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€5,300 EPT Main Event
Day 3 Completed
2024 PokerStars EPT Barcelona
€5,300 EPT Main Event
Day: 3
Event Info
2024 PokerStars EPT Barcelona
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 3
Buy-in
€5,300
Prize Pool
€9,578,750
Total Entries
1,975
Level
37
Blinds
300,000 / 600,000
Ante
600,000
Entries
293
Players Left
113
Players Left 1 / 1,975
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Level 18
: Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Day 3 of the PokerStars European Poker Tour €5,300 Main Event began with full on action at the Casino Barcelona, with 293 players returning just six off the money.
Within minutes, it was time for the bubble. Several players doubled their stacks and the bubble continued for around an hour before Zachary Habayeb busted with pocket eights when Riccardo Saraniero hit his flush. The rest of the field reached the money, guaranteed a minimum payout of €8,700.
After four 90-minute levels of play, Timothy Chung of Hong Kong, a player with nearly $1.4 million in recorded live cashes, most of it coming from the UK circuit, emerged as the chip leader with 1,571,000.
Behind him, bagging in second place, was Firoz Mangroe of the Netherlands. Mangroe has had some deep runs in Estrellas, FPS and EPT Main Events in the last couple of years, including 38th place in the 2023 Prague Main Event. He's well positioned for a career-best score.
In third place heading into Day 4 is Pablo Beltran, a local player who cashed in nearly every CEP stop and was recently crowned the CEP Main Event champion in Malaga. As part of the recognition, he won an EPT Main Event ticket and has now spun it up to a cash and potentially life-changing position.
US pro Stephen Song bagged in fourth place, while Rania Nasreddine, who finished third in the EPT Monte Carlo Main Event earlier in the year, is back again for another deep run.
End of Day 3 Top Ten Chip Counts
| Place | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Timothy Chung | Hong Kong | 1,571,000 | 157 |
| 2 | Firoz Mangroe | Netherlands | 1,476,000 | 148 |
| 3 | Pablo Beltran | Spain | 1,470,000 | 147 |
| 4 | Stephen Song | USA | 1,382,000 | 138 |
| 5 | Rania Nasreddine | USA | 1,330,000 | 133 |
| 6 | Jack Kiriakus | Sweden | 1,293,000 | 129 |
| 7 | Darius Neagoe | Romania | 1,266,000 | 127 |
| 8 | Bo Jin | China | 1,249,000 | 125 |
| 9 | Sriharsha Doddapaneni | India | 1,192,000 | 119 |
| 10 | Jianwei Lin | China | 1,155,000 | 116 |
Out of 1,975 total entries, 113 players made it through to Day 4, among them Day 1a chip leader Joost Hollak (1,113,000) and Day 2 chip leader Kian Kiani (735,000).
The reigning champion Simon Wiciak is also still in the field and has a very competitive stack at 840,000. Meanwhile, Ramon Colillas is the last PokerStars ambassador standing after a fatal mistake cost Marle Spragg her stack during the final level of the day.
The remaining players are competing for the lion's share of the €9,578,750 prize pool. The next payout is worth €15,350, while the overall winner is set to walk away with €1,512,000 along with the prestigious PokerStars trophy.
Still, there's a long way to go in the EPT Barcelona Main Event.
Remaining Payouts
| Place | Prize | Place | Prize | Place | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | €1,512,000 | 9 | €139,750 | 28-31 | €30,950 |
| 2 | €944,000 | 10 – 11 | €107,450 | 32-39 | €26,900 |
| 3 | €674,150 | 12-13 | €89,550 | 40-55 | €23,350 |
| 4 | €518,600 | 14-15 | €74,600 | 56-71 | €20,300 |
| 5 | €398,950 | 16-17 | €62,150 | 72-95 | €17,600 |
| 6 | €306,900 | 18-20 | €51,800 | 96-113 | €15,350 |
| 7 | €236,100 | 21-23 | €43,200 | ||
| 8 | €181,600 | 24-27 | €36,000 |
Players will return at noon local time Thursday for Day 4 of the Main Event to blind levels of 5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 big blind ante, which increase every 90 minutes.
PokerNews will be following the action straight from the tournament floor as the event plays even deeper into the money.
Level 18
: Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Level 18
: Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Day 3 has ended with 113 players remaining.
Stay tuned for chip counts and a recap of the day's action.
Level 18
: Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Nolan Madene raised to 16,000 in middle position. Jeremy Palvini then three-bet all in for 138,000 from the small blind and was called by Simon Wiciak in the big blind.
Madene quickly got out of the way as the pair showed down.
Jeremy Palvini: A♥K♠ 
Simon Wiciak: J♠J♦
The board ran out without an ace or king, with 6♦Q♠8♣8♥9♦ emerging from the deck. Palvini shook hands with Wiciak and was one of the final players departing from the Main Event on Day 3.
Level 18
: Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
In one of the last hands of the night, Jan Eric Schwippert opened to 16,000 with K♥10♥ from an early position and got a call from Aleksei Savenkov in the hijack with 4♠4♣. Marcin Baranski folded K♠J♥ from the cutoff and Lauri Varonen called 7♦7♣ on the button. Haoran Cai also made a call from the small blind with Q♠10♠ and Timothy Chung defended 6♦5♦ from the big blind, taking the play five-ways to the flop.
The dealer flopped J♣10♣J♦ giving Schwippert a strong lead. Play checked through all five players, taking them to a 8♣ turn.
Action checked around the table again to the 3♠ river. No further bets were made and Schwippert took the pot with two pair.
Level 18
: Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Claudio Di Giacomo raised to 16,000 in middle position before Yves Bianchetti three-bet to 100,000 in the small blind. Di Giacomo moved all in and Bianchetti called for 220,000.
Yves Bianchetti: J♦J♥
Claudio Di Giacomo: A♠Q♣
The flop came Q♥2♦K♣ and Di Giacomo took the lead with a pair of queens. He improved to two pair on the A♥ turn, then a full house on the A♣ river to send Bianchetti to the rail.
At the same table, Stephen Song is sitting on a stack of around 1,300,000 approaching the end of the night.
Level 18
: Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Aleksei Savenkov raised to 16,000 with A♥3♥ from under the gun. Timothy Chung raised to 48,000 from the cutoff with A♠K♣ and Kian Kiani called with 5♦5♣ from the big blind. Savenkov also called, taking the players three-ways to the flop.
The 2♠A♦2♥ was dealt, and Kiani and Savenkov checked. Chung bet 40,000 with only Savenkov making the call.
Savenkov checked-called the Q♣ turn after Chung bet 125,000.
The J♠ completed the board, securing Chung's hand and both players checked to showdown. Chung's king kicker gave him the pot with aces-up.
Level 18
: Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
The clock has been paused with ten minutes remaining and the tournament director has announced that four more hands will be played today before the survivors bag up their chips.
Level 18
: Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Dionisio Vitti raised 17,000 from late position and Nick Palma moved all in from the button for 147,000. Vitti called and players flipped their cards.
Nick Palma: 5♥5♠
Dionisio Vitti: A♦K♦
The board ran out A♥4♥2♠Q♠3♠ and Vitti paired his ace on the flop. Palma stood up as the turn card was dealt and then the river completed his straight to give him the double up.
"Third time, walk away works! Third time this trip," said Palma as he cashed in his stand-up equity.
