Sven Krieger opened for 6,500 on the button and faced a three-bet from the big blind, Tom Alner from the UK. Krieger eyed up his opponent and went for the four-bet small to 36,500. The levelling was was over and Alner folded.
While others talked coffee and how things seemed more expensive these days, David Williams arrived, ordered tea, moved all-in twice before finding himself on the rail, all in a matter of minutes, as the PokerStars Blog reports.
Tiberu-Florian Georgescu had called a bet in position on the turn of a board showing 
from Szabolcs Mayer, and the river card came the 
. Mayer made a bigger bet of 40,000 and Georgescu puzzled it over in his mind for a minute or so before making the call and getting the bad news when Mayer turned over his 
.
A big hand just went down on the feature table between Ole Schemion and Frei Dilling. When we picked up the action, Schemion had shoved all in for 175,800 over a Dilling raise. Dilling thought for over four minutes and eventually made the call.
Dilling: 
Schemion: 
As we've seen so many times here on Day 3, it was a race. Schemion was the one at risk, and he managed to pull ahead on the 
flop. Neither the 
turn nor 
river changed a thing and Schemion doubled through.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
|
362,800
187,000
|
187,000 |
|
30,300
-179,700
|
-179,700 |
With just 160 players still left in the field, the bubble time is getting closer and closer. 151 players will get paid today, there needs to be just one table full of people to get eliminated before they're going to hand out the cheques. Dealers are just instructed to announce 'All in and call' when that happens. It's no hand for hand yet, the organizers just don't want to miss anything right now.
Dimitri Holdeew, a PokerStars player from Germany, was involved in a bit of a spat with the player to his left, Boutros Naim from the Lebanon, who he has accused of stalling every hand. The floor was called but Naim released his hand before the countdown started. There followed a bad tempered exchange where Naim said “This idiot calls the clock after ten seconds.” Holdeew responded, “Don’t call me an idiot.” Naim shot back, “Well don’t call the clock.” As the next hand was dealt Naim asked Dominik Nitsche, who was on his phone, if he had a stopwatch but Nitsche refused to get involved.
Oleh Okhotskyi from the Ukraine opened for 6,800 and it was folded round to Naim in the big blind who chuckled and made the call after a brief hesitation. They saw a flop of 
. Naim had a bit of a dwell up and checked to Okhotskyi for fired out a bet of 8,000. Naim examined the board, checked his cards and after a couple of minutes made the call. The 
on the turn and a check from Naim. A quick bet of 9,100 from Okhotskyi and Naim did some thinking. The minutes ticked by and the tension seemed to increase around the table. It didn’t quite approach five minutes but nobody called the clock and Naim eventually folded.
Jonathan Duhamel is up to almost 300,000 after not even a level of play on Day 3.
One of the pots benefiting him started with him raising to 6,200 from the hijack. The big blind made the call and that player check called another 8,000 Duhamel was asking of him on 
. Both players checked the 
and the dealer put out the 
as the river. The big blind bet out 19,000 and was called rather quickly by Duhamel. The big blind showed his 
for two pair but that hand went straight into the muck as Duhamel tabled king queen for a higher two pair.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
|
280,000
172,000
|
172,000 |
|
||
When he's not at a poker table, Peter Barrable is behind the wheel of a rally car, where one mistake can be even more costly than just busting out of a tournament. PokerStars Blog caught up with Barrable, playing his first EPT because of an enforced break from the high octane world of race-cars. Read all about it by clicking here.
After an open to 6,000 from Dario Sammartino, Matthew Haugen moved all-in for 39,500 and when it folded back to him the Italian got a count and then made the call.
Sammartino: 
Haugen: 
The 
board doubled Haugen to 88,000 and dropped Sammartino to 470,000.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
|
470,000
17,400
|
17,400 |
|
88,000
12,900
|
12,900 |
When we came across the table, Kitty Kuo had 15,000 out in front of her in the small blind and Martin Wiklund had the all-in triangle out in front of him. He had committed for right around 125,000, and Kuo was in the tank. She spent several minutes contemplating what to do, and eventually she dropped in a call.
Kuo: 
Wiklund: 
It was a classic flip, and Kuo looked like she was going to take the lead when the appeared in the window. Much to her dismay — and Wiklund's relief — the and followed it. The Swede had spiked a set and had a firm lead on the hand. The turn actually left Kuo drawing dead, and after the 
was run out on the river, Wiklund was shipped the double.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
|
255,000
121,000
|
121,000 |
|
75,000
-100,000
|
-100,000 |
