Day 3 of the Main Event Kicks off at Noon Today
Welcome back to Day 3 of the flagship event of the 2019 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo®Casino European Poker Tour (EPT), the Main Event. The pace was fast and furious yesterday, with a 385-strong field reduced to just 107 over seven and a half hours of play at the Monte-Carlo Bay Hotel & Resort.
Each remaining player is guaranteed to take home at least €9,660 but it is fair to assume that they will all have their eyes on the top spot, with €827,700 up for grabs for 1st place, as well as the title, the trophy and a place in the EPT record books. First though, they will have to catch up with Wiktor Malinowski (769,000) and Julien Martini (735,000), who start today in pole position.
Though ahead of the pack when the claxon sounds in about an hour, Malinowski and Martini will face stiff competition from the likes of Seth Davies (684,000), James Romero (630,000), Pablo Melogno (607,000), Ludovic Geilich (606,000), Paul Michaelis (573,000) and Fionn Macnamara (572,000), who all feature in the top ten. On top of that Timothy Adams, Christoph Vogelsang, Patrik Antonius, Manig Loeser and Ryan Riess are just some of the poker heavyweights who are also still in contention.
Play will resume at Level 16, with blinds at 2,000/5,000 and a big blind ante of 5,000. There are at least five levels on the schedule for today, each lasting 90 minutes. There will be a 20-minute break at the end of each level and it is yet to be confirmed whether there will be a dinner break.
The PokerNews live reporting team will provide live updates from start to finish. The feature table will run with cards-up coverage on YouTube and Twitch, with a security delay of 30 minutes.
Day 3 Seat Draw
| Table | Seat | Name | Country | Chips | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Vlado Banicevic | Montenegro | 198,000 | 40 |
| 1 | 2 | Dominykas Karmazinas | Lithuania | 105,000 | 21 |
| 1 | 3 | Maksim Kolosov | Russia | 142,000 | 28 |
| 1 | 4 | [Removed:174] | Lithuania | 90,000 | 18 |
| 1 | 5 | Viktor Katzenberger | Hungary | 352,000 | 70 |
| 1 | 6 | Ambrose Travers | United Kingdom | 122,000 | 24 |
| 1 | 7 | Jack Maskill | United Kingdom | 431,000 | 86 |
| 1 | 8 | Masato Yokosawa | Japan | 262,000 | 52 |
| 2 | 1 | Karoly Odor | Hungary | 230,000 | 46 |
| 2 | 2 | Oshri Lahmani | Israel | 55,000 | 11 |
| 2 | 4 | Ermo Kosk | Estonia | 111,000 | 22 |
| 2 | 5 | Michel Bouskila | Australia | 117,000 | 23 |
| 2 | 6 | Konstantinos Asgoudakis | Greece | 477,000 | 95 |
| 2 | 7 | Manig Loeser | Germany | 410,000 | 82 |
| 2 | 8 | Govert Metaal | Netherlands | 397,000 | 79 |
| 3 | 1 | Jean Mikhael | Lebanon | 80,000 | 16 |
| 3 | 2 | Alisa Sibgatova | Russia | 303,000 | 61 |
| 3 | 3 | Charles La Boissonniere | Canada | 320,000 | 64 |
| 3 | 4 | Guy Catan | France | 64,000 | 13 |
| 3 | 5 | Massimo Mosele | Italy | 372,000 | 74 |
| 3 | 6 | Emrah Cakmak | France | 143,000 | 29 |
| 3 | 7 | Karim Jamil | Belgium | 185,000 | 37 |
| 3 | 8 | Ibrahim Ghassan | Lebanon | 312,000 | 62 |
| 4 | 1 | Martin Schacher | Switzerland | 222,000 | 44 |
| 4 | 2 | Vlad Darie | Romania | 90,000 | 18 |
| 4 | 3 | Patrik Antonius | Finland | 333,000 | 67 |
| 4 | 4 | Mikalai Vaskaboinikau | Belarus | 181,000 | 36 |
| 4 | 5 | Georgios Kitsios | Greece | 263,000 | 53 |
| 4 | 6 | Jonas Lauck | Germany | 64,000 | 13 |
| 4 | 7 | Ionut Voinea | Romania | 434,000 | 87 |
| 4 | 8 | Ramon Colillas | Spain | 134,000 | 27 |
| 5 | 1 | Eusebiu Jalba | Romania | 165,000 | 33 |
| 5 | 2 | Cedric Boussetta | France | 304,000 | 61 |
| 5 | 3 | Enio Bozzano | Brazil | 120,000 | 24 |
| 5 | 4 | Morgan Aceto | France | 131,000 | 26 |
| 5 | 5 | Corentin Ropert | France | 107,000 | 21 |
| 5 | 7 | Johann Zeitoun | France | 222,000 | 44 |
| 5 | 8 | Christophe Panetti | Switzerland | 495,000 | 99 |
| 6 | 2 | Fionn Macnamara | United Kingdom | 542,000 | 108 |
| 6 | 3 | Jorden Verbraeken | Belgium | 367,000 | 73 |
| 6 | 4 | Ludovic Geilich | United Kingdom | 606,000 | 121 |
| 6 | 5 | Luis Medina | Portugal | 128,000 | 26 |
| 6 | 6 | Huan Jiaming | China | 67,000 | 13 |
| 6 | 7 | Oleg Larichev | Russia | 170,000 | 34 |
