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€5,300 Main Event
Day 3 Completed
2025 PokerStars EPT Barcelona
€5,300 Main Event
Day: 3
Event Info
2025 PokerStars EPT Barcelona
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 3
Buy-in
€5,300
Prize Pool
€9,918,250
Total Entries
2,045
Level
37
Blinds
300,000 / 600,000
Ante
600,000
Entries
313
Players Left
103
Players Left 1 / 2,045
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Level 19
: Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
Day 3 of the €5,300 EPT Barcelona Main Event at the PokerStars European Poker Tour (EPT) Barcelona has come to a close inside Casino Barcelona, with 103 bagging up chips and still in contention for the €1,436,000 top prize out of the massive €9,918,250 prize pool.
Ending the day at the top of the chip counts was Martin Nielsen, who bagged 1,683,000. Nielsen secured a large portion of his stack just after the dinner break when Matas Cimbolas check-called him on the flop and turn before calling off the rest of his chips on the river with a pair of sixes. Nielsen revealed the stone-cold nuts with quad kings, sending Cimbolas to the rail and propelling himself into the chip lead.
Day 3 Top Ten Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Martin Nielsen | Faroe Islands | 1,683,000 | 140 |
| 2 | Julian Pineda Lozano | Colombia | 1,481,000 | 123 |
| 3 | Damien Gayer | France | 1,455,000 | 121 |
| 4 | Rifat Palevic | Sweden | 1,442,000 | 120 |
| 5 | Tobias Leknes | Norway | 1,432,000 | 119 |
| 6 | Lars Tungel | Denmark | 1,271,000 | 106 |
| 7 | Artus Gimenez | Spain | 1,242,000 | 104 |
| 8 | Matthew McEwan | United States | 1,240,000 | 103 |
| 9 | Lauri Saaskilahti | Finland | 1,237,000 | 103 |
| 10 | Ramon Colillas | Spain | 1,110,000 | 93 |
Nielsen’s closest competitor is Julian Pineda Lozano of Colombia, who finished with 1,481,000, while Damien Gayer rounded out the top three after bagging 1,455,000. Gayer found himself on the right side of poker’s ultimate preflop cooler when his pocket aces held against Ramon Munoz's pocket kings, a pot that gave him a full double-up and pushed his stack into the seven-figure range to close out the day.
When play began today, only ten players stood between the field and the money. Just over 30 minutes later, the tournament was one elimination away, and after only two hands of hand-for-hand play, the bubble burst as three players fell at once, splitting two min-payouts, and taking €5,700 each.
Merijn van Rooij was the first to go, losing a flip with ace-jack against pocket eights. Moments later, Alejandro Ganivet hero-called with pocket kings but ran into a full house. Finally, Robert Kaggerud suffered the most brutal beat when his pocket kings were cracked by ten-nine suited after the chips went in preflop.
With this event attracting a whole host of players from across the globe, it’s no surprise the field is still packed with notables. Among those advancing are Thomas Eychenne (959,000), Joris Ruijs (825,000), Luka Bojovic (792,000), Leo Worthington-Leese (715,000), Brock Wilson (204,000), and Julien Sitbon (198,000). Others making it through but with the most work to do include Adam Hendrix (174,000) and Tim van de Riet (73,000), who currently sits at the bottom of the chip counts.
Remaining Payouts
Day 4 will begin at 12 p.m. local time with blinds of 6,000/12,000 and a 12,000 big blind ante. Levels will remain 90 minutes in length, with the day’s schedule to be confirmed once cards are in the air. Everyone returning is guaranteed €17,250, but all eyes will be on the much bigger prizes awaiting as the tournament moves closer to its business end.
Stay tuned as the PokerNews live reporting team will be back for Day 4 of the EPT Barcelona Main Event at Casino Barcelona from noon on August 28, bringing all the chip counts, updates, and eliminations.
Level 19
: Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
Level 19
: Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
The remaining 103 players have bagged up their chips for the night and will return at noon tomorrow for Day 4.
Stay tuned for chip counts and a full recap of the day's action.
Level 19
: Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
All other tables had already bagged up their chips while action was still ongoing on Table 8. Albert Grane raised to 20,000 in early position, and Lars Tungel called in the hijack.
Grane checked the J♠9♣9♦ flop and Tungel bet 30,000. Grane called, and the J♣ fell on the turn.
Tungel then bet 59,000, and Grane again called. The river was the Q♥ and Tungel bet 219,000.
Grane exchanged some words with a few of his table-mates who were chatting away as he went deep into the tank. He burned through multiple time banks, but eventually ended up folding.
"How much?" Tungel asked the rest of the table, and he slammed down Q♣J♦ for a full house as the bags were finally brought out, officially bringing Day 3 to a close.
Level 19
: Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
On the last hand of the night at this table, Thomas Eychenne bet 15,000 from early position on a flop of 10♣8♦3♦, Chin Wei Lim moved all in for 105,000 in the big blind, and Eychenne called.
Chin Wei Lim: Q♦2♦ 
Thomas Eychenne: Q♥10♥
Eychenne was ahead with top pair, while Lim was on a flush draw. The Q♣ turn improved Eychenne to two pair, while the river was the 5♥ and Lim was sent to the rail.
Level 19
: Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
Maciel De Queiroga open-jammed a stack of 114,000 on the button and Ramon Munoz called in the big blind with a bigger stack.
Maciel De Queiroga: Q♠9♠
Ramon Munoz: A♠7♠
The board ran out 2♦10♥4♣J♦8♦ and De Queiroga made a straight on the river to earn a late-night double.
Level 19
: Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
Action folded to Ladislao Dalfo who limped in from the small blind. Sergio Carro Marin then raised to 35,000 in the big blind, and Dalfo called.
The flop came K♥3♦5♦ and Marin continued for 45,000. Dalfo called and the 4♠ fell on the turn.
Marin then bet 85,000 and Dalfo again called. The river was the 7♣ and Marin bet 180,000. Dalfo folded this time, and Marin took down the pot.
Level 19
: Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
Level 19
: Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
Luc van der Beek on the button and Javier Tazon in the big blind ended up moving all in preflop with at least 200,000 chips each.
Luc van der Beek: A♣A♦
Javier Tazon: A♠K♠
Van der Beek was on his way to doubling up, but the dealer decided otherwise by spreading a board of J♦9♣8♠7♣10♦, putting a jack-high straight on the board to split the pot.
