Shortly after losing a flip to Jamie Flynn for the majority of his stack, Paul Fontan Castrillon had gotten the rest of his short stack in from the big blind and was at risk against Flynn in the hijack.
Paul Fontan Castrillon:
Jamie Flynn:
The board ran out all low cards and Castrillon made his exit from the tournament.
Ramzi Karam opened on the button and was three-bet by Ambrose Ng in the big blind. Karam then four-bet shoved, and Ng quickly made the call.
Ramzi Karam:
Ambrose Ng:
Karam was dominated as the cards were tabled, and the runout changed nothing. A quick count by the dealer confirmed that Ng was the larger stack, and Karam's tournament run came to an end.
Erik Seidel opened to 27,000 on the button and Julien Sitbon defended the big blind.
"I just want to be in the chip race," Seidel joked, as the T-1,000 chips were being raced off soon and the dealer gave him three T-1,000 chips as change.
The dealer fanned out the flop and Sitbon checked. Seidel bet 25,000 and Sitbon check-raised to 65,000. Seidel called.
The landed on the turn and Sitbon bet 130,000. Seidel called.
The completed the board and Sitbon moved all in, covering Seidel's 248,000 remaining chips. Seidel quickly called.
Sitbon tabled for a flopped set, but Seidel revealed for a superior turned set, and the Poker Hall of Famer secured the double on one of the last hands of the night to near a million in chips.
Another day of action in the PokerStars European Poker Tour London£5,300 EPT Main Event wrapped up after five levels of play and saw Poker Hall of Famer Erik Seidel bagging 955,000 chips among the 25 remaining players.
The legendary Seidel, who had a red-hot run at EPT Barcelona this summer that included a second-place finish in the €100K Super High Roller for €1,286,490, is chasing a Triple Crown with nine World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelets and a WPT (World Poker Tour) on his poker resume.
Seidel, who ended the day in spectacular fashion with a set-over-set double up through Day 2 chip leader Julien Sitbon, will have his work cut out for him as there were plenty of other top crushers who survived Day 3, including fellow high-rollers Ben Heath and Marton Czuczor, as well as EPT London Ladies Event champ Jessica Pilkington and £2,200 UKIPT High Roller runner-up Roman Hrabec, who bagged the chip lead with a stack of 1,900,000.
Roman Hrabec
£5,300 EPT Main Event Top 10 Chip Counts
RANK
PLAYER
COUNTRY
CHIP COUNT
BIG BLINDS
1
Roman Hrabec
Czech Republic
1,905,000
127
2
Alexandre Vuilleumier
Switzerland
1,660,000
111
3
Nils Pudel
Germany
1,590,000
106
4
Jordi Romero
Spain
1,480,000
99
5
David Docherty
United Kingdom
1,420,000
95
6
Nicolas Vayssieres
France
1,320,000
88
7
Pedro Garagnani
Brazil
1,315,000
88
8
Sergio Coutinho
Portugal
1,075,000
72
9
Ian Hamilton
United Kingdom
1,060,000
71
10
Enzo Vito
United Kingdom
989,000
66
Plenty of Big Names Fall During Day 3
The field of 80 entries that started the day steadily dwindled down as plenty of big names dropped out of the competition.
Team PokerStars ProRamon Colillas was eliminated early in the day in a six-bet pot where his pocket jacks were pipped by the Ladies of Conor Beresford, who himself busted later in the evening when his pocket tens couldn't survive a flip against the ace-queen of Benjamin Pollak.
Ramon Colillas
The luscious-locked Beresford has had an impressive series that included a runner-up finish in the £1,100 UKIPT Main Event to none other than WSOP Main Event champion Martin Jacobson, who joined the Brit in the Day 3 field and before being eliminated in a straight versus straight cooler as the night wound down.
Martin Jacobson
Other big names who fell during Day 3 include Adrian Mateos, Gianluca Speranza and Day 1 chips leaders Ole Schemion, Luis Faria and Henrik Hecklen, who is fresh off a victory in the £50,000 EPT London Super High Roller for £652,700.
Day 4 will commence on Wednesday, Oct. 26 at noon. The top prize of £664,400 awaits the winner in the six-day tournament that is slated to wrap up on Oct. 28.
Stay tuned as the PokerNews live reporting team is close by and ready to report on the rest of the event ahead of the crowning of the first EPT London Main Event champion in eight years. Check out the live reporting team's coverage of other EPT London events in the meantime.
board ran out all low cards and Castrillon made his exit from the tournament.
runout changed nothing. A quick count by the dealer confirmed that Ng was the larger stack, and Karam's tournament run came to an end.
flop and Sitbon checked. Seidel bet 25,000 and Sitbon check-raised to 65,000. Seidel called.
for a flopped set, but Seidel revealed 
for a superior turned set, and the Poker Hall of Famer secured the double on one of the last hands of the night to near a million in chips.
