€800 Main Event - 1M Gtd. Day 3 | 2019 Golden Poker Million

12-01-2019 16:57 UTC+3

Raffoul Loses a Flip

Jaxon

Level 22 : 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Edgard Raffoul didn't enter today with a big stack and now he has no stack. He jammed for about 12 big blinds with and was called by an opponent with .

The flop kept Raffoul ahead. Raffoul appeared to be in better shape after nailing a set once the came on the turn.

However, luck wasn't on Raffoul's side as the spiked the river to give his opponent a straight and Raffoul headed to the rail in 44th place.

Player	Chips	Progress
Edgard Raffoul	Busted

12-01-2019 16:49 UTC+3

Bilonozhko Rockets His Chip Count with Rockets

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Level 22 : 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Pavlo Bilonozhko opened for 115,000 from the button. Jose Gomez Romero three-bet from the big blind to 475,000. Vilonozhko used a time bank card and was down to one second on the timer before he four-bet to 1,175,000.

Romero opted to call and the came on the flop. Romero checked-called a bet from his opponent of 650,000 with about the same stack behind.

The paired the board on the turn and Bilonozhko jammed for a few chips more than covering his opponent's remaining stack. Romero snap-called and got the bad news.

Pavlo Bilonozhko:
Jose Gomez Romero:

Romero still had some outs but none of them came with the completing the board on the river.

A few seconds later, David Higuera followed Romero to the rail at a different table.

Player	Chips	Progress
Pavlo Bilonozhko	5,200,000	2,350,000
Jose Gomez Romero	Busted
David Higuera	Busted

12-01-2019 16:27 UTC+3

Zamorano in the Chip Lead after Eliminating Yilmaz

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Level 22 : 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Two Nuri's were the first two players eliminated on Day 3. Antonio Saez Zamorano opened to 105,000 from early positon. Nuri Yilmaz used a time-bank card before he three-bet jammed for about 1.5 million. The action folded back to Zamorano who made the snap-call.

Nuri Yilmaz:
Antonio Saez Zamorano:

The ran out on the board and Yilmaz hit the rail. Meanwhile, Antonio Saez Zamorano became the tournament's chip leader after the hand.

Shortly after, Carlos Baena and Murat Cakir were eliminated at other tables.

Player	Chips	Progress
Antonio Saez Zamorano	7,000,000	2,545,000
Nuri Yilmaz	Busted
Carlos Baena	Busted
Murat Cakir	Busted

12-01-2019 16:14 UTC+3

Prior Busts Kural

Jaxon

Level 22 : 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Nuri Kural open jammed from the cutoff for 20 big blinds with before Daniel Prior three-bet jammed from one seat over with for a bit more.

The players in the blinds folded and Kural was eliminated after he was unable to improve with the running out on the board.

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel Prior	2,600,000	1,230,000
Nuri Kural	Busted

Tags: Daniel Prior Nuri Kural

12-01-2019 16:10 UTC+3

Shot Clocks Today

Jaxon

Level 22 : 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

The tournament has introduced shot clocks to speed up the action on Day 3. Players will have 30 seconds to react and if this isn't enough time, they will have four 30-second time bank cards they can use throughout the day.

12-01-2019 16:06 UTC+3

Cards in the Air

Jaxon

Level 22 : 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Tournament Director Gerard Serra just announced to the dealers to shuffle up and deal.

Level: 22

Blinds: 25,000/50,000

Ante: 50,000

12-01-2019 15:32 UTC+3

Welcome to Day 3 of the Main Event

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Welcome to Day 3 of the Golden Million Cyprus Main Event. The tournament attracted a huge field of 1,178 entrants. Yesterday witnessed opening flight survivors whittle down to just 50 players by the end of Day 2.

Today's Day 3 will play for seven 90-minute blind levels or down to a final table, whichever comes first with tomorrow scheduled to be the final day.

Russia's Alexey Romanov heads into the day with the chip lead with a stack of 5,475,000 followed by Dan Dumitru Apostol (5,115,000), Shlomi Shimoni (5,015,000), Ioannis Chorianopoulos (4,980,000), and Seref Dursun Anar (4,890,000).

