Sweden's Ramzi Jelassi opened to 60,000 UTG+1 and was called by both blinds; David Boyaciyan in the small blind and Sotirios Koutoupas in the big blind.
The trio checked the arrival of the flop, but when the blinds checked the turn, Jelassi fired out a delayed continuation-bet of 125,000 and it was enough to get the job done as both opponents folded.
Andreas Berggren has been eliminated in a cruel blind-vs-blind confrontation.
A preflop raising war broke out between Berggren and Aleh Plauski that resulted in Berggren being all-in and a 3,676,000 pot being created! Berggren showed and was way in front of the of Plauski — but it would not stay that was for long.
The dealer put out the flop, gifting Plauski quad deuces — the second set of quads we have seen today! The turn and river completed the hand and Berggren headed to rail with an almighty bad beat story to tell his friends.
Mark Herm opened for 60,000 from the cutoff and cleared the field all the way around to a short-stacked Mikhail Petrov in the big blind. The Russian wasted little time in moving all in for 548,000, and Herm shot back in his chair. The American removed his sunglasses, asked for a count, and eventually made the call.
Showdown
Petrov:
Herm:
"I have an over," Herm said somewhat hopefully. He did indeed, and that's all it'd take as the flop paired it and gave him a commanding lead. Neither the turn nor river provided Petrov salvation, and he exited the tournament in 12th place.
Meanwhile, there was an all in and a call over at the feature table.
Diego Gomez has been quite the entertainer during this tournament; his quirky sense of humor has brought a smile to his opponents' faces.
Mariusz Klosinski opened the betting with a min-raise to 60,000 and no sooner had his chips landed on the felt, Gomez had called. It was heads-up to the flop and Klosinksi checked. Gomez checked behind, mimicking the checking action of Klosinksi.
The turn saw Klosinksi check and Gomez copy him once again, much to the amusement of the rest of the table and those watching on from the rail. The river saw both players check.
"King," said Klosinksi as he opened . Gomez could only muster and Klosinski claimed the pot.
Ben Warrington kicked off the betting with a raise to 60,000 from the cutoff. The action passed to Diego Gomez in the small blind and the eccentric Spaniard verbally announced "Raise," before making it 161,000 to play.
Warrington reluctantly folded and showed the table the and his reward was to be shown a pair of queens by Gomez.
The last Team PokerStars Pro has been eliminated from the 2012 PokerStars.net EPT Prague Main Event as Johnny Lodden was just eliminated by last year's runner-up, David Boyaciyan.
It happened when Ramzi Jelassi opened for 60,000 from early position and cleared the field all the way to Lodden on the button. He had the short stack at the feature table, and he opted to commit his last 779,000. Boyaciyan was next to act in the small blind and put in a raise, which drove Jelassi from the hand.
Boyaciyan
Lodden
Lodden had a good hand, but he had run into the granddaddy of all hands as Boyaciyan woke up with aces. The flop wasn't all that exciting, but the turn was as it gave Lodden an open-ended straight draw. Much to the dismay of his fans back in Norway, the blanked on the river and Lodden was eliminated from the tournament in 13th place. Meanwhile, Boyaciyan took over the chip lead and is primed to make back-to-back EPT Prague Main Event final tables.
We missed the exact action, though we did hear Sotirios Koutoupas had flatted preflop from the big blind, but we do know that Marco Leonzio was just eliminated after getting his last 590,000 all in holding on a flop. Unfortunately for him, Koutoupas held for top set.
Leonzio was in bad shape, though the turn did give him some hope as either a nine or ace would give him a straight. The dealer burned one last time and put out the , the last card Leonzio would see in the 2012 PokerStars.net EPT Prague Main Event.
We've already seen two outers hit on the river in pots today (i.e. Mads Amot's elimination), and it just happened again.
The hand began when Mikhail Petrov opened for 64,000 from the cutoff and Sergey Kuzminskiy flatted from the button. Both blinds folded and the flop fell , which is when action really picked up. It started when Petrov led out for 78,000, Kuzminskiy raised to 170,000, and Petrov three-bet to 335,000. Kuzminskiy responded by moving all in for 1.105 million and Petrov snap-called.
Showdown
Kuzminskiy:
Petrov:
Kuzminskiy thought is aces were good, but he soon discovered they'd been cracked by Petrov's set of jacks. The turn meant Kuzminskiy needed an ace on the river to stay alive, and wouldn't you know it, the slammed down.
The spectators erupted in disbelief and Kuzminskiy let a big smile cross his face.