€10,600 Main Event Day 3 | 2015 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo® Casino EPT Grand Final

05-05-2015 19:13 UTC+2

Korenev Done in by Day 1b Chip Leader

Chad Holloway

Level 18 : 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante

We missed how the action unfolded, but we do know Roman Korenev got his stack all in preflop and was at risk against Day 1b chip leader Romain Paon.

Paon:
Korenev:

Korenev got it in good, and while he remained in the lead on the flop, Paon picked up a flush draw. The turn was no harm to Korenev, but the river was. Paon paired up and that was all she wrote for Korenev.

Player	Chips	Progress
Roman Korenev	Busted

Tags: Romain Paon Roman Korenev

05-05-2015 19:13 UTC+2

Delgado Done and Dusted

Chad Holloway

Level 18 : 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante

A short-stacked Vicente Delgado shoved all in for his last 24,000 from the cutoff and Christopher Frank called from the big blind.

Delgado:
Frank:

Delgado was in big trouble, and it got even worse when the flop paired Frank AND delivered him a flush draw. As it was, the blanked on the turn followed by the river, and Delgado was out the door.

Player	Chips	Progress
Christopher Frank	480,000	30,000
Vicente Delgado	Busted

Tags: Christopher Frank Vicente Delgado

05-05-2015 19:13 UTC+2

Prager Rivers a Straight Against Mateos

Will Shillibier

Level 18 : 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante

Prager raised to 17,000 from the cutoff and Mateos defended his big blind. Together both players saw a flop of which was checked through.

The turn brought the and again both players checked.

On the river, Mateos bet out 27,000 and Prager raised to 110,000.

Mateos made the call after a short while, but Prager showed for a rivered straight.

Player	Chips	Progress
Josh Prager	601,000	120,000
Adrian Mateos	228,000	-115,000

Tags: Adrian Mateos Josh Prager

05-05-2015 19:00 UTC+2

Haxton Misses a Chance for Lead

mnuwwarah

Level 18 : 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante

Isaac Haxton had in front of him when we got to his table, with Hady El Asmar all in with . Haxton's hand stayed best on the flop, but an turn and river meant his opponent doubled up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Isaac Haxton	515,000	45,000
Hady El Asmar	409,500	369,800

Tags: Hady El Asmar Isaac Haxton

05-05-2015 18:58 UTC+2

Lodden Eliminates Short-Stacked Pedersen

mnuwwarah

Level 18 : 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante

Johnny Lodden opened for a raise and call the shove of Frederik Pedersen, who had just 77,000.

Lodden:
Pedersen:

It looked for a moment like Pedersen would double as an ace appeared on the flop, but it was followed by a . Pedersen needed a king, and no more paint appeared.

Player	Chips	Progress
Johnny Lodden	441,000	-64,000
Frederik Pedersen	Busted

Tags: Frederik Johnny Lodden

05-05-2015 18:56 UTC+2

Drinan Eliminates Popov, Grabs Lead

mnuwwarah

Level 18 : 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante

Dzmitry Urbanovich opened to 15,000 under the gun, and Thomas Popov made it 38,000 on his left. Action folded to Connor Drinan in the blinds, who took his time before sliding out 85,000. Urbanovich immediately folded, and Popov moved in for 357,000. Drinan called.

Drinan:
Popov:

The board ran out , and Popov wished everyone good luck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Connor Drinan	895,000	672,000
Thomas Popov	Busted

Tags: Connor Drinan Dzmitry Urbanovich Thomas Popov

05-05-2015 18:54 UTC+2

Aido Falls to Hall

Webjoker

Level 18 : 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante

Thomas Aaron Hall just knocked out Sergio Aido. The two clashed earlier already, but Aido folded that time.

Just now Aido went to battle with while Hall had . The board ran out and Aido was heading for the exit.

Player	Chips	Progress
Thomas Aaron Hall	360,000	161,700
Sergio Aido	Busted

Tags: Sergio Aido Tom Hall Thomas Aaron Hall

05-05-2015 18:53 UTC+2

Chip Updates from the New 2nd Feature Table

Will Shillibier

Level 18 : 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Ole Schemion	660,000	-104,000
Johnny Lodden	505,000	75,000
Josh Prager	481,000	116,000
Ludovic Geilich	452,000	52,000
Koichi Nozaki	428,000	271,100
Adrian Mateos	343,000	133,000
Lyndon Basha	221,000	-13,000
Victor Ilyukhin	147,000	-109,700

05-05-2015 18:49 UTC+2

Paon Pounding

Webjoker

Level 18 : 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante

Romain Paon opened to 12,000 and Andre Akkari in the big blind made the call from the big blind. Akkari check called a bet of 14,000 on and both players checked the on the turn. The fell on the river and Akkari bet out 21,000. Paon raised it up to 62,000 and Akkari made the call. The Frenchman showed for a full house, Akkari mucked.

Not much later Paon opened to 12,000 again, this time from early position. Mustapha Kanit in the big blind three-bet to 39,000 and action was back on Paon. The man from France four-bet to 55,000, but was forced to make it 61,000 not much later. Kanit called.

Kanit check called a bet of 65,000 on , only to check-fold to Paon's 110,000 bet on the turn.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andre Akkari	670,000	52,000
Romain Paon	635,000	295,000
Mustapha Kanit	300,000	-140,000

Tags: Andre Akkari Mustapha Kanit Romain Paon

05-05-2015 18:40 UTC+2

Aghayev Doubles Through Delgado; Castelluccio Busted

mnuwwarah

Level 18 : 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante

Emin Aghayev got back what he lost against Brian Roberts and then some, getting in with preflop against the of Vicente Delgado. The board ran out , and Aghayev took nearly all of Delgado's stack.