Marco Liesy, with , called an all-in by Andreas Gülünay holding in a pre-flop battle. The flop came , giving Gülünay a pair of nines which held up after the blank turn and river. Gülünay is now up to 370k and Liesy is out in 16th.
It is again time for a redraw in this fast-paced EPT tournament. We are now down to two tables and 16 players. Diego Perez has been running over his table for the past hour and is now back as leader with 900k in chips. McDonald is second with 765k.
Michael "Timex" McDonald has been on a rush during the first two levels of the day at PokerStars EPT German Open and is now far ahead of the other players with 745,000 in chips. He has now been moved to the TV table along with five other players, as there are now only 18 players left in the tournament. This is the seating on the TV table for level 18 where the blinds are 3,000/6,000 with a 1,000 ante:
Seat 1 Manfred Hammer (Germany) 77,000
Seat 2 Aniol Alcaraz (Spain) 139,500
Seat 3 -
Seat 4 Mike "Timex" McDonald (Canada) 745,000
Seat 5 Claudio Rinaldi (Switzerland) 201,000
Seat 6 Daniel Carter (UK) 287,000
Seat 7 Alexander Milanov (Bulgaria) 113,000
The biggest name left in the tournament, PokerStars pro Marcel Luske, was eliminated a few minutes ago by Johannes Strassmann. Strassmann raised pre-flop from late position and Luske went all in from the big blind holding . Strassmann called with . The flop came , but no more kings or fives showed on the turn or river and we have now lost the Flying Dutchman to the rail.
Internet prodigy Michael ”Timex” McDonald eliminated Syikrai Istafan and put a dent in Aniol Alcaraz stack at the same time. Istafan went all-in holding pre-flop and Alcaraz and McDonald called from the blinds. The flop came , Alcaraz checked, McDonald bet 25k and got a call. The turn was the , and was checked by Alcaraz; McDonald then bet 40k and got the call while the all-in Istafan was losing hope.
The river brought the , and another check from Alcaraz was followed by a final 80k bet from McDonald, who had a big smile on his face after Alcaraz then made the call. McDonald showed to rake the pot and eliminate Istafan at the same time.
T6 Poker qualifier Hugo Felix was eliminated in 23rd place after a great performance for the EPT rookie.
”I was short-stacked and called from the small blind with after a raise from the cut-off. The flop came , I bet out, cut-off went all-in with and I called. Unfortunately, there was a on the turn and I was eliminated by my opponent’s straight. Still, I am very happy with everything since this was my first international tournament,” says Felix.
Torsten Haase re-raised to 60k holding with 40k behind to Andreas Gülünay's pre-flop raise. Andreas went all-in holding and Haase called. The flop came , eliminating one of Haase's two outs since the would give Gülünay the nut flush. The turn came , making the work again as that would give Haase a full house, but it wasn't necessary since the came on the river, doubling Haase up to 200k.
There have been eight eliminations already during the first hour on Day 3 and each of those players received €12,650 for their efforts in Dortmund. The next eight players to depart will receive €17,400 each.