2009 PokerStars.com EPT Warsaw

Day 3 Concludes As Bubble Bursts

Day 3 of the EPT Warsaw has come and gone in just about 8 hours, and the 24 who escaped with their tournament lives are now guaranteed a payday at some point during in the next two days.

Play began at 12:30pm local time with 55 players still in the hunt for the money. Team PokerStars Pro Thierry Van Den Berg would be the first casualty after he was eliminated before his seat had even warmed up. Following him out the door were a number of notables, including Peter Eastgate, Mihai Manole, Sorel Mizzi, and Mel Judah.

Day 1 monster chip leader Carter Phillips also had a rough go of it on this third day. Phillips started right off sliding in the wrong direction, and he was unable to right the ship and stay afloat. Pot after pot was pushed away from the EPT Barcelona champion, and despite his best efforts, he was eliminated midway through the afternoon.

The bubble arrived and lingered for a while, with three or four short-stack double-ups. Finally, Domantas Klimciauskas and Oleksandr Vaserfirer tangled up in what would be the final hand of the day. A flop of got Klimciauskas all in with , but Vaserfirer tabled , and there would be no runner-runner miracle salvation for Klimciauskas.

With that final knockout, the chip bags were brought out, and the players were sent off to a late dinner. Right from the word "go", it was Jeff Sarwer's day. He's bagged up right around 1,000,000 chips to put him well out in front of the pack heading toward the final two days. We'll have official chip counts for the 24 remaining players as soon as they're made available to us.

Until tomorrow then, goodnight from the Casinos Poland!

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