Rinaldo Radler De Aquino Filho moved all-in from first position for around 950,000 and Sandro Pitzanti made the call in the small blind holding . Filho tabled , and though the Brazilian did pick up a flush draw on the turn, he didn't get there. The board ran out and Pitzanti raked in the pot while Filho headed for the cashier to collect his winnings.
Before that, a player was knocked out from the feature table. The bust-out will be reported as soon as the security delay of the stream has caught up.
Netherlands' Sandro Pitzanti opened up for 350,000 and got calls from Germany's Edzevit Zukorlic and France's Nicolas Le Floch.
Le Floch and Zukorlic checked on the flop before Pitzanti bet 350,000. Zukorlic folded while Le Floch called.
The Frenchman led out for 400,000 when the appeared on the turn before Pitzanti quickly declared himself all-in effectively covering Le Floch's remaining stack of 2.6 million. Le Floch called just as quickly and turned over , which was well ahead of Pitzanti's .
Pitzanti was unable to get one of the two remaining jacks he needed to win the hand to appear on the river and his stack took a dent while doubling his opponent.
Just a minute later, the field was down to 24 players seated at three tables.
The action began with Sandro Pitzanti opening up from the small blind to 260,000. Peter jammed for 1,900,000 from the big blind and Pitzanti snap-called.
Pitzanti:
Peter:
Pitzanti smiled as he flopped top pair on the flop while Peter tapped the table and began to get up needing runner-runner outs to save his tournament life. The on the turn sealed Peter's fate before the inconsequential appeared on the river to complete the board.
Peter collects €5,750 for his 25th place finish while Pitzanti's stack grew to near the chip lead.
Dorde Jovanovic was the first casualty of the day. He got it all in with suited against partypoker online qualifier Grzegorz Gosk, who held .
Jovanovic stayed in his seat as the opened up a few outs for him to the straight. He was eliminated in 26th place for €5,750 after the and completed the board on the turn and river.
Sonay Kehya open shoved for 3.1M from first position and action folded around to Michal Mrakes in the big blind, who made the call.
Kehya held while Mrakes had picked up , and it was still virtually a coin flip after the flop.
"Jack! Jack!" Keya cheered the dealer on, and his wish was gifted to him as the hit on the turn and sealed the double up. Despite making a set on the river it was not enough for Mrakes, and he slid a few towers of chips to Kehya in the next seat over.
In the second hand of the day, Frederic Femont opened from early position, and Dorde Jovanovic moved all-in from the button for 1.25M. Femont quickly called with and was way out ahead of the of Jovanovic.
The board ran out , and Femont slammed his fist in the felt as his dreams of an early double had become a reality. Jovanovic was down to just 180,000 but managed to triple the very next hand and get a shove through, and he is now just below the million.
The tournament director just announced to the players that the next redraw will take place when there are 16 players remaining. Shortly afterward he asked the dealers to shuffle up and deal.
Two-time WSOP gold bracelet winner Eddy Scharf from Germany kicks off Day 3 in second place. His table will be the televised feature table to begin the day.
The feature table will be streaming on a 30-minute delay with hole cards displayed. Tune in at 12:30 p.m. to the Live Streaming tab to watch the action on this table.
We will be reporting action on the side tables very soon after it unfolds but will report the feature table on a delay to avoid spoilers for those watching the stream.
Players are now unbagging their chips and getting ready to compete.
Tonight a winner of the 2017 partypoker LIVE Million Germany Main Event will be crowned at the King's Casino Rozvadov. The flagship event of the festival with the elusive €1 million guaranteed drew a total of 820 entries, and after 25 levels of 45 minutes each, just 26 players remain to battle for the trophy and the €200,000 winner's payday. They are all guaranteed at least €5,750 for their efforts.
Czech Michal Mrakeš leads the way going into the final day as he amassed a wealthy stack of 8.255 million chips in the dying hours of Day 2, but German WSOP bracelet holder Eddy Scharf is not far behind as he ended on a high note of 7,955,000 chips. Rounding out the top-five is Edzevit Zukorlic (5,120,000), Sandro Pitzanti (5,000,000) and Raul Cuc (4,790,000). Still in contention for the trophy is also partypoker Sponsored Pro Natalia Breviglieri, who sits in 8th position with 3,735,000 - above the field average of 3.1 million.
Seat draw going into Day
Table
Seat
Name
Country
Chips
BBs
15
1
Eddy Scharf
Germany
7,955,000
66
15
2
MilanoTomasso
Germany
1,940,000
16
15
3
Vamshi Chaitanya Vandanapu
United Kingdom
1,410,000
12
15
5
Adriatik Agalliu
Germany
3,135,000
26
15
6
Paul Michaelis
Germany
2,053,000
17
15
7
Raul Cuc
Germany
4,790,000
40
15
8
Camilla Reventlow
Denmark
1,875,000
16
16
2
Rishabh Chawla
India
3,400,000
28
16
3
Dorde Jovanovic
Germany
1,650,000
14
16
4
Petr Konas
Czech Republic
1,310,000
11
16
5
Michal Mrakes
Czech Republic
8,255,000
69
16
6
Sonay Kehya
Germany
3,730,000
31
16
7
Frederic Femont
Belgium
1,270,000
11
16
8
Grzegorz Gosk
Poland
2,230,000
19
17
1
Jaroslav Peter
Czech Republic
2,155,000
18
17
3
Natalia Breviglieri
United Kingdom
3,735,000
31
17
4
Edzevit Zukorlic
Germany
5,120,000
43
17
5
Alain Riss
France
1,950,000
16
17
6
Nicolas Le Floch
France
2,440,000
20
17
8
Sandro Pitzanti
Netherlands
5,000,000
42
18
1
Eryigit Cem
Belgium
4,390,000
37
18
2
Sliverer
Germany
2,045,000
17
18
3
Sander van Wesemael
Netherlands
1,885,000
16
18
4
Hael Al-Labani
Germany
1,240,000
10
18
5
Rinaldo Radler De Aquino Filho
Brazil
1,565,000
13
18
6
Grzegorz Idziak
Poland
4,560,000
38
The action will recommence in 30 minutes from now with level 26 at blinds of 60,000/120,000 with a running ante of 20,000. Levels are scheduled for 60 minutes each but will be shortened to 30 minutes each when the tournament reaches heads up. The PokerNews live reporting team will be providing written updates until the very last river card is dealt and a winner is crowned.
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. Filho tabled 
, and though the Brazilian did pick up a flush draw on the turn, he didn't get there. The board ran out 
and Pitzanti raked in the pot while Filho headed for the cashier to collect his winnings.
flop before Pitzanti bet 350,000. Zukorlic folded while Le Floch called. 
appeared on the turn before Pitzanti quickly declared himself all-in effectively covering Le Floch's remaining stack of 2.6 million. Le Floch called just as quickly and turned over 
, which was well ahead of Pitzanti's 
. 
flop while Peter tapped the table and began to get up needing runner-runner outs to save his tournament life. The 
on the turn sealed Peter's fate before the inconsequential 
appeared on the river to complete the board.
suited against partypoker online qualifier Grzegorz Gosk, who held 
opened up a few outs for him to the straight. He was eliminated in 26th place for €5,750 after the 
hit on the turn and sealed the double up. Despite making a set on the 
river it was not enough for Mrakes, and he slid a few towers of chips to Kehya in the next seat over.
of Jovanovic.
, and Femont slammed his fist in the felt as his dreams of an early double had become a reality. Jovanovic was down to just 180,000 but managed to triple the very next hand and get a shove through, and he is now just below the million.
