Main Event
Day 3 Completed
2010 PokerStars.com EPT London
Main Event
Day: 3
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2010 PokerStars.com EPT London
Buy-in
£5,000
Prize Pool
£4,112,800
Entries
848
Level
33
Blinds
150,000 / 300,000
Ante
0
One Chance Left
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Everyone who returned for Day 3 of the PokerStars.com EPT London was guaranteed a payday upon their eliminations, and 104 of them took that walk to the cashier's desk by the time the clock struck midnight.
It was a flurry of action that kicked off this moving day when play recommenced, a pro-heavy field returning to battle it out for a spot in the final three tables. EPT stud Jeff Sarwer was one of the first men to pick up his winnings today, lasting just a couple short hands before cashing in his chips. Team PokerStars Pros Noah Boeken, JP Kelly, Juan Maceiras, Daniel Negreanu, and Arnaud Mattern followed him out a short time later, a couple of them heading across the room to play the High Roller event. There were still a few EPT winners in the hunt for a double dip, but Jake Cody, Christophe Benzimra, Salvatore Bonavena, and Kevin Stani were all sent packing by night's end.
Former world champion Greg Raymer hung around for half the day, but he too was out with only a small cash to show for his efforts. John Dolan is looking to become the world champ himself this year, but the November Niner will have to wait for another event to snag an EPT title; he was out just before Raymer.
Speaking of world champions, we still have one man left with a shot at poker's elusive Triple Crown (a WSOP, WPT, and EPT title). Joe Hachem picked his spots well today, and he finds himself just a bit below average with 855,000 chips to end the night. 2008 WSOPE Main Event champion John Juanda also saved off elimination today, and after an up-and-down seven levels, he's bagged up 1.272 million chips with which to make a run at his first EPT title.
Everyone's looking up at Chance Kornuth, though, the young American who won his first bracelet in 2010 in a $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha event. He's got a great shot at EPT glory here this week too, bagging up the big stack of 2.302 million to give him a lead of more than a half million chips over his nearest rival.
Kyle Bowker finished 29th in that same WSOP event, and "kwob20" is still alive with an average stack at the end of the day. Also still alive are NAPT title holder Tom Marchese, Allen Bari, Masa Kagawa, and Team PokerStars Pros Chad Brown (very short-stacked) and Thomas Bichon (1.5 million).
It's going to be a fun ride to the final table tomorrow as we play from three tables of eight down to just one. We'll be right back here inside the King's Ballroom for the next two days to finish this fairy tale and crown a champion in the largest tournament the UK has ever seen.
Until tomorrow at noon, then, all that's left is goodnight!
End of Day 3 Chip Counts (full)
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,302,000 | |
|
1,763,000 | 263,000 |
|
1,756,000 | 156,000 |
|
1,719,000 | 569,000 |
|
1,550,000 | -235,000 |
|
1,542,000 | 372,000 |
|
1,500,000 | 624,000 |
|
1,420,000 | 20,000 |
|
1,324,000 | 604,000 |
|
1,272,000 | -128,000 |
|
1,048,000 | -277,000 |
|
1,022,000 | 22,000 |
|
921,000 | 71,000 |
|
898,000 | 91,000 |
|
855,000 | 45,000 |
|
774,000 | 124,000 |
|
667,000 | -273,000 |
|
|
620,000 | -164,000 |
|
577,000 | 77,000 |
|
|
501,000 | -298,000 |
|
472,000 | 247,000 |
|
|
378,000 | -122,000 |
|
363,000 | -295,000 |
|
207,000 | -173,000 |
The Rheemains of the Day
Wow, a disastrous last few minutes for Chino Rheem.
He raised preflop to 60,000 from the button and Rumit Somaiya made it 180,000 from the big blind. Rheem called before both players checked the 
flop.
The turn was the 
and Somaiya check-raised Rheem's 100,000 bet to 200,000 with Rheem making the call. The river was the 
making a four-card straight on the board and Somayia quickly bet 180,000 bringing an audible sigh from Rheem.
"You have nines full or whatever, do you? I've played this hand bad but I can't fold."
Rheem called. Somaiya showed 
.
"Nice hand sir."
