The Norwegian player Tore Lagerborg is out, with all his chips going to Denmark and the returning EPT Copenhagen final table player Rasmus Nielsen. They got it all in pre-flop after a raise, a re-raise, a re-re-re-raise and an all in re-re-re-re-raise, which was followed by a call. It was queens for Lagerbord, A-K for Nielsen, and the ace flopped to end this one. The pot was close to 400,000 and Nielsen has now assumed the chip lead.

In other news — and it’s coming thick and fast — the Finnish player Mika Puro is also out. Puro, who has a fine EPT pedigree dating back to a final table on season one, had [10S]-[KH] and flopped top pair on a board of [3D]-[6C]-[KS]. His only opponent was Fredrik Boberg, who called a flop bet, then all the money flew in on the turn of 3h. Boberg had been lying in wait with the might [4S]-[3S] and made his trips. Puro was pulped.

Remy Biechel has also hit the rail. The returning tournament short stack found ace-queen, which is well within his shoving range. He duly pushed over an early position standard raise, Ramzi Jelassi re-shoved from the small blind, the initial raiser got out the way, and Jelassi was sitting with 9-9. The board was dry and Jelassi took it at the expense of the lone remaining Frenchman.

We’re currently updating the prizewinners page with this rash of early eliminations.

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