Foeke Deinum raised to 7,500 from early position and was called by Andrew Chen one seat across. After one player folded, Grzegorz Wyraz pushed all-in for 25,200 in the cutoff. The bg blind, Abbas Moradi, then reshoved for 139,700, prompting folds from Deinum and Chen.
Wyraz:
Moradi:
Wyraz needed help from at least one of the community cards, but it didn't look too likely on the flop. The turn gave him outs to a flush, which came in on the river.
Chen and Deinum were chatting after the hand and both claimed to have folded ace-king.
PokerStars Team Pro Johnny Lodden made it 6,600 from middle position and EPT London champion Ruben Visser called from the big blind. The two of them checked the flop of and the fell on the turn. Visser check called a bet of 5,000 and the completed the board. Visser checked and Lodden made a bet of 14,200.
Visser tanked for a bit and said "My hand was so pretty at one point. Before the first three cards."
He then folded and Lodden said "Mine was pretty good after the first three" and he showed . Visser tabled and got off cheap. "You bought me coffee, I didn't think you would bluff me after that" Visser said with a smile.
Team PokerStars Pro and World Series of Poker Main Event champion Chris Moneymaker just called a raise from Christian Jeppsson, who was seated on his direct right, to 7,000. The action then folded to David Vamplew, and he called as well to create three-way action on the flop.
The flop brought out and Vamplew checked to Jeppsson who bet 9,500 and Moneymaker raised it up to 20,000. Vamplew folded and Jeppsson shoved for about 54,000, and Moneymaker made the call right away.
Jeppsson:
Moneymaker :
The turn brought the , and Moneymaker hit a straight to send Jeppsson to the rail. On the river the hit and Moneymaker stacked up quite a few new chips after having had a rough last level yesterday on Day 2. Moneymaker's last EPT Main Event cash dates back to EPT San Remo Season 9, when he finished in 116th place.
The first hand of the day saw Andrea Cortellazzi open the cutoff for 6,300. Stephen Woodhead shoved all in from the button for 77,100 and EPT Malta champion Jean Montury committed his 58,000 from the small blind. Domantas Klimciauskas wasn't seated yet so his big blind was dead and action was back on Andrea Cortellazzi. The Italian player tanked for four minutes but folded.
Domantas Klimciauskas:
Jean Montury:
The board ran out and the two chopped the pot. "No no no!" Monterey moaned.
After 14 levels of 75 minutes each, the tournament is down to 218 players from the 1,044 that entered. In half an hour time those 218 players will recommence their tournament, looking to take the bubble hurdle first. A total of 151 players will take home a minimum of €8,910. That means only 67 unfortunate souls will leave this tournament empty handed today.
Russian high roller Mikhail Rudoy only has 23,600 and his country man Chinese Poker expert Maxim Panyak even has less with 23,400. The absolute short stack is Frenchman Mounim Kaddouri who brings 22,500 today. Those are the shortest stacks, on the other end of the spectrum we find Master Classics of Poker side event champion Gleb Tremzin (610,500) and EPT Malta champion Niall Farrell (541,000). Simon Persson from Sweden won a huge hand against Chris Moneymaker late last night with ace-five in a five bet pot. He's in third spot with 468,300 in chips.
Moneymaker lost a huge chunk of chips, but he won the last two hands of the night and is still in with 93,700. His colleagues from the PokerStars Team Pro roster still in are Matthias De Meulder (185,500), Ivan Demidov (151,800) and Johnny Lodden (148,500). Defending PokerStars Team Online's honors is Mickey Petersen (76,700).
The first level to be played is 1,500/3,000 with a 400 ante. Levels will be 90 minutes long and there will be 5 of them played, with a 20 minute break after each level. Play is done around 8:45 tonight as there won't be a dinner break.