After a raise by Michal Casnocha, Peter Turmezey three-bet all in and was called quickly to set up the following coin flip:
Peter Turmezey: 
Michal Casnocha: 
The board came 
and Turmezey was eliminated in 49th place.
Level: 28
Blinds: 40,000/80,000
Ante: 80,000
The tension in the room is palpable as Day 3 of the €1,100 EPT National at the PokerStars European Poker Tour is about to kick off. Only 49 out of 4,348 players are left standing after two long and gruelling days of poker in Casino Barcelona. Each of them has already locked up €9,500, nearly nine times their original investment, but the lion's share of the €4,127,560 prize pool is still up for grabs, with a mouth-watering €547,000 and a highly-valued $30,000 Platinum Pass awaiting the winner on Sunday night.
Leading the way after two days is Valentin Cristea (6,830,000), who pipped Luis Rodriguez Cruz (6,765,000) by one big blind on the leaderboard last night. Rodriguez gained notoriety under his online alter ego "Turko_man", and has won the Sunday Million on PokerStars twice, among countless other accolades, including three live six-figure scores as well.
Rodriguez is not the only man who knows how to close out a tournament, as the dangerous Ludovic Geilich (5,365,000) isn't sitting far behind in third place. Geilich, playing as "ludovi333" on PokerStars, has plenty to boast with his own poker resumé, which features over two million in lifetime winnings.
Other notables that are still in the hunt for the sizable six-figure cash are Upeshka De Silva (4,270,000), Matthias De Meulder (3,175,000) and Joris "BillLewinsky" Ruijs (2,820,000). As faith would have it, De Silva, Geilich, De Meulder and Ruijs have drawn four seats next to each other at the same table. Defending champion Pedro Cairat (3,240,000) also still has a shot at one of the most improbable back-to-back victories after winning last year's 4,557-runner event for €432,178.
Cards go back in the air at noon local time with blinds returning at 40,000/80,000 and a big blind ante of 80,000. Levels will be 60 minutes long for the remainder of the tournament and play will likely continue until the final table has been reached, which will then be played out on Sunday, August 26. Keep following PokerNews and don't miss a beat from the most exciting 1K in Europe as continued coverage of the EPT Barcelona rolls on.
| Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Upeshka De Silva | USA | 4,270,000 | 53 |
| 1 | 2 | Ludovic Geilich | UK | 5,365,000 | 67 |
| 1 | 3 | Joris Ruijs | Netherlands | 2,820,000 | 35 |
| 1 | 4 | Matthias De Meulder | Belgium | 3,175,000 | 40 |
| 1 | 5 | Adria Maria Balaguer | Spain | 1,205,000 | 15 |
| 1 | 7 | Stefano Puccilli | Italy | 3,265,000 | 41 |
| 1 | 8 | Joao Almeida | Portugal | 1,815,000 | 23 |
| 2 | 1 | Joel Visa Jordana | Spain | 1,340,000 | 17 |
| 2 | 2 | Julien Martini | France | 2,450,000 | 31 |
| 2 | 4 | Jan Teunis | Netherlands | 4,375,000 | 55 |
| 2 | 5 | Luis Rodriguez Cruz | Spain | 6,765,000 | 85 |
| 2 | 6 | Giovanni Gallo | Italy | 3,740,000 | 47 |
| 2 | 7 | Valentin Cristea | Romania | 6,830,000 | 85 |
| 2 | 8 | Johann Zeitoun | France | 5,130,000 | 64 |
| 3 | 1 | Rustam Hajiyev | Azerbaijan | 1,340,000 | 17 |
| 3 | 2 | Feras Abid | Finland | 1,450,000 | 18 |
| 3 | 3 | Francesc Pallares Folch | Spain | 815,000 | 10 |
| 3 | 4 | Michael Wang | USA | 3,250,000 | 41 |
| 3 | 6 | Gabriel Chiva | Romania | 2,550,000 | 32 |
| 3 | 7 | Mariano Leandro Hyon | Argentina | 2,165,000 | 27 |
| 3 | 8 | Jan Dentler | Germany | 1,770,000 | 22 |
| 4 | 1 | Claudio Di Giacomo | Italy | 1,460,000 | 18 |
| 4 | 2 | Jerome L'Hostis | France | 670,000 | 8 |
| 4 | 3 | Ivan Fano Alvarez | Spain | 625,000 | 8 |
| 4 | 4 | Arni Gunnarsson | Iceland | 3,755,000 | 47 |
| 4 | 5 | Jean Fontaine | France | 4,950,000 | 62 |
| 4 | 6 | Xavier Cortazar Vidal | Spain | 2,690,000 | 34 |
| 4 | 8 | Antonio Cano Monter | Spain | 2,130,000 | 27 |
| 5 | 1 | Johan Verhagen | Netherlands | 4,180,000 | 52 |
| 5 | 2 | Yunsheng Sun | China | 5,180,000 | 65 |
| 5 | 3 | Alexandru Anghel | Romania | 1,820,000 | 23 |
| 5 | 4 | Pedro Cairat | Argentina | 3,240,000 | 41 |
| 5 | 6 | Sammy Berrehail | France | 1,700,000 | 21 |
| 5 | 7 | Marco Silva Valente | Luxembourg | 4,400,000 | 55 |
| 5 | 8 | Evangelos Kokkalis | Greece | 1,320,000 | 17 |
| 6 | 1 | Luis Faria | Portugal | 5,320,000 | 67 |
| 6 | 3 | Michal Casnocha | Slovakia | 1,425,000 | 18 |
| 6 | 4 | Roger Taieb | France | 2,205,000 | 28 |
| 6 | 5 | Peter Turmezey | Hungary | 910,000 | 11 |
| 6 | 6 | Randy Bakker | Netherlands | 1,270,000 | 16 |
| 6 | 7 | Alex Lindop | UK | 745,000 | 9 |
| 6 | 8 | Alberto Meran | Dominican Republic | 1,070,000 | 13 |
| 7 | 1 | Simeon Naydenov | Bulgaria | 1,085,000 | 14 |
| 7 | 2 | Lior Shabtay | Israel | 1,880,000 | 24 |
| 7 | 3 | Joao Rodrigues Manana | Portugal | 1,000,000 | 13 |
| 7 | 5 | Stephane Brou | France | 1,045,000 | 13 |
| 7 | 6 | Rui Bouquet | Portugal | 650,000 | 8 |
| 7 | 7 | Alberto Ah Line | France | 4,475,000 | 56 |
| 7 | 8 | Vitaly Karayan | Russia | 3,285,000 | 41 |
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