European Poker Tour Polish Open Day 3 UpdateLess Than Four Hours of Play Before Tricky Final Table Setby Brendan Murray | Published: Nov 18, 2008 |
 
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Day 3 of the PokerStars.com European Poker Tour Polish Open started with 24 players and in just four hours had played down to the final nine.
The chip leaders at the beginning of the day were:
Sergey Shcherbatskiy (Russia) -- 265,900
- Dario Minieri (Italy) -- 211,400
- Roland De Wolfe (UK) -- 169,900
- Arnaud Mattern (France) -- 139,200
- Uffe Holm (Denmark) -- 127,900
- Juan Manuel Pastor (Spain) -- 117,100
- Nico Behling (Germany) -- Germany112,700
- Kevin MacPhee (USA) -- 97,200
- Ludovic Lacay (France) -- 89,100
The scariest table out of the three which started was the one which held Arnaud Mattern, Isabelle Mercier, Marty Smyth, Christoffer Hansen, Dario Minieri, and Josh Gould. Julien Lang Van, Ludovic Lacay, Joao Barbosa, Swede Patric Martensson, and chip leader Sergey Shcherbatskiy made for an interesting combination on another, and finally Nico Behling and Kevin Macphee sat in front of the large chip stack which belonged to Brit Roland de Wolfe.
Early in the session Ludovic Lacay moved all in and Spanish PokerStars sponsored player Juan Manuel Pastor called. Pastor flipped over a pair of sparkling aces, while all Lacay could do was laugh as he showed 8
2
.
The board however came down 10 5 2 which gave Lacay an inch of hope, but still he backed away from the table laughing. The 2
turn changed everything and the 10
river gave Lacay the full house and the 67,700 chip pot putting him in a strong position.
Four players who were not quite so lucky and were eliminated within the first hour were:
21st: Stefan Rotach -- ($8,922)
22nd: Julien Lang Van -- ($8,922)
23rd: Marty Smyth -- ($8,922)
24th: Josh Gould -- ($8,922)
Minieri was responsible for busting Gould and Rotach and he was soon at it again. With A-Q on the small blind, Christoffer Hansen faced an all-in from the Italian. Minieri had pocket fours and as seems to be his luck in this tournament â?? the first card to hit the felt was a four. "I hit an ace but it didn't matter," said the young Dane who was out in 20th for $8,922.
De Wolfe was also using his substantial chip stack to his advantage. He raised 10,000 preflop and American PokerStars player Kevin Macphee pushed all in for around 23,300. De Wolfe called and flipped over A 7, and MacPhee showed A J.
The board fell: A 6 5 3 4
De Wolfe chiped up, albeit temporarily, with a rivered straight and Macphee made ($8,922) for his 19th place finish.
The next swathe of eliminations included:
12th: Brian Jensen -- $20,819
13th: Roland De Wolfe -- $17,845
14th: Moises Parrilla -- $17,845
15th: Patric Martensson -- $13,384
16th: Isabelle Mercier -- $13,384
17th: Juan Manuel Padtor -- $8,922
18th: Mika Puro -- $8,922
Russian Eduard Kapitonov was out in 11th after tangoing with the lucky Ludovic Lacay.
Lacay was on the small blind and he raised with J 4 , Kapitonov called with A 9, and the board came 6-5-3-5-2.
Lacay's rivered straight moved him up the ranks, while Kapitonov should be comforted by €16,422.
The final table bubble hand saw Andrea Bennelli on the small blind go all in with A-9 suited. A short stacked Uffe Holm went all in behind with 10-7 and nothing much happened after that but it resulted in Holm being sent to the rail in 10th place with €21,114. Bennelli's ace stood the test and it was enough to get him to the final table.
Final table chip counts are:
Seat 1: Arnaud Mattern (France) -- 328,000
Seat 2: Ludovic Lacay (France) -- 296,500
Seat 3: Andrea Benelli (Italy) -- 100,000
Seat 4: Michael Muheim (Switzerland) -- 89,000
Seat 5: Joao Barbosa (Portugal) -- 123,000
Seat 6: Dario Minieri (Italy) -- 359,500
Seat 7: Nico Behling (Denmark) -- 343,500
Seat 8: Sergey Shcherbatskiy (Russia) -- 349,000
Seat 9: Atanas Gueorguiev (Bulgaria) -- 186,500
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