Team PokerStars Pro Pius Heinz has just been eliminated by Dimitar Danchev. We are not sure the flow of the action but know it was all pre flop with Heinz holding pocket deuces, from the small blind, and Danchev holding pocket aces.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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165,000
72,300
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72,300 |
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Busted | |
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Sam Cohen was all in preflop with the 
against the 
for Sergey Baburin. Cohen flopped a flush draw on the 
flop, but couldn't find help on the 
turn and 
river.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
128,500
47,200
|
47,200 |
|
Busted |
Amit Makhija just busted Bulgarian player Rumen Nanev. All of the money went in preflop and Nanev's pocket threes couldn't come from behind against Makhija's pocket tens. Makhija is now up to nearly 300,000 in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
295,000
79,100
|
79,100 |
|
Busted |
Online kingpin Michael "MunchenHB" Telker has just doubled up Mikhail Petrov in a pre flop cooler.
| Petrov |   |
| Telker |   |
Board: 
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
144,000
74,300
|
74,300 |
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130,000
70,000
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70,000 |
While Team PokerStars Pro Max Martinez is cruising with the chip leader and sending players to the rail early on Day 3, fellow Team Pro Marcel Luske has seen better days. He was just eliminated after getting his aces cracked by Santiago Nadal's pocket tens.
Luske was all in preflop for around 45,000 holding the 
. Nadal held the 
and spiked the winner after the board ran out 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
292,000
24,600
|
24,600 |
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Busted | |
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| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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420,000
212,300
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212,300 |
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300,000
142,200
|
142,200 |
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110,000
169,200
|
169,200 |
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75,000
219,400
|
219,400 |
Dominykas Karmazinas raised to 6,000 in early position and Oleg Larichev moved all-in from the big blind. Karmazinas called and the pair went to showdown with Larichev at risk of elimination.
| Larichev |  |
| Karmazinas |  |
So Larichev was dominated, but the position would soon change on the flop.
Flop:
Larichev took the lead and it stayed that way as the 
turn and river changed nothing.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
207,700
31,000
|
31,000 |
|
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64,000
32,900
|
32,900 |
Team PokerStars Pro Max Martinez finished as the chip leader last night and has picked up right where he left off today. He just busted Javier Gil Candelas to add some more chips to his mountainous stack and increase his chip lead.
From under the gun, Martinez raised to 6,000 before action folded to Candelas on the button. He reraised all in for 25,800. The blinds folded before Martinez made a quick called. He held the and was crushing all hopes Candelas had with the .
The flop, turn and river ran out 
and Candelas was eliminated.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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485,000
28,700
|
28,700 |
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Busted | |
A dream start for Angel Guillen as he has doubled up through Elliot Smith.
Smith opened from under the gun and called quickly after Guillen shoved from two seats along.
Guillen:
Smith: 
The board ran to make the Mexican Team PokerStars a set and as stack to work with.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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132,000
68,900
|
68,900 |
|
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125,000
63,600
|
63,600 |
Anatoly Gurtovoy raised to 7,600 in the cutoff and Annette Obrestad defended her small blind. The flop was 
and the action went very quickly. Obrestad checked, Gurtovoy bet 15,000 and Obrestad called. On the turn we saw the 
and again it was a quick tempo as Obrestad tapped the felt before Gurtovoy immediately bet 30,000. For the first time,Obrestad slowed the pace right down, and pondered her decision before calling. Finally we saw the 
and it was a case of dejavu. Obrestad quickly tapped the felt and Gurtovoy immediately announced, "all-in". If Obrestad called and was wrong - she was out. She thought for a very long time before eventually folding her hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
396,000
56,900
|
56,900 |
|
76,600
54,000
|
54,000 |