| 6 | 8 | Andreas Klatt | Germany | 83,000 | 17 |
| 7 | 1 | Fady Kamar | Lebanon | 223,000 | 45 |
| 7 | 2 | James Romero | United States | 630,000 | 126 |
| 7 | 3 | Aram Sargsyan | Armenia | 82,000 | 16 |
| 7 | 4 | Nicola Grieco | Italy | 409,000 | 82 |
| 7 | 5 | Romain Lewis | France | 108,000 | 22 |
| 7 | 6 | Ryan Riess | United States | 202,000 | 40 |
| 7 | 7 | Orpen Kisacikoglu | Turkey | 361,000 | 72 |
| 7 | 8 | Nicola D'Anselmo | Italy | 292,000 | 58 |
| 8 | 1 | Wiktor Malinowski | Poland | 769,000 | 154 |
| 8 | 2 | Melika Razavi | Iran | 192,000 | 38 |
| 8 | 3 | Pierre Merlin | France | 172,000 | 34 |
| 8 | 4 | Seth Davies | United States | 684,000 | 137 |
| 8 | 5 | Vahe Ter-Khachatryan | Armenia | 88,000 | 18 |
| 8 | 6 | Ami Barer | Canada | 604,000 | 121 |
| 8 | 7 | Ramon Miquel Munoz | Spain | 491,000 | 98 |
| 8 | 8 | Nicolas Chouity | Lebanon | 156,000 | 31 |
| 9 | 1 | Ariel Celestino | Brazil | 411,000 | 82 |
| 9 | 2 | Julien Martini | France | 735,000 | 147 |
| 9 | 3 | Ivan Deyra | France | 142,000 | 28 |
| 9 | 4 | Danilo Velasevic | Serbia | 118,000 | 24 |
| 9 | 5 | Bruno Volkmann | Brazil | 348,000 | 70 |
| 9 | 6 | Tamer Kamel | United Kingdom | 106,000 | 21 |
| 9 | 7 | Vamshi Vandanapu | United Kingdom | 174,000 | 35 |
| 9 | 8 | Paul Michaelis | Germany | 573,000 | 115 |
| 10 | 1 | Artur Martirosian | Russia | 30,000 | 6 |
| 10 | 2 | Conor Beresford | United Kingdom | 248,000 | 50 |
| 10 | 3 | Sylvain Mazza | France | 207,000 | 41 |
| 10 | 5 | Markus Durnegger | Austria | 194,000 | 39 |
| 10 | 6 | Artur Koren | Germany | 199,000 | 40 |
| 10 | 7 | Fatima Moreira De Melo | Netherlands | 154,000 | 31 |
| 10 | 8 | Erwann Pecheux | France | 235,000 | 47 |
| 11 | 1 | Aladin Reskallah | France | 380,000 | 76 |
| 11 | 2 | Gen Nose | Japan | 215,000 | 43 |
| 11 | 3 | Dirk Wiele | Germany | 143,000 | 29 |
| 11 | 4 | Armin Rezaei | Austria | 169,000 | 34 |
| 11 | 5 | Michail Karapanos | Greece | 210,000 | 42 |
| 11 | 6 | Dario Sammartino | Italy | 365,000 | 73 |
| 11 | 7 | Robert Nesh | Russia | 76,000 | 15 |
| 11 | 8 | Serafim Kovalevskiy | Russia | 149,000 | 30 |
| 12 | 1 | Wei Huang | China | 147,000 | 29 |
| 12 | 2 | Boris Kolev | Bulgaria | 196,000 | 39 |
| 12 | 3 | Ignacio Barcenas Romera | Spain | 341,000 | 68 |
| 12 | 4 | Sergei Bagirov | Russia | 51,000 | 10 |
| 12 | 5 | Christoph Vogelsang | Germany | 193,000 | 39 |
| 12 | 6 | Rocco Palumbo | Italy | 163,000 | 33 |
| 12 | 7 | Thomas Hueber | Austria | 305,000 | 61 |
| 12 | 8 | Evy Kvilhaug | Norway | 162,000 | 32 |
| 13 | 1 | Rustam Hajiyev | Azerbaijan | 377,000 | 75 |
| 13 | 2 | Michael Wang | United States | 225,000 | 45 |
| 13 | 3 | Mikita Badziakouski | Belarus | 65,000 | 13 |
| 13 | 4 | Milos Lalovic | Serbia | 217,000 | 43 |
| 13 | 5 | Sam Greenwood | Canada | 245,000 | 49 |
| 13 | 7 | Andreas Vlachos | Greece | 97,000 | 19 |
| 13 | 8 | Pablo Melogno | Uruguay | 607,000 | 121 |
| 14 | 1 | Roberto Fernandez | Spain | 81,000 | 16 |
| 14 | 2 | Maxi Lehmanski | Germany | 327,000 | 65 |
| 14 | 3 | David Lascar | France | 204,000 | 41 |
| 14 | 4 | Jean-René Fontaine | France | 628,000 | 126 |
| 14 | 5 | Francois Evard | Switzerland | 435,000 | 87 |
| 14 | 6 | Timothy Adams | Canada | 482,000 | 96 |
| 14 | 7 | Antonio Scalzi | Italy | 87,000 | 17 |
| 14 | 8 | Remi Castaignon | France | 440,000 | 88 |
in the first hand of the day at the feature table. He did so from early position and Mikalai Vaskaboinikau three-bet from middle position to 34,000 with 
. It folded to Ramon Colillas found 
in the small blind and he pushed his last 134,000 to the middle. 
and the pot was pushed to Vaskaboinikau while Colillas got eliminated in the first hand of the day.
for Malinowski to pick up some extra outs for a flush draw to eliminate the 2010 EPT Monte Carlo Champion but the river completed the board with the 
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flop looked good for both overpairs and when Verbraeken continued for 60,000, Wang flatted behind.
pairing the bottom card and Verbraeken moved all in for 250,000. Wang quickly called but with fewer chips than his opponent, he had to say goodbye.
to keep her dream alive.