€8,300 EPT Barcelona Main Event Day 3 | 2009 PokerStars.com EPT Barcelona

€8,300 EPT Barcelona Main Event

Day 3 Completed

09-07-2009 21:23 UTC+3

Day 3 Concludes; Day 4 Approaches

Well, that's your lot for Day 3. After a super-mega-high-speed rate of play, our field outdid themselves and managed to whittle themselves down to 23 runners instead of the required 24, so it looks as though tomorrow could go pretty quickly as well.

After that enormous final hand, young Greek Georgios Kapalas managed to sneak into the lead with over 1.7 million in chips. Not far behind him, though, are Marc Goodwin and Matt Lapossie -- the latter having started the day as chip leader and only just being knocked off the top spot on the last hand of the day.

Other interesting folks still in the running include ElkY and Roland de Wolfe -- whatever happens, it should be a very exciting day.

Join us back at the Casino Barcelona tomorrow from 12.30pm local time, when we will be playing right down to a final table.

09-07-2009 21:23 UTC+3

A Kers Upon the Rail

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While the enormous, chip-leader-creating hand that was the exit of Samer Rahman took place, the crush of the crowd was such that nobody really noticed the luckless Pontus Kers busting out at the same time on another table. Whatever happened to him, Kers takes 24th place, and will not be required to attend Day 4.

09-07-2009 21:12 UTC+3

Kapalas Busts Rahman in Huge Pot

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Donnie Peters

Samer Rahman isn't afraid to play big pots. Action folded to him in middle position and he opened with a raise to 30,000. The button was Georgios Kapalas reraised to 85,000. Rahman made the call.

The flop came down {8-Spades}

. Rahman was first to act and checked. Kapalas bet a hefty 110,000. Rahman stayed right along with him and made the call.

The turn brought the {9-Diamonds}

and again Samer checked. Kapalas reached for more chips this time and made it 175,000 to go. Rahman stared at his opponent and then made the call.

After the river fell the {K-Hearts}

, Rahman pushed the last of his chips into the middle. Kapalas snap-called holding the nuts -- {J-Spades}

. Rahman rivered two pair with {K-Diamonds}

. Rahman was eliminated with Kapalas raking in the huge pot to put him at 1.7 million.

Tags: Georgios Kapalas Samer Rahman

09-07-2009 20:56 UTC+3

We're Back

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...And we just need to lose one single individual player before our EPT Day 3 is over.

Level: 20

Blinds: 6,000/12,000

Ante: 1,000

09-07-2009 20:45 UTC+3

During The Break

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Here's a lovely video about the EPT in Barcelona...

09-07-2009 20:44 UTC+3

Players On A Break

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Breaktime now for our remaining 25 players, remember we just need to lose one more to end the day.

09-07-2009 20:43 UTC+3

Muñoz Comes a Cropper to Goodwin

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Mere moments after winning that 1.2 million chip pot, Marc Goodwin finished off the luckless Simón Muñoz.

The chips went in preflop, and Muñoz started out dominated and ended up busted.

Muñoz: {A-Hearts}

Goodwin:

Board:

With some jovial handshaking between the two gentlemen, Muñoz hit the rail in 26th place on the last hand before the break, and Goodwin moved on up to over 1.5 million.

Tags: Marc Goodwin SImon Muñoz

09-07-2009 20:42 UTC+3