Ryan McEathron raised to 700 from the hijack and he was called by small blind Alexandre Reard and big blind Fabien Lecardonnel. The flop was dealt and all three players checked their option.
The turn was the and Reard checked to Lecardonnel who now led out with a bet of 800. McEathron called but Reard got out of the way.
The river was the and completed the straight on the board. Lecardonnel now bet 6,000 in a pot of 4,000 and put McEathron to the test. The Canadian got out of the way and the pot was pushed to Lecardonnel
The Frenchman already had some success in Barcelona when he won the €550 CEP Main Event here a week ago for €110,000.
The players were sent on a 20-minute break. They will continue in the fourth level with blinds at 200/400 and a 400 big blind ante. They are expected to be back in their seats at 2:23 p.m. local time.
Tony Miles raised to 500 from the button when it folded to him and the player in the big blind called. The flop was dealt and the big blind check-called a bet of 400 from Miles.
The turn was the and both players checked. The river was the and the player in the big blind led out with a bet of 700 which was too much for Miles who got out of the way.
Tobias Peters just sat down in the EPT National High Roller after coming off a big score last night. Peters had entered a €1,100 Hyper-Turbo and parlayed his buy-in into a €52,000 score six hours later after chopping the event.
PokerStars ambassador Maria Konnikova has also taken her seat in level 3 of the day.
The complete board was on the table and there was about 10,000 in the pot when Alisa Sibgatova checked from the small blind. The big blind bet 2,000 and Kevin Finnie sat in the cutoff and took his time. He eventually got out of the way and the action was back on Sibgatova. She folded her hand and the pot was pushed to the player in the big blind.
Sibgatova finished in 27th place of the EPT Monte-Carlo Main Event back in May of this year. She also managed to cash in the €1,100 National event in Monte Carlo and is now looking for her fourth live cash and for her third on the European Poker Tour.