Iliodoros Kamatakis was down to 46,000 and action was folded to him on the button. He raised 45,000 and kept a T-1,000 on his chips. Sebastian Malec was next to act shoved all in from the small blind.
Dan Smith, down to 97,000 after losing a big pot earlier, called all in and Kamatakis flicked his last chip in as well.
Iliodoros Kamatakis:
Sebastian Malec:
Dan Smith:
No help for any of the players on a board. Smith got some chips back, while the entertaining Kamatakis had to make his way to the payout desk.
After a raise by Marius-Catalin Pertea, Maksim Shulga shoved for his last 77,000 from the hijack. The action folded back to Pertea and the Romanian quickly called.
Marius-Catalin Pertea:
Maksim Shulga:
The flop gave Shulga some more outs to stay in the tournament, but the turn and river were of no help. Despite the jack-high flush, Shulga bowed out as Pertea had the nut flush.
During the last three hands of the day, PokerStars National Championship winner Andreas Klatt found a much-needed double-up at the expense of Dan Smith.
Smith had opened with and called the 128,000 shove from Klatt. The German had Smith coolered with and added his chips five blanks later.
Michael Kolkowicz raised to 23,000 and Lukasz Kubicki then moved all in for 222,000 from the button. Kolkowicz took a long time to call and when he did so and saw the cards of the Pole, Kolkowicz said "because you smile."
Michael Kolkowicz:
Lukasz Kubicki:
The board ran out and Kubicki found a jack on the flop to double up.
After a raise by Davidi Kitai from under the gun, short stack Makram Saber moved all in for 60,000 and the action folded back to Kitai, who called.
Davidi Kitai:
Makram Saber:
The board of ensured that the kicker played and Saber headed to the rail in 47th place.
In the last hand of the night, Kitai then check-called a bet of 55,000 by Lukasz Kubicki on the river of a board and Kubicki mucked to forfeit the pot.
Over at the feature table, Aleksandar Tomovic raised to 22,000 in first position. Action folded to Hossein Ensan in the small blind, who simply shoved his entire stack in. Behind him, Diego Vilela was sitting with a stack of 50 big blinds and it appeared the Brazilian had a decision.
"Big problem or little problem?" laughed Ensan.
"Big." smiled Varela.
"I have a good hand" entrusted Ensan the Brazilian. Vilela believed it and let it go, Tomovic called it off for 145,000 total.
Hossein Ensan:
Aleksandar Tomovic:
Ensan found a king on the flop to make Tomovic the last casualty of the day. 45 players will return tomorrow to play on Day 4.
After a raise by Paul-Francois Tedeschi and a call by Marius-Catalin Pertea from one seat over, the former fired three barrels on a board of . The last bet was worth 140,000 and Pertea moved all in for 537,000, thus 397,000 on top of Tedeschi's last bet.
It was the last hand of the night and Tedeschi had his opponent covered. After three minutes of consideration, Tedeschi elected to fold while Pertea was hiding his face below the hoodie. "Show the bluff!" someone at the table demanded, but Pertea just sent his cards into the muck before everyone bagged up.
Day 3 has concluded after four levels of 90 minutes. 45 players have made their way to Day 4. All chip counts and an extensive recap will follow shortly.
Gus Hansen resides in Monaco and is playing some cash games at the PokerStars Championship presented by Monte-Carlo Casino®. He chats to Laura about the cash games he plays in and some interaction he had with Jungleman Dan recently.
flop gave Shulga some more outs to stay in the tournament, but the 
turn and 
river were of no help. Despite the jack-high flush, Shulga bowed out as Pertea had the nut flush.
and called the 128,000 shove from Klatt. The German had Smith coolered with 
and added his chips five blanks later.
and Kubicki found a jack on the flop to double up.
