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Alejandro Perez Torres opened for 6,000, Milan Polke raised from the button to 17,000 and Daniel Coloma moved all in for just over 40,000 from the small blind. The big blind and Torres folded and Polke asked for a count. He considered carefully the price he was getting and decided to make the fold.
Sean Wilson was all in for 151,100 against Kevin MacPhee, former European Poker Tour Berlin champion. The cards were on their backs in the middle of the table, displaying MacPhee's 
against Wilson's 
. As the cards were turned over, the TV crew was summoned to the table. Two or three full minutes went by with the cards turned up in the middle of the table while the wait for the TV crew went on. MacPhee even joked that maybe they would make it to the money simply by waiting for the TV crew to get there.
Eventually, so much time passed that the tournament staff told the dealer to go ahead because they couldn't wait any longer.
"I'm thinking of the king of diamonds," said MacPhee just as the dealer was ready to deal the flop.
The dealer dealt the 
, and MacPhee did get the king of diamonds he requested. The turn was the 
, and then the river was the 
, giving Wilson a Broadway straight. A big slap of the hands and a "Yes!" came from WIlson in excitement, while MacPhee's exclamation was the exact opposite.
"This f***ing shit again!" said MacPhee as he stood pacing in a small circle a few feet from the table, his hand running firmly through his hair, gripping it as if he was going to pull out every last strand.
Victor Ramdin was seated at an adjacent table and heard MacPhee. He stood up to see what happened, saw the carnage from the hand, and said, "God, that's so sick."
"Victor! F*** man," said MacPhee when he saw Ramdin.
"So f***ing gross, man. That's so sick," said Ramdin to MacPhee.
"This is my year in poker... the ace-jack... this is my year," cried MacPhee.
After about half a minute went by and MacPhee paid off Wilson with the chips he owed to the pot, Ramdin sent over some words of comfort for the former EPT champion. "All right, Kevin," he said. "Time to regroup and start over."
MacPhee sat in his chair and began laughing a little bit to himself and what had happened. He was left with about 42,000 in chips with the field just about 15 places off the money.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
315,000 | 133,800 |
|
42,000 | -172,000 |
We joined the action on the turn as Mario Adinolfi, in the small blind, bet 17,000 on a board of 
. His opponent in the big blind Jose Gonzales, a PokerStars player from Argentina, made the call. The river was the 
and they both checked. Adinolfi turned over for ace high and threw his hands up when Gonzales turned over for top top. Adinolfi’s other card was the 
Players are on their first 20-minute break of the day.
Level: 16
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 500
One of the players surviving here on Day 3 is David Benefield. While Benefield has been a well known player for quite some time now — mainly due to his success online under the moniker "Raptor" — he's earned even more success in 2013 by making the World Series of Poker November Nine.
Benefield, along with the eight other competitors to reach the WSOP Main Event final table, waded through a field 6,352 entrants to become part of this illustrious club. In early November, Benefield and his partners will be showcased on the biggest stage in poker when the final table begins following the few-month hiatus.
Here in the European Poker Tour Barcelona Main Event, Benefield entered Day 3 with just over 120,000 in chips. Just before the first break, Benefield found a double up, and he now has 272,000 in chips with the money bubble looming.
Every year since the inception of the WSOP November Nine, one or two players that reach the final table of the WSOP Main Event have put up some nice results in the months off. In 2008, the first year, Ivan Demidov took third in the WSOP Europe Main Event. In 2009, Antoine Saout and James Akenhead made the final table of WSOP Europe, then in 2010 it was Joseph Cheong who had a couple big six-figure results in the lead-up months. In 2011, Matt Giannetti won a World Poker Tour event, and in 2012 a few of the final table players all had cashes leading up to their big day in October.
This year, Benefield could very well be the standout performer in the months leading up to the final table. He already took fifth in the €50,000 Super High Roller here in Barcelona for €208,150, and is running deep here in the Main Event. WSOP Main Event chip leader JC Tran has already added a score of $526,890 in August after placing second in the first WPT Alpha8 event, but if Benefield wins one of the largest EPTs in history here for over €1,000,000, he would surely take the cake in poker headlines around the world.
Kitty Kuo raised from middle position to 9,000 and Piotr Pietrzak moved all in for 34,000 total from the big blind. Kuo thought about the decision for a moment before casually tossing out a call.
Pietrzak: 
Kuo: 
The board came down 
and Pietrzak was able to secure a double up to about 72,000. This was but a minor hit to Kuo's stack, which is now sitting around 180,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
180,000 | -30,000 |
|
72,000 | 38,400 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
750,000 | 329,500 |
|
325,000 | -37,100 |
|
290,000 | 29,400 |
|
245,000 | 900 |
|
|
210,000 | 78,900 |
|
108,000 | -19,700 |
|
100,000 | -240,000 |
|
|
77,000 | -126,900 |
“All in and a Call.” Shouted the dealer. The flop was 
and both players liked it enough to get the chips in the middle. Antonio Alfaia was the player at risk and he held for top pair, Aleksandar Denishev had him covered and was loving life with 
for the flopped set in a pot worth over 170,000 chips. The turn and river came , runner runner clubs to give Alfaia the nut flush. Denishev rapped the table in understandable frustration while Alfaia shrugged that he had to go with his hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
210,000 | -74,000 |
|
176,000 | 55,700 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
545,000 | 80,000 |
|
535,000 | 157,200 |
|
|
515,000 | 323,700 |
|
|
500,000 | 341,000 |
|
485,000 | 41,000 |
|
475,000 | 71,300 |
|
445,000 | 181,000 |
|
|
421,000 | 166,000 |
|
|
405,000 | 138,700 |
|
382,000 | 30,700 |
|
380,000 | 4,000 |
|
370,000 | 110,000 |
|
|
365,000 | 50,000 |
|
347,000 | 112,600 |
|
322,000 | 167,000 |
|
306,000 | -3,000 |