Place	Player	Country	Chips	Big Blinds
1	Alexey Romanov	Russia	5,475,000	102
2	Dan Dumitru Apostol	Romania	5,115,000	110
3	Shlomi Shimoni	Israel	5,015,000	100
4	Ioannis Chorianopoulos	Greece	4,980,000	100
5	Seref Dursun Anar	Turkey	4,890,000	98

Blinds start today at 25,000/50,000 with a big blind ante of 50,000 and increase every 90 minutes. Breaks will take place after every blind level. Here is a look at today's structure.

Level	Small Blind	Big Blind	Big Blind Ante
22	25,000	50,000	50,000
23	30,000	60,000	60,000
24	40,000	80,000	80,000
25	50,000	100,000	100,000
26	60,000	120,000	120,000
27	80,000	160,000	160,000
28	100,000	200,000	200,000

Cards will be in the air at 3 p.m. EET. Stay tuned at PokerNews for coverage of Day 3 of the Main Event.

12-01-2019 15:15 UTC+3

Day 3 Seat Draw

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Table	Seat	Name	Country	Chips	Big Blinds
1	1	Vladyslav Pohribnyi	Ukraine	1,575,000	32
1	2	Anton Kozko	Russia	2,470,000	49
1	3	David Comeron	Spain	2,260,000	45
1	4	Josef Gulas	Czech Republic	4,845,000	97
1	5	Dan Dumitru Apostol	Romania	5,115,000	102
1	6	Sertac Turker	Turkey	1,800,000	36
1	7
1	8	Marco Marco	Israel	2,955,000	59

2	1
2	2	David Verdal	Austria	2,515,000	50
2	3	Aydin Abulmuhsin	France	655,000	13
2	4	Muhammed Bozkurt	Turkey	695,000	14
2	5	Edgard Raffoul	Lebanon	1,145,000	23
2	6	Hanouadi Del Pino	Spain	2,265,000	45
2	7	Bakhtiev Ruslan	Russia	1,500,000	30
2	8	Shlomi Shimoni	Israel	5,015,000	100

3	1	David Higuera	Spain	1,660,000	33
3	2	Alexandros Erotokritou	Cyprus	3,445,000	69
3	3	Dmitrii Vitugin	Russia	2,450,000	49
3	4	Nuri Kural	Turkey	1,250,000	25
3	5
3	6
3	7	Daniel Prior	Austria	1,370,000	27
3	8	Carlos Baena	Spain	600,000	12

4	1	Kim Enriquez	Philippines	600,000	12
4	2	Antonio Saez Zamorano	Spain	4,455,000	89
4	3	Joseph Dorai	Israel	2,535,000	51
4	4	Jose Rivas	Venezuela	3,005,000	60
4	5	Nuri Yilmaz	Turkey	1,060,000	21
4	6	Vytautas Semeska	Lithuania	4,105,000	82
4	7	Samiyel Duzgun	Switzerland	3,340,000	67
4	8	Mario Eder	Austria	1,310,000	26

6	1	Alexey Romanov	Russia	5,475,000	110
6	2	Milad Oghabian	Netherlands	1,995,000	40
6	3	Oleksandr Lysenko	Ukraine	1,620,000	32
6	4	Murat Cakir	Turkey	1,025,000	21
6	5	Wassa	Unknown	1,460,000	29
6	6	Andreas Puntigam	Austria	1,300,000	26
6	7	Cristian Cabrera	Spain	1,495,000	30
6	8

7	1	Koray Korkmaz	Turkey	435,000	9
7	2	Jose Gomez Romero	Spain	3,525,000	71
7	3	Timofei Vekshin	Russia	3,400,000	68
7	4	Andrey Golubev	Kazakhstan	1,570,000	31
7	5	Kayhan Tip	Turkey	2,500,000	50
7	6	Terje Bremseth	Norway	1,650,000	33
7	7	Pavlo Bilonozhko	Ukraine	2,850,000	57
7	8	Andrei Stonescue	Romania	1,185,000	24

8	1	Seref Dursun Anar	Turkey	4,890,000	98
8	2	Aleksandre Apryan	Switzerland	1,300,000	26
8	3	Hugo Caldeira De Brites	Portugal	1,625,000	33
8	4	Ilane Benham	Iran	1,335,000	27
8	5	Ioannis Chorianopoulos	Greece	4,980,000	100
8	6
8	7	Robert Karlsson	Sweden	940,000	19
8	8	Miguel Moreno	Spain	4,300,000	86

€800 Main Event - 1M Gtd.

Day 3 Started