Main Event Dia 3 | 2017 PokerStars Championship presented by Monte-Carlo Casino®

2017-05-02 13:31 UTC+2

Soulier Takes Down Takafuji

zedmaster84

Nível 15 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

Fabrice Soulier raised from the button and a short-stacked Hideki Takafuji shove din the small blind for just a few big blinds, which Soulier called.

Fabrice Soulier:
Hideki Takafuji:

The board ran out and that was it for Takafuji.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Fabrice Soulier	275,000 -89,500	-89,500

Hideki Takafuji	Eliminado

Tags: Fabrice Soulier Hideki Takafuji

2017-05-02 13:27 UTC+2

Zeiter Drags a Big One

KaleGozer

Nível 15 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

Diego Zeiter and Xavier Rouayroux had build a pot already up to over 150,000. On a board, action was on Rouayroux and he checked. Zeiter shoved over 100,000 and Rouayroux snap-folded his hand.

The Swiss, who won a €2K side-event at the final EPT in Prague, moved up to 370,000 after the hand.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Diego Zeiter	370,000 136,000	136,000
Xavier Rouayroux	165,000 -88,000	-88,000

Tags: Diego Zeiter Xavier Rouayroux

2017-05-02 13:21 UTC+2

Hoivold Snipes Ho

KaleGozer

Nível 15 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

After Hoivold had opened from the hijack, Maria Ho committed her last 50,000 from the button with . Hoivold called with and remained in front after the flop. On the turn, Ho took the lead with a pair of kings, but the river was a fourth heart to improve Hoivold to a flush and send Ho packing.

Ho was one of the last ones to receive the minimal reward of €7,580.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Andreas Hoivold	250,000 171,000	171,000

Maria Ho	Eliminado

Tags: Andreas Hoivold Maria Ho

2017-05-02 13:17 UTC+2

Malec Sends Boeree to the Rail

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Nível 15 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

Liv Boeree had previously lost with kings against ace-king and then shoved for her last eight big blinds from the button with . Sebastian Malec was in the big blind and called with .

The board ran out and Boeree was eliminated over on the secondary feature table.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Sebastian Malec	475,000 92,500	92,500

Liv Boeree	Eliminado

Tags: Liv Boeree Sebastian Malec

2017-05-02 13:14 UTC+2

Locatelli Busts to Ensan

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Nível 15 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

Hossein Ensan was moved over to the feature table not long ago and just called the shove of Raffaello Locatelli while sitting in the big blind. Locatelli had gotten his 15 big blinds in from the cutoff and had the slightly inferior kicker.

Hossein Ensan:
Raffaello Locatelli:

After a board of , Locatelli headed to the payout desk while Ensan joined the big stacks after having started the day in the top 10 already.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Hossein Ensan	440,000 150,000	150,000

Raffaello Locatelli	Eliminado

Tags: Hossein Ensan Raffaello Locatelli

2017-05-02 13:08 UTC+2

Almost All-Romanian Action

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Nível 15 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

Narcis-Gabriel Nedelcu shoved for his last 60,000 from early position with the and Stefan Schillhabel called out of the big blind with . The board came and the pocket pair held up.

Then, Alexandru Papazian raised from the cutoff and fellow Romanian Cosmin Mihai Petrica shoved from the button for around 65,000. Papazian called to put his countryman at risk.

Cosmin Mihai Petrica:
Alexandru Papazian:

The board came and that was it for Petrica. Tsugunari Toma followed right after, having lost an above-average stack.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Stefan Schillhabel	455,000 53,000	53,000

Alexandru Papazian	295,000 72,500	72,500

Narcis-Gabriel Nedelcu	Eliminado
Cosmin Mihai Petrica	Eliminado
Tsugunari Toma	Eliminado

Tags: Alexandru Papazian Narcis-Gabriel Nedelcu Stefan Schillhabel Tsugunari Toma

2017-05-02 12:57 UTC+2

Further Early Casualties

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Nível 15 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

There are just 114 players remaining, as several other short stacks have been eliminated. They all received €7,580 for their efforts.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Thomas Popov	Eliminado
Preben Stokkan	Eliminado
Jimmy Guerrero	Eliminado
Anton Hrabchak	Eliminado
Vishwanath Manjunath	Eliminado
Luke Cerklewicz	Eliminado
Allan Dyrstad	Eliminado
Ian Gillespie	Eliminado
Usman Siddique	Eliminado
Aleksei Istomin	Eliminado
Lauren Monosson	Eliminado

2017-05-02 12:52 UTC+2

Hakim Takes on Speiser

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Nível 15 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

Jeff Hakim raised to 10,000 from late position and faced a three-bet to 28,000 from Hannes Speiser in the cutoff, which Hakim then four-bet to 78,000. Speiser reluctantly called and the flop came and Hakim continued for 55,000, which Speiser called. The on the turn was checked through, and the river completed the board.

Hakim moved all in for an effective 136,000, as that's what Speiser had left. The Austrian gave it plenty of thought and the clock was called on him. "Do you have kings or aces?" Speiser asked and eventually let go before the one minute ran down.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Jeffrey Hakim	520,000 125,000	125,000
Hannes Speiser	136,000 -129,500	-129,500

Tags: Hannes Speiser Jeff Hakim

2017-05-02 12:49 UTC+2

Zeitoun and Palumbo Out

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Nível 15 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

Jean-Jacques Zeitoun wasn't able to enjoy the chips from his earlier double-up for long, as he just had to exit the tournament area. Holding , Zeitoun shoved all in on a flop. Shakhabiddin Muradov held and instantly called to put Zeitoun in a world of hurt.

The turn and river didn't help the Frenchman, who will have to settle for a min-cash of €7,580.

In the other part of the tournament area, Rocco Palumbo was seen making his way to the exit as well.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Shakhabiddin Muradov	280,000 170,000	170,000
Jean-Jacques Zeitoun	Eliminado
Rocco Palumbo	Eliminado

Tags: Jean-Jacques Zeitoun Rocco Palumbo Shakhabiddin Muradov

2017-05-02 12:46 UTC+2

Solid Start for Nardin

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Nível 15 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

Romain Nardin started the day with less than ten big blinds but found two quick double-ups in succession to get himself to a workable stack.

First, Nardin doubled with through Rocco Palumbo's when he spiked an ace on the flop. A couple of hands later Nardin was all in with against Tsugunari Toma's and held up to double again.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Romain Nardin	115,000 79,500	79,500

Tags: Romain Nardin