Sofia Lovgren was all in for a little over 40,000 with the 
against the 
for Oliver Weis. The flop, turn, and river ran out 
, and Lovgren was eliminated.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
308,000 | 20,000 |
|
Busted |
Early eliminations in the first level of Day 3 include Team PokerStars Online Pro Isaac Haxton and Sofia Lovgren.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted |
Rocco Palumbo opened to 6,500 from middle position and Dietrich Fast made the call from the big blind. Fast check called a bet of 7,500 on 
and both players checked the on the turn. The river came the and Fast lead out for 23,500. Palumbo called and Fast had to show his bluff with 
. Palumbo tabled 
and took it down.
A couple of tables over we saw a very similar hand played out.
Liviu Ignat opened to 8,000 from the cutoff and Pedro Lamarca Ventura made the call from the big blind. Ventura check called a bet of 8,000 on 
and both players checked the 
on the turn. The river came the 
and Ventura lead out for 12,000. Liviu called and Ventura had to show his bluff with 
. Ignat tabled and took it down.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
248,900 | -28,000 |
|
133,400 | 37,500 |
|
131,500 | 28,000 |
|
63,500 | -37,500 |
Action folded around to Febian Deimann who popped it up to 7,000 from the hijack. Kacper Pyzara responded to this with a three-bet shove for 42,400 from the cutoff, prompting the remaining players to let go of their cards. Deimann called and the hands were put on their backs.
Deimann: 
Pyzara: 
Pyzara jumped into the lead after flopped down pair on 
. Diemann could not catch up with the 
on the turn and the on the river, meaning that Pyzara would fight on. He now has about 95,000 in chips while Deimann's stack has fallen to 53,500.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
95,000 | 39,700 |
|
53,500 | -13,500 |
Paul Knebel moved all in for 38,000 chips and Pakini Lisawad made the call from his direct left. This made [Removed:146] move all in over the top for 58,000 chips and Lisawad made the call once again.
Knebel:
Lisawad: 
The board ran out 
and both Knebel and Guerfi were knocked out.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
290,000 | 107,400 |
|
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted |
The tournament director just announced that there will be 5 levels of play today, with no dinner break. Levels are 90 minutes from here on out (except for the last levels of the structure; if the tournament runs really late the levels are cut back to 75 minutes, 60 minutes and eventually 45 minutes), with a 20-minute break after each level. The day should be finished around 8:45 pm.
| Level | Small Blind | Big Blind | Ante |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15 | 1,500 | 3,000 | 400 |
| 16 | 2,000 | 4,000 | 500 |
| 17 | 2,500 | 5,000 | 500 |
| 18 | 3,000 | 6,000 | 1,000 |
| 19 | 4,000 | 8,000 | 1,000 |
Oliver Weis raised to 6,600 from early position and it folded over to Winfred Yu who moved all in for 26,600 from the cutoff. The button and blinds folded, putting action back on Yu. He tossed out a single chip, signifying a call.
Yu:
Weis: 
The two players watched on as the board fell 
. Yu's ace-king held as the best hand and he found renewed life in the Main Event.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
288,000 | -72,000 |
|
65,000 | 31,100 |
We arrived in time to see Igor Dubinskyy all in and at risk for approximately 40,000 against Canada's Mike Watson. The hands were turned over to find Watson in the lead with two queens.
Watson:
Dubinskyy:
The board came out 
, pairing Dubinskyy's ace and giving him the overall lead in the hand. He scored the double and now has about 95,000 while Watson's stack has dropped to 165,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
165,000 | -26,800 |
|
95,000 | 65,200 |
The cards are in the air for Day 3 of the 2015 European Poker Tour Barcelona €5,300 Main Event.
Level: 15
Blinds: 1,500/3,000
Ante: 400
