In one of the first hands of the day, Justas Vaiciulionis shoved for 54,500 from middle position. Action folded to Yury Kanunnikov in the big blind and he tanked for a fair bit before calling.
Justas Vaiciulionis:
Yury Kanunnikov:
"You think for so long with that hand?" Vaiciulionis said.
The dealer, meanwhile, had the flop out with favoring Kanunnikov.
Tablemate Matas Cimbolas asked for a spade on the turn to make a chop possible, but instead, it came , , and Vaiciulionis was eliminated.
Ihar Soika got his last 40,000 in preflop with and was racing against the of Dominik Panka. The board ran out , and Panka dodged a turned gutterball to score the knockout.
After a hijack open by Martin Staszko and a three-bet by Fatima Moreira de Melo, Michael Koran jammed about 100,000 in on the button. The PokerStars Team Pro called after Staszko folded what he said was ace-queen.
Moreira de Melo:
Koran:
There seemed to be only a small sweat but that became zero sweat after the flop gave Moreira de Melo a flush. Koran took his leave on the unfortunate hand.
It's Day 3 of the PokerStars Championship Prague Main Event and things will be kicked off with a special announcement by tour organizer PokerStars. There have been rumors floating around for months now, but we will only know for sure as soon as James Hartigan. Joe Stapleton, and Daniel Negreanu take to the comms and spill the beans.
While that may be something big about future events, here in Prague it's all about the now. It's Day 3, the money looms, the tension rises, things are getting real. 140 players remain of the 855 that signed up. 127 are making the money, €8,700 awaits everyone but 13 unlucky souls.
Play gets underway at noon local time, in about 90 minutes from now. The plan for the day is to play 5 levels of 90 minutes each. After every level, a 20-minute break commences for the players.