2009 PokerStars.com EPT Warsaw
PokerStars.com EPT Warsaw Championship Main Event
Day: 3
Level: 17
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 500
Bizack!
High Rollers
Here's who's playing:
Team PokerStars PRO Dario Minieri (Italy)
Team PokerStars PRO Florian Langmann (Germany)
Gianni Giaroni (Italy)
Illia Kainov (Ukraine)
Sami "LarsLuzak" Kelopuro (Finland)
Michael Lundell (Sweden)
Oleh Okhotskyi (Ukraine)
David Steicke (Australia)
Exit: Thomas Pettersson. Enter: Bubble
The news was good for the at-risk Petterson as he tabled pocket aces against Lunkin's pocket kings. The news would turn grim quickly though as the dealer added a third king for Lunkin right on the flop. The rest of the board failed to save Petterson, and he has been sent off just two spots shy of a payday.
Hand By Hand We Go
Klimciauskas Crippled as Vargas Doubles
Vargas held against Klimciauskas' .
The turn was the and the river the , not what Klimciauskas was looking for. Vargas was the all-in player, for 104,500 total on the flop. He now has about 255,000. Klimciauskas was left crippled with 24,000.
Klimciauskas Stays Alive
Debus held against the of Klimciauskas.
The board ran out and Klimciauskas was able to stay alive. He now has about 46,000.
The Bubble Boy Is...
Klimciauskas fired 12,000, leaving himself with 10,000 behind. Vaserfirer stuck a big stack of chips in to set Klimciauskas all in. Klimciauskas made the call.
Klimciauskas tabled and was way behind the set of Vaserfirer with .
The turn was the and the river the , making Klimciauskas the bubble boy. He exited to the rail as Vaserfirer raked in the pot and the remaining 24 players began to shake hands and congratulate each other on making the money.
Day 3 Concludes As Bubble Bursts
Play began at 12:30pm local time with 55 players still in the hunt for the money. Team PokerStars Pro Thierry Van Den Berg would be the first casualty after he was eliminated before his seat had even warmed up. Following him out the door were a number of notables, including Peter Eastgate, Mihai Manole, Sorel Mizzi, and Mel Judah.
Day 1 monster chip leader Carter Phillips also had a rough go of it on this third day. Phillips started right off sliding in the wrong direction, and he was unable to right the ship and stay afloat. Pot after pot was pushed away from the EPT Barcelona champion, and despite his best efforts, he was eliminated midway through the afternoon.
The bubble arrived and lingered for a while, with three or four short-stack double-ups. Finally, Domantas Klimciauskas and Oleksandr Vaserfirer tangled up in what would be the final hand of the day. A flop of got Klimciauskas all in with , but Vaserfirer tabled , and there would be no runner-runner miracle salvation for Klimciauskas.
With that final knockout, the chip bags were brought out, and the players were sent off to a late dinner. Right from the word "go", it was Jeff Sarwer's day. He's bagged up right around 1,000,000 chips to put him well out in front of the pack heading toward the final two days. We'll have official chip counts for the 24 remaining players as soon as they're made available to us.
Until tomorrow then, goodnight from the Casinos Poland!