PokerStars.com EPT Warsaw Championship Main Event Day 3 | 2009 PokerStars.com EPT Warsaw

Oct 23, 2009

New Chip Leader: Piotr Kilinski

Donnie Peters

Piotr Kilinski just took over the chip lead as he stormed up to 400,000 in chips. He got into a raising battle with Matthias Kurtz preflop to which Kurtz found himself all in. He held {5-Hearts}

and couldn't push Kilinski off his {A-Spades}

. Kurtz failed to improve and was eliminated.

Tags: Matthias Kurtz Piotr Kilinski

Oct 23, 2009

No Break

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Donnie Peters

There will be no break after the first level played today. There was only a little over 30 minutes left in Level 12, so play will continue through Level 13 before there is a break. From here on out, there will be a 15-minute break after every level.

Level: 13

Blinds: 1,200/2,400

Ante: 200

Oct 23, 2009

Phillips Picks Off Mahonen's Bluff

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Donnie Peters

Jari Mahonen checked raised Carter Phillips on a board of {J-Clubs}

. Phillips bet 5,700 and Mahonen made it 15,000. Phillips stayed in to see the river and it came the {K-Diamonds}

. Mahonen fired 30,000. Phillips called.

Mahonen showed {10-Spades}

for a failed bluff attempt. Phillips revealed {A-Clubs}

for a pair of threes and scooped the pot. He's now back to the chip lead with 355,000 chips.

Tags: Carter Phillips Jari Mahonen

Oct 23, 2009

Seban Doubles Sayech

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Donnie Peters

Michael Seban reraised Tomas Sayech's opening raise of 5,300 to 15,300. Shaun Deeb was in the small blind and tanked for about a miute before folding. Sorel Mizzi was in the big blind and took about a minute to fold as well. Mizzi wasn't thinking about his hand though. He had his Blackberry on the table behind his chips and was scrolling through it, not realizing it was his turn.

When action got back to Sayech, he moved all in for 65,600 total. Seban made the call.

Sayech was poised to double up with {A-Clubs}

against Seban's {10-Hearts}

. The board ran out clean for Sayech -- {Q-Spades}

-- giving him the double up to about 140,000. Seban is down to 76,500.

Tags: Michael Seban Shaun Deeb Sorel Mizzi Tomas Sayech

Oct 23, 2009

Van Den Berg Out

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Donnie Peters

Thierry Van Den Berg's Day 3 was cut extremely short when he moved all in preflop holding two fives and was called by an opponent holding {K-?}

. His opponent made a full house on a board of {K-?}

to send the Team PokerStars PRO to the rail.

Tags: Thierry Van Den Berg

Oct 23, 2009

Shuffle Up and Deal!

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Donnie Peters

There's a little over a half an hour left in Level 12 and the cards are in the air.

Level: 12

Blinds: 1,000/2,000

Ante: 200

Oct 23, 2009

PokerStars Baltic Festival Next Week

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Donnie Peters

The PokerStars Baltic Festival takes place at the luxurious Swissôtel in Tallinn, Estonia next week from October 28-31. The schedule includes the €1,100 Main Event and a €10,000 High Roller Event.

Confirmed for the High Roller Event are Team PokerStars PRO and reigning WSOP Main Event champion Peter Eastgate along with PokerNews' own Tony G. Theo Jorgensen is also signed up to play and there is interest from many other big names.

National Hockey League legend and Team PokerStars SportStar Mats Sundin will be playing the Main Event along with Team PokerStars PROs Johnny Lodden, William Thorson, and Eastgate.

Over 100 PokerStars players have already won seats online for the tournament which is set to be the largest ever held in the Baltic States.

Go HERE for more details.

Oct 23, 2009

Day 3 Coming Up

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Donnie Peters

The 2009 PokerStars.com EPT Warsaw will begin Day 3 at 12:30pm local time. That leaves just about an hour and a half before the remaining 55 players return to grind it out to the money.

PokerStars online qualifiers Clayton Mozdzen and Carter Phillips and one and two on the leaderboard, respectively. Mozdzen is the only player over 300,000 chips, and Phillips was the winner of EPT Barcelona in early September. Members of Team PokerStars PRO Luca Pagano and Thierry Van Den Berg will also continue play today. Their fellow team member and 2008 WSOP Main Event champion Peter Eastgate may have removed all his hair, but he still has chips.

We'll see you back here at PokerNews.com for all the up-to-the-minute coverage from Poland!