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From the hijack seat, Andrew Moreno raised to 6,000. In the small blind, Viacheslav Goryachev reraised to 14,000, and Moreno called. The flop came down 
, and Goryachev led for 11,000. Moreno called to see the 
land on the turn. Goryachev bet 20,000, and Moreno folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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160,000
70,000
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70,000 |
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95,000
70,000
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70,000 |
Maksim Semisoshenko from Russia went all in for his last 61,100 chips and found a caller in Atanas Malinov from Bulgaria. Semisoshenko showed 
and needed help from the deck if he was to beat the 
of Malinov. He got it early as the cards fell 
and Semisoshenko doubled up.
Russel Thomas had one big blind left and was under the gun. He didn’t really have any options. “All in.” he announced and watched as the players around the table checked their hole cards. “Don’t do it to me.” He pleaded. Dikovic Dejan made it 7,000 from late position and the big blind, Thomas Hartmann called. “One time.” Said Thomas. The dealer dealt a flop of 
and Thomas got out of his seat, seemingly ready to depart. The other two players checked the flop and went on to check it down with the final two card falling . “Trips.” Said Thomas turning over 
. He trippled up but remains on fumes with just 10,000 chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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10,000
10,000
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10,000 |
Sergey Rybachenko bet enough on the river of a board reading 
to put Russell Thomas all in. Thomas reasoned it through, “I don’t think you have a seven. You didn’t have a flush draw on the turn.” The problem was Thomas had most of his chips in the middle and if he folded he would be crippled. Eventually though his tournament life was more important than the chips in the pot and he made the fold. An expressionless Rybachenko gathered in his winnings.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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311,000
9,000
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9,000 |
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310,000
125,500
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125,500 |
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230,000
14,000
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14,000 |
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225,000
7,500
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7,500 |
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214,000
26,900
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26,900 |
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210,000
83,000
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83,000 |
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192,000
94,000
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94,000 |
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171,000
29,000
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29,000 |
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160,000
36,900
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36,900 |
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125,000
31,600
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31,600 |
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115,000
5,700
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5,700 |
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80,000
5,600
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5,600 |
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75,000
52,600
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52,600 |
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56,000
11,500
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11,500 |
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9,000
80,500
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80,500 |
The board read 
when we came across Daniel bass and Andrew Moreno engaged in a hand. Bass had a bet of 27,300 laid out in front of him and Moreno had moved all in over the top for what looked to be around 90,000 total. Bass sat pondering for about one minute after we arrived at the table.
After that minute passed, Moreno asked the dealer for the clock to be called on Bass. A tournament director arrived at the table and informed Bass that he would have one minute to act on his hand before it was declared dead. About twenty seconds passed before Bass kicked his hand in, flashing the to Moreno and the table. Moreno quietly dragged the pot in and now sits around 165,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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165,000
45,000
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45,000 |
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72,000
26,500
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26,500 |
Pablo Tavitian begins Day 3 with the chip lead, but he'd already gotten our attention earlier this week and not just because he came to Barcelona after winning LAPT6 Chile back in the spring. Following a humorous encounter with Team PokerStars Pro Jason Mercier a few days ago, Tavitian entered the Main after winning his entry in a slot machine! Read all about it on the PokerStars blog.
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Alejandro Perez Torres came into the day with a bug stack and he's done nothing but add to it here in the early goings.
In a recent hand, Torres eliminated Slaven Popov when the two played a big all-in preflop pot. Popov held 
, but it was no good as Torres had woken up with the 
. The board ran out 
and that was all she wrote for Popov.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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620,000
202,500
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202,500 |
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Busted |
