Down to just five big blinds, Denis Simionel shoved from the hijack and he was called by Martin Soukup in the cutoff.
Denis Simionel: 
Martin Soukup: 
The board came 
and Simionel was eliminated in 15th place for €4,820.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,750,000 | 200,000 |
|
Busted |
On the three-way flop of 
, Espen Uhlen Jorstad bet 30,000 with 
and Martin Soukup raised to 125,000 with 
and Jorstad came along to see the 
turn and big bet of Soukup forced a fold from Jorstad.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,550,000 | 185,000 |
|
540,000 | -145,000 |
On the river of a board 
, Razvan Sabau check-called a bet of 160,000 by Cristian Grecu and the latter showed 
for a full house to claim the pot and pull further ahead at the top of the counts.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,710,000 | 240,000 |
|
1,015,000 | -250,000 |
In the first hand back from the dinner break on the outer table, Oerjahn Winther defended his big blind against the button raise of Marius Gicovanu and check-called a bet of 40,000 on the 
flop. The turn went check, check, and Winther bet the river for 50,000.
Gicovanu needed some time to consider but made the call, and he was good. Winther only had 
, which Gicovanu had beat with .
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
605,000 | 195,000 |
|
435,000 | -155,000 |
Level: 22
Blinds: 10,000/20,000
Ante: 20,000
The remaining 15 players have been sent into a 60-minute dinner break and the T-1,000 chips will be raced off. Day 3 concludes when the final table has been reached or at the end of the eighth level, whichever of the two comes first.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,470,000 | -30,000 |
|
|
1,365,000 | 95,000 |
|
|
1,265,000 | 15,000 |
|
1,080,000 | 30,000 |
|
795,000 | -5,000 |
|
750,000 | 50,000 |
|
750,000 | 79,000 |
|
|
685,000 | -16,000 |
|
|
590,000 | -10,000 |
|
570,000 | -30,000 |
|
485,000 | 52,000 |
|
|
410,000 | 10,000 |
|
345,000 | -3,000 |
|
270,000 | -52,000 |
|
|
150,000 | -48,000 |
The action on the outer table has slowed down and the only bigger pot as of lately left Cristian Grecu with the head shaking, even though he claimed the chips. What had happened? Grecu had flopped top set with in the big blind but his opponent checked behind the river.
Grecu climbed up to around 1.5 million in chips and Razvan Sabau is the only other chip millionaire on the outer table.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,500,000 | 150,000 |
|
|
1,250,000 | 50,000 |
|
|
800,000 | -75,000 |
|
|
700,000 | -70,000 |
|
|
600,000 | -75,000 |
|
|
600,000 | 63,000 |
|
|
400,000 | -100,000 |
Bogdan Sovaiala jammed for just 158,000 on the button with the 
and Espen Uhlen Jorstad reshoved out of the small blind with the 
.
The board came 
and Sovaiala doubled to more than 20 big blinds.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
701,000 | -284,000 |
|
|
348,000 | 150,000 |
Martin Soukup raised to 35,000 on the button with the and Alexandru Palievici defended in the big blind. They checked the flop and the appeared on the turn. Palievici bet 38,000 and Soukup called.
The 
on the river slowed down the action and Palievici checked, Soukup bet 75,000. Palievici went for the check-raise to 225,000, more than half of his remaining stack, and Soukup folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,270,000 | -130,000 |
|
|
671,000 | 156,000 |
On the outer table, Marius Gicovanu was all in for 242,000 in the cutoff and he was called by Corentin Ropert on the button.
Marius Gicovanu: 
Corentin Ropert:
The 
flop and the 6d turn left Gicovanu with just three outs and he indeed spiked the river to double.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
875,000 | -238,000 |
|
|
500,000 | 180,000 |