Neculai Macovei raised from early position and Mathias Muehlebach jammed from the cutoff for 490,000. Neculai Macovei looked him up and the players went to a showdown
Mathias Muehlebach: K♦3♥
Neculai Macovei: 8♦8♥
Muehlebach was in bad shape against the snowmen of Macovei, but the J♠10♥K♠ flop changed that as Muehlebach took the lead with top pair.
Macovei picked up a straight draw on the 7♦ turn, and he managed to spike the straight when the 9♠ landed on the river.
Macovei won the pot, and Muehlebach was the first elimination of Day 3.
Benjamin Hammann raised the button to around 100,000 with Mathias Muehlebach calling in the small blind and Marcel Maurer defending the big blind.
When it got to Hammann on the K♥A♦K♣ flop, he bet 40,000, which only Muehlebach called.
Check, check came after the 9♥ turn, and the 6♥ landed on the river. Muehlebach bet 125,000 and after a few moments, Hammann raised to 675,000. Muehlebach instantly jammed, putting Hammann to the test for his stack of 1,650,000.
Hammann immediately put all his time banks out and went into the tank. After over two minutes, he slammed in the call.
Muehlebach showed A♠7♣ for just a pair of aces, and lost the huge pot to Hammann's 6♦6♣ for a rivered boat.
The final 24 players have taken their seats, and cards are in the air for Day 3 of the CHF1,500 Main Event. Play gets underway with 33 minutes remaining on Level 22, where blinds are at 20,000/40,000 with a big blind ante of 40,000.
The CHF1,500 Main Event at the 2026 WSOP Circuit Liechtenstein moves into the penultimate day inside the Grand Casino Liechtenstein, with just 24 players left from the 827 that started all still in contention for the CHF190,392 top prize and the coveted WSOP Circuit ring.
The tournament has already surpassed its CHF1,000,000 guarantee, generating a prize pool of CHF1,071,792, and the remaining field has locked up at least CHF5,800. With the final table now firmly in sight, today’s play will see the field reduced to the last eight players who will return for the final day.
Switzerland’s Angelo Arossi starts with the biggest stack of 4,525,000. Italy’s Eros Calderone sits second with 3,290,000 after surviving a crucial all-in late on Day 2, while Germany’s David Wintersberger rounds out the podium positions in third with 3,045,000 to play with.
Top Ten Chip Counts
Rank
Player
Country
Chip Count
Big Blinds
1
Angelo Arossi
Switzerland
4,525,000
113
2
Eros Calderone
Italy
3,290,000
82
3
David Wintersberger
Germany
3,045,000
76
4
Flynn Meichtry
Portugal
2,705,000
68
5
Florian Gehbauer
Germany
2,605,000
65
6
Samuel Klocker
Austria
2,355,000
59
7
Florian Geiger
Germany
2,040,000
51
8
Mathias Muehlebach
Switzerland
2,000,000
50
9
Kilian Kramer
Germany
1,900,000
48
10
Benjamin Hammann
France
1,790,000
45
Samuel Klocker
Also returning near the top of the counts are Flynn Meichtry (2,705,000), Florian Gehbauer (2,605,000), and Day 1a chip leader Samuel Klocker (2,355,000), all of whom come into Day 3 with plenty of chips to work with.
In the middle of the pack sit Benjamin Hammann (1,790,000), Day 1b chip leader Mihai Andrei-Munteanu (1,640,000), and Claudio Di Giacomo (1,350,000), all well within striking distance as the field closes in on the final table.
The players with the most work to do when cards hit the baize are Ioannis Chorianopoulos (650,000), Paul-Adrian Covaciu (455,000), who has already min-cashed the event, and Michael Allgauer (350,000), who returns as the clear short stack.
Ioannis Chorianopoulos
Play resumes at 1 p.m. with 33 minutes remaining in Level 22, where blinds are 20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 big blind ante. The plan for the day is to play down to the final table of eight players.
Remaining Payouts
Place
Prize
Place
Prize
1
CHF190,392
10-11
CHF10,600
2
CHF121,300
12-15
CHF8,500
3
CHF84,500
16-23
CHF7,000
4
CHF60,200
24
CHF5,800
5
CHF43,000
6
CHF31,100
7
CHF23,100
8
CHF17,500
9
CHF13,500
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