Main Event Day 3 | 2013 PokerStars.com EPT London

03-13-2013 18:45 UTC

Bonavena Not Happy

[user76023]

Level 18 : 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante

Salvatore Bonavena, the first ever Italian winner of an EPT, is not a happy bunny. He called off 108,000 on the river of a board with only to find Christopher Frank had backdoored into a straight . Frank has joined the very elite 'millionaire' club.

Player	Chips	Progress
Christopher Frank	1,050,000
Salvatore Bonavena	180,000 -29,000	-29,000

Tags: Christopher Frank Salvatore Bonavena

03-13-2013 18:49 UTC

Sunar Misses Draw; Busts

[user101598]

Level 18 : 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante

The action folded to Ruben Visser, who raised to 16,000 in the small blind. Surinder Sunar called in the big blind, the flop fell , and Visser fired 19,000. Sunar raised to 50,000, Visser re-raised to 92,000, and Sunar moved all in. Visser made the call.

Visser:
Sunar:

Sunar was on a massive draw, and the on the turn gave him even more outs to stay alive, but the bricked on the river. He was eliminated, while Visser now has over 600,000 chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ruben Visser	625,000 435,000	435,000

Surinder Sunar	Busted

Tags: Ruben Visser Surinder Sunar

03-13-2013 18:53 UTC

Curiosity Nearly Killed the Cat

[user76023]

Level 18 : 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante

On a flop, Annette Obrestad saw her 15,000 bet check-raised to 45,000 by Kitty Kuo. Obrestad went to move her stack in but before she could do so, Kuo moved all in instantly.

Obrestad wasn't sure what to do at first but eventually the chips went in anyway.

Obrestad:
Kuo:

The turn and river changed nothing, Kuo crippled as a result.

Player	Chips	Progress
Annette Obrestad	220,000 145,000	145,000
Kitty Kuo	35,000 -65,000	-65,000

Tags: Annette Obrestad Kitty Kuo

03-13-2013 19:04 UTC

Stepping Up From The UKIPT

MarcC

Level 18 : 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante

The PokerStars Blog team caught up with Nick Abou Risk at EPT London to find out how the former Full Tilt analyst has converted regional success to playing against four EPT champs. Click through to read the article.

03-13-2013 19:08 UTC

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03-13-2013 19:10 UTC

Tough One For Personen

Happy_Freaked

Level 18 : 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante

We caught the action with a ton of chips already in the pot when the board read . Lauri Personen checked to John O'Shea who bet 107,000. Personen went into the tank for a long time and then made the call.

The river brought out the and Personen checked again. O'Shea moved all in and sat motionless as Personen was contemplating a call. The Finnish player went into the tank for several minutes while Team PokerStars Pro Jason Mercier was explaining Team PokerStars Pro Theo Jorgensen that he was playing 50 games of Open Faced Chinese Poker on his iPad. Jorgensen seemed impressed and interested while Personen had a hard time making up his mind.

Ultimately Personen folded and O'Shea took down this pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
John O'Shea	670,000 60,000	60,000
Lauri Personen	320,000 -15,000	-15,000

Tags: Theo Jorgensen Jason Mercier John O'Shea Lauri Personen

03-13-2013 19:12 UTC

Gurtovoy Got By Chouity

MarcC

Level 18 : 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante

Nicolas Chouity has increased his chances of being the first ever double champion after he eliminated Anatoly Gurtovoy.

The latter open shoved for 85,000 from mid position and Chouity was the only caller from the button.

Gurtovoy:
Chouity:

The board ran to see the Lebanese hold.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nicolas Chouity	1,100,000 100,000	100,000

Anatoly Gurtovoy	Busted

Tags: Anatoly Gurtovoy Nicolas Chouity

03-13-2013 19:14 UTC

Italy vs. Italy

[user101598]

Level 18 : 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante

Salvatore Bonavena opened to 12,000 from the hijack seat, Raoul Refos called in the cutoff, and Giuseppe Sammartino defended his big blind.

The flop fell , and Sammartino checked. Bonavena continued for 22,000, Refos folded, and Sammartino called.

The turn was the , Sammartino checked again, and Bonavena fired 45,000. Sammartino check-raised all in for effectively 150,000, and Bonavena instantly folded his cards.

Sammartino is now up to 470,000 chips, while his fellow countryman is struggling with only 105,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Giuseppe Sammartino	470,000 55,000	55,000
Salvatore Bonavena	105,000 -75,000	-75,000

Tags: Giuseppe Sammartino Raoul Refos Salvatore Bonavena

03-13-2013 19:16 UTC

Quads For Refos

Happy_Freaked

Level 18 : 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante

Raoul Refos raised under the gun to 12,000 and Jonathan Concepcion called from middle position. The flop rolled out and Refos bet 13,000, Concepcion called.

On the turn the hit and Refos bet 24,000, Concepcion called again. The river brought the and now the Dutchman bet 82,000. Concepcion moved all in and Refos snap-called as soon as he noticed that his opponent had put him to the test.

Refos turned over for rivered quads while Concepcion had been ahead the whole way with . Refos is very much alive with an above average stack while Concepcion was left behind crippled.

Player	Chips	Progress
Raoul Refos	500,000 340,000	340,000
Jonathan Concepcion	50,000 -235,000	-235,000

Tags: Jonathan Concepcion Raoul Refos

03-13-2013 19:20 UTC

"I Don't Like It, But I Call"

[user101598]

Level 18 : 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante

Fredrik Andersson and Pasi Sormunen were heads up on a flop of . Sormunen checked, Andersson fired 14,000, and Sormunen sloppily check-raised to 28,000. Andersson upped the ante, re-raising to 47,000, and Sormunen made it four-bets, pushing out 78,000.

Andersson tanked for a minute or so, then moved all in for 176,000.

"I don't like it," Sormunen said. "But I call."

Sormunen:
Andersson:

Andersson was well ahead, but the on the turn gave Sormunen a gut-shot straight draw. The river was three-sided, but the was a brick, and Andersson doubled to around 400,000 chips.

Sormunen is still among the leaders with 1.14 million.

Player	Chips	Progress
Pasi Sormunen	1,140,000 -310,000	-310,000
Fredrik Andersson	405,000 200,000	200,000

Tags: Fredrik Andersson Pasi Sormunen