Yaniv Peretz raised from the cutoff to 400,000 and big blind Marc Klausen defended.
The flop fell and Klausen checked to Peretz. Peretz continued his aggression with a bet of 280,000 but Klausen went for the check-raise to 825,000. Peretz called.
They checked it down on the turn and river and Klausen was playing the board with . Peretz took it all down with .
Marc Klausen was at risk of elimination in a blind battle with Evangelos Bechrakis. Klausen was playing queen-deuce of diamonds ang Bechrakis had queen-eight.
Klausen hit a flush on the river to double up and stay alive in the �2,200 EPT National High Roller.
Sonny Franco raised to 450,000 from the button and Emmanouil Chrysovergis shoved all in from the small blind for 495,000. Evangelos Bechrakis called in the big blind and so did Franco.
Both Bechrakis and Franco checked through the whole board for the cards to go on their backs:
Yaniv Peretz raised to 320,000 from the cutoff and Sonny Franco called from the button. Big blind Ad Schaap moved all in for his last 490,000. Both Peretz and Franco called.
The flop fell and all players checked. They also checked on the turn and the river.
Schaap turned over but that was no good. Franco showed and Peretz took down the pot with .
Schaap takes home �62,000 for his sixth-place finish.
Evangelos Bechrakis raised to 400,000 from the cutoff and Sonny Franco three-bet to 1,105,000 in the big blind. Bechrakis looked at the bet and then decided to make the call.
The flop came on which they both checked through to the on the turn. Franco now bet 800,000 and Bechrakis snap-called.
The river completed the board with the and now Franco barreled a bet of 1,900,000 over the line. Bechrakis cut out calling chips, looked at the remainder of his stack, and then contemplated for a bit longer.
"Do you have ace-king?" Bechrakis asked Franco.
"You have ace-king?" Franco asked Bechrakis.
"You have a pair?" Bechrakis now asked, "ace-queen?"
"Close to ace-queen," Franco confirmed.
"You have jacks?" Bechrakis asked.
"Jacks are no good..." Franco replied.
"Sure?" Bechrakis kept on going.
"I am sure, 100%!" Franco replied.
Bechrakis looked at his stack again, riffled his chips, and then flicked a chip in for the call.
Franco tabled for the overpair and that was enough for Bechrakis to compliment Franco on the hand and pay up.
Evangelos Bechrakis completed his small blind and Marc Klausen opted to check his big blind.
The flop came , Bechrakis continued with a bet of 120,000 which Klausen called.
The turn was the , Bechrakis now bet 325,000 and Klausen called again.
The river completed the board with the and both players checked again. Bechrakis tabled for the turned pair of eights but was beaten by Klausen who held for the flopped pair of kings.