€1,100 EPT National Day 3 | 2018 PokerStars.es EPT Barcelona

08-25-2018 15:32 UTC+2

Zeitoun and Anghel Home With €21K

Yori Epskamp

Level 31 : 80,000/160,000, 160,000 ante

After Yunsheng Sun had raised in early position and Johan Verhagen had called, it was short stack Johann Zeitoun who shoved all in for 675,000. Sun reshoved to get Verhagen out.

Johann Zeitoun:
Yunsheng Sun:

The board came down and Zeitoun was eliminated. Shortly before, Alexandru Anghel departed at table 3, and each of them received €21,550 for their deep run.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yunsheng Sun	10,000,000	1,700,000
Johann Zeitoun	Busted
Alexandru Anghel	Busted

Tags: Alexandru Anghel Johann Zeitoun

Level: 31

Blinds: 80,000/160,000

Ante: 160,000

08-25-2018 15:23 UTC+2

Redraw Final Three Tables

Yori Epskamp

Level 30 : 60,000/120,000, 120,000 ante

Seat	Table 1	Table 2	Table 3
1	Valentin Cristea	Giovanni Gallo	Feras Abid
2	Arni Gunnarsson	--empty seat--	Alberto Ah Line
3	Jan Teunis	Joris Ruijs	Jan Dentler
4	Claudio Di Giacomo	Yunsheng Sun	Marco Silva Valente
5	Sammy Berrehall	Johan Verhagen	Julien Martini
6	Joel Visa Jordana	Roger Taieb	Michal Casnocha
7	Jerome L'Hostis	Johann Zeitoun	Adria Maria Balaguer
8	Mariano Leandro Hyon	Jean Fontaine	Alexandru Anghel

08-25-2018 15:21 UTC+2

Ludovic Geilich Eliminated with Ace-Queen

AaronMcBride

Level 30 : 60,000/120,000, 120,000 ante

As field whittled down and the pay jumps started increasing the players were keeping their eyes on the clock and other tables.

Ludovic Geilich had the clocked called on him several times by Jerome L'Hostis before the hand in question took place. Geilich was using his time to think before L'Hostis called the clock once more. Before Geilich had run out of time, he moved all in for 1.6m. L'Hostis saw the action fold to him on the button, and he also moved all in.

Ludovic Geilich:
Jerome L'Hostis:

Board:

Geilich was unable to come from behind as the board ran out in L'Hostis' favor. The Scot, who started the day third in chips, departed in 24th place for €17,350.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jerome L'Hostis	5,000,000	2,300,000
Ludovic Geilich	Busted

Tags: Jerome L'Hostis Ludovic Geilich

08-25-2018 15:09 UTC+2

De Meulder Eliminated by Ruijs

Yori Epskamp

Level 30 : 60,000/120,000, 120,000 ante

Joris Ruijs & Matthias De Meulder in better times

Joris Ruijs and Matthias De Meulder, both Dutch-speaking, drew seats next to each other at the start of the day. Eventually, the latter would fall to the former which ended the Belgian's run in 25th place (€17,350).

De Meulder had shoved his last 1.3 million over a raise from Ruijs, who called with . De Meulder had and despite flopping a ton of outs on , he bricked on the turn and river.

The 24 remaining players will redraw for the final three tables.

Player	Chips	Progress
Joris Ruijs	6,220,000	220,000
Matthias De Meulder	Busted

Tags: Joris Ruijs Matthias De Meulder

08-25-2018 15:08 UTC+2

Stock Stack Faria Departs

AaronMcBride

Level 30 : 60,000/120,000, 120,000 ante

The action folded to short stack Luis Faria in middle position, and he moved all in. Mariano Leandro Hyon was in the next seat and called before the rest of the table folded.

Luis Faria:
Mariano Leandro Hyon:

Board:

Faria was in bad shape and got no help from the board as Leandro Hyon's pocket queens held to secure the pot and send Faria to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mariano Leandro Hyon	15,400,000	2,120,000
Luis Faria	Busted

Tags: Luis Faria Mariano Leandro Hyon

08-25-2018 15:01 UTC+2

Kokkalis Runs into Kings to Exit

AaronMcBride

Level 30 : 60,000/120,000, 120,000 ante

The action folded around to Evangelos Kokkalis in the small blind and he moved all in. Claudio Di Giacomo looked down at his hand in the big blind and called.

Evangelos Kokkalis:
Claudio Di Giacomo:

Board:

It was an unfortunate situation for Kokkalis after he saw his opponent wake up with pocket kings, and the board only strengthen Di Giacomo's hand to a full house as Kokkalis departed.

Player	Chips	Progress
Claudio Di Giacomo	5,800,000	-700,000
Evangelos Kokkalis	Busted

Tags: Evangelos Kokkalis Jerome L'Hostis

08-25-2018 14:58 UTC+2

Karayan Eliminated In Big Flip

Yori Epskamp

Level 30 : 60,000/120,000, 120,000 ante

Vitaly Karayan had a top ten stack during the break, but one large coin flip against Mariano Leandro Hyon changed all that in a heartbeat. It was Karayan who opened the action to 250,000 on the button, Mariano Leandro Hyon three-bet to 850,000 from the big blind, Karayan four-bet shoved all in for 5,070,000 and Leandro called it off after nearly a minute.

Vitaly Karayan:
Mariano Leandro Hyon:

The flop kept Karayan ahead but the on the turn swung it to the Argentinian, who fistpumped after seeing the on the river. With the two big eliminations in a row, Leandro soared to 13 million.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mariano Leandro Hyon	13,280,000	5,080,000
Vitaly Karayan	Busted

Tags: Mariano Leandro Hyon Vitaly Karayan

08-25-2018 14:55 UTC+2

Chiva Surrenders His Chips to Leandro Hyon

AaronMcBride

Level 30 : 60,000/120,000, 120,000 ante

Gabriel Chiva has just departed in 29th place after losing all his chips to Mariano Leandro Hyon over two back-to-back hands.

In the first hand, Chiva moved all in from the hijack for around 4.1m, and Leandro Hyon called with his 3.7m stack from the cutoff.

Chiva held and Leandro Hyon tabled . The board ran out and Chiva was left with just 400,000.

In the next hand, the action folded around to Chiva once again, and he moved all in. Leandro Hyon called, and the two players went to battle once again.

Chiva revealed , and Leandro Hyon was a slight favorite with pocket eights. The flop gave Chiva a flush draw to go with his two over cards but the turn and river bricked for him, and he was eliminated in 29th place for €14,450.