Vyacheslav Stoyanov, who knocked out James Akenhead with pocket aces right before the break, has just busted another player. The action folded to Osman Mustanoglu from Turkey, and he moved all in for 56,000 chips.
Stoyanov, on the button, made the call and both blinds folded.
Mustanoglu:
Stoyanov:
The board ran out and Mustanoglu was sent to the rail, after which this table was broken up and players moved to their new seats.
Ilkin Amirov made it 8,500 to go from first position and Johnny Lodden right next to him made the call. American big stack Kenneth Smaron called on the button before Ruben Visser made it 33,500 from the small blind with 17,000 behind. Joao Vieira in the big blind folded right away and Amirov tanked. He asked how much it exactly was, how much he had behind, and he looked at the stacks of Lodden and Smaron behind him. He eventually laid it down.
Lodden raised to 48,500 and Smaron instantly folded. Visser smiled and said "We're gonna play a flop. I just call."
Even before the flop came Ruben Visser bet his last 2,000 in the dark. Johnny Lodden called right away but the cards were only opened after the on the flop.
Johnny Lodden:
Ruben Visser:
The on the turn and on the river were blanks and Visser doubled.
We caught up with James Akenhead during the break and he informed us that he'd bust on the last hand before the 20 minute interval.
His opponent called his four-bet then raised him all-in on a flop, Akenhead showed and his opponent . No help on the turn or river for Akenhead and his tournament is over.
We missed the elimination of Team Online's Mickey Petersen, but Mike "Timex" McDonald was kind enough to fill us in on some details. According to him, action folded to Petersen in the small blind and he shoved all in for "10 or 15 bigs" holding and was called by the of Vlado Banicevic. The board ran out clean and that was all she wrote for Petersen.
Meanwhile, Team PokerStars Pro Chris Moneymaker was eliminated in the first level of the day. We missed his bustout hand, but we do know he was crippled down to just 20,000 after losing to on an flop.
Kenneth Smaron's off to a good start on Day 3, as he just knocked out Macedonian john Sarailis. Sarailis raised to 7,000 under the gun plus one and Smaron, who thought he was first in with a raise to 6,500, called.
The other players folded and the flop brought out on which Sarailis checked to Smaron who bet 8,000. Sarailis check-raised to 20,000 and Smaron moved all in to put his opponent at risk.
Sarailis didn't seem to happy, but he called for about 90,000 chips total.
Sarailis:
Smaron:
The board ran out , and Sarailis was knocked out right before the first break.
Miguel Moreno Vico raised to 7,000 in the cutoff, Jean Perre Tseng Ah Wang moved all-in from the small blind for 100 more, Slaven Popov called in the big blind, and Vico put in the extra chip to call.
The flop received checks from both players, but Popov bet 6,000 on the turn, which folded out Vico.
Popov:
Wang:
The completed the board and sent Wang to the rail before the money places.