Main Event
Day 3 Completed
2011 PokerStars.net EPT Snowfest
Main Event
Day: 3
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2011 PokerStars.net EPT Snowfest
Buy-in
€3,500
Prize Pool
€1,636,390
Entries
482
Level
29
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
10,000
Maisto Leads at End of Day 3
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Level 19
: 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante
81 players returned today, but only 24 of them will be back tomorrow for the penultimate day with Giacomo Maisto at the top of the pile with 1,548,000. The Italian won several key pots where he made flushes to push himself into the chip lead late in the day.
Michael Tureniec was the only former EPT winner to cash as Sebastian Ruthenberg bubbled just outside the money alongside the official bubblee Pontus Nima Khosravi. Last year's runner-up Russell Carson finished in 31st place and Team PokerStars Pro Luca Pagano had a record 18th EPT cash, while bracelet winner Tomer Berda also made the money.
Tomorrow we'll be playing down to our final table with volatile Russian Vladimir Geshkenbein and our trio of Belgians, Koen De Visscher, Kevin Vandermissen and Philip Meulyzer all still in the mix.
Once again we'll be starting at 14.00 CET, see you then!
End of Day Chip Counts (full)
Thanks, PokerStars!
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,548,000 | 329,000 |
|
1,281,000 | 161,000 |
|
983,000 | 193,000 |
|
|
930,000 | 660,000 |
|
895,000 | 390,000 |
|
889,000 | -1,000 |
|
803,000 | 103,000 |
|
768,000 | 18,000 |
|
762,000 | 32,000 |
|
674,000 | -43,000 |
|
614,000 | -121,000 |
|
574,000 | 39,000 |
|
|
541,000 | 11,000 |
|
|
417,000 | 87,000 |
|
402,000 | -348,000 |
|
379,000 | 66,000 |
|
377,000 | 207,000 |
|
335,000 | 85,000 |
|
306,000 | -70,000 |
|
269,000 | 16,000 |
|
240,000 | -15,000 |
|
|
234,000 | -103,000 |
|
|
207,000 | -34,000 |
|
133,000 | -67,000 |
Ging Gong Gulyy
Level 19
: 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante
Andrey Gulyy is the last player to be eliminated to night after being busted in 25th place. His exit means the tournament has now been paused until 1400 tomorrow afternoon.
He lost the majority of his stack in an 
versus 
of Christian Fabri and then got the rest of his stack in two hands later against Manilo Iemina, Gulyy coming over the top of Iemina's raise for all of his stack with 
only to find the Italian was holding the second best hand in Hold'em, 
The final board ran out 
and with it we all get a relatively early night!
Pieter Out-Druif On The Turn
Level 19
: 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante
Giacomo Maisto has just got extremely lucky in a hand that eliminated Pieter Druif and saw him catapulted to the top of the chip counts.
Maisto raised from under the gun to 27,500 and next to act was Druif who made it 60,000 to play, a bet that only Maisto called. The flop came down 
and Maisto checked to his opponent. Druif bet 65,000 only to see Maisto announce he was all in. Druif wasted no time in calling and the cards were on their backs.
Maisto:
Druif:
Just as it looked like Druif was going to double up the dealer put the on the turn and then the on the river to boost Maisto to 1,548,000 and send Druif to the rail
Controversy Ends in Tragedy for Kiivramees
Level 19
: 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante
Some kind of controversy requiring the attention of the floor was going on when we arrived at the table - we believe that cards had been flipped when a player was not quite all in, or a covering call had not quite been made, or some such. Either way it was soon agreed that the two players were happy to get the chips in and the board was dealt, Janar Kiivramees all in for his tournament life.
Kiivramees: 
Iulian Ruxandescu: 
Board: 
Kiivramees nodded and took his leave. Ruxandescu is now at 1.12 million.
"Chip Leader or Bust"
Level 19
: 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante
Three players made it to the 
flop and it looked as though it had checked around to Vladimir Geshkenbein on the button. He bet 38,000 and Koen de Visscher in the big blind called. Philip Meulyzer in mid position folded and they were heads up to the turn.
The turn was the and de Visscher checked again; this time the bet from Geshkenbein was 85,000. A short dwell from de Visscher, and then another call.
They saw a 
river and once again de Visscher checked. Geshkenbein very calmly counted out a bet of 170,000 and pushed it across the line. This proved too much for de Visscher, who finally folded.
"Chip leader or bust," commented Meulyzer. "I like that spirit."
That spirit has put Geshkenbein back up to 890,000. De Visscher's own spirit is sinking - he's at around 750,000.
Missenary Position
Level 19
: 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante
Kevin Vandersmissen has doubled up through Vladimir Geshkenbein after the Russian check-called the whole way of a 
board, finally calling a 223,000 all-in bet on the river after calling the clock on himself.
Vandersmissen turned over and it was enough to have Geshkenbein nodding in acceptance.
Ridiculous Hans
Level 19
: 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante
A flurry of action involving a 3-bet from Jack Powell, a 4-bet all-in from Hans Erlandsson and then a 5-bet all-in from Martins Adeniya and Powell then called!
Powell:
Erlandsson: 
Adeniya:
Adeniya had both the other two covered but the board came 
as Erlandsson made both the straight and the flush, jumping from his chair to celebrate, winning a 750,000 chip pot
Powell was eliminated and Adeniya dropped to 535,000.
Enter The Dragomir
Level 19
: 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante
Cristian Dragomir is up to the one million chip mark after a huge double up through Kevin Vandersmissen.
Vandersmissen, who seems to be bleeding chips recently, min-raised to 20,000 from the hijack seat, Philip Meulyzer called in the cutoff and Dragomir made it 77,000 to play from the big blind. Vandersmissen then put in a further raise, this one to 190,000 which folded out Meulyzer but Dragomir quickly moved all in.
"I have to call," declared Vandersmissen who then turned over which was up against the of Dragomir.
The 
flop failed to alter anything, neither did the on the flop and when the river came the Dragomir had doubled up his 446,000 bet, plus the chips already in the pot, leaving Vandersmissen with a 314,000 stack.