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Oliver Bosch, who was leading the tournament for parts of yesterday, was eliminated. He held 
against Nicholas Petrangelo's 
but the 
board favored the American and Bosch had to be content with a min-cash.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
450,000
52,000
|
52,000 |
|
Busted |
Philipp Gruissem is a big-time player that has the potential to do some damage, but he's been handcuffed much of the day with a short stack.
The German recently got his last 127,000 all in preflop and was racing against Mayu Roca.
Gruissem: 
Roca: 
The 
flop was no help to Gruissem, and neither was the turn. Gruissem needed either an ace or king on the river to stay alive, but it wasn't in the cards as the 
blanked.
"Alright guys," the usually jovial Gruissem said before taking his leave.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
513,000
229,000
|
229,000 |
|
Busted |
[Removed:17] opened for 13,000 preflop and Sam Trickett pushed for 110,000 with 
. Yan made the call with 
and avoided a jack on the 
board.
Yan is now over half a million.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
560,000
108,000
|
108,000 |
|
Busted |
There was a table in play yesterday that was different to everyone else’s. As the day drew on and things began to quieten down ahead of the last stretch before bagging up, table two was full of laughs and merriment. Poker is typically a game for the individual, looking after themselves, but on this table nobody seemed to care about that, and had fun anyway. At the centre of that table, literally and figuratively, was Terrence Reardon, as the PokerStars Blog reports.
Level: 18
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 1,000
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
863,000
38,000
|
38,000 |
|
641,000
31,000
|
31,000 |
|
558,500
303,600
|
303,600 |
|
530,000
-55,000
|
-55,000 |
|
520,000
-40,000
|
-40,000 |
|
503,000
116,000
|
116,000 |
|
498,000
225,400
|
225,400 |
|
472,000
22,000
|
22,000 |
|
|
452,000
102,000
|
102,000 |
|
420,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
410,000
219,000
|
219,000 |
|
400,000
90,000
|
90,000 |
|
||
|
|
398,000
183,000
|
183,000 |
|
370,000
240,000
|
240,000 |
|
366,000
106,000
|
106,000 |
|
360,000
159,700
|
159,700 |
|
356,000
294,800
|
294,800 |
|
345,000
135,000
|
135,000 |
|
330,000
224,700
|
224,700 |
|
325,000
139,000
|
139,000 |
|
325,000
-30,000
|
-30,000 |
|
309,000
26,000
|
26,000 |
|
||
|
295,000
17,000
|
17,000 |
|
290,000
167,000
|
167,000 |
|
|
284,000
23,100
|
23,100 |
The European Poker Tour Season 10 Player of the Year race is nearing an end, and as you know players have been accumulating points in all events throughout Season 10, regardless of the buy-in level. In addition, all of the Festival Events (Estrellas, UKIPT, Eureka, FPS, IPT) that combine with an EPT tour stop have been eligible for Player of the Year points. The winner of this season’s award will walk away with €50,000 in Main Event buy-ins, good for any PokerStars or Full Tilt sponsored event.
The Global Poker Index (GPI) points formula, which will be used to determine the EPT10 POY, is a bit complicated, but you can read about all the details here.
Here are the current top ten on the EPT10 POY Leaderboard. As you can see, Ole Schemion is running away with it and is a near lock to lay claim to the title, especially since he finished seventh in the Super High Roller here in Monte Carlo.
| Place | Player | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ole Schemion | 1,173.48 pts |
| 2 | Thomas Muhloecker | 872.67 pts |
| 3 | Vanessa Selbst | 803.87 pts |
| 4 | Alex Bilokur | 794.40 pts |
| 5 | Andrew Chen | 685.49 pts |
| 6 | Olivier Busquet | 647.08 pts |
| 7 | Adrian Mateos | 644.24 pts |
| 8 | Mustapha Kunit | 632.79 pts |
| 9 | Dominik Panka | 608.60 pts |
| 10 | Jeff Rossiter | 590.27 pts |
We'll be bringing you daily updates on the Player of the Year race, so be sure to keep an eye out for those.
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Players are now on a 30-minute break for the color-up and the TV crew.
Several players are quite unhappy about the length of this break.
We missed the preflop action, but we do know that the UK's Rhys Jones got his chips all in preflop against Dani Stern.
Jones: 
Stern: 
Jones was in big trouble and looking for a third three. The 
flop was no help, and neither was the 
turn. Jones needed to hit the two outer on the river to survive, but it wasn't in the cards as the 
blanked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
450,000
194,000
|
194,000 |
|
Busted |
