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.
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.
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.
Roger Hairabedian was all in with the against the for his last 15,000 or so. The board kept Richardson's hand in the lead and sent Hairabedian out the door.
Nick Petrangelo bagged the overnight chip lead with a staggering 570,000-chip stack, but just now he came up to us to dispute the hand history that gave him the chip lead last night, which was received from Tonnie Krijn, the player Petrangelo busted.
According to Petrangelo, the hand from last night didn't result in him check-raising all in on the flop. Instead, he check-called the flop before getting the money in on the turn.
Petrangelo said, "There was a raise from early position to 5,000 and I three-bet with suited to 13,800 from the hijack. The player on my left, which we both started out with very deep stacks, four-bet to 32,000 and I called."
The two big stacks went heads up to the flop that showed , according to Petrangelo.
"I check-called a bet of 40,000, and the turn was another nine, so I made trips." Petrangelo said. "I led out for 43,700, and he ripped 170,000 total. I called and he had queens."
Petrangelo's three-of-a-kind held up to give him the win and vault his stack into the lead, which is where he closed out the night. He's now one of the top contenders in the EPT Barcelona Main Event on the third day of play as the field moves closer to the money.
From under the gun, Argentina's Emmanuel Lopez Lasuen raised to 6,500. Play folded to Italy's Dario Sammartino in the cutoff seat, and he reraised to 17,000. When it got back to Lasuen after a few folds, he opted to raise the price and made it 41,000 to go. Sammartino didn't back down, and kicked the action up to 73,000. Lasuen just called, opting to take a flop with a little over 150,000 left. Sammartino had him covered.
The flop was , and Lasuen checked. Sammartino fired 40,000, and Lasuen gave it up after not too much thought.
With that, Sammartino moved to over 400,000 in chips.
Fredrik Jensen opened from early position for 6,000 and Peter Chien in the big blind made the call. Both players checked the flop and the hit the turn. Chien bet out 9,400 and Jensen called.
The river made Chien bet out 24,000 and Jensen instantly called.
Chien showed for the straight. Jensen mucked, flashing in the process.
"Nice day so far" commented Jasper Wetemans to Peter Chien. Chien started out short stacked today, but has been doing well this first level and is nearing 150,000.
Joep van den Bijgaart is playing a massive 410,000 stack, up 226,000 for the day.
Upon our request for details, the Dutchman told us he first won a couple of small ones postflop to up his stack. A slightly bigger pot went his way when he won from preflop all in for 15 big blinds.
The biggest pot contributing to his rise was a hand where Aku Joentausta opened for 6,500 and a player behind him shoved for 80,000 with off suit. Van den Bijgaart found and went to battle with it. The jack held up for Van den Bijgaart and he now plays a stack well over 400,000.
Elliot Smith has a nice start of his third day, as he picked up pocket aces to knock out Lawrence Leblanc. Leblanc was all in for 21,000 and the showdown went as following.
. 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.
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.
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 
suited to 13,800 from the hijack. The player on my left, which we both started out with very deep stacks, four-bet to 32,000 and I called."
, according to Petrangelo. 
in the process. 
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