Day 3 will conclude when nine players remain or level 28 has been completed, whichever of the two comes first. On the outer table, the action has been rather dull as short stack jams or continuation bets did the trick to end the hands.
Aliaksandr Shylko limped the and Andrea Ricci raised to 300,000 with the to get called by Ahmad Achegsei with the .
They checked all the way to the river on which Ricci bet 300,000 and earned a call. Achegsei was clearly frustrated when he mucked the inferior pocket pair.
In a three-bet hand to the flop and 980,000 in the middle, Mourad Tounnouti bet 280,000 out of the small blind. Andrea Ricci called and they headed to the turn. Tounnouti now checked and Ricci bet to earn an instant fold once more.
Over on the outer tables, Sami Karli limped in and Paul Covaciu raised for Karli to call. The flop came and Karli opted to check-shove into Covaciu, who made the call.
Sami Karli:
Paul Covaciu:
Covaciu held middle pair and the flush draw but was trailing for now. The turn and river brought no help and Covaciu was left short and in the big blind next.
Shay Rozenbaum then raised to 180,000 and Covaciu called all-in.
Paul Covaciu:
Shay Rozenbaum:
The board spelled the end for Covaciu in 17th place. All remaining 16 players will now redraw to the final two tables.
Andrea Dato jammed for the last 390,000 out of the small blind and Vincent De Neve had a decision in the big blind. De Neve eventually made the call and had Dato dominated.
Andrea Dato:
Vincent De Neve:
The flop gave Dato an open-ender while De Neve had top pair. What followed was a turn and river, ending Dato out in 19th place.
Mourad Tounnouti defended out of the big blind and check-called for 150,000 on the flop when Andrea Ricci continued. They headed to the turn on which Tounnouti check-called for another 500,000. The river completed the board and Tounnouti checked once more.
Ricci carefully prepared a bet of more than 900,000 and earned a snap-fold before the dealer could even count the exact amount.