€5,300 EPT Main Event Day 3 | 2023 PokerStars EPT Monte Carlo

05-03-2023 19:44 UTC+1

Martirosian Shows Off His Nuts

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Calum Grant

Level 20 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Artur Martirosian opened to 25,000 from the button and Mark Teltscher called from the big blind.

Teltscher then check-folded when Martirosian continued for 14,000 on the 7♥5♠4♦ flop.

After Teltscher conceded the pot, Martirosian tabled his cards and revealed he flopped the nut straight with his 8♠6♦.

"Wow, very nice hand," complimented Teltscher.

"Ace-high?" asked Martirosian.

"The second best hand," replied Teltscher as the dealer started the next hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Artur Martirosian	1,280,000 55,000	55,000

Mark Teltscher	410,000 68,000	68,000

Tags: Artur Martirosian Mark Teltscher

05-03-2023 19:47 UTC+1

Neves Scores Massive Double Up With Rockets

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Andrew Knowles

Level 20 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

The action was picked up when all the chips hit the middle preflop between Arunas Sapitavicius and Pedro Neves, who was at risk for his stack of 407,000.

Pedro Neves: A♠A♥
Arunas Sapitavicius: K♠Q♠

Neves had the goods and was in great shape for a double up, but when the flop came J♠9♣2♠, it was the ultimate sweat for the rockets against a combo draw. The 8♥ bricked off on the turn and the 3♣ completed the runout, dodging all the outs for Sapitavicius to double up Neves.

Player	Chips	Progress
Arunas Sapitavicius	2,025,000 31,000	31,000
Pedro Neves	870,000 600,000	600,000

Tags: Arunas Sapitavicius Pedro Neves

05-03-2023 19:53 UTC+1

Taylor Downs Kisacikoglu

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Calum Grant

Level 20 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Orpen Kisacikoglu had his stack of around 250,000 in the middle from the cutoff and was at risk of elimination to chip leader Kenan Taylor.

Orpen Kisacikoglu: 4♠4♦
Kenan Taylor: 9♦9♥

Taylor had the best of it and was in great shape to extend his lead. That's exactly what happened as he ended up with a set on the K♣10♥8♣9♠J♣ runout to seal the elimination.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kenan Taylor	3,550,000 250,000	250,000

Orpen Kisacikoglu	Busted

Tags: Kenan Taylor Orpen Kisacikoglu

05-03-2023 20:00 UTC+1

Taylor Can't Be Stopped

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Connor Richards

Level 20 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Kenan Taylor limped in from middle position and Andrew Hulme bumped it up to 42,000 from the cutoff. Taylor called.

Taylor checked on the flop of A♦5♥2♥ and Hulme continued for 37,000. Taylor check-raised to 110,000 and Hulme called. Taylor then checked on the 9♦ turn and Hulme checked back.

The Q♦ river completed the board and Taylor led out for a small 75,000. Hulme laid it down.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kenan Taylor	3,600,000 50,000	50,000

Andrew Hulme	950,000 332,000	332,000

Tags: Andrew Hulme Kenan Taylor

05-03-2023 20:04 UTC+1

Martirosian Makes Amazing Hero Call

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Andrew Knowles

Level 20 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

The action was picked up in a heads-up pot with roughly 350,000 in the middle on a completed board showing 9♥6♥3♦2♠6♣. Leonardo Patacconi bet out 125,000 from under the gun and Artur Martirosian went deep in the tank in the cutoff.

After using one time bank chip, Martirosian tossed in the chips for a call and Patacconi tabled K♥J♥ for only king-high. Martirosian confidently tabled A♣J♠ for the ace-high hero call that was good enough to scoop the large pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Artur Martirosian	1,430,000 150,000	150,000

Leonardo Patacconi	340,000 305,000	305,000

Tags: Artur Martirosian Leonardo Patacconi

05-03-2023 20:06 UTC+1

Three Hands Remain

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Andrew Knowles

Level 20 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

The tournament director announced that there will be three more hands played before the remaining players bag for Day 4 tomorrow.

05-03-2023 20:06 UTC+1

Hulme Folds Out Shylko

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Calum Grant

Level 20 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Andrew Hulme opened to 26,000 from under the gun and Aliaksandr Shylko defended his big blind to see the 6♣5♠2♠ flop. Action checked through to the J♣ turn and Shylko bet 35,000 which was called.

