Among those to bust early on were also Tatjana Zizic and Steven van Zadelhoff. Gustavo Mastelotto was more fortunate as he spiked a full double through Asi Moshe.
Mastelotto raised to 9,000 from under the gun and was called by Mihails Morozovs and Moshe in the big blind. The flop of was checked through and Moshe checked the turn. Mastelotto bet 11,500, which folded out Morozovs, while Moshe check-raised to 33,000. Mastelotto called and snap-called the shove of Moshe on the river.
Moshe turned over for the nut flush, but it was no good against Mastelotto's for quads.
From early position, Roman Emelyanov shoved for 18,000. Action folded to James Romero in the small blind and he tanked for a bit before raising. The big blind folded instantly.
Roman Emelyanov:
James Romero:
The flop gave Romero a pair but Emelyanov found a gutshot. The on the turn and on the river, however, were blanks and Emelyanov hit the rail.
Patrick Caveriviere became the first casualty of the day when he shoved from the cutoff with the . Nick Petrangelo in the small blind reshoved with and the flop of left Caveriviere in desperate shape. It was all over after the turn, making the river a formality.
Instead of the regular 5 levels, the plan for the day is now to play 6 levels. That means a dinner break of 75 minutes after the 4th 90-minute level is in place.
Only 287 players out of a 1,682-entry strong field remain for Day 3 of the 2017 PokerStars Championship Barcelona €5,300 Main Event and they all eye the trophy and first-place payout of €1,410,000 that comes along with it in the annex of Casino Barcelona. However, the first goal for today is securing a portion of the prize pool of €8,157,700 as just the top 247 spots will guarantee at least €8,740 for the efforts.
Leading the field of survivors into money day is Colombia's Mauricio Salazar Sanchez with 507,000, closely followed by Rosen Angelov (497,500) and Sergey Sergeev (470,500). Other big stacks include World Series of Poker Bracelet winner Asi Moshe (411,500), Mark Roovers (406,500), Jussi Nevanlinna (394,000), Patrick Leonard (394,000), Kyle Bowker (392,500), Dario Sammartino (355,500) and Juha Helppi (335,000). Raffaele Sorrentino, who took down the 2017 PokerStars Championship presented by Monte-Carlo Casino before the summer break, is also still in contention with a big stack of 300,000.
The last ever European Poker Tour Main Event champion Jasper Meijer van Putten made it through with 242,500 while two PokerStars Team Pros advanced in Andre Akkari (202,500) and Jeff Gross (29,000). Action will resume at 12 p.m. local time with level 15 and blinds of 2,000/4,000 and an ante of 500. At least five levels of 90 minutes with a break after each level are scheduled for Day 3 and the money bubble is expected to burst in the first two levels of the day before the field will get cut down further.
Day 3 Level Structure
Level
Duration
Small Blind
Big Blind
Ante
15
90 min
2,000
4,000
500
16
90 min
2,500
5,000
500
17
90 min
3,000
6,000
1,000
18
90 min
4,000
8,000
1,000
19
90 min
5,000
10,000
1,000
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