Jogue com responsabilidade. As apostas podem causar dependência.
As the third round moves along further and further players are anxiously walking around the room to check up on their team mates. It's important to keep gathering those points, as the last-place team will get knocked out at the end of the day.
On the other hand, the chip leading team will automatically qualify for the semi finals of the Global Poker Masters World Cup.
Eugene Katchalov was just all in for his tournament life and he was up against Dan Smith in a big pot.
Katchalov: 
Smith: 
The board ran out 
and Smith's hand held up in this big clash. There are now four players remaining at the featured table.
Lois Salter earned a point for the UK after he busted from Table 4.
He was crippled by Andrew Chen after he ran pockets fours in the Team Canada member's pocket tens, and failed to improve.
The very next hand she moved in with 
andwas called by Olivier Busquet who held 
. The board ran 
to make Team America a stright.
Christopher Frank put Vladimir Troyanovskiy all in from the small blind, and the Russian pro called from the big.
Frank: 
Troyanovskiy:
The board ran out 
and Troyanovskiy was knocked out in fourth place for 1,000 points. Frank now remains with Dan Smith and Sylvain Loosli.
Olivier Price has amassed a big stack three-handed after he busted Andrea Dato in fourth place.
News reached us that Price flopped top pair versus Dato's flush draw and the chips went in. Dato turned the flush but the card also gave Price two pair and he filled up on the river.
If Price goes on to win his heat, Ukraine will be much deeper in trouble and a few steps closer to being eliminated.
The third heat is far from over, but here are some early point movements in the standings.
| Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
|---|---|---|
|
38,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
|
33,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
|
32,000
1,000
|
1,000 |
|
24,000 | |
|
21,000 | |
|
15,000 | |
|
10,000
1,000
|
1,000 |
|
3,000 |
Andrew Chen just got it in before the flop with 
up against Olivier Busquet's 
.
The board ran out 
and Chen doubled.
It's three handed at table 4, besides Chen (Canada) and Busquet (USA), Dario Sammartino for Team Italy is still alive.
Isaac Haxton limped in from the button and Oleksandr Gnatenko pushed all in for 24,400. "Ok, I call" Haxton said after a just few seconds of contemplating.
Haxton:
Gnatenko: 
The board ran out 
and Gnatenko doubled.
Gnatenko, by far the most enthusiastic player so far today (giving commentary on the action on his table for everyone to hear when there's something spectacular happening) now has the chip lead heads up on Table 2.
Sylvain Loosli raised from the button after which Dan Smith moved all in from the small blind. Christopher Frank moved all in from the big blind and Loosli called from the button.
In order of stack size:
Frank:
Loosli: 
Smith: 
The board ran out 
and Frank knocked out both of his opponents! Team Germany wins another heat and extends its lead on the leader board.
| Name | Country | Place/Position |
|---|---|---|
| Christopher Frank | Germany | 9,000 |
| Sylvain Loosli | France | 5,000 |
| Dan Smith | United States | 2,000 |
| Vladimir Troyanovskiy | Russia | 1,000 |
| Eugene Katchalov | Ukraine | 5th |
| Sam Trickett | United Kingdom | 6th |
| Mustapha Kanit | Italy | 7th |
| Jonathan Duhamel | Canada | 8th |
