From under-the-gun Max Heinzelmann opened to 12,000, Andreas Eiler flat called, Andy Seth did likewise and it folded to David Vamplew in the big blind. He then moved all-in for 57,000 and after Heinzelmann folded, Eiler isolated all-in and Seth got out the way.
Vamplew showed pocket queens and it was a classic race againts Eiler's ace-king. But it soon turned one sided as a king flopped and an ace on the river just rubbed it in.
Thomas Muhlocker opened under the gun and called Bertrand Grospelliers's shove for 21,000. Muhlocker had by far the best hand with but Grospellier had a fighting chance with his .
The flop gave Grospellier a pair: . The on the turn was a blank but the on the river was not. Grospellier can't bubble!
The commentators on the live stream jokingly said that ElkY can't bubble. And they were right, he caught a seven on the flop and river to double up.
What's true for Grospellier apparently not necessarily goes for Katchalov as he just did bubble this event. Muhlocker was again involved, again with jacks. His needed to dodge sevens again as Katchalov tabled .
This time the sevens stayed in the deck: . With that Eugene Katchalov was the official bubble for the €10,000 EPT Prague High Roller. All other players are in the money, guaranteed €17,250.
Shannon Shorr was the first player to be eliminated after the bubble burst, his was against the of Mike McDonald. All the chips went in pre-flop and Shorr failed to improve on the final board of .
From the small blind Kent Lundmark maximized the pressure on neighbor Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier. The Frenchman made the call from the big blind for his last 50,000 chips. Lundmark had a mere and was dominated by Grospellier's .
The flop was as good as they could come for Grospellier. The Team PokerStars Pro flopped his opponent dead, the on the turn and on the river were just a formality.
"Happy to have made it," said Steve O'Dwyer to the Tournament Director as he was escorted to the payouts desk after busting out of the tournament just moments ago.
He'd shoved for roughly 24,000 from middle position with it looked like it was going to get through, that was until Mike McDonald found in the big blind. The board only strengthened McDonald's grip on the hand and O'Dwyer was on his way.
The extremely short stack Martin Kahbrel opened to 16,000 and was set all in by Dmitry Yurasov. Kahbrel made the call but soon found out he was in trouble.
Kahbrel had while Yurasov showed . Again, like in Grospellier's double up hand, the flop was really good for someone: . While the commentators asked for a jack to make it a sweat, the dealer put the on the table. "Game over" said Lee Jones on the live stream. The on the river could not possibly save Kabhrel who had to make his way to the pay out desk.
With Kahbrel's bust out the tournament is down to 24 players. There will be a short break for the redraw and after that the players will continue for 33 more minutes in the current level, before going on dinner break.
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but Grospellier had a fighting chance with his 
.
. The 
on the turn was a blank but the 
on the river was not. Grospellier can't bubble!
needed to dodge sevens again as Katchalov tabled 
. With that Eugene Katchalov was the official bubble for the €10,000 EPT Prague High Roller. All other players are in the money, guaranteed €17,250.
was against the 
of Mike McDonald. All the chips went in pre-flop and Shorr failed to improve on the final board of 
and was dominated by Grospellier's 
.
flop was as good as they could come for Grospellier. The Team PokerStars Pro flopped his opponent dead, the 
on the turn and 
it looked like it was going to get through, that was until Mike McDonald found 
in the big blind. The 
board only strengthened McDonald's grip on the hand and O'Dwyer was on his way.
. While the commentators asked for a jack to make it a sweat, the dealer put the 
