeh, who announced all in, and back to Piper, who announced call.
Tayfeh:
Piper:
"Good luck," said Piper. "Jack ten eight flop."
"I'd rather take a nine," smiled Tayfeh, standing up.
Board:
With that we lose Mr. Tayfeh. Piper, already chip leader before the hand, is now huge chip leader on a little over 5 million.
Erik Tamm was just moved across to one of the outer tables and into the big blind. He immediately started by 3-betting Claudio Piceci's open of 110,000 to 290,000.
Piceci called but then folded to a 275,000 bet on the flop.
On the very next hand, Ramon Cserei opened the pot to 125,000, and Thang Duc Nguyen moved all in for 525,000 from the small blind. Cserei considered the decision carefully before making what was probably a must-call to put Nguyen at risk.
Showdown
Cserei:
Nguyen:
The dropped right in the door, and the board of is all she wrote for Nguyen.
With his elimination, only Allan Bække is in contention to win a second EPT title here this week.