€5,300 Main Event Day 3 | 2016 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo® Casino EPT Grand Final

05-03-2016 16:17 UTC+2

Chip Counts at The Break (full)

Happy_Freaked

Level 17 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Alexios Zervos	800,000 100,000	100,000
Pierre Calamusa	760,000 20,000	20,000

Evangelos Terzoudis	720,000 492,200	492,200
Rintaro Kagawa	665,000 440,300	440,300
Erwann Pecheux	595,000 55,000	55,000
Matthew Davenport	490,000 -10,000	-10,000
Jan Bengelmann	490,000 246,300	246,300
Andrei Boghean	470,000 95,000	95,000
Nikolas Menke	470,000 119,700	119,700
Ihar Soika	467,000 159,000	159,000
David Susigan	450,000 98,100	98,100
Marcin Chmielewski	445,000 -48,500	-48,500
Jeremy Palvini	440,000 120,000	120,000
Fatima Moreira de Melo	435,000 172,500	172,500

Juan Etcheverry	435,000 15,000	15,000
Randy Lew	428,000 43,000	43,000

Massimo Mauri	422,000 179,200	179,200
Fabio Sperling	420,000 120,000	120,000
Adrien Allain	410,000 -40,000	-40,000
Paul-Francois Tedeschi	410,000 160,000	160,000
Arne Coulier	410,000 140,100	140,100
Aaron Gustavson	400,000 40,000	40,000

Andreas Vlachos	386,000 159,000	159,000
Thiago Nishijima	380,000 10,000	10,000
Govert Metaal	375,000 28,400	28,400

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05-03-2016 16:15 UTC+2

Half a Milly For Davenport

Happy_Freaked

Level 17 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante

Vincent Gueneau was just all in for about 60,000 chips and he was up against Matthew Davenport.

Davenport:
Gueneau:

The board ran out and Davenport raked in another pot to boost his stack up to 500,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Matthew Davenport	500,000 245,000	245,000
Vincent Gueneau	Busted

Tags: Matthew Davenport Vincent Gueneau

05-03-2016 16:10 UTC+2

Seat Open for Lambertz and Nadav

Christian Zetzsche

Level 17 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante

Ophir Nadav and Felix Lambertz have been eliminated in quick succession, the all in and call as well as seat open announcements by the dealers come in frequently right now anyways.

Nadav got his short stack of around 40,000 in with and Adrien Allain called out of the big blind with . The board ran out and the trips aces won the pot for the Frenchman.

Lambertz shoved an even shorter stack from the button with and Enver Abduraimov called from one seat over with . After a board of , the German headed to the payout desk.

Player	Chips	Progress
Adrien Allain	450,000 103,000	103,000
Enver A	150,000 85,200	85,200
Felix Lambertz	Busted
Ophir Nadav	Busted

Tags: Felix Lambertz Adrien Allain Enver Abduraimov Ophir Nadav

05-03-2016 16:08 UTC+2

Dowling Kings Hold Up

Happy_Freaked

Level 17 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante

Clemente Malheiro Carreira just raised to 11,000 and Stephen Chidwick three-bet to 25,000 before Chris Dowling moved all in. Carreira made the call for his tournament life, and Chidwick quickly folded.

Dowling:
Carreira:

The board ran out and Dowling knocked out Carreira.

Player	Chips	Progress
Chris Dowling	355,000 180,000	180,000
Clemente Malheiro Carreira	Busted

Tags: Chris Dowling Stephen Chidwick

05-03-2016 16:07 UTC+2

Saout Doubles Through Moreira de Melo

Webjoker

Level 17 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante

From early position, Fatima Moreira de Melo raised to 12,000. She got called by Antoine Saout and the two got to work with. Moreira de Melo made a continuation bet of 17,000 and Saout called.

The on the turn prompted Moreira de Melo to fire another 34,000. Saout thought about it for a bit before raising to 89,000, leaving himself exactly that behind as well. Moreira de Melo asked how much he had behind, and eventually shoved all in. Saout instantly called.

Fatima Moreira de Melo:
Antoine Saout:

Moreira de Melo had a single out left, and this wouldn't be the time she hit it. The on the river was a blank and Saout doubled up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Antoine Saout	425,000 214,000	214,000
Fatima Moreira de Melo	262,500 -138,500	-138,500

Tags: Antoine Saout Fatima Moreira De Melo

05-03-2016 16:05 UTC+2

Abecassis Doubles

Christian Zetzsche

Level 17 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante

The full betting action is unknown, but Michel Abecassis did just double through Erwann Pecheux for 75,000. Abecassis had the and Pecheux only , the board blanked out . Next to Pecheux is the also hot-running Pierre Calamusa with his huge stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Pierre Calamusa	740,000 60,000	60,000

Erwann Pecheux	540,000 -66,000	-66,000
Michel Abecassis	155,000 3,900	3,900

Tags: Erwann Pecheux Michel Abecassis Pierre Calamusa

05-03-2016 15:58 UTC+2

Baltazar Chops; Cardyn Doubles

Christian Zetzsche

Level 17 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante

Isabel Baltazar was all in for her last five big blinds with and faced an opponent with , who improved on the flop . Baltazar was ready to leave, but the turn and river ensured a split pot.

Nicolas Cardyn doubled for 34,000 with against the of Paul Hoefer in a preflop all in. The board came .

Player	Chips	Progress
Paul Hoefer	195,000 -10,000	-10,000
Nicolas Cardyn	75,000 -12,800	-12,800
Isabel Baltazar	30,000 -57,600	-57,600

Tags: Nicolas Cardyn Paul Hoefer

Level: 17

Blinds: 2,500/5,000

Ante: 500

05-03-2016 15:43 UTC+2

Break

Webjoker

Level 16 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

Right after the bubble burst, the players were sent on a 20-minute break. Here is some poker entertainment to enjoy during the time off.

Tags: Niall Farrell

05-03-2016 15:38 UTC+2

A Pop Heard 'Round Monaco

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Level 16 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

Jinfeng Huo bubbles EPT 12 Grand Final €5,300 Main Event

The 2016 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo® Casino EPT Grand Final €5,300 Main Event bubble boy is a girl.

Aaron Gustavson raised the button preflop and China's Jinfeng Huo defended her big blind. Huo open jammed 100,000 on the flop, and Gustavson called with the baby flush.

Huo had outs with the two pair, and the turn gave her even more. The river wasn't one of them, however, and as Huo hit the rail, the rest of the remaining field celebrated making the money.

Player	Chips	Progress
Aaron Gustavson	360,000 200,000	200,000

Jinfeng Huo	Busted

Tags: Aaron Gustavson Jinfeng Huo