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.
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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 .
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.
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.
One name that keeps popping up here at the EPT Prague is Skrill – which isn’t a player, but rather an online payment solutions company that aims to evolve “the way people pay and get paid globally.” Skrill is branded throughout the venue and also have a booth where players can sign up for their popular "Last Longer Competition."
The Skrill Last Longer competition will be held at each stop on this season’s EPT, of which they’re an official sponsor. The promotion is simple – players sign up for the promotion either online (preregistration is available) or at the Skrill booth (which will be present at each stop); don a Skrill patch; and then aim to be the last man or woman standing. The last player remaining will then receive their buy-in back via their Skrill account.
While Skrill is upping the ante for Season 10 with a bigger branding initiative, this isn’t their first appearance on the EPT; as a matter of fact, they were a sponsor of Season 8 and have held previous “Last Longer” promotions.
Here in Prague, 191 players (19% of the total field) signed up for the competition, though only 40 of them made it to Day 3 including Denys Drobyna (Ukraine), the winner of the Last Longer in the EPT Prague Season 8.
Here's the long list of 30 Skrillees still in contention at the start of Day 3.
Mikhail Marchenko
Marcello Miniucchi
Rui Sousa
Liutauras Armanavicius
Ari Engel
Tapio Vihakas
Oleh Okhotskyi
Robert Schultz
Ben Martin
Adrian Piasecki
Jannick Wrang
Erik Scheidt
Anton Bertilsson
Mariusz Keosinski
Marinko Skoric
Przemysaw Misztela
Tom Hall
Dominik Nitsche
Dany Parlares
Kamel Tamer
Aleksejs Ponakovs
Joe Laming
Denys Drobyna
Stefan Ivanov
Florian Krumpt
Valentino Konakchiev
Andrey Grenko
Igor Izmaylov
Andrey Volkov
Piotr Pietrzak
Franz-Josef Breuer
Martin Balá
Sven Krieger
Simon Deadman
Dimitri Holdeew
Sotirios Koutoupas
Taylor Von Kriegenbergh
Victor Sheerman
Nihat Karyagdi
Tobias Garp
The company’s website provides a bit more information on Skrill, which rebranded from Moneybookers back in 2010:
“Skrill has been moving money digitally since 2001. We offer online payment solutions for businesses and consumers, allowing them to pay and get paid globally. Over 36 million account holders already trust Skrill. Our customers can send and receive money worldwide in 200 countries and 40 currencies, securely and at low cost, without revealing their personal financial details. Your business will benefit from our worldwide payment network with over 100 payment options. Whether through a simple one-step integration or a fully-tailored payment solution. Whoever you are, however you like to pay or get paid, trust Skrill to make your online payments simpler, faster and safer.”
Headquartered in London, Skrill is looking to make their presence known in the poker world with a commitment to customer satisfaction through innovation and service. Not only that, they’re looking to be more than just a company by becoming a trusted and respected member of the poker community.
The PokerNews Live Reporting Team will be keeping an eye on the latest incarnation of the Skrill Last Longer throughout the duration of the EPT Prague Main Event.
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from Szabolcs Mayer, and the river card came the 
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