Main Event Dia 3 | 2018 PokerStars.es EPT Barcelona

2018-08-30 12:52 UTC+2

De Silva Calls After Time Bank

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Nível 16 : 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante

Upeshka De Silva started the action from the button with a raise to 12,500. Johan Rimestad and Justin Ligeri in the blinds made the call.

The flop was and after two checks, De Silva continued for 15,000. Only Ligeri called and both players checked on the turn .

The river brought a and Ligeri fired 30,000, putting De Silva into a decision. After using two time banks cards, De Silva eventually called with for a pair of threes and Ligeri sent into the muck.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Johan Rimestad	505,000 -8,500	-8,500
Justin Ligeri	290,000 290,000	290,000
Upeshka De Silva	250,000 250,000	250,000

Tags: Johan Rimestad Upeshka Desilva

2018-08-30 12:48 UTC+2

Blom Doubles Through Pajak

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Nível 16 : 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante

Viktor Blom came into the day as a short stack, and he moved all in for 37,500 from under the gun. Tomasz Pajak was in the big blind and he called.

Viktor Blom:
Tomasz Pajak:

The board came and Blom held to double up, leaving Pajak as the short stack.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Viktor Blom	80,000 30,000	30,000
Tomasz Pająk	45,000 -41,000	-41,000

Tags: Tomasz Pajak Victor Blom

2018-08-30 12:45 UTC+2

Leung Doubles Through Kuhlman

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Nível 16 : 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante

Rene Kuhlman started the day with 636,000 but had chipped up to clearly over 700,000 before this hand.

Leo Margets had opened to 11,000 and Kuhlman had called before Hoi Hoo Leung three-bet all in for 71,000.

Margets folded but Kuhlman called.

Rene Kuhlman:
Hoi Hoo Leung:

There was no help for Kuhlman with the board coming and Leung doubled up.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Rene Kuhlman	700,000 -90,000	-90,000
Hoi Hoo Leung	150,000 56,500	56,500

Tags: Hoi Hoo Leung Leo Margets Rene Kuhlman

2018-08-30 12:26 UTC+2

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Manfred Sierke	Eliminado
Yen Han Chen	Eliminado
Vitalijs Zavorotnijs	Eliminado
Luke Edwards	Eliminado
Eric Rabut	Eliminado
Marco Regonaschi	Eliminado
Lauren Roberts	Eliminado
Laszlo Molnar	Eliminado
Alfred Karlsson	Eliminado
Nikolaos Lampropoulos	Eliminado

Pecheux Out

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Nível 16 : 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante

Very shorted stack at the beginning of the day, Erwann Pecheux pushed all in from the small blind for his last 30,000 chips with and was facing the big blind player holding .

The latter found trip kings on the board to eliminate the French player who went to the cashier to collect his €8,900 prize.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Erwann Pecheux	Eliminado

Tags: Erwann Pecheux

2018-08-30 12:21 UTC+2

Early Double Up for Sow

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Nível 16 : 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante

Kalidou Sow, winner of the PokerStars Championship in Prague last year, pushed his last 32,000 in the middle from the cutoff and Niall Farrell made the call from the button to create the following showdown:

Kalidou Sow:
Niall Farrell:

The dealer spread out a board, giving Sow a pair of kings as well as the needed double up.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Niall Farrell	195,000 -25,000	-25,000

Kalidou Sow	70,000 38,000	38,000

Tags: Kalidou Sow Niall Farrell

2018-08-30 12:16 UTC+2

Wilinofsky Chips Up Through Clarke

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Nível 16 : 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante

Patrick Clarke opened to 10,000 and Ben Wilinofsky three-bet to 32,000. Clarke called.

The two big stacks checked a flop and the turn brought the . Clarke checked, but folded to a bet of 27,500 from Wilinofsky.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Ben Wilinofsky	880,000 30,000	30,000

Patrick Clarke	530,000 -30,000	-30,000

Tags: Ben Wilinofsky Patrick Clarke

2018-08-30 12:14 UTC+2

Pyysing Among Early Casualties

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Nível 16 : 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante

Aki Pyysing was all in for his tournament life with . The Finnish player had come into the day with around ten big blinds, and had gotten them in against the of Robin Hegele.

The flop gave Hegele two pair, and there was to be no miracle run out on the turn and river.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Robin Hegele	280,000 62,000	62,000
Aki Pyysing	Eliminado

Tags: Aki Pyysing Robin Hegele

Nível: 16

Blinds: 2,500/5,000

Ante: 5,000

2018-08-30 11:00 UTC+2

PokerStars EPT Barcelona €5,300 Main Event Gets Underway at 12pm; All Players in the Money

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With the remaining 259 players in the PokerStars European Poker Tour Barcelona €5,300 Main Event all in the money, their focus is now on how deep they can run in this record-breaking EPT ever.

All those through to Day 3 have guaranteed themselves €8,900, but will no doubt be eyeing up the €1,611,500 for first prize - a record for an EPT Main Event outside of the PCA and Monte Carlo Main Events.

Leading the way, just like on Day 1a is former EPT champion Ben Wilinofsky. Seven years ago, aged just 22, Wilinofsky took down the EPT Berlin Main Event for €825,000, defeating a final table which included then yet-to-be World Champion Martin Jacobson.

There is a familiar face at Wilinofsky's starting table; Patrick Clarke was second in chips after Day 1b, and the pair both have in excess of 100 big blinds at the start of play on Day 3. Clarke also has EPT final table experience, finishing fourth at EPT Dublin two years ago for €193,650.

According to the official schedule, there will be six 90-minute levels of play today, with a 20-minute break after each. The 75-minute dinner break is scheduled after level four.

Level	Small Blind	Big Blind	Big Blind Ante
16	2,500	5,000	5,000
Break - 20 minutes
17	3,000	6,000	6,000
Break - 20 minutes
18	4,000	8,000	8,000
Break - 20 minutes
19	5,000	10,000	10,000
Dinner Break - 75 minutes
20	6,000	12,000	12,000
Break - 20 minutes
21	8,000	16,000	16,000

Stay tuned to PokerNews for all the updates as well as all the official payouts in this record-breaking EPT Main Event.

Tags: Ben Wilinofsky Martin Jacobson Patrick Clarke