Ramin Hajiyev defended his big blind against a raise by Ivaylo Sivinov and checked a flop of , Sivinov checked back. Hajiyev then bet the turn for 27,000 and Sivinov called. On the river, Hajiyev checked and folded while Sivinov was carefully preparing a bet of 63,000.
"I just got here," the High Roller regular from Azerbaijan said. "Was too busy to play the High Rollers," he added and also faces Alexandre Reard on this very table.
Early chip leader appears to be Ashkan Fattahi, who sits next to Alex Foxen, while other nearby tables feature Daria Feshchenko, Anthony Zinno, Kitty Kuo, Will Givens and Gerald Karlic.
- Abdelhakim Zoufri raised to 26,000 from mid-position and was called by the cutoff and Marcin Chmielweski in the big blind. The flop came , Chmielewski checked, Zoufri bet 32,000. The player in the cutoff quickly folded and so did Chmielewski after a minute or so.
- Vishal Maini raised to 30,000 from the button and Georgios Sotiropoulos was sitting in the big blind. He decided to three-bet to 112,000. Maini considered it for a bit and then called. The flop came , Sotiropoulos continued with a bet of 72,000, Maini glanced at his cards once more and then folded.
Mid-way through the third level of the day the screens show a total of 320 entries and more than two dozen players have been eliminated, as there are just 289 players remaining. One single re-entry can be taken per flight, and some of the familiar faces below may very well be in action soon again.
On the flop, Martin Weiemann (big blind) and Steven van Zadelhoff (early position) had both checked. Michael Gathy, on the button, bet and only Weiemann called.
The turn brought them the , Weiemann check-called again when Gathy bet.
The river completed the board with the , Weiemann checked again with less than 300,000 left. Gathy put 300,000 as the continuation bet, effectively putting Weiemann all-in. Weiemann called. Gathy tabled for the rivered straight and Weiemann got up from the table, flipped open for the flopped two pair, and then left the tournament area.
The tournament clock is showing 292 entries in total right now, just when the next level has started. The festival of tournaments has attracted some of the biggest poker players in the world to Barcelona and a lot of them have taken their seats at the tables today: