Main Event Day 3 | 2010 PokerStars.com EPT Grand Final - Monte Carlo

04-28-2010 13:26 UTC+2

Changes for Bowey

[user46392]

James Bowey open-shoved for 62,500, and in the hijack Nicolas Chouity reshoved for over 400,000 - the button and both blinds at his table all being short-stacked. Everyone folded, and Bowey and Chouity were on their backs.

Chouity: {A-Clubs}

Bowey: in terrible shape with {J-Hearts}

, and even worse come the flop...

Flop: {5-Spades}

Turn: bink! {10-Spades}

River:

Bowey somehow managed to pull a double-up out of thin air, and stayed in the game with 130,000.

04-28-2010 13:26 UTC+2

Time For A Kitkat...

[user76023]

Players are now on a 15 minute break.

Level: 18

Blinds: 4,000/8,000

Ante: 500

04-28-2010 13:42 UTC+2

/Kitkat

[user76023]

Once more unto the breach dear friends...

04-28-2010 13:55 UTC+2

Vaserfirer Fired

[user140525]

Oleksander Vaserfirer moved all in under the gun, and he was only one player away from winning the blinds and antes. But Kevin MacPhee looked down at {A-Hearts}

in the big blind and snap called.

The flop came {A-Diamonds}

. After the {8-Hearts}

on the turn, Vaserfirer picked up three nines as outs and lost one of the tens, but the {3-Spades}

on the river was neither. The dealer counted out the stacks and determined that MacPhee's 135,000 just had Vaserfirer covered, eliminating the Ukrainian.

04-28-2010 14:02 UTC+2

FunkiMunki in a Funk

[user140525]

Greg "FunkiMonki" Dyer opened to 20,000 on the button and gave it up to a three-bet. A few hands later, he again raised to 20,000. The small blind, Lauri Meidla, moved all in for a total of 94,000. "Guess I have to call," grumped Dyer. "Calling it off again." He flipped over {A-Hearts}

, a 70/30 dog to Meidla's {A-Diamonds}

. It was much worse than that after the {J-Spades}

flop, and the {K-Diamonds}

turn and

river didn't help. Dyer fell to 97,000 after doubling up Meidla.

Tags: Greg Dyer

04-28-2010 14:03 UTC+2

Eyster Takes Over Chip Lead

[user76023]

Kevin Eyster has just become the massive chip leader after he busted Mikhail Smirnov.

The two had gone to war on the turn of a {J-Clubs}

board, Smirnov raising all-in with {Q-Hearts}

but Eyster was holding {A-Clubs}

which held on the {K-Hearts}

river.

Eyster has about 1,300,000 now and is the clear chip leader.

Tags: Kevin Eyster Mikhail Smirnov

04-28-2010 14:06 UTC+2

Lex Loses One

[user140344]

Lex Veldhuis made it 19,000 to go preflop and Aleh Plauski in seat four made the call.

Flop: {j-Clubs}

Veldhuis made it 27,500 before Plauski bumped it up to 70,000. Veldhuis made the call and the turn brought the {10-Clubs}

.

Veldhuis checked. Plauski asked for a count of Veldhuis' chips and then moved all of his chips in the middle. Veldhuis folded and is down to 243,500.

Tags: Lex Veldhuis