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

11-18-2008 16:15 UTC+2

Christoffer Egemo Busts in 20th Place (€7,038)

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A few hands later, it folded around to Egemo on the small blind, who raised to 9,500. Dario Minieri on the big blind eyed up Egemo's stack, and reraised to 100,000, well covering Egemo. A prompt call, and they were racing.

Egemo: {A-Clubs}

Minieri:

Board:

Egemo is out, and the golden Dario is up to a chip-leading 350,000.

Tags: Christoffer Egemo Dario Minieri

Level: 16

Blinds: 2,000/4,000

Ante: 400

11-18-2008 16:11 UTC+2

Rotach Busts in 21st Place (€7,038)

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Minieri made it 17,000 under the gun, only for Stefan Rotach to make it all in from the button for another 21,000 or so. "I don't think I can fold," said Minieri, but dwelled up for a while anyway, before eventually calling.

Rotach: {A-Clubs}

Minieri:

Board:

Out goes Rotach, and Minieri is up to 290,000.

Tags: Dario Minieri Stefan Rotach

11-18-2008 16:11 UTC+2

Smoke and Music

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The first three days of this event played out in a tucked-away, rather warm back corner of the casino but now that we're down to three tables, the players have been moved out of the shadows and into the middle of the gaming floor. Everyone has a bit more space to move around now, though the air in this part of the casino is rather smoky, with abundant cigarette-smoking going on behind the rail (though it's not permitted at the tables themselves).

Also ever-present is the thump of electronica, which is giving this reporter flashbacks to the WSOP-Europe, where the "untz untz" of dance music poured out of the nightclub next to the tournament area. It doesn't seem to be bothering the players, though, many of whom continue to bop in time to their own tunes flowing through their iPods.

11-18-2008 16:05 UTC+2

Julien Van Lang Eliminated in 22nd Place (€7,038)

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Julien Van Lang, who came into today as the tournament's short stack made his last stand in a preflop all in confrontation with Joao Barbosa.

Van Lang {Q-Hearts}

Barbosa

Barbosa flopped top two pair when the first three came down {K-Diamonds}

, leaving Van Lang drawing nearly dead. The {7-Diamonds}

on the turn gave him a small ray of hope, but the {A-Clubs}

on the river sealed up the win for Barbosa and Van Lang headed off to the cashier to collect his €7,038 in prize money.

Tags: Joao Barbosa Julien Van Lang

11-18-2008 16:01 UTC+2

Marty Smyth Eliminated in 23rd Place (€7,038)

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Dario Minieri opened the action with a raise to 8,500, Atanas Gueorguiev moved all in for 61,500 from middle position, and Marty Smyth called all in for less behind him. Minieri folded and the cards were turned up.

Smyth {A-Hearts}

Gueorguiev {Q-Clubs}

No help for Smyth on the {J-Diamonds}

board and the Irishman exited in 23rd place.

Tags: Atanas Gueorguiev Dario Minieri Marty Smyth

11-18-2008 15:53 UTC+2

Josh Gould Eliminated in 24th Place (€7,038)

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Dario Minieri opened for 8,500 from the cutoff, Josh Gould moved all in from the button and Minieri made the call.

Gould {5-Hearts}

Minieri

The flop was safe-looking for Gould, coming down {7-Spades}

, but he let out a long sigh as the {K-Diamonds}

arrived on the turn. The river was the {J-Diamonds}

and Gould hit the rail as our first eliminated player of the day. He'll collect €7,038 for his finish.

Tags: Dario Minieri Josh Gould

11-18-2008 15:48 UTC+2

No Massacre Yet

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Beyond that, the early action has been somewhat muted, with little to none of the carnage we might have expected given yesterday's frantic pace. Most of the action so far has been restricted to cagey preflop raising, either picking up the blinds or folding to a reraise, but it is still early, and by all accounts some of the players had rather a late night. Hopefully we'll see some carnage soon.

11-18-2008 15:44 UTC+2

Bizarre Double Up for a Delighted Lacay

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After some generally cagey early play all around the cardroom, Ludovic Lacay apparently snapped and open-shoved for around 55,000 from the small blind. A delighted Juan Manuel Pastor called, but lived to regret his rockets...

Pastor: {A-Spades}

Lacay:

Board:

A disbelieving Pastor exploded in a tirade of fury, looking for sympathy from the rail, while Lacay smirked quietly to himself.

Lacay now up to around 110,000; Pastor down to 55,000.

Tags: Juan Manuel Pastor Ludovic Lacay

11-18-2008 15:30 UTC+2

Cards are in the Air

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And... we're off! We'll be playing from 24 down to a final table of 9.