Shylko then check-folded on the K♦ river after Hulme fired for 90,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andrew Hulme	1,020,000 70,000	70,000
Aliaksandr Shylko	445,000 219,000	219,000

Tags: Aliaksandr Shylko Andrew Hulme

05-03-2023 20:16 UTC+1

Day 3 Has Ended

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Connor Richards

Level 20 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Day 3 has ended with only 38 players remaining. Stay tuned for a full recap of the day's action.

Player	Chips	Progress
Salvatore Camarda	Busted

05-03-2023 20:40 UTC+1

Day 4 Seat Draw

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Calum Grant

Level 20 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Table	Seat	Name	Country	Chips	Big Blinds
1	1	Jose Astima	France	170,000	11
1	2	Renat Bohdanov	Ukraine	475,000	32
1	3	Jean-Vincent Lehut	France	720,000	48
1	4	Martin Guerrero	Spain	500,000	33
1	5	Oleg Vasylchenko	Ukraine	510,000	34
1	6	Joachim Haraldstad	Norway	675,000	45
1	7	David Vinayagamoorthy	Norway	215,000	14
1	8	Samy Boujmala	France	1,120,000	75

2	1	Alexandre Landron	France	730,000	49
2	2	Stefan Huber	Switzerland	730,000	49
2	3	Aliaksandr Shylko	Belarus	500,000	33
2	4	Daniel Myers	United Kingdom	110,000	7
2	5	Leo Worthington-Leese	United Kingdom	985,000	66
2	6	Leonardo Patacconi	Italy	320,000	21
2	7	Arnaud Enselme	France	810,000	54
2	8	Ori Hasson	Israel	1,065,000	71

3	1	Markkos Ladev	Estonia	1,005,000	70
3	2	Apoorva Goel	India	1,090,000	73
3	3	Kenan Taylor	United Kingdom	3,650,000	243
3	4	Elias Fisz	Netherlands	610,000	41
3	5	Ramon Colillas	Spain	810,000	54
3	6	Arunas Sapitavicius	Lithuania	2,220,000	148
3	7	Andrew Hulme	United Kingdom	990,000	66
3	8	Artur Martirosian	Russia	1,445,000	96

4	2	Jason Wheeler	United States	1,000,000	67
4	3	Kelvin Kerber	Brazil	485,000	32
4	4	Pieter Aerts	Belgium	1,215,000	81
4	5	Milos Petakovic	Serbia	1,385,000	92
4	6	Leonard Maue	Germany	1,085,000	72
4	7	Pedro Neves	Portugal	740,000	49
4	8	Nicola Grieco	Italy	580,000	39

5	1	Maduka Meragal	Canada	1,345,000	90
5	2	Mike Watson	Canada	1,280,000	85
5	3	Vicente Delgado	Spain	415,000	28
5	4	Mark Teltscher	United Kingdom	330,000	22
5	5	Jimmy Torres Velasquez	Colombia	440,000	29
5	7	Patrick Beuter	Austria	605,000	40
5	8	Javier Gomez	Spain	510,000	34

05-03-2023 20:44 UTC+1

End of Day 3 Chip Counts (full)

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Calum Grant

Level 20 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Kenan Taylor	3,650,000 50,000	50,000

Arunas Sapitavicius	2,220,000 195,000	195,000
Artur Martirosian	1,445,000 15,000	15,000

Milos Petakovic	1,385,000 686,000	686,000
Maduka Meragal	1,345,000 11,000	11,000
Mike Watson	1,280,000 20,000	20,000

Pieter Aerts	1,215,000 12,000	12,000
Samy Boujmala	1,120,000 377,000	377,000

Apoorva Goel	1,090,000 445,000	445,000
Leonard Maue	1,085,000 57,000	57,000
Ori Hasson	1,065,000 168,000	168,000
Markkos Ladev	1,050,000 136,000	136,000

Jason Wheeler	1,000,000 99,000	99,000
Andrew Hulme	990,000 30,000	30,000
Leo Worthington-Leese	985,000 487,000	487,000

Arnaud Enselme	810,000 272,000	272,000
Ramon Colillas	810,000 246,000	246,000
Pedro Neves	740,000 130,000	130,000
Alexandre Landron	730,000 185,000	185,000
Stefan Huber	730,000 108,000	108,000
Jean-Vincent Lehut	720,000 406,000	406,000
Joachim Haraldstad	675,000 72,000	72,000

Elias Fisz	610,000 88,000	88,000
Patrick Beuter	605,000 51,000	51,000
Nicola Grieco	580,000 160,000	160,000

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