Yiannis Liperis opened to 10,000 in the hijack, Lei Wang flatted the button, and Lars Kamphues moved all in for 138,000 in the small blind. The big blind folded to Liperis who got a count and rejammed for 187,000, and Wang called with the covering stack after a brief deliberation.
Lars Kamphues:
Yiannis Liperis:
Lei Wang:
The flop made a double knockout the likely result as the fell on the turn, but the spiked the river to keep Liperis' tournament life alive with a healthy stack, while Kamphues was eliminated.
As relayed to PokerNews, Majid Nadeem open-shoved a stack of around 95,000 and Masaaki Maruyama called from a few seats over. Simone Demasi then three-bet jammed with both players covered and Maruyama to put himself at risk.
Majid Nadeem:
Masaaki Maruyama:
Simone Demasi:
Demasi didn't have to sweat much as the flop landed to give him a full house and the runout of changed nothing to score him the double knockout.
Marton Czuczor opened to 11,000 from middle position and Alexis Laroche flatted the button. Conor Beresford raised to 38,000 in the small blind and action folded back to Laroche who moved all in for roughly 120,000. Beresford called.
Alexis Laroche:
Conor Beresford:
The flop put Beresford ahead, although Laroche had a flush draw. The turn changed nothing, however, and neither did the river, and Laroche was eliminated while Beresford added early in the day.
The PokerStars European Poker Tour London continues with Day 3 of the £5,300 EPT Main Event, and action will resume shortly from Hilton Park Lane at noon local time.
There are 80 players returning to the felt out of the 749 total entries which created a prize pool of £3,632,650. All remaining players are in the money and have locked up £9,750, but all are hoping to continue their run to become the eventual EPT Main Event champion and win the £664,400 first-place prize.
Leading the way is Frenchman Julien Sitbon with a stack of exactly 1,000,000, good for 200 big blinds when play resumes. Brazilian Pedro Garagnani (930,000) and English high roller Ben Heath (914,000) round out the top three stacks.
Day 3 Top Ten Chip Counts
RANK
PLAYER
COUNTRY
CHIP COUNT
BIG BLINDS
1
Julien Sitbon
France
1,000,000
200
2
Pedro Garagnani
Brazil
930,000
186
3
Ben Heath
United Kingdom
914,000
182
4
Carl Probsting
Germany
769,000
153
5
David Docherty
United Kingdom
665,000
133
6
Ole Schemion
Germany
635,000
127
7
Nils Pudel
Germany
602,000
120
8
Conor Beresford
United Kingdom
565,000
113
9
Ramzi Karam
Lebanon
531,000
106
10
Sergio Coutinho
Portugal
480,000
96
Others returning with a bagged stack include Ole Schemion (635,000), Adrian Mateos (468,000), Jack Sinclair (418,000), recent £1,100 UKIPT Main Event winner Martin Jacobson (370,000), and the runner-up in that event, Conor Beresford (565,000), who can often be seen playing online on PokerStars under the handle “1_conor_b_1”.
Conor Beresford
A few other players still in the mix include poker legend Erik Seidel (180,000), recent £50,000 EPT Super High Roller winner Henrik Hecklen (354,000), and PokerStars Ambassador Ramon Colillas (385,000), who is looking for another deep EPT Main Event run after finishing seventh earlier this year in Monte Carlo.
A shot clock will be implemented from the start of Day 3. On Day 3, and at the start of each following day, players will receive five 30-second time bank cards.
Play will resume on Level 16 with blinds at 2,000/5,000 with a 5,000 big blind ante, and five 90-minute levels are scheduled to be played today with 20-minute breaks in between each level.
Stay tuned as the PokerNews live reporting team continues to bring updates from EPT London until a champion is crowned.
flop made a double knockout the likely result as the 
fell on the turn, but the 
spiked the river to keep Liperis' tournament life alive with a healthy stack, while Kamphues was eliminated.
flop put Beresford ahead, although Laroche had a flush draw. The 
turn changed nothing, however, and neither did the 
river, and Laroche was eliminated while Beresford added early in the day.
