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

03-14-2008 09:05 UTC+2

2008 PokerStars.net EPT Polish Open - Day 3

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We've reached Day 3 here in Warsaw, Poland and of the 359 runners who started the event earlier this week, only 26 remain. Of those, Juan Lapido Maceiras owns the top spot on the leaderboard, surging late last night to strip the chip lead away from Claus Nielsen who held it for much of the evening.

The biggest name to make the Day 3 cut is Andy Black. The Irishman was all over the map yesterday with some very aggressive bubble play and eventually bagged 85,000 in chips.

Today they'll be playing as many levels as it takes to get down to a nine-handed final table. Live coverage of Day 3 begins at 2:00 p.m. local time (GMT +1); we hope to see you then!

Click here for a complete list of the remaining 26 players along with their chip counts.

03-14-2008 15:00 UTC+2

Today's Players in Seat Order:

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Name - Table - Seat - Chips

Christoffer Sonesson 1 1 76,000
Ricardo Sousa 1 2 239,000
Niclas Svensson 1 3 89,500
Mathias Viberg 1 4 284,000
Willian Johnson 1 5 158,000
Andy Black 1 6 85,000
Christian Öman 1 7 147,500
Craig Hopkins 1 8 69,000
Seppo Parkkinen 1 9 64,500

Trond Erik Eidsvig 2 1 79,500
Piergiorgio D'ancona 2 2 138,000
Mehdi Ouakhir 2 3 95,000
Janusz Petlic 2 4 50,000
Henrik Gwinner 2 5 165,000
Daniel Woolson 2 6 188,500
Sebastian Ruthenberg 2 7 93,500
Juan Maceiras 2 8 388,000

Dan B. Pedersen 3 1 178,000
Kenneth Hicks Jr. 3 2 225,000
Andreas Hagen 3 3 48,000
Michael Schulze 3 4 95,000
Claus Nielsen 3 5 345,500
Jari-Pekka Juhola 3 6 95,000
Raul Paez Corral 3 7 28,000
Antonio Battisti 3 8 105,500
Jean Claude Perrot 3 9 62,500

Level: 17

Blinds: 2,500/5,000

Ante: 500

03-14-2008 15:09 UTC+2

Shuffle Up And Deal!

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Play has just started on Day 3 of the EPT Warsaw. We expect a lot of action early as the short-stacks make their moves.

03-14-2008 15:26 UTC+2

Corral Eliminated by Hicks

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Tournament short-stack Raul Paez Corral got his remaining ~25,000 into the middle holding {5-Hearts}

and was given action by Kenny Hicks Jr. who tabled {A-Hearts}

at the showdown.

Corral was still safe after the {7-Diamonds}

flop, but the {A-Diamonds}

on the turn did him in. There would be no rivered miracle for Corral, as the {3-Spades}

was the last card to fall off the deck and he exited the tournament area the first casualty of the day. He'll take home $12,628 in prize money for his 26th place finish.

Hicks stacked up just over 250,000 in chips after the hand.

03-14-2008 15:34 UTC+2

Petlic Doubles Through Ruthenberg

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Short-stack Janusz Petlic has doubled up through PokerStars sponsored player Sebastian Ruthenberg after getting it all in pre-flop holding A-K against Ruthenberg's A-Q.

The board ran out jack-high and Petlic's ace-high reigned supreme, giving him a new stack of approximately 97,000 in chips.

03-14-2008 15:38 UTC+2

Andreas Hagen Eliminated

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Andreas Hagen made his last stand with {A-Clubs}

, but was looked up by Michael Schulze who had the dominating {A-Spades}

.

The board was dealt out {10-Hearts}

and Andreas Hagen was eliminated in 25th place earning $12,628.

03-14-2008 15:40 UTC+2

Sebastian Ruthenberg Doubles Up

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Sebastian Ruthenberg pushed his last 43,000 all in and Piergiorgio D'Ancona re-raised all in from the small blind.

Sebastian: {A-Diamonds}

Piergiorgio: {K-Diamonds}

The board read {7-Diamonds}

, which made a timely double up for the German professional.

03-14-2008 15:44 UTC+2

Chip Leader Active

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The chip leader, Juan Maceiras has been quite active in the early goings. Twice Henrik Gwinner has raised to find the Spaniard re-raising him. The second time Henrik called but had to fold when Juan bet out big on the flop. Juan Maceiras has increased his lead without showing a hand.

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03-14-2008 15:58 UTC+2

Andy Black Eliminated

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The Irishman has just been eliminated from the tournament by PokerStars online qualifier Craig Hopkins. All of the money went in pre-flop and at the showdown, Andy revealed {Q-Diamonds}

finding himself slightly behind Hopkins' {A-Diamonds}

. By the turn, the board had delivered not one, but two aces for Hopkins and Black was drawing dead.

Andy will take home $18,942 in prize money for his 24th place finish.

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