2011 PokerStars.com EPT London

Main Event
Day: 3
Event Info
2011 PokerStars.com EPT London
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
ak
Prize
£750,000
Event Info
Buy-in
£5,000
Prize Pool
£3,351,350
Total Entries
691
Level Info
Level
30
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
10,000
Players Left 1 / 691
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Day 3 Completed

Official End-of-Day Counts for Day 3 (full)

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Mitchell Tops After Day 3

Level 17 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante

Day 3 of the 2011 PokerStars.com European Poker Tour London Poker Festival Main Event is complete after four 75-minute levels of play. With 62 players remaining, James Mitchell is leading the way with 1,071,500 in chips.

When the day began 159 players returned to action. With only 104 places being paid out, that meant 55 of them would go home empty-handed. A few of those to fall prior to cashing included Tristan Wade, Jason Mercier, Jake Cody, James Akenhead, Kenny Shih and Dan Kelly. Sorel Mizzi was bounced from the tournament by Laurence Houghton in 106th place and set the stage for the 2011 EPT London bubble.

The bubble didn't last very long at all before it burst. Shortly after hand-for-hand play was announced, Steven Warburton moved all in with the {A-Diamonds}{K-Diamonds}, but unfortunately ran into the two aces of Kyle Cheong. The flop did give Warburton a flush draw when it came down {9-Diamonds}{4-Spades}{2-Diamonds}, but the {2-Spades} turn and {9-Hearts} river failed to provide him with the help he needed and he was out the door in 105th place.

With some money back in their pocket, plenty of players began hitting the rail. None of them were more famous than Doyle Brunson, who saw his tournament come to an end today after he moved all in with the {A-Hearts}{3-Spades} and was dominated by Marco Leonzio's {A-Diamonds}{Q-Diamonds}. After a board of {Q-Clubs}{J-Diamonds}{2-Clubs}{7-Clubs}{K-Spades}, Brunson exited to the rail to a round of applause from the remainder of the field.

Other notables in-the-money finishes included Bolivar Palacios, Jeff Sarwer, Bryn Kenney and Sebastian Ruthenberg.

Day 4 will begin at noon tomorrow with the remaining 62 players coming back to play down to the final 24. Once that is reached, they'll call it a day. We apologize for the lack of updates from today due to the Internet troubles the entire country is experiencing, but tomorrow we'll be right back at it. The Internet troubles have gotten so bad that the story is a feature on the televised news stations.

PokerNews will be back tomorrow to continue its coverage of the 2011 EPT London Main Event and we hope to have you right here with us.

Tags: James Mitchell

Three More

Level 17 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante

The tournament staff has just announced that three more hands will be played by each table before bagging and tagging for the night.

Marquez Drives the Speed Limit to a Double

Team PokerStars Pro Ana Marquez just doubled up. Her {5-Clubs}{5-Spades} out ran Hugo Loureiro's {K-Hearts}{J-Hearts} on the board of {J-Clubs}{10-Clubs}{7-Clubs}{9-Spades}{K-Clubs} to give Marquez a flush. She doubled from 49,000 to back over 100,000.

Tags: Ana MarquezHugo Loureiro

Zarbo Busto

Daniel Rowlands just eliminated Giuseppe Zarbo in a kings-versus-tens confrontation. Rowlands held the {K-Diamonds}{K-Spades} and Zarbo the {10-Clubs}{10-Spades}.

The final board read {6-Spades}{6-Clubs}{3-Spades}{J-Clubs}{7-Diamonds} and Zarbo headed for the payout desk.

Tags: Giuseppe ZarboDaniel Rowlands

Romanello Doubles Through Adeniya

Matthijs Remie raised to 11,000 from under the gun and Martins Adeniya called in the next seat. Play then folded around the table to Roberto Romanello in the small blind. He reraised all in for 128,000. The big blind and Remie folded before Adeniya quickly made the call.

Adeniya: {Q-Diamonds}{Q-Clubs}
Romanello: {A-Diamonds}{K-Diamonds}

The board ran out {J-Clubs}{9-Hearts}{8-Diamonds}{{K-Hearts}{8-Spades} and Romanello was able to double up.

Tags: Roberto RomanelloMartins Adeniya

Updated Chip Counts

Lewis Eliminated

Toby Lewis was all in for around 70,000 with {Q-}{J-}. He was up against an opponent's pocket sevens, but failed to win the race and have been eliminated.

Tags: Toby Lewis

Level: 17

Blinds: 2,500/5,000

Ante: 500