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European Poker Tour -- Berlin Day 3

The Field is Down to 24 and German Daniel Pidun Leads the Way

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Daniel Pidun -- Photo Courtesy of PokerStarsDay 3 at the PokerStars European Poker Tour Berlin no-limit hold’em main event welcomed back a field of 119 players who were in the money and by the end of the night just 24 remained. The overnight chip leader is Daniel Pidun from Germany with 2,429,000.

Other notables still in the hunt include Team PokerStars pros Joep van den Bijgaart (1,454,000) and Henrique Pinho (1.282,000). Also still in the mix are Fabrice Soulier (890,000) and Martin