Jan Bendik, who won this event last year when it was under the EPT banner, just shoved all in for 99,000 in early position. Jerome Brion called him from the cutoff.
Brion:
Bendik:
Bendik had a dominating position, but that changed on the flop. Although Brion had found a three-outer, Bendik could still win with a spade or a queen. None appeared on the turn or river though, and he said something in his native tongue before shaking his conqueror's hand and heading to payouts.
Sergei Petrushevskii was first to act and opened to 22,000. His neighbor, Hossein Ensan, three-bet to 39,000. This got rid of all the other players but Petrushevskii called.
Petrushevskii carefully tapped the table once the flop hit. Ensan bet 39,000 and Petrushevskii called.
Both players checked the on the turn before the completed the board. Petrushevskii checked for the third time. Ensan grabbed a 5,000-chip from a tower of blues and moved the rest forward: a 95,000 bet.
Petrushevskii thought about it for a bit before he tossed in a chip to call. Ensan showed for the flush, Petrushevskii mucked quietly.
Three days are in the books and three remain in PokerStars Championship presented by Monte-Carlo Casino® €5,300 Main Event.
A starting field of 727 runners has been reduced to just 45, so the tournament is well into the money with the current payout being €15,420. However, everyone has their eyes on the €500,800 top prize, and a number of top players remain in contention.
Stefan Schillhabel, Davidi Kitai, Sergio Aido, and French tournament legend Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier are all in the top 10 in chips. However, everyone's looking up at Frenchman Michael Kolkowicz, who has 1,445,000 as blinds and antes head to 5,000/10,000/1,000.
Day 4 of the event will see the players grind their way through five more levels, each lasting 90 minutes. When they wrap things up at Level 23, they'll be playing 12,000/24,000/4,000. There will be 20-minute breaks between each level. Stay tuned here on PokerNews as we bring you all of the live updates throughout the day.
flop. Although Brion had found a three-outer, Bendik could still win with a spade or a queen. None appeared on the turn or river though, and he said something in his native tongue before shaking his conqueror's hand and heading to payouts.
giving Nardin two pair and a strong lead in the hand.
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on the river, however, was a blank and Souaid and Nardin shook hands. Down to 40 players now in the Main Event.
flop hit. Ensan bet 39,000 and Petrushevskii called.
on the turn before the 
for the flush, Petrushevskii mucked quietly.
