Konstantinos Tzinis opened to 10,000 from the cutoff and Patrik Zidek shoved for his last 130,000 from the small blind. Action folded back to Tzinis, who tossed in a call to put Zidek at risk.
Patrik Zidek: A?J?
Konstantinos Tzinis: 10?10?
It was a fair fight, but the K?7?4?Q?K? runout failed to improve Zidek and he was eliminated.
Jacek Skiscim raised to 12,000 under the gun and Ettore Esposito moved all in for 20,000 in middle position. Bleron Maliqi called in the big blind, but Skiscim came back with a reraise to 57,000 forcing out Maliqi.
Ettore Esposito: A?5?
Jacek Skiscim: K?K?
Esposito picked up a straight draw on the 3?2?3? flop, while the turn was the 10?. The river brought the 4? and Esposito completed his straight to triple up.
At the same time at another table, Cairo Bombarde El Kadre moved all in for 45,000 from middle position and Vlado Banicevic called in the hijack.
Cairo Bombarde El Kadre: Q?10?
Vlado Banicevic: A?J?
The flop came A?J?7? and Banicevic made top two pair, while El Kadre had straight and flush draws. The turn, though, was the A? and Banicevic improved to a full house to leave El Kadre drawing dead by the 6? river.
On a board of 2?7?8?9?6? with 150,000 chips already in the pot, Elias Abussamra found himself at risk for 115,000 from the hijack against Henrik Veldhoem seated under the gun.
Elias Abussamra:?Q?Q?
Henrik Veldhoem: 8?8?
Abussamra's queens ran into Veldhoem's set, and nothing changed on the river 6?. Finishing in 159th place, Abussamra wins �9,100.
Vladislav Solovev became one of the first casualties of Day 3. Sitting in the small blind, he shoved over the top of Luke Marsh's 10,000 open from the cutoff. Solovev got called and was covered as it went to the flop.
Vladislav Solovev: 10?10?
Luke Marsh: K?Q?
The Mexican got no help on the 2?4?A? flop and was still behind.
Nothing changed on the 9? turn.
A J? on the river confirmed Solovev's exit, while Marsh improved to around average stack.
Enzo Vito opened to 12,000 on the button and was called by Tamas Adamszki in the small blind. Tarmo Tammel shoved for his remaining short stack from the big blind and Vito announced he was also all in. Adamszki got out of the way and hands were revealed.
Tarmo Tammel: K?Q?
Enzo Vito: A?J?
The A?4?A?7?A? left Vito with quad aces and Tammel was sent to the payout desk.
Shortly after Matija Kajtez's double up on this table, Jiri Kocab and Dimitar Danchev tangled in another all-in pot.
There was around 80,000 in the pot on a flop of 4?2?7? when Danchev got the rest of his 100,000 in the middle from the big blind and Kocab had him at risk in middle position.
Dimitar Danchev: A?K?
Jiri Kocab: 8?8?
Danchev needed to improve against Kocab's pair of eights, but he missed the Q? turn and 5? river as the EPT champion was sent to the rail.
Christos Argyriadis raised to 12,000 from late position and Grudi Grudev moved all in from the small blind for 160,000. Argyriadis made the call and players flipped their cards, with Grudev at risk.
Grudi Grudev: A?Q?
Christos Argyriadis: 10?10?
The board ran out 7?J?4?2?2?. Argyriadis held with his pocket tens to win the pot, while Grudev was eliminated from the tournament.
Moritz Dietrich raised to 10,000 from middle position and Stefan Huber pushed nearly all in for 46,000, leaving just 1,000 behind. Dietrich called.
The flop came 6?Q?9?. Huber took his time, looking to move up through a small pay jump, before checking his hand. Dietrich gave his opponent a few moments before putting him all in for 1,000. Huber called and players revealed their cards.
Huber showed 7?7? and Dietrich had A?J?.
The turn came the 5? and river was the J?. Dietrich paired his jack on the river to win the pot. Huber was eliminated from the tournament, although he did manage to ladder up on his way out.
