Action folded to Tom Alner on the button and he opened for 6,000, which inspired the small blind to fold. A short-stacked Davide Magnan was in the big and thought long and hard before moving all in for 30,500. Alner asked for a count and then put in chips to make the call.
Alner:
Magnan:
"I like it," Alner's neighbor told him. Sure enough, the flop gave Alner a flush draw and both he and his neighbor smiled. One man who wasn't smiling was Magnan, who was left shaking his head when the dealer burned and turned the to give Alner the said flush.
The meaningless was put out on the river for good measure, and Magnan, who was sporting both Absolute Poker and UB patches (both sites no longer in operation and mired in controversy), quickly exited the tournament floor.
We saw Jordan Westmorland open the action and Alessio Sardone three-bet to 14,600. Westmorland clicked it back to 25,500 and got a call. On the flop. The action was checked through, and the turn saw Westmorland bet 21,000. Sardone called.
The river completed the board and Westmorland immediately announced all in. Sardone ended up folding and Westmorland mucked his cards.
Filippo Bisciglia had just been beaten out of a pot by Shayam Srinivasan when his was no good on the river versus the of Srinivasan. Now he was out for revenge.
Bisciglia had checked called a bet from Srinivasan on the turn when the cards in the middle were . When the river arrived Bisciglia led for 20,000.
“Show if I fold?” asked Srinivasan. When he folded Bisciglia showed him the saying, “Your five.”
The Italian WPT champion got a little revenge and doubled up with the against the of Ariel Celestino. There was no hit on the board and Fundaro sits back on six digits.
On the Feature Table PokerStars Team Online Pro Mickey Petersen had three-bet the opening raise of Federico Petruzzelli to 17,100 who responded with a four-bet to 36,600. Peterson shoved and was snapped off by the Italian.
Petersen held and needed help as he faced the of Petruzzelli.
The card ran out . Not even a sweat and Peterson, a former EPT Main Event winner was sent to the rail.
Petruzzelli now has one of the largest stacks in the field.
Dzmitry Urbanovich raised in the cutoff making it 6,500. Alex Bilokur in the big blind had bigger plans though and made it 18,600. Urbanovich made the call.
Bilokur continued his pre flop aggression with a 16,000 bet. Urbanovich didn't really hesitate and called.
The same was seen on the turn (27,100 bet by Bilokur, call by Urbanovich), but the on the river would not be over so quick. Bilokur bet out 43,000 with just 73,000 behind.
Urbanovich thought about it, and thought about it, and thought about it. After about four minutes of thinking, Bilokur called the clock on his Polish opponent. With some twenty seconds left Urbanovich eventually folded. Big pot to Bilokur who's still down for the day.
There was a pile of chips in the middle of the table and the two players hoping it would soon be added to their stack were looking at a final board of .
The action was on Jean-Philippe Peyratoux and he mulled it over for a good few minutes. His opponent Ivan Gabrieli waited patiently for the decision. In the end it went check, check and Gabrieli quickly turned over the and his top pair was good.
Peyratoux explained the tank, “I was thinking to push all in.”
“I play, I play.” retorted Gabrieli. Peyratoux told the table that he had
Matteo Taddia got his 60,000 stack in preflop with the and was called by the of Alberto Musini. The board saw Taddia hit his queen on the river, unfortunately it also completed the flush for his opponent as well.
After an open raise, Thiago Crema De Macedo three-bet and Raul Mestre in the small blind four-bet to 46,000. Crema De Macedo five-bet to 82,700. The Spaniard called after about one minute and while the two played this big hand, chip leader Lukas Berlung arrives in seat 2 in between them.
On the flop, Mestre checks. Crema De Macedo bet 75,500 and the Spaniard announced all in for close to 340,000. The second in chips over night tanked for two minutes before releasing his cards. We can likely expect more fireworks with these three big stacks all together.
Pierluigi Giglio got his chips all in preflop and was in dire straits against the UK's Stephen Chidwick.
Giglio:
Chidwick:
Giglio had some kicker issues, and they would not be resolved as the board ran out . The Italian hit the rail short of the money, while Chidwick continued his ascent here on Day 3.
Meanwhile, both Leo McClean and Alessandro Minasi have been eliminated from the tournament.
flop gave Alner a flush draw and both he and his neighbor smiled. One man who wasn't smiling was Magnan, who was left shaking his head when the dealer burned and turned the 
to give Alner the said flush.
was put out on the river for good measure, and Magnan, who was sporting both Absolute Poker and UB patches (both sites no longer in operation and mired in controversy), quickly exited the tournament floor.
flop. The action was checked through, and the 
turn saw Westmorland bet 21,000. Sardone called.
river completed the board and Westmorland immediately announced all in. Sardone ended up folding and Westmorland mucked his cards.
was no good on the river versus the 
. When the river 
saying, “Your five.”
against the 
of Ariel Celestino. There was no hit on the board and Fundaro sits back on six digits.
of Petruzzelli.
turn (27,100 bet by Bilokur, call by Urbanovich), but the 
on the river would not be over so quick. Bilokur bet out 43,000 with just 73,000 behind.
.
and his top pair was good.
flop, Mestre checks. Crema De Macedo bet 75,500 and the Spaniard announced all in for close to 340,000. The second in chips over night tanked for two minutes before releasing his cards. We can likely expect more fireworks with these three big stacks all together.
