€5,300 EPT San Remo Main Event Day 3 | 2009 PokerStars.com EPT San Remo

€5,300 EPT San Remo Main Event

Day 3 Completed

04-22-2009 03:05 UTC+3

End of Day 3 Chip Counts

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Here's the way the remaining 32 players stack up at the conclusion of play. Also listed here are the seat draws for tomorrow.

** Players listed in bold are the chip leaders at their respective tables

Table 1
Seat 1: Gustav Sundell - 308,000
Seat 2: Massimiliano Trifoglio - 267,000
Seat 3: Danilo D'Ettoris - 259,000
Seat 4: Doron Tourgman - 341,000
Seat 5: Constant Rijkenberg - 814,000
Seat 6: Rasmus Olog Akerblom - 499,000
Seat 7: Benjamin Kang - 363,000
Seat 8: Matias Knaapinen - 126,000

Table 2
Seat 1: Malte Strothmann - 228,000
Seat 2: Dragan Galic - 1,386,000
Seat 3: Kalle Niemi - 160,000
Seat 4: Ovidiu Mihai Balaj - 178,000
Seat 5: Pietro Sibione - 369,000
Seat 6: David Eldar - 829,000
Seat 7: Sebastien Bidenger - 206,000
Seat 8: Gianni Giaroni - 512,000

Table 3
Seat 1: Giuseppe Argento - 214,000
Seat 2: Luigi Abiusi - 344,000
Seat 3: Eduardo Burgio - 120,000
Seat 4: Julien Legros - 167,000
Seat 5: Bill Reynolds - 677,000
Seat 6: Stefan Raffay - 408,000
Seat 7: Pietro Capriotti - 110,000
Seat 8: Vedat Akdemir - 316,000

Table 4
Seat 1: Pierre Neuville - 480,000
Seat 2: Katalin Eszter Jerney - 203,000
Seat 3: Steven Silverman - 865,000
Seat 4: Fabio Mazzarello - 110,000
Seat 5: BuLent Karsli - 85,000
Seat 6: Alex Fitzgerald - 164,000
Seat 7: Sami Kelopuro - 173,000
Seat 8: Dennis Bejedal - 562,000

04-21-2009 20:24 UTC+3

Day 3 Concludes; Galic Still in the Lead

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And with that, we are done for the day. In little more than four levels the field has been frankly decimated, down from 125 to our final 32. Croatian Dragan Galic, chip leader since Day 1, has once again come out on top -- slightly down from his peak of 1,600,000, but still very comfortably in the lead.

Young Dutchie Constant Rijkenberg did at one point nab the chip lead, but a few rather unfortunate hands towards the end of the day have left him a little less well off. Now Rijkenberg, along with Steven Silverman and David Eldar are all vying for second place at around the 800,000 mark.

There's a fine field still in the running, though -- among those who will be coming back for Day 4 are Benjamin Kang and Sami Kelopuro. Join us here at PokerNews.com tomorrow from 2pm local time, when we'll be playing right down to the coveted final table.

Tags: Dragan Galic

04-21-2009 20:19 UTC+3

Galic Loses Another Pot? Not Possible!

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Dragan Galic was so excited to have an opponent call his all-in bet on the last hand of the night. With the board showing {Q-Diamonds}

, Galic moved all in against Giuseppe Argento. Argento, perhaps in double-up-or-go-home mode, called with a flush draw, {A-Spades}

. Galic was extremely excited to turn over his {J-Spades}

, clapping and yelling, "Yes! Yes!" excitedly. Argento was the one who got the last yell, pumping his fist and shouting "HA!" in Galic's face when the river fell {2-Spades}

to fill his flush. The two men shook hands and engaged in a manly hug after the hand -- clearly two fierce competitors who respect each other.

That pot pushed Galic down to 1.39 million, but he should still be the chip leader. Argento is up to about 300,000.

Tags: Dragan Galic Guiseppe Argento

04-21-2009 20:16 UTC+3

Palte the Last to Go

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It was a rough end of the day for Dominik Palte. His stack spiraled downward in rapid fashion. He lost most of this remaining chips by trying to make a move with {K-Diamonds}

against Pietro Sibione. Sibione called with {A-Hearts}

to take all but 20,000 of Palte's chips on a board of {J-Diamonds}

. Eduardo Burgio got the rest of Palte's chips on the next hand in another case of domination, {A-Hearts}

against

. Burgio flopped a ten and never looked back.

Tags: Dominik Palte Eduardo Burgio Pietro Sibione

04-21-2009 20:15 UTC+3

Ascani Win a Hand!

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Ovidiu Mihai Balaj raised under the gun, and then called the shove from big blind Luca Ascani.

Balaj: {A-Hearts}

Ascani:

Board:

With a massive, "Ngghhhhh!" of relief, Balaj raked in the chips, while a downhearted Ascani exited in 34th place.

04-21-2009 20:15 UTC+3

Eldar Doubles Through Rijkenberg

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David Eldar has just doubled up through big stack Constant Rijkenberg, and when the hand was over, he thought he'd been eliminated.

The two traded raises before the flop, with Rijkenberg ultimately putting Eldar to a decision for all his chips. A call was made and the cards revealed:

Eldar: {A-Hearts}

Rijkenberg: {J-Diamonds}

The

flop was devastating for Eldar, as it gave his Dutch opponent top two pair. The {A-Diamonds}

then fell on the turn, giving Eldar a few additional outs with one card to come. Fortunately for him, the {7-Spades}

was one of them.

For a moment, it seemed as if Eldar was about to get up from his chair conceding defeat, but a table neighbor kindly informed him, "You won."

Eldar took lightly to the news, simply shrugging his shoulders as he stacked his new chips -- 840,000 of them in total. After the hand, Rijkenberg dropped to right around 800,000.

Tags: Constant Rijkenberg David Eldar

04-21-2009 20:13 UTC+3

Vailati Vail-Out-Y

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Marco Vailati, out in 35th place -- it looks as though his chips went to Steven Silverman, who now has 865,000.

04-21-2009 20:11 UTC+3

Galic Loses a Pot

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With the board reading {8-Hearts}

, small blind Dragan Galic and big blind Giuseppe Argento checked to Dennis Bejedal on the button, who bet 30,000. Galic called, Argento folded, and they proceeded to the river.

River: {8-Spades}

Now Galic bet out 100,000, leaving Bejedal with a real decision. Eventually he called -- and it was an excellent decision. Galic turned over {J-Hearts}

for a busted straight draw, and Bejedal's {Q-Clubs}

was good to propel him up to 575,000.

Galic still our chip leader though on 1,450,000.

04-21-2009 20:07 UTC+3

Dominik Folds to a Palte-ry Holding

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Stefan Raffay raised his button and was met by a reraise from Dominik Palte. Raffay went over the top for quite a lot, and eventually Palte folded, leaving himself on 155,000. Entirely, well, poker-faced, Raffay showed him {8-Hearts}

, and moved up to 365,000.

Clearly unhappy, Palte open-shoved a few hands later, but got no callers and just picked up the blinds and antes.