Action was on the turn on a board of A?3?K?7?. Tobias Peters checked and Natan Chauskin bet 100,000. Peters moved all in for around 150,000 and Chauskin called. Players revealed their cards.
Natan Chauskin: A?Q?
Tobias Peters: A?7?
Chauskin had a pair of aces and Peters had turned two pair, aces and sevens. The river came the 4?. Peters held to win the pot and Chauskin was eliminated in 19th place for �30,450.
Chauskin wasn't happy as he left the table, a feeling his opponent picked up on.
"He's not happy," said Peters. "If it was ace-seven offsuit I could understand."
Shyngis Satubayev raised to 35,000 from early position and Diogo Coelho three-bet to 70,000 from late position. Satubayev then moved all in for 460,000 and Coelho made the call. Players flipped their cards.
Shyngis Satubayev: J?J?
Diogo Coelho: A?K?
The board ran out 2?7?5?6?Q?. Satubayev held with his pocket jacks to double up his stack, leaving Coelho with around 230,000 behind.
Hand 2
Diogo Coelho raised to 35,000 from middle position and Shyngis Satubayev reraised to 115,000 from the small blind. Coelho used two time bank cards before moving all in. Satubayev called and this time it was Coelho who was at risk as players flipped their cards.
Diogo Coelho: 10?10?
Shyngis Satubayev: K?J?
The board ran out J?Q?J?9?4?. Satubayev made trip jacks on the flop to win the pot. In two hands against the same player, Coelho was eliminated from the tournament in 21st place for �26,450.
The action was caught as the full board had been dealt 4?5?Q?10?5?.
Yevgeneiy Golenko, in the small blind, checked the action to Salih Atac, in the hijack. Atac bet enough to put Golenko all in for his effective stack of approximately 200,000. Golenko used several time banks before finally calling off for his tournament life.
Yevgeneiy Golenko: A?J?
Salih Atac: K?K?
Golenko's hero call back fired and he was sent to the rail by the kings of Atac.
Marcelo Manfredini, raised to 35,000 from middle position, Alexander Norden called off the bet in the hijack for his last 35,000 and Tarmo Tammel squeezed to 105,000 on the button. Manfredini called.
With action on the side, the flop landed 3?3?K?. Manfredini checked and Tammel put him all in for approximately 300,000. Manfredini called.
Alexander Norden: J?J?
Marcelo Manfredini: A?7?
Tarmo Tammel: A?K?
The turn and river fell the 7? and 10? respectively and Tammel scored a double bust out.
The PokerStars European Poker Tour continues today at the Hilton Prague as Event #52: �10,300 EPT High Roller plays to its conclusion. The event is scheduled to kick off at 12 p.m. local time as the final 24 players get whittled down to a champion, each playing for their share of the �2,328,000 prize pool.
Entering Day 3 with the overall chip lead is Juan Pardo, who managed to accumulate 1,350,000 by the conclusion of play last night. Pardo already has a more than impressive sum of $9,623,392 in live tournament earnings but is looking to add an additional �491,950 with a win today. If Pardo manages to convert his chip lead into a trophy, it will be his sixth EPT win on the circuit and his second win this year, after taking down the $50,000 EPT Super High Roller event in Cyprus just two months ago.
Pardo��s path to victory isn��t clear, as both Tobias Peters and Salih Atac are following closely behind with stacks of 1,120,000 and 1,105,000 respectively; the only other players to eclipse a stack of seven-figures.
Day 3 Top 10 Chip Counts
Rank
Player
Country
Chip Count
Big Blinds
1
Juan Pardo
Spain
1,350,000
90
2
Tobias Peters
Netherlands
1,120,000
75
3
Salih Atac
Switzerland
1,105,000
74
4
Natan Chauskin
Belarus
760,000
51
5
Diogo Coelho
Portugal
675,000
45
6
Anton Suarez
Sweden
625,000
42
7
Kubanychbek Abakirov
Kyrgyzstan
610,000
41
8
Nisad Muratovic
Bosnia and Herzegovina
585,000
39
9
Tarmo Tammel
Estonia
505,000
34
10
Shyngis Satubayev
Kazakhstan
490,000
33
Antoine Saout
Amongst the finalists, Antoine Saout also remains in contention with 275,000. After finishing second in last year's EPT Prague Main Event, Saout will certainly be looking to improve upon his previous finish as he attempts to claim a career-first PokerStars shard.
The tournament will recommence on Level 11 with blinds at 2,000/5,000 with a 5,000 big blind ante. Players will play through hour-long levels until a winner is crowned.
Stay tuned to PokerNews as our live reporting team follows all the action throughout the day as we wrap up here at EPT Prague.
