Hand #10: With just three big blinds left, Olivier Ferrero folded and it was Hossein Ensan who raised with from the button to 265,000. Slavan Popov called from the big blind with .
The flop brought out and Popov checked to Ensan who bet 300,000 and Popov folded.
Hand #11: Olivier Ferrero moved all in for 355,000 holding under the gun plus one. Thomas Butzhammer made the call from the big blind with and the showdown went as follows.
The flop brought out and Butzhammer hit trips right away. On the turn Ferrero was knocked out, and the river completed the board with the . The tournament is now down to its final five.
Still 6 players are in contention for the coveted 2015 PokerStars EPT Season 12 Prague €5,300 Main Event title, with Ilkin Amirov in the lead. The Azerbaijani was already going strong when he knocked out no less than three people in one hand to go from 13 to 10 players in one swoosh. That hand, dubbed one of the wildest hands in EPT history, speeded things up, but it still took for just after midnight to finish the penultimate day.
The final table starts at 1 om local time today (in about an hour), but live coverage on PokerNews.com doesn't start till 2 pm as we don't want to spoil anything for the live stream. There's still some 23 minutes left in level 30 (50,000/100,000 with a 10,000 ante), which gives chip leader Amirov 100 big blinds while short stack Olivier Ferrero starts with only 18 big blinds.
Seat
Player
Country
Chip Count
Big Blinds
1
Hossein Ensan
Germany
2,715,000
27
2
Ilkin Amirov
Azerbaijan
9,975,000
100
3
Slaven Popov
Bulgaria
3,640,000
36
4
Thomas Butzhammer
Germany
5,490,000
54
5
Gleb Tremzin
Russia
7,785,000
78
6
Olivier Ferrero
France
1,745,000
18
Don't forget to also keep your eye on our €10,300 High Roller coverage as 18 players battle it out for a first prize of €594,000 at 12:30 pm (in about half an hour). Kevin MacPhee leads that tournament with the likes of Vanessa Selbst, Daniel Cates and Davidi Kitai also still in contention.
from the button to 265,000. Slavan Popov called from the big blind with 
.
and Popov checked to Ensan who bet 300,000 and Popov folded.
under the gun plus one. Thomas Butzhammer made the call from the big blind with 
and the showdown went as follows.
and Butzhammer hit trips right away. On the 
turn Ferrero was knocked out, and the river completed the board with the 
. The tournament is now down to its final five.
