Main Event Day 3 | 2012 PokerStars.net EPT Prague

12-12-2012 15:31 UTC+3

Giovannone's Jacks

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Roberto Romanello opened to 6,100 from middle position, Marat Begenov called on his direct left, and Luca Giovannone moved all in for 76,500 on Begenov's direct left.

The action folded back to Romanello, who quickly re-shoved, and Begenov folded. Romanello ripped over , and Giovannone examined Romanello's hand before slowly revealing .

The dealer burned one card, dealt three face down, then revealed the window card: the . Slowly, she spread the flop, first revealing the , giving Romanello a set of sevens, but following that was the , giving Giovannone a set of jacks.

The turn and river bricked , respectively, and Giovannone doubled to around 165,000 chips. Romanello dropped down to around 175,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Roberto Romanello	175,000 -45,000	-45,000

Luca Giovannone	165,000 128,800	128,800

Tags: Roberto Romanello Marat Begenov Luca Giovannone

12-12-2012 15:31 UTC+3

Staying Alive

Chad Holloway

The money bubble looms, which means play has tightened up. Mauchev Ibraim seems to be trying to sneak into the money, and his chances recently improved.

After dwindling down to just three big blind, Ibraim got his last 10,700 all in holding and was in great shape against the of Ioakim Papadopoulos. The board ran out a clean , and Ibraim received a much-needed double.

"What a time to pick up aces," someone chuckled at the other end of the table.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ioakim Papadopoulos	70,000 -45,500	-45,500
Mauchev Ibraim	27,000 1,700	1,700

Tags: Ioakim Papadopoulos Mauchev Ibraim

12-12-2012 15:34 UTC+3

Break Time

Matthew Pitt

Level 15 : 1,500/3,000, 400 ante

Level 15 has drawn to a close and the players are now on a 20-minute break.

12-12-2012 15:35 UTC+3

Kent Lundmark and Roberto Romanello: The Mute and the Muted

MarcC

Level 15 : 1,500/3,000, 400 ante

Two of the three former EPT champions who started the day could not have more differing approaches to the game. While Lundmark is utterly silent, Romanello takes a motormouth approach. PokerStars Blog looks at the start of their days and finds contrasting fortunes.

Tags: Kent Lundmark Roberto Romanello

12-12-2012 15:40 UTC+3

Chip Counts from the Break

MarcC

Player	Chips	Progress
Iosif Beskrovnyy	855,000 229,800	229,800
Mads Amot	545,000 167,600	167,600
Martin Hanowski	505,000 21,000	21,000
Manuel Bevand	480,000 75,000	75,000
Robert Kokoska	480,000 76,600	76,600
Andreas Berggren	465,000 253,100	253,100
Todd Terry	450,000 57,700	57,700
Jorma Nuutinen	405,000 222,900	222,900
Cesar Garcia Dominguez	398,000 -12,900	-12,900
Fabrice Soulier	390,000 -6,200	-6,200
Sergio Aido Espina	385,000 75,000	75,000
Chris Brammer	373,000 83,000	83,000
Enver Khvitia	370,000 59,100	59,100
Mariusz Klosinski	365,000 131,400	131,400
Jason Helder	350,000 148,800	148,800
Petr Jelinek	348,000 -18,600	-18,600
Tudor Purice	340,000 -60,000	-60,000
Michael Gross	335,000 92,200	92,200
Jesus Sanchez	333,000 3,000	3,000
Jonathon Driscoll	331,000 88,300	88,300
Ramzi Jelassi	330,000 15,000	15,000

Michele di Lauro	330,000 125,000	125,000
Dany Parlafes	325,000 -50,000	-50,000
Olvedo Heinze	325,000 14,100	14,100
Aleh Plauski	320,000 -20,100	-20,100

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Level: 16

Blinds: 2,000/4,000

Ante: 500

12-12-2012 16:03 UTC+3

Crazy Hand During the Break

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During the break, Atanas Kavrakov and Cesar Garcia Dominguez played a very interesting hand against one another.

As the tournament clock ticked down to triple zeroes, Kavrakov opened to 6,000 from the hijack seat. Dominguez called on the button, and after the blinds released, he tabled .

Apparently, the Spaniard didn't see that Kavrakov had raised, and thought that he had won the pot. A floor person was beckoned, and after the dealer told him what had happened, he ruled that the hand would be played as is.

The flop fell , giving Dominguez a pair of aces, and Kavrakov tanked for a considerable amount of time before checking. Dominguez checked behind.

The turn was the , giving Dominguez two pair, and Kavrakov checked again. Dominguez tossed out 8,000, and Kavrakov tank-called.

The river was the , Kavrakov checked again, and Dominguez quickly checked behind. Kavrakov turned over for a turned straight, and Dominguez mucked his hand.

Dominguez was then given a one-round penalty, which he will serve here at the start of Level 16.

Player	Chips	Progress
Cesar Garcia Dominguez	495,000 -10,000	-10,000
Atanas Kavrakov	100,000 5,000	5,000

Tags: Cesar Garcia Dominguez Javier Dominguez

12-12-2012 16:07 UTC+3

Benvenuti Soft Bubbles

MarcC

Michael Benvenuti came 14th in the most recent EPT - San Remo. There will be no second cash in a row after he fell to the burgeoning Manuel Bevand.

The Frenchman opened to 8,000 from under the gun and snap called when Benvenuti moved all in for less than 60,000 from the big blind.

Bevand:
Benvenuti:

The board ran a Gallic to make Bevand two-pair.

Player	Chips	Progress
Manuel Bevand	535,000 130,000	130,000
Michael Benvenuti	Busted

Tags: Manuel Bevand Michael Benvenuti

12-12-2012 16:09 UTC+3

Koutoupas Takes A Little From Beskrovnyy

Chad Holloway

Sotirios Koutoupas opened for 8,000 and picked up callers in start-of-the-day chip leader Iosif Beskrovnyy and Marlek Tatar in the cutoff and big blind respectively. When the flop came down , Tatar checked, Koutoupas bet 12,000, and Beskrovnyy made a quick call.

After Tatar folded, the dealer burned and turned the . Again Koutoupas bet, this time 21,000, and it was good enough to win the small pot as Beskrovnyy tossed his cards to the muck.

Despite losing that hand, Beskrovnyy is still off to a good start on Day 3, up more than 200K from where he started in the first level.

Player	Chips	Progress
Iosif Beskrovnyy	830,000 204,800	204,800
Sotirios Koutoupas	250,000 38,600	38,600

Tags: Iosif Beskrovnyy Marlek Tatar Sotirios Koutoupas

12-12-2012 16:20 UTC+3

Klosinski Climbs, Cazals Busts, Hanowski Would Have Won!

Matthew Pitt

A huge pot just took place in the center of the room that resulted in Aubin Cazals being eliminated.

A preflop raising war broke out that resulted in Cazals pushing all-in for around 100,000; Mariusz Klosinski moving all-in for over 350,000 and Martin Hanowsky sat wondering what the best course of action was.

The longer Hanowski took to decide his play, the more members of the media surrounded his table, until there were 12-15 media people watching intently. Eventually, Hanowski folded and showed pocket queens.

"That's a good fold," acknowledged Klosinski.

And it was a good fold because although Cazals could only muster , Klosinski was sat their with the daddy of all Hold'em hands, .

The dealer burned a card as the crowd watched on eagerly, wondering what the five community cards had in store for them. The first card out of the deck was the , which would have gifted Hanowski a set of queens — much to his disappointment. The queen was followed by the and , then the and finally the .