The cards were almost rushed away but we did see Mathew Frankland with the 
and he had an opponent at risk with the 
. However, the better kicker would play as the board ran out 
. The Brit took a big hit to his stack and dwindled to less than 100,000.
It was a preflop four-bet shove between Ariel Celestino and Giacomo Fundaro. As usual it was the most common coin flip with the 
for Fundaro and the 
for his opponent. Fundaro immediately connected on the 
flop, but the 
turn and the river delivered the backdoor flush for Celestino. He was all in for 130,900 chips, Funado loses two third of his starting stack of Day 3.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
270,000 | 166,900 |
|
60,000 | -144,600 |
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Victor Ramdin is short on chips and has been folding the first few hands. He folded the big blind and now he was in the small blind when Giovanni Salvatore shoved his super short stack of 6,900. Ramdin made the fold but the big blind Mark James looked him up.
Salvatore was distraught to see that his 
was dominated by the of James.
The cards fell 
and Salvatore was out.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
70,000 | 8,900 |
|
Busted |
Aku Joentausta opened for 6,000 and cleared the field all the way to Jeff Hakim, who defended from the big blind. Hakim proceeded to check-call a bet of 7,000 on the 
flop, and then both players checked the turn.
When the completed the board on the river, Hakim seized the initiative and led out for 15,500. Joentausta made the call but mucked when Hakim rolled over the 
flopped flush draw that turned into a rivered pair.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
280,000 | 45,900 |
|
35,000 | -39,400 |
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.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
235,000 | 45,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
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.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
570,000 | 97,000 |
|
315,000 | -167,400 |
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.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
210,000 | 78,300 |
|
Busted |
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 
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.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
244,300 | -16,600 |
|
135,000 | -60,200 |
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.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
459,200 | 181,900 |
|
Busted |