[Removed:431] raised it up from early position and Pascal Lefrancois called from the big blind. The flop came and Lefrancois checked to Steinfeuer who bet 17,000. Lefrancois check-raised to 65,000 and Steinfeuer called.
The turn was the and both players checked to the on the river. Lefrancois reached back for a massive bet of 325,000. Steinfeuer went into the tank for a minute but finally released his cards to the muck.
Timothy Adams opened to 21,000 from middle position and Andrew Hulme reraised all in for his remaining 80,000 from the button, the blinds folded and Adams made the call.
Andrew Hulme:
Timothy Adams:
Hulme was behind and at risk and couldn't improve as the board ran out improving Adams to a set of tens and knocking Hulme out of the tournament.
Nazar Buhaiov opened to 16,000 from under the gun and picked up three callers; Nicola Grieco on his left, Ihor Kaliahin in the hijack, and Alexandre Hocquaux in the big blind.
The flop showed up . Hocquaux checked his option. Buhaiov continued for 17,000, and only Grieco made the call to go heads up to a turn.
That turn was the . Both players checked to go to a river.
The final card was the . Buhaiov picked up the betting with a bet of 35,000. Grieco thought for about 20 seconds before making the call.
Buhaiov showed for top pair, and that was good enough to take down the pot.
The field has dwindled down to just 76 players after the second level on Day 3. The remaining players are now heading on another 20-minute break and will return to a 10,000 big blind and ante.
Yesset Aimukhanov raised to 22,000 on the button and Fabrizio Benvenuto ripped all in for 75,000 in the small blind. The big blind folded and Aimukhanov quickly called.
Fabrizio Benvenuto:
Yesset Aimukhanov:
The flop fell and Benvenuto still held the lead with his pocket sevens. The on the turn gave Aimukhanov a couple of more outs and the on the river was one of them as he completed a straight to eliminate Benvenuto.
The action folded to Imed Mahmoud who shoved his remaining 104,000 chips all in from the cutoff and was called by Ioannis Kapnopoulos in the small blind.
Imed Mahmoud:
Ioannis Kapnopoulos:
Mahmoud was ahead but at risk and the board ran out securing the double up for Mahmoud.
After a couple of preflop raises, three players got all of their chips in the middle. Jorge Ufano was at risk for around 190,000, Sonny Franco started the hand with around 225,000, and Rui Milhomens had them both covered.
Jorge Ufano:
Sonny Franco:
Rui Milhomens:
The dealer fanned the flop of and Milhomens took the lead with a pair of aces. The on the turn changed nothing as Milhomens had the largest of the flush draws. The completed the board and Milhomens eliminated both of his opponents.
Abel Aspas opened to 20,000 in early position and picked up one caller, Ionut-Flavius Voinea in middle position.
The flop showed up . Aspas continued for 20,000, and Voinea made the call.
The turn came the . Aspas fired again, this time for 60,000. Once more, Voinea called.
On the river, Aspas emptied the clip with a final barrel of 140,000. Voinea let his cards go.
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On the next hand, Aspas opened to 20,000 from under the gun. He found two callers in the blinds, Parker Talbot in the small and Simon Lofberg in the big.
The dealer spread on the table. Both blinds checked, Aspas continued for 18,000. Talbot called; Lofberg folded.
The turn brought the . Talbot checked again, and Aspas sized way up to 125,000. Again, Talbot went with the check-call line from out of position.
When the river fell the , Talbot checked for a third time. For the second hand in a row, Aspas fired the third barrel, this one for 175,000. Talbot fought back, though. He check-raised all in, 480,000 effective.
Aspas went into the tank, he just got these chips. He ended up folding this one.
"Big hand?" asked a tablemate of Talbot.
"At least, that's what I was trying to say," he responded.