Saar Wilf had 15,000 in front of him before Dan Djorno shoved all in for 96,000. Wilf didn't like it but called it off after twenty seconds.
Dan Djorno: 
Saar Wilf: 
There was no help for Djorno on the 
rundown and he was eliminated.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
|
315,000
68,000
|
68,000 |
|
Eliminado |
Day 3 of the PokerStars and Monte-Carlo©Casino EPT Main Event will end at the end of level 18, or when 40 players are remaining, whichever comes first.
After Brian Altman had doubled through Hossein Ensan to take half of the stack of the German, Ensan had dropped to around 150,000.
Antoine Saout then raised to 12,000 in the hijack and Ensan called from one seat over. Alexis Fleur on the button three-bet to 42,000 and that forced out Saout. Ensan used one time bank extension and moved all in, which Fleur called instantly.
Hossein Ensan:
Alexis Fleur: 
The board came 
and one of the six former EPT champions still in the field was eliminated.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
|
635,000
230,000
|
230,000 |
|
320,000
200,000
|
200,000 |
|
Eliminado | |
|
||
Nicolas Dumont three-bet an open raise of Toby Orion Boas while sitting on the button and Boas just called to see a flop of 
, which both players checked. On the turn, Boas bet 58,500 and Dumont called before Boas then jammed the 
river for around 140,000. Dumont snap-called and Boas showed 
only to see the bad news, as Dumont had turned the nut flush with 
.
Joe Mouawad shoved for aroun 65,000 and Gaelle Baumann did so from one seat over for 73,500.
Joe Mouawad: 
Gaelle Baumann:
The board came 
and that was it for Mouawad. Alexandros Kolonias followed to the rail shortly after to reduce the field further.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
|
705,000
255,000
|
255,000 |
|
||
|
145,000
75,000
|
75,000 |
|
Eliminado | |
|
Eliminado | |
|
Eliminado | |
With already around 150,000 in the pot, the board was reading 
and Javier Fernandez Alonso, in the small blind, had checked to Nicolas Dumont. Dumont, in middle position, bet 100,000 and Fernandez responded with a check-raise to 325,000.
Dumont thought long and hard and burned three of his timebank chips while doing so. Eventually, he slid his cards in the muck one by one to surrender the sizable pot to his Spanish adversary.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
|
875,000
165,000
|
165,000 |
|
|
510,000
-195,000
|
-195,000 |
|
|
||
Davidi Kitai raised to 12,000 and was called by Boutros Naim from one seat over, as well as Gavin O'Rourke. Andres Korn moved all in for 19,500 in the small blind and Patrik Antonius in the big blind asked if he was allowed to raise. That was confirmed, however Antonius folded anyways.
Kitai then min-raised to 27,000, after having initially put in just 25,000, and once that was corrected, he picked up calls from Naim and O'Rourke.
On the flop of 
, Kitai checked and Naim bet 30,000, both O'Rourke and Kitai called. After the 
turn, Kitai checked once more and Naim moved all in for around 150,000, O'Rourke did so for 168,500. That forced a quick fold from Kitai and the three players tabled their cards.
Andres Korn: 
Boutros Naim: 
Gavin O'Rourke:
Naim was already drawing dead while Korn had a gutshot straight draw. A blank 
on the river locked up the double elimination to send the Irishman above half a million in chips.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
|
520,000
400,000
|
400,000 |
|
315,000
-25,000
|
-25,000 |
|
|
||
|
190,000
29,000
|
29,000 |
|
|
||
|
Eliminado | |
|
Eliminado | |
|
||
There's no stopping Mark Demirdjian any time soon as the Lebanese card player has also surpassed the 1M mark. In the latest hand, Demirdjian had three-bet to 31,000 after an early position open.
Aroldo Fioroni four-bet shoved 79,000 from late position and Demirdjian wasn't going anywhere.
Aroldo Fiorini: 
Mark Demirdjian:
The flopped in the window to have Fioroni's chances of survival hanging on the case nine. It didn't appear as the board ran out 
and the Swiss was off to the payout desk.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
|
1,135,000
208,000
|
208,000 |
|
||
|
Eliminado | |
Photos by Neil Stoddart / PokerStars.
Philippe Narboni got his short stack in after the turn and flipped over 
only for Ekrem Sanioglu to reveal for trips nines. "You know me," Sanioglu said in French to his countryman. The blank river failed to improve Narboni and he was eliminated.
Wei Huang was also spotted on the rail and the seat that formerly belonged to Jason Wheeler is now empty. According to Gary Miller it was a flush over flush setup that sent Wheeler packing. According to Miller, Gary Hasson had raised and was called by [Removed:432] and Wheeler on the button.
On the flop, action checked to Wheeler and his bet of 53,000 was called by [Removed:433] only. After the turn, [Removed:433] checked and then moved all in over the top of a bet of 52,000 by Wheeler. The American called with and [Removed:433] flipped over for the nut flush to render the river card to a mere formality.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
|
|
800,000
260,000
|
260,000 |
|
460,000
-20,000
|
-20,000 |
|
225,000
-2,000
|
-2,000 |
|
Eliminado | |
|
Eliminado | |
|
Eliminado | |
|
||
Down to his last 15 big blinds, Ionut-Flavius Voinea open-shoved from middle position. Chaofei Wang reshoved all in on the button and the blinds got out of the way.
Ionut-Flavius Voinea:
Chaofei Wang:
The 
flip didn't bring any help for Voinea. The on the turn paired up Wang, but the Romanian could still hit his straight. The on the river gave him an inferior pair instead and he was eliminated. Voinea was one of the first to receive the payjump to €11,900.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
|
420,000
285,000
|
285,000 |
|
Eliminado |
