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First hand back, and EPT Copenhagen champion Anton Wigg got the last of his stack in.
Not looking good preflop.
Wigg: 
Opponent: 
Looking worse on the flop: 
Kind of a fun sweat on the turn: 
But no quaddy goodness on the river: 
With that, we are down an EPT champion.
Barry Shulman tends to like London, especially after winning last year's WSOPE main event. He's all guns-a-blazing though here at the moment, just eliminating a player holding 
against 
and holding on a 
board.
Shulman has about 80,000
Will Failla has just eliminated Mr Lizard himself, Tony Bloom. The latter had pushed on a 
board with 
but needed to spike one of his 10 outs on the river against Failla's .
Failla asked for an ace or a king and got the latter, a eliminating Bloom from today's proceedings.
There was more than 20,000 in the pot when Vicky Coren bet out 13,000 from the under-the-gun position; she and her one opponent had reached the turn of a 
board. Said opponent tanked up for a bit before flat-calling with 16,000 behind.
They saw a 
river and Coren thought about it for a few moments before betting out 20,000. Her opponent called all in, though, and Coren simply announced, "No, go on, you win," although she turned over pocket 
anyway. Her opponent turned over pocket 
and took the pot, knocking Coren down to 55,000 in the process.
A double up to 30,000 for Gabrielle Lepore after getting in a raising war with Michel Abecassis. 
for Lepore, 
for the Frenchman and a 
board which dropped Abecassis to about 60,000.
A table broke right next to the formerly impossible to reach Table Juanda, so please enjoy these chip counts from there.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
45,000 | |
|
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32,000
-4,000
|
-4,000 |
|
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26,000 | |
|
17,000
-4,000
|
-4,000 |
|
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A bluff gone wrong now for Max Heinzelmann, as Benny Spindler raised to 1,300 and Michel Abecassis reraised to 3,300 before Heinzelmann flat-called in the big blind. Spindler folded, and Heinzelmann and Abecassis were heads up to a flop.
Heinzelmann bet out 4,625 on the 
flop, and Abecassis called. Heinzelmann bet out another 8,025 on the turn and a further 10,050 on the 
river, but Abecassis called both times and Heinzelmann immediately folded to the call on the river. Abecassis picked up the pot without having to show his hand, and moved up to 87,000. Heinzelmann dropped to 55,000.
The nomadic Homer is collecting the rest of the notables as we speak, but here's an appetizer:
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
100,000 | |
|
100,000 | |
|
||
|
92,000 | |
|
|
89,000 | |
|
59,000 | |
|
|
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|
57,000 | |
|
|
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|
57,000 | |
|
||
|
56,000 | |
|
|
55,000 | |
|
55,000 | |
|
|
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|
49,000 | |
|
|
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|
47,000 | |
|
|
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|
27,000 | |
|
|
||
|
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25,000 | |
|
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24,000 | |
|
24,000 | |
|
22,000 | |
|
13,500 | |
|
|
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| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
150,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
|
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|
140,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
102,000 | |
|
95,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
||
|
85,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
60,000
19,000
|
19,000 |
|
60,000
17,000
|
17,000 |
|
56,000
22,000
|
22,000 |
|
55,000
1,000
|
1,000 |
|
|
||
|
55,000
-9,000
|
-9,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
45,000
-10,000
|
-10,000 |
|
42,000
27,000
|
27,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
40,000 | |
|
35,000
-5,000
|
-5,000 |
|
|
||
|
34,000
14,000
|
14,000 |
|
|
||
|
26,000
-4,000
|
-4,000 |
|
11,000
1,000
|
1,000 |
Two dramatic, yet small pots:
Tommy Vedes had an opponent all in for his last 2,900 holding to the at-risk player's . The gentleman who was all in stood up to sweat his fate as the dealer ran him a friendly 
flop. When the 
landed on fourth street, Vedes said, "Sit down, my friend," but the gentleman did not heed his advice. Instead, the on the river drew slow "ooooh" from everyone at the table, Vedes making his Broadway straight to earn the knockout. He's at about 11,000 now.
A minute later, we watched another all in play out between two players we don't recognize. The shorter of the two stacks turned up , all in for about 9,500. His opponent looked him up with , and the at-risk player wished him luck. "You don't mean good luck. You mean have fun!" came the reply.
"Well I don't want you to win..."
The dealer burned a card and flopped three with the 
showing right in the window. It wasn't actually a great as it looked, however, as the rest of the flop rolled out 
to nail both players squarely. The table reacted to the big flop. If the flop was dangerous for the pocket nines, the turn was a fine sight, filling him up to leave him safe to any card except the . The river was the though, and he's found a double the hard way.
"So sick. I door-card my set and I still have a huge sweat."
