Main Event
Day 3 Started
2010 PokerStars.net EPT Barcelona
Main Event
Day: 3
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2010 PokerStars.net EPT Barcelona
Buy-in
€5,000
Prize Pool
€3,790,000
Entries
758
Level
31
Blinds
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
20,000
Welcome to Day 3 of EPT Barcelona!
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Hello and welcome to Day 3 of the 2010 EPT Barcelona, brought to you by PokerStars.com.
The sun is shining and we have 112 very happy people because they are all guaranteed a minimum of €7,500 for just turning up today. All 112 people will be trying to make the best decisions possible - and crossing their fingers hoping for some luck - in order to capture the €825,000 first prize and all the glory that goes along with being an EPT Champion.
In the lead as we go into the day is Bryn Kenney. The PokerStars online qualifier has already had a 29th place finish at the WSOPE Main Event and a 28th place finish at the WSOP Main Event this year alone. The American has 693,500 chips.
The action is going to be exciting though because there are some big stacks that are nipping at the heels of Kenney and they belong to the likes of Roman Makhlin, Giuseppe Pantaloe, Dominik Nitsche, Haykel Vidal and Day 1b leader Luis Rufas.
In addition to the big stacks we have a roster of experienced pros such as Roberto Romanello, Carlos Mortenson, Team Pokerstars Pros Matthias de Meulder, Ruben Visser, Leo Fernandez and Betrand “ElkY” Grospellier all in the hunt for the title
Tune back in at noon for the very best in live tournament coverage.
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Not Long To Go Now
The majority of the 112 surviving players have taken their seats in the vast cardroom and have begun to unbag and stack their chips. Considering they are all playing for a potential €825,000 they all look relatively calm and collected, maybe it is just their poker faces?
When play does restart, the blinds will be 3,000/6,000 with a running ante of 600, meaning a few of the shorter stacks will need to make a move early on so expect a flurry of eliminations from the start.
Stay tuned for live coverage from the EPT Barcelona Main Event
Level: 17
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 500
Shuffle Up And Deal!
Tournament Director, Thomas Kremser has just muttered those immortal words, "Shuffle up and deal!"
The cards are in the air and off we go!
The Chip Leader Involved Early
PokerStars Online Qualifier and over night chip leader Bryn Kenny has decided to hit the ground running immediately. He was seated in late position in his first hand and opened with a raise of 14,000. Andrey Danilyuk shoved in the cut off for 54,000 and everyone folded around to Kenny who made the call.
Kenny: 
Danilyuk: 
The King never reared its head on a 
board and Danilyuk doubled up.
In the next hand Kenny again opened up with a raise of 14,000 and this time everyone folded and he took the blinds and antes.
Anders Rasmussen an Early Casualty
We warned that the elimaintions would could thick and fast and we were correct. As we entered the poker room, Anders Rasmussen had moved all-in from early position and Govert Metaal made the call, the rest of the tsable slid their cards into the muck.
Rasmussen: 
Metaal: 
Board: 
Pascal Power
Pascal Lefrancois played well all day yesterday and today has started in similar fashion. The Canadian opened up from the button with a raise of 11,000 and Candido Gonçalves called in the big blind. The Dealer gave us a flop of 
and Gonçalves checked the action to Lefrancois and he made the continuation bet of 13,500 and Gonçalves check raised to 27,500. Lefrancois took his time before counting out a four-bet of 55,000 and Gonçalves folded.
Kenney Finds Kings
Bryn Kenney has just eliminated his first player of the day, Vitalijs Zavorotnijs being the casualty.
Zavorotnijs raised first in from middle position to 34,000 and when the action folded arond to Kenney in the blinds, he asked his opponent how many chips he had in his stack.
"180k," was the short, abrupt answer.
With his knew found knowledge, Kenney three-bet to 64,000 and then snap-called when his opponent moved all-in for his tournament life.
Zavorotnijs: 
Kenney: 
Flop: 
- No ace there for Zavorotnijs and he was in grave danger of elimination
Turn: 
- Zavorotnijs was now drawing extremely thinly
River: 
- Game over for the Latvian, who picks up €7,500 for his efforts over the three days.
Meanwhile, Kenney is now up to 853,500 chips and the clear chip leader
Lizano Doubles Through Gueorguiev
Popular Bulgarian Atanas Gueorguiev has taken a hit doubling up Jesus Cortes Lizano. Gueorguiev had a right to be confident, holding the 
against Lizano's 
, but a king dropped on the flop and bisected Gueorguiev's stack.