2010 PokerStars.com EPT Grand Final - Monte Carlo

Main Event
Day: 3
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Event Info

2010 PokerStars.com EPT Grand Final - Monte Carlo

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a♣a♦
Prize
€1,700,000
Event Info
Buy-in
€10,000
Entries
848
Level Info
Level
31
Blinds
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
20,000

Day 3 Down, Eyster's Got the View from the Top

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Kevin Eyster
Kevin Eyster
Day 3 is a wrap in Monaco, and American Kevin Eyster is off into the night as chip leader, a position he's had most of the day to get used to. Matt Perrins is very close behind him after winning a massive pot with kings against aces and then wielding his back stack skillfully all evening. Jean Francois Talbot rounds out the top three. Nick Schulman, Andrew Chen, and Manuel Bevand will also be back on Thursday to fight for a place at the Grand Final final table.

The day began with 116 players, but by 10:00, the field was down to 24. Team PokerStars Pro Vicky Coren nearly made it to Day 4, finishing just short in 27th place (€40,000). Fellow pros Alex Gomes and Lex Veldhuis were also only a few eliminations away. Chris Moneymaker started with a big stack but was eliminated in 69th place (€25,000). UK football phenom Teddy Sheringham hit the rail as well, as did EPT Berlin champion Kevin MacPhee. Neil Channing, Nicolas Levi, Davidi Kitai, and Mel Judah all also finished in the money.

The last 24 will be back at noon local time on Thursday to play down to the eight-handed final table. Here's how the field will be laid out when they return for the penultimate day:

Table 1
Seat 1: Craig McCorkell (1498000)
Seat 2: Dominykas Karmazinas (866000)
Seat 3: Matt Perrins (2618000)
Seat 4: Herve Costa (1105000)
Seat 5: Josef Klinger (622000)
Seat 6: Kevin Eyster (2768000)
Seat 7: Aleh Plauski (1139000)
Seat 8: Domenico Iannone (713000)

Table 2
Seat 1: Claudiu Saizu (1220000)
Seat 2: [Removed:146] (758000)
Seat 3: Emanuele Rugini (575000)
Seat 4: Ramzi Jelassi (590000)
Seat 5: Jean Francois Talbot (2427000)
Seat 6: Sami Kelopuro (1094000)
Seat 7: Nicolas Chouity (2037000)
Seat 8: Paul Berende (148000)

Table 3
Seat 1: David Sesso (850000)
Seat 2: Nick Schulman (578000)
Seat 3: Laurent Olive (1035000)
Seat 4: Manuel Bevand (490000)
Seat 5: Roger Hairabedian (675000)
Seat 6: Salvatore Bonavena (610000)
Seat 7: Andrew Chen (387000)
Seat 8: Martin Hruby (720000)