After being cold decked not long ago, Michael Telker has fallen in 43rd place.
The American moved his last 52,000 all in under the gun and Shyam Srinivasan isolated with a three-bet to 126,000. The rest of the field folded and Telker discovered he was in a bad spot.
Telker:
Srinivasan:
Telker had some kicker issues, and his best chance of winning was to find either an eight or hearts. Unfortunately for him, the flop was dry as could be. The turn meant an eight and an eight only would save him, but it wasn't in the cards as the blanked on the river.
From the hijack position it was Denis Pisarev who opened for 16,000. Spanish player Raul Mestre made it 42,000 to go from the big blind, but that wouldn't scare Pisarev. The Russian player made it 81,000 and Mestre called.
Mestre checked the flop to his opponent. Pisarev opted not to make a continuation bet and rather checked behind.
The fell on the turn and Mestre bet out a mere 40,000. Pisarev looked at his stack, and made the call. The fell on the river and Mestre checked. Pisarev was happy to be able to check behind and did exactly that.
Mestre showed for a pair. Pisarev happily opened and welcomed a bunch of new chips to his stack.
Two hands have cost Maurizio Saieva his stack. First he moved all in and didn't get called. One hand later he repeated the same action from early position and one seat over, Vincenzo Scarcella called for 105,000. Saieva had him covered and the better hand in . Scarcella turned over the and found the necessary help on the board.
Shortly after, Andreas Goeller raised to 16,000 from under the gun. One seat over Saieva moved all in and the initial raiser had to call on pot odds with the . Saieva was not amused, but he was ahead preflop with the . He already complained in Italian about his bad luck the hand before. The provided top pair for him and the flush draw for his opponent.
Turn:
Needless to say that Saieva was not amused as he was drawing dead. The river completed the board, and he went about informing the other tables about getting called with seven nine suited.
The flop was and two players were facing off. Dimitar Danchev in the big bind checked and Eros Nastasi in position bet 14,000. Danchev called.
The turn card was the and again it went check Danchev bet Nastasi for 35,000. Danchev called.
The river card was the and Danchev pulled out some chips after some thought but they were soon back in his stack and he checked again.
Last chance for Nastasi to bet and he took a good few minutes to make up his mind. The result of all that thinking was a bet of 110,000. Danchev had just under 400,000 behind and couldn’t seem to work out what to do. Eventually he flicked his cards towards the dealer in frustration.
From the hijack it was Andrea Benelli who raised it up to 16,000. Next door neighbor Jordan Westmorland made the call from the cutoff, Denis Pisarev on the button came along, and Vicky Coren in the big blind called as well.
Coren checked to Benelli on . The seasoned Italian pro made a 26,000 continuation bet and just Westmorland made the call, Pisarev and Coren folded. Benelli checked the on the turn and called after Westmorland bet out 55,000. Both players checked the river and Benelli's proofed good enough for the win.
Not much later the two of 'em battled it out again. In a single raised pot it was Benelli who had the initiative. He bet out 15,000 on and Westmorland made the call. Both players checked the on the turn and the dealer burned and put the on the river. Benelli now bet 24,000 and Westmorland made the call.
Benelli tabled with some confidence, but that hand was no good. Westmorland turned over and raked in the chips.
Filippo Marroccoli had three-bet and when Finnish PokerStars player Jorma Nuutinen four-bet shoved Marroccoli snapped him off with . Nuutinen had his opponent covered but he also had .
The board ran out and an apologetic Nuutinen dragged the pot as Marroccoli headed for the cashiers desk.
Nothing extraordinary happened in the last ten minutes and the clock has just been stopped, four more hands will be played.
Alex Kravchenko won a medium sized pot with the and top pair on the flop against Piotr Shautsou. Dan Murariu three-bet shoved twice against Jorma Nuutinen but the Finn mucked in both hands.
Last but not least we saw a turn between the two big stacks Andrea Benelli and Raul Mestre. The Spaniard check-raised from 57,000 to 135,000 and that did the trick to win the pot uncontested.
In the last hand of Day 3 over at the feature table, Zachary Korik got his stack of 163,000 all in preflop holding the and was racing against the of Shyam Srinivasan. The board ran out and Korik lived to play another day.
The players are currently bagging and tagging for the night. Stay turned for a complete list of chip counts, the Day 4 seat draw, and a full recap of the Day 3 action.
flop was dry as could be. The 
turn meant an eight and an eight only would save him, but it wasn't in the cards as the 
blanked on the river.
flop to his opponent. Pisarev opted not to make a continuation bet and rather checked behind.
fell on the turn and Mestre bet out a mere 40,000. Pisarev looked at his stack, and made the call. The 
fell on the river and Mestre checked. Pisarev was happy to be able to check behind and did exactly that.
for a pair. Pisarev happily opened 
and welcomed a bunch of new chips to his stack.
. Scarcella turned over the 
and found the necessary help on the 
. He already complained in Italian about his bad luck the hand before. The 
provided top pair for him and the flush draw for his opponent.
.
river 
eliminated Alner.
and again it went check Danchev bet Nastasi for 35,000. Danchev called.
. The seasoned Italian pro made a 26,000 continuation bet and just Westmorland made the call, Pisarev and Coren folded. Benelli checked the 
on the turn and the dealer burned and put the 
and raked in the chips.
and Korik lived to play another day.