EPT Polish Open Main Event Day 3 | 2008 PokerStars.com EPT Warsaw

11-18-2008 18:13 UTC+2

Roland de Wolfe Eliminated in 13th Place (€14,076)

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Arnaud Mattern opened for 15,500, Roland de Wolfe moved all in and Mattern quickly called.

De Wolfe {5-Hearts}

Mattern

No love for De Wolfe on the ten-high board and he hit the rail, leaving Mattern as the lone hope for a repeat EPT champion.

Tags: Arnaud Mattern Roland de Wolfe

11-18-2008 18:01 UTC+2

Parrilla Eliminated in 14th Place (€14,076)

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This time it was Atanas Gueorgiev's turn to raise from the button, this time to 14,000. Moises Parrilla pushed all in for 98,000 from the big blind, but he had timed it poorly as he was absolutely dominated by Gueorgiev's thoroughly premium holding.

Parrilla: {A-Hearts}

Gueorgiev: {A-Clubs}

Board:

Parrilla is out, and the Bulgarian has around 200,000.

Tags: Atanas Gueorguiev Moises Parrilla

11-18-2008 17:57 UTC+2

Gueorgiev Doubles Through Jensen

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Brian Jensen made it 15,000 from the button and then called Atanas Gueorgiev's small blind push for 51,500 total.

A race:

Jensen: {5-Hearts}

Gueorgiev: {A-Diamonds}

Board:

Gueorgiev doubles up to 108,000, Jensen drops down to 120,000.

Tags: Atanas Gueorguiev Brian Jensen

11-18-2008 17:53 UTC+2

Patric Martensson Busts in 15th Place (€10,557)

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Back from the break with mere pocket change, Patric Martensson open-shoved in early position. Roland De Wolfe announced that he was all in too, everyone else folded, and they were on their backs.

Martensson: {A-Diamonds}

De Wolfe:

Board: a split-free, six-free {10-Spades}

Tags: Patric Martensson Roland De Wolfe

Level: 17

Blinds: 2,500/5,000

Ante: 500

11-18-2008 17:38 UTC+2

Players Return from Break

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Cards are back in the air.

11-18-2008 17:37 UTC+2

Chip Counts at the Break

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Dario Minieri 348,000
Sergey Shcherbatskiy 268,000
Nico Behling 191,000
Ludovic Lacay 190,000
Michael Muheim 188,000
Brian Jensen 150,000
Roland de Wolfe 101,000
Joao Barbosa 97,000
Moises Parrilla 95,000
Eduard Kapitonov 89,500
Andrea Benelli 87,500
Arnaud Mattern 82,000
Uffe Holm 70,000
Atanas Gueorguiev 58,000
Patric Martensson 24,000

11-18-2008 17:29 UTC+2

Break Time

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Coffee and cherry-almond press biscuits for us.

The piddling 100 chips will be raced off while we're eating biscuits.

11-18-2008 17:27 UTC+2

Isabelle Mercier Eliminated in 16th Place (€10,557)

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On the hand immediately after Arnaud Mattern crippled Isabelle Mercier by hitting a runner-runner Broadway straight, Mercier was all in from the small blind and started packing up her things before the cards were even dealt, apparently resigned to her fate.

Mattern opened for 10,500 and Brian Jensen called from the big blind. Both players checked the {7-Diamonds}

flop and the {K-Diamonds}

that fell on the turn. The river was the {J-Spades}

and Jensen set out an 8,000 bet, eliciting a fold from Mattern.

Jensen turned up {K-Hearts}

for top pair and Mercier peeked at her cards for the first time. She turned over {A-Clubs}

and with a heavy sigh, headed out the door to applause from the rail.

I bet Isabelle is looking for that punching bag from her infamous PokerStars commercial right about now.

Tags: Arnaud Mattern Brian Jensen Isabelle Mercier

11-18-2008 17:26 UTC+2

Tiny Double Up for Martensson

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The very next hand, Martensson raised all in from the small blind to a limp from Atanas Gueorgiev on the button; Gueogiev called and it was a micro-showdown for Martensson.

Martensson: {7-Hearts}

Gueorgiev: {J-Hearts}

Board:

Martensson micro-doubled up to around 20,000 and folded his button the next hand to leave him still just about hanging in there as they went to the break.

Tags: Atanas Gueorguiev Patric Martensson