Main Event Day 3 | 2010 PokerStars.com EPT Grand Final - Monte Carlo

04-28-2010 14:20 UTC+2

Pastor La Vista

[user76023]

Juan Manuel Pastor just doubled up, we're unclear where the money went in but by the river he was holding {K-Clubs}

on a

board.

Andre Santos was the one who had apparently doubled him up, his rivered two pair {K-?}

proving no good.

Tags: Andre Santos Juan Manuel Pastor

04-28-2010 14:30 UTC+2

Lex's Nemesis

[user140344]

The battle was between Lex Veldhuis and Aleh Plauski again this time. Veldhuis made it 18,500 from the cutoff and was called by Plauski in the big blind.

The flop brought {j-Clubs}

.

The two checked to the turn, which was the {6-Clubs}

.

Plauski fired off 32,000 and was called by Velhuis.

River: {2-Spades}

Veldhuis called a 65,000 bet from his opponent after some thought and was not happy to see his opponenet's {k-Hearts}

.

Tags: Lex Veldhuis

04-28-2010 14:34 UTC+2

I'll Have Some Check-Raisin for Lunch

[user140525]

We caught up with the action when Nick Schulman bet 37,500, about two-thirds pot, on a board reading {K-Spades}

. Nikita Nikolaev, his only opponent, called on the button. The river brought the {K-Hearts}

, and Schulman checked. Nikolaev bet 57,000, and Schulman pulled out the check-raise, adding 100,000 on top. Nikolaev went deep into the tank, finally counting out the calling chips. And then promptly folding. The pot put Schulman around the 900,000 mark.

04-28-2010 14:39 UTC+2

Mt. Bevand Gets Taller

[user140525]

Manuel Bevand made it 18,000 to go under-the-gun. Mikhail Smirnov three-bet to 43,000 from the cutoff, and after awhile, Bevand slid out a call. It wasn't quite right, but the dealer straightened out the mess. Bevand has been playing only with red T1,000 chips all day, giving him giant stacks and big bets.

The flop came {8-Clubs}

, and both players checked. After the {3-Spades}

on the turn, Bevand bet 55 chips, and Smirnov folded.

04-28-2010 14:42 UTC+2

Bowey Is A Starman

[user76023]

James Bowey has just doubled his short stack after his {4-Clubs}

head out against David Paredes' {A-Clubs}

on a

board. Bowey is back up to 100,000.

04-28-2010 14:43 UTC+2

Internet Outages

[user140525]

Wasn't a good few minutes for the Internet jet set. EPT Berlin winner Kevin "I'maLuckSac" MacPhee and Greg "FunkiMunki" Dyer have both logged out. Matt "Ch0ppy" Kay and Owen "OCrowe" Crowe are also casualties of this level.

04-28-2010 14:52 UTC+2

Lars And The Real Hand

[user76023]

Sami "LarsLusak" Kelopuro lost a little ground at the start of the day but now he's starting to build it back up.

Anthony Gutti raised preflop to 18,500 and Kelopuro called from the cutoff.

Gutti fired out 28,000 on the {A-Spades}

flop and Kelopuro threw in a call.

The {9-Spades}

came on the turn, making both straight and flush, Gutti checked and Kelopuro quickly fired out 44,500 getting an instant fold from the original raiser.

Tags: Anthony Gutti Sami Kelpuro

04-28-2010 14:55 UTC+2

Neuville Loses a Race

[user140344]

In the three consecutive hands prior to this one, Oleksander Vaserfirer had moved all in. This one was no different. He was in the cutoff, Pierre Neuville was on the button, and the chips went in the middle. First Vaserfirer's then Neuville's.

Vaserfirer: {a-Hearts}

Neuville:

Board:

And with that, 153,000 worth of Neuville's chips were sent in the direction of Vaserfirer.

Tags: Pierre Neuville

04-28-2010 14:57 UTC+2

Peters V. Pautrot

[user46392]

David Peters raised from the button and was not in the slightest bit put off by the reraise from [Removed:413] in the small blind. Peters shoved, and once Pautrot had folded he raked in the pot.

04-28-2010 14:58 UTC+2

Daeninckx Jinxed

[user46392]

Craig McCorkell raised to 17,000 in the cutoff and Olivier Daeninckx (amazingly, not a typo) made it 42,000 from the small blind.. McCorkell thought about it for a little while, and then he called.

The flop came down {Q-Clubs}