Before play resumed for the third level of the day, Neil Johnson introduced the three winners of the Player of the Year awards for Season 12.
Silver: Adam Milewski (Poland)
Gold: Miguel Silva (Portugal
Platinum: Mike McDonald (Canada)
The trio received trophies and McDonald is also still competing in Day 2 of the Main Event as well.
Level: 11
Blinds: 800/1,600
Ante: 200
Players are on their first of two 20-minute breaks of the day. Play will resume around 3:00 p.m. local time.
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Fedor Holz raised to 2,700 and Narcis-Gabriel Nedelcu three-bet to 7,100. Holz called and the pair saw a flop of 
.
Holz checked to his opponent who bet 12,200 and Holz called. The turn was the 
and again Holz checked. This time Nedelcu moved all in. He had over 200,000 behind, and Holz had started the hand with little over 40,000 after having registered at the start of today's play.
After a couple of minutes thinking, Holz called and tabled 
for top pair. Nedelcu however had 
and Holz couldn't find an ace or a nine on the river as it came 
to eliminate the €50,000 Super High Roller champion.
Fraser MacIntyre, who finished third at EPT Madrid in Season 8 for a career-high cash of € 145,000, raised from UTG+2 to 3,000. Three players came along for the ride, with David Lappin one of them. The flop of 
saw MacIntyre continue for 6,300, but while the other two callers folded, Lappin was doing no such thing, moving all-in for 45,000 chips.
MacIntyre went into the tank, but had some cabaret on board as Lappin talked through the hand with him, telling his opponent that he was behind, that his "Ace-Jack" wasn't good, but was "competitive". MacIntyre calculated that the call of 38,700 amounted to around half of his remaining stack, so had a big decision on his hands.
"I might even show." Lappin prodded.
"At this rate, you're going to have to show." quipped MacIntyre.
"Remember, I was in the blind; I didn't really want to call." Lappin continued.
With the player to the right of Lappin calling the clock, MacIntyre was running out of time. With twenty seconds left, he chose to fold, and Lappin was as good as his word, turning over 
for a flopped two pair. MacIntyre showed his 
and there was a little mutual back-slapping abut the general play.
Joining the action on the 
flop, the big blind checked and Alexander Lakhov bet 5,000 from early position. One seat over, Dominik Panka had put his sunglasses and game face on. After about one minute of consideration, he moved all in for 32,000 and the big blind quickly folded. Lakhov called with the superior stack, though not by much, and the cards were tabled.
Panka:
Lakhov: 
The 
turn changed nothing, but the 
river improved Lakhov to two pair and eliminated the former PCA champion.
Steven van Zadelhoff started the day with just 22,000 in chips, but currently has 140,000 in front of him. The bulk of Van Zadelhoff newly acquired chips were courtesy of Korey Aldemir. Aldemir lost 
versus the Dutchman's 
, sending Van Zadelhoff over the 100k mark.
Alexandros Vlachakis raised to 2,600 from the cutoff and Quentin Lecomte shoved the button for his last 9,000. In the big blind, Santiago Parra Garcia reraised all in for 58,000 and Vlachakis called all in.
Lecomte: [A,Js]
Vlachakis: 
Parra Garcia: 
The board ran out 
and Vlachakis sent Lecomte to the rail, while also eliminating Lecomte.
Pascal Vos raised from middle position and then faced the three-bet of Lawrence Bayley from a few seats over in the cutoff. Vos called and checked the 
flop. Bayley bet 5,100 and Vos, with a surprised look on the face, took some time before releasing his cards.
It has been a good start for the Dutchman however, as he almost doubled up his stack thus far.
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