€5,300 EPT Main Event Day 3 | 2024 PokerStars EPT Paris

02-22-2024 14:31 UTC+1

Danchev Wakes Up With Queens to Bust Glogar

David Salituro

Level 17 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Dimitar Danchev opened under the gun before Alex Glogar moved all in for around 120,000 in middle position. Danchev called once the table folded back to him.

Alex Glogar: A♥10♥
Dimitar Danchev: Q♦Q♣

Glogar needed an ace to survive but none arrived on the 2♦K♥7♠8♠4♥ board as Danchev sent him to the rail. "With your stack, you could open wide," Glogar said to Danchev as he headed for the payout desk.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dimitar Danchev	800,000 325,000	325,000

Alex Glogar	Busted

Tags: Alex Glogar Dimitar Danchev

02-22-2024 14:25 UTC+1

Recent Casualties on Day 3

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 17 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Alexandre Amiel	Busted
Maxime Chilaud	Busted
Diogo Coelho	Busted
Frank Lagodich	Busted

02-22-2024 14:25 UTC+1

Saminadin Gets Sent to the Rail

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Ollie Garland

Level 17 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Julien Groenendijk raised to 12,000 from middle position, Eric Sfez called in the hijack and Thomas Saminadin defended in the big blind.

The 6♣8♥K♣ flop saw Saminadin open jam for his remaining 84,000. Groenendijk received a count before moving all in himself, while Sfez folded.

Thomas Saminadin: 7♣5♠
Julien Groenendijk: 6♥6♠

Groenendijk had flopped a set but Saminadin had outs to an open-ended straight draw. The turn and river fell the A♣ and 7♦ respectively, Saminadin didn't improve and he was sent to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Julien Groenendijk	410,000 45,000	45,000
Thomas Saminadin	Busted

Tags: Eric Sfez Julien Groenendijk

02-22-2024 14:17 UTC+1

The Hot Run of Middleton Continues

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 17 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Tom Middleton won a showdown pot against Gonzalo Almeida and then got a three-bet squeeze through. The Brit then opened to 18,000 out of the small blind and Alexander van der Swaluw three-bet to 55,000. Middleton opted to shove for 208,000 effective and van der Swaluw sigh-called.

Alexander van der Swaluw: 9♠9♦
Tom Middleton: A♣10♥

The board ran out A♥6♥3♥Q♠J♠ and van der Swaluw's chips were swallowed up by Middleton.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tom Middleton	640,000

Alexander van der Swaluw	Busted

Tags: Alexander van der Swaluw Gonzalo Almeida Tom Middleton

02-22-2024 14:03 UTC+1

Ni's Bluff Picked Off by Tous Rosich

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 17 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

David Tous Rosich made it 12,000 to go from an early position with the K♠10♥, picking up a single caller by Liangce Ni in the small blind with the K♦Q♠. The 10♠8♠7♦ flop was checked and the 5♠ turn gave both players a flush draw.

Ni checked again and Tous Rosich bet 15,000 for Ni to check-raise, as he bumped it up to 47,000. Tous Rosich didn't go anywhere with top pair and the king-high flush draw, then improved to trips with the 10♦ river.

Ni bluff-shoved the river for 115,000 and Tous Rosich called with the superior stack to score the knockout.

Player	Chips	Progress
David Tous Rosich	398,000 128,000	128,000
Liangce Ni	Busted

Tags: David Tous Rosich Liangce Ni

02-22-2024 13:57 UTC+1

Fewer Than 160 Players Remain

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 17 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Midway through the second level and first full level on Day 3, an initial field of 222 contenders has already been cut down to fewer than 160 hopefuls. The most recent participants to bust all collected €11,400 for their efforts.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ekrem Sanioglu	Busted
Arthur Conan	Busted
Vincent Meli	Busted
Stanislav Tishkevich	Busted
Ruida Lin	Busted
Guillaume Nolet	Busted
Casimir Seire	Busted

02-22-2024 13:35 UTC+1

Van Luijk Eliminates Ju

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Dan O'Hair

Level 17 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Maxime Parys opened to 12,000 from early position and Samuel Ju shoved for his last 115,000 from middle position. Derk Van Luijk called cold from the cutoff and Parys folded

Samuel Ju: A♥J♠
Derk van Luijk: K♠K♣

Ju would need some help against van Luijk's cowboys, but the 3♠10♥5♠Q♦5♣ runout changed nothing and Ju was eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Derk van Luijk	420,000 152,000	152,000

Maxime Parys	120,000 46,000	46,000
Samuel Ju	Busted

Tags: Derk Van Luijk Maxime Parys Samuel Ju

02-22-2024 13:34 UTC+1

The Day 3 Casualties Keep on Coming

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 17 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

The top 183 spots secured a €11,400 payday and below are some of those who walked away with a five-figure score.

Player	Chips	Progress
Stoyan Obreshkov	Busted
Cristian Veres	Busted
Govert Metaal	Busted
Samuel Ju	Busted
Jonathan Swerdlow	Busted
Aliaksei Boika	Busted

Maciej Gut	Busted
Ivan Stankov	Busted
Sergi Reixach	Busted
Volga Uyanik	Busted
Andrea Scarrone	Busted

02-22-2024 13:16 UTC+1

Spragg Felted by Rebello

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 17 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Olivier Rebello made it 12,000 to go on the button with the 7♥7♣ and Benjamin Spragg defended the big blind holding the A♠7♠. The A♦K♣7♦ flop gave Spragg top and bottom pair, which he checked. Rebello bet 8,000 for the PokerStars ambassador to call.

They headed to the 9♥ turn on which Spragg checked again. Rebello now bet 26,000 into 49,000 and earned a call from Spragg, who needed an ace on the river.

Instead, it was the 6♠ river and Spragg checked with 66,000 behind. Rebello moved all-in and Spragg instantly called to see the bad news, then leave the main feature table.

Player	Chips	Progress
Olivier Rebello	246,000 105,000	105,000
Benjamin Spragg	Busted

Tags: Benjamin Spragg Olivier Rebello

02-22-2024 13:14 UTC+1

Recent Batch of Day 3 Casualties

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 17 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

EPT stalwart Vladimir Troyanovskiy has been among those to head to the payout desk as of lately, along with Matthew Davenport, Robert Mather, last year's sixth place finisher Konstantin Held and EPT Monte-Carlo champion Nicolas Dumont.

Player	Chips	Progress
Vladimir Troyanovskiy	Busted
Matthew Davenport	Busted
Bernhard Binder	Busted
Freddy Normand	Busted
Vladimir Lipnitskii	Busted
Kai Herold	Busted
Eli Ross	Busted
Bernard Darmon	Busted
Jonathan Ben Soussan	Busted
Jeffrey Lo	Busted
Dario De Paz	Busted
Konstantin Held	Busted
Nicolas Dumont	Busted

Robert Mather	Busted

Tags: Konstantin Held Matthew Davenport Nicolas Dumont Robert Mather Vladimir Troyanovskiy