This left Rheem down to just 475,000 and soon after, he 3-bet all-in with 
and Artur Wasek made the call with 
, the flop was 
virtually killing Rheem's chances. The 
turn and 
river changed nothing and Rheem went from 1.4 million to nothing in the blink of an eye.
24 remain which means we are done for the day.
Wrang-ling a Double Up
From the button, John Hall raised to 45,000, and small blind Jannick Wrang three-bet to 110,000. Hall took a good stare before announcing an all in with about twice as many chips as his opponent. Wrang double-checked his hole cards -- yep, still 
-- and he made the call for his tournament life, pushing his final 497,000 chips into the middle. Hall rolled over his with a bit of a frustrated look on his face.
There was no funny stuff on the board of 
, and Wrang has doubled over a million chips. Hall, on the other hand, is right down to 500,000, essentially trading stacks with his opponent in that exchange.
Juanda If He Can Win This Thing?
Marton Czuczor opened from the cutoff and John Juanda set him all-in from the big blind and was quickly called.
"I only looked at one," admitted Juanda, turning over 
, dominated by Czuczor's . The board favoured the multiple bracelet winning American though, coming 
and it was enough to eliminate his Hungarian opponent.
Juanda is now over the million chip mark. Can he add an EPT title to his collection?
Bichon Looks Up Lannermark
Mattias Lannermark was first to enter the pot, already committed to the 10,000-chip small blind. When the table folded to him, he made sure, then half-asked, "I'm all in(?)" rising at the end of his sentence as if it were a question.
Thomas Bichon was in the big blind, and he eyed up the ~290,000 chips Lannermark had wagered before peeking at his hole cards. "Ooh, the first one is good. It's an ace." He slowly peeled the second card, then shook his head. It was a close decision, apparently, but Bichon eventually slid the chips forward to put Lannermark at risk.
Showdown
Lannermark: 
Bichon:
The flop was a huge blow to Lannermark's chances as it came 
to put him in a hole that he would not climb out of. The turn 
gave him the four jacks as outs to win, but the river was the 
and the end of his day.
Lannermark is out in 27th place, taking home a cool £19,000 for his work this week.
No Longer A Claudio Day
Claudio Cecchi was all-in preflop and Per Ummer was tanking all the call but eventually made it, holding 
, finding himself crushed by Cecchi's .
The flop 
was as safe as houses, but the turn was a giving Ummer a glimmer of hope. The river 
brought a huge groan from the watching Italian rail as Cecchi couldn't believe he had been beaten by runner-runner.
Ummer recovers some of the chips he has lost and 27 remain.
Zito Fills Up
We missed how the money went in, but we can make an educated guess. From the way the table looked when we walked up, it appears that Steven Levy opened with a raise and small blind Gustavo Zito moved all in for 232,000. Levy called with the covering stack, and Zito was flipping for double or nothing.
He showed up 
, a slight favorite to double against Levy's . That small edge turned into a big one as the flop rolled out to give him a set and a commanding lead in the pot.
The turn made things a little interesting, or scary if you're Zito, but he'd be just fine. The river changed nothing except to further improve him to sixes full, and he's doubled back into contention with about 500,000 now.
Chip Check (full)
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,800,000 | 600,000 |
|
|
1,785,000 | -65,000 |
|
|
1,600,000 | 717,000 |
|
|
1,500,000 | -500,000 |
|
|
1,400,000 | |
|
|
1,325,000 | 121,000 |
|
|
1,170,000 | -30,000 |
|
|
1,100,000 | -122,000 |
|
1,100,000 | -300,000 |
|
|
1,080,000 | 30,000 |
|
|
940,000 | -10,000 |
|
|
876,000 | 101,000 |
|
|
850,000 | 250,000 |
|
|
810,000 | 159,000 |
|
|
807,000 | 463,000 |
|
|
799,000 | 199,000 |
|
|
784,000 | -96,000 |
|
|
720,000 | 50,000 |
|
700,000 | -60,000 |
|
|
690,000 | 55,000 |
|
|
658,000 | -77,000 |
|
|
650,000 | 90,000 |
|
|
600,000 | 20,000 |
|
|
380,000 | 36,000 |
|
|
336,000 | -144,000 |