It's the bubble, so players are understandably playing tight. Also, those that are playing have taken their time. For instance, this round of hand-for-hand play has been going on for seven minutes. Rest assured this bubble will burst, and we'll be there to capture it.
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The roof is open in Le Sporting tournament area for Day 3 of the PokerStars and Monte-Carlo Casino EPT Grand Final Main Event. Russia's Vladimir Troyanovskiy is chip leader with 450,000 chips. The prize pool has been announced; 650 entrants, 95 pay, first prize is a cool 1.24 Million Euros... Jennifer Robles has the scoop.
Level: 17
Blinds: 2,500/5,000
Ante: 500
Players are on the second break of the day. Back in 20 minutes to see who will bubble the tournament.
Team PokerStars Pro David Williams raised under the gun only to have Emil Patel three-bet all in for 43,500 from the button. The blinds folded, and Williams, who has a €2,000 side bet with Noah Boeken that the bubble will burst in this level, made the call.
Patel: 
Williams: 
The 
flop made things interesting by pairing Williams' queen, but he was left wanting as the 
blanked on the turn followed by the 
on the river.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
209,000
-46,000
|
-46,000 |
|
||
|
97,000
53,500
|
53,500 |
Dani Stern took on a serial staller at the EPT Grand Final and so we got PokerStars.tv’s Sarah Grant to find out a little more. Click through to PokerStars Blog to watch the video.
France's Akim Aouine shoved all in for his last 23,000 and Sebastian Bredthauer called from the button.
Aouine: 
Bredthauer: 
It was a bad spot for Aouine, and he needed some major help. The 
flop gave him a gutshot straight draw, but neither the turn nor river would fill it. Aouine was eliminated in in 97th place which means we're now on the money bubble and hand-for-hand play has been initiated.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
Not long ago we saw Ole Schemion square off against Italy's Marcello Marigliano. The former ended up six-bet shoving, which inspired Marigliano to fold. The two recently butted heads again.
With around 120,000 in the pot and a flop of 
, Schemion bet 44,000 and Marigliano raised to 88,000 from the button. Schemion responded with a three-bet to 144,000, and Marigliano tanked for a long time before folding yet again.
Also, here's a look at the chip counts from the entire table:
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
825,000 | |
|
560,000
170,000
|
170,000 |
|
390,000
-44,300
|
-44,300 |
|
215,000
-65,000
|
-65,000 |
|
200,000
-113,000
|
-113,000 |
|
157,000
68,300
|
68,300 |
|
100,000
-118,700
|
-118,700 |
Andrei Demidov has survived after he was all in with against Oliver Bosch's 
. The board was 
and Demidov was seemingly never in any danger.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
260,000
-29,900
|
-29,900 |
|
100,000
-23,300
|
-23,300 |
On an 
flop, Ana Marquez check-raised all in against Ville Wahlbeck and the Finnish Team PokerStars Pro made a quick call.
Wahlbeck: 
Marquez: 
The made Marquez a flush and the 
river completed her double up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
310,000
44,900
|
44,900 |
|
|
||
|
190,000
55,000
|
55,000 |
