Jason Mercier shoved all in for 213,000 from the button with 
but was quickly called by Vojtech Ruzicka with 
in the small blind.
The two men were heads-up to the board of 
and that was the end for Mercier with just 50 players left.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,900,000
1,290,000
|
1,290,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
||
In the cutoff, Jason Koon raised to 45,000 and Rui Sousa three-bet to 130,000 from one seat over. Koon called and the flop came 
. Koon checked, Sousa bet 110,000 and Koon called. Both players checked through the 
turn and the river.
Koon briefly showed his cards and then mucked them, as soon as Sousa had turned over 
for a straight and flush draw that had improved to queens and nines on the river.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
900,000
204,000
|
204,000 |
|
700,000
-670,000
|
-670,000 |
|
||
Pavel Plesuv raised to 45,000 and Michael Addamo called before Filipe Oliveira three-bet to 250,000 out of the small blind. Plesuv called and Addamo folded.
On the 
flop, Oliveira shoved for his last 70,000 and Plesuv called.
Oliveira: 
Plesuv: 
The 
on the turn completed the flush for Plesuv and Oliveira was drawing dead, making the river insignificant.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,700,000
400,000
|
400,000 |
|
Busted |
Stephen Malone opened the action to 44,000 and quickly became embroiled in a raising war with Rui Sousa, who 3-bet to 144,000. Malone made it 290,000, but Sousa shoved all in for 750,000! Malone took a moment to compose himself, but elected to call pretty quickly.
Stephen Malone:
Rui Sousa: 
The board of 
saw Sousa bust and give Stephen Malone a massive stack of around 1.75m chips. His rail of passing friends chose the exact right moment to ask him 'How are you doing?'
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,750,000
670,000
|
670,000 |
|
|
Busted |
The remaining 47 players have been sent on their next 20-minute break.
Sarah Herring chatted with Vojtech Ruzicka on the break.
A hand that went deep into the latest break was the one between Andrea Cortellazzi and Byron Kaverman.
We joined the action on a complete board of 
and a pot of 260,000, which Kaverman was staring intently at. He moved all in for 330,000 and sent Cortellazzi into the most uncomfortable of tanks.
Eventually, Cortellazzi decided to call it off and was shown by Kaverman. Cortellazzi flipped his hand of over and slammed it down onto the table. He still has 1.36m in chips, but Kaverman has grabbed a lifeline back into this EPT Main Event on 900,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,360,000
-290,000
|
-290,000 |
|
900,000
370,000
|
370,000 |
With 47 players remaining, here are where they all measure up with three levels of the day still to play. Uri Reichenstein leads the field on 3.7 million chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
3,700,000
1,050,000
|
1,050,000 |
|
3,060,000
-540,000
|
-540,000 |
|
2,620,000
170,000
|
170,000 |
|
||
|
2,270,000
568,000
|
568,000 |
|
2,200,000
300,000
|
300,000 |
|
|
2,100,000
350,000
|
350,000 |
|
1,670,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
1,500,000
115,000
|
115,000 |
|
|
1,500,000
-200,000
|
-200,000 |
|
1,480,000
360,000
|
360,000 |
|
1,400,000
130,000
|
130,000 |
|
1,400,000
-900,000
|
-900,000 |
|
1,400,000
-130,000
|
-130,000 |
|
|
1,360,000 | |
|
1,300,000
325,000
|
325,000 |
|
1,290,000
-499,000
|
-499,000 |
|
1,172,000
952,000
|
952,000 |
|
1,150,000
-130,000
|
-130,000 |
|
1,150,000
295,000
|
295,000 |
|
|
1,121,000
-779,000
|
-779,000 |
|
1,104,000
-346,000
|
-346,000 |
|
1,100,000
-68,000
|
-68,000 |
|
1,086,000
176,000
|
176,000 |
|
997,000
-210,000
|
-210,000 |
|
980,000
170,000
|
170,000 |
Level: 23
Blinds: 12,000/24,000
Ante: 4,000
Albert Puigsech raised and short stack Mikhail Shalamov three-bet all in for 206,000 from one seat over in the hijack. All players behind them folded and Puigsech called with the . Shalamov held and the board ran out in favor of the PokerStars Team Online player, showing 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
550,000
-170,000
|
-170,000 |
|
480,000
270,000
|
270,000 |
|
|
||
Uri Reichenstein raised from under the gun and Markus Durnegger called out of the big blind. On the flop, Durnegger checked, Reichenstein bet 80,000 and Durnegger called.
The same actions repeated after the turn with a check by Durnegger, a bet for 190,000 by Reichenstein and a call by the Austrian. The river then went check, check. Durnegger showed the and Reichenstein mucked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
3,270,000
-430,000
|
-430,000 |
|
|
1,700,000
410,000
|
410,000 |
