David Benefield opened for 125,000 from the cutoff holding the and received a call from Vitaly Lunkin, who had the on the button. Mike McDonald came along from the big blind with the and it was three-way action to the flop.
McDonald checked top pair, Benefield continued for 225,000 and Lunkin got out of the way. McDonald made the call and then both players checked the turn. After the completed the board on the river, McDonald bet 400,000 with his trips and Benefield released his hand.
Mike McDonald opened with a raise from middle position to 125,000 and Fabian Quoss moved all in over the top for 1,030,000 from the cutoff. Action tricked back around to McDonald and he called.
McDonald:
Quoss:
McDonald was in the dominant position but the flop proved to be interesting for both players with , giving McDonald top pair but Quoss flush outs to stay alive. The turn made things even more interesting with the giving Quoss additional outs to make a Broadway straight on the river.
In the end, though, nothing materialized for Quoss as the completed the board and he was eliminated in seventh place. Quoss will take home €128,515 for his efforts in this tournament. McDonald, on the other hand, is now sitting on the top stack with 3.5 million in chips.
It happened when action folded to Timothy Adams in the hijack and he shoved for his last 665,000. The next three players all folded to Erik Seidel in the big blind, he looked down at his cards and then made a quick call.
Seidel:
Adams:
Interestingly, Seidel had pocket queens the hand before when he shoved and swiped the blinds. According to the PokerNews Odds Calculator, Seidel was a 67.70% favorite to win the hand while Adams would come from behind 31.92% of the time.
The flop was kind to Adams as it paired his king and made him an 86.67% favorite. Seidel's chances of winning the hand dropped to 13.33%, but it went up to 25% when the turn gave him a flush draw. Much to Adams' dismay, and the relief of the other players, the spiked on the river to give Seidel the said flush. Adams exited empty handed in eighth place while the remaining seven players are now guaranteed at least €128,515.
Mike "Timex" McDonald opened for 140,000 from middle position holding the only to have Fabian Quoss, who looked down at the in the hijack, shoved all in for 880,000. Action folded back to McDonald and he thought for about 45 seconds before releasing his hand.
Ole Schemion opened his cutoff with a raise and David Benefield shipped all in from the button for his last 880,000. It folded back to Schemion who called.
Schemion:
Benefield:
Benefield was a huge favorite to double up and secured it after the board dropped down . Benefield now sits around 1.9 million while Schemion has dropped out of the chip lead and has 2.2 million.
Ten years ago the first ever EPT main event was held right here in Barcelona. A field of 229 players took their seats, making Tour history as they did so, particularly one Swedish player Alexander Stevic who would be crowned the first ever EPT winner, as the PokerStars Blog reports.
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and received a call from Vitaly Lunkin, who had the 
on the button. Mike McDonald came along from the big blind with the 
and it was three-way action to the 
flop.
turn. After the 
completed the board on the river, McDonald bet 400,000 with his trips and Benefield released his hand.
, giving McDonald top pair but Quoss flush outs to stay alive. The turn made things even more interesting with the 
giving Quoss additional outs to make a Broadway straight on the river.
turn gave him a flush draw. Much to Adams' dismay, and the relief of the other players, the 
spiked on the river to give Seidel the said flush. Adams exited empty handed in eighth place while the remaining seven players are now guaranteed at least €128,515.
only to have Fabian Quoss, who looked down at the 
