Stefano Puccilli opened to 29,000 preflop before Olivier Busquet made it 65,000 just a couple of seats down but then Balazs Botond four-bet to 125,000 from the button, Puccilli folded but Busquet took a while longer before he too gave up his hand.
We joined the action on the board where Sebastian Veghinas had bet 55,000 into Jean-Philippe Rohr, who was sat under the gun. Rohr quickly called and the dealer got busy putting out the river. Veghinas fired another bet, this one 60,00, Rohr snap-called and Veghinas snap-folded. Snap, snap, snap.
Carlos Lauro Mora Alvarez has just had his hand declared dead after taking far too long to act. He was facing a bet of 143,000 from Alexandre Andermatt, a bet that essentially put Alvarez all in as he only had 220,000 behind and calling, losing and being left with just 80,000 would be disastrous.
We'd been stood waiting for something to happen but Alverez just sat there staring at the board, eventually Andrea Benellli, who was not involved in the hand, called the clock on him.
"He had 10 seconds left on my own clock," said Jannick Wrang
Luca Vivaldi came over and started the countdown and he got all the way to zero, which meant Alverez's hand was dead. Andermatt adds even more chips to his stack.
Koen De Visscher was The Man earlier in the day until he lost pot after pot for a near million chip down swing. His day is finishing off nicely though with a double up.
All the chips went in pre flop between himself and Jose Manuel Nadal.
De Visscher:
Nadal:
The board ran . The Belgian has a smile back upon his face now.
Fabrice Soulier had just doubled through Alexandre Andermatt after spiking a three-outer on the flop. A preflop raising war broke out between the two that resulted in Soulier being all-in and at risk holding against the of Andermatt.
The propelled Soulier into the lead and when the and appeared on the turn and river respectively the Frenchman doubled up.
Per Linde was one of the favourites to take down the EPT Campione main event based on his experience alone but that is looking extremely unlikely now that he has been left with just 18,000 chips.
He called the all-in of Panagiotis Gavriulidis with and must have been delighted to see his opponent turn over , that was until the board ran out to boost Gavriulidis to 500,000 and crippled Linde.
It's another major outdraw for a big pot to keep another player in. The chips went flying in on a flop between Stefano Puccilli and Olivier Busquet - the latter holding against Puccilli's . The hit the turn and the shock flashed into Busquet's eyes as his jaw nearly dropped, taking a couple of breaths to recover. Puccilli celebrated his double up when the hit the river.
That's the third time in a row the short stack has got it in behind and got there, not that we're counting.
The long day? The late night? Something in the air? What ever it is,some strange and crazy hands are being played out.
Robin Ylitalo opened from the cut-off and called a Jose Manuel Nadal three-bet from the big blind. Nadal bet flop, turn and shoved the river. The final board read and by the river Ylitalo had 376,000 left. He took his time and made a great call with . Nadal only had and looked to the heavens as if to say, "What did I just do?"
He was left with 81,000 and shipped them in from the small blind the next hand. Kaiser called with but was dominated by Nadal's . The board ran to see Kaiser flop two-pair but immediately fall back behind on the turn.
The elimination of Juri Pietroboni has brought the super-long Day 3 to an end. He found himself all in with against the of Olivier Busquet. The board ran out and with that we are down to 24 players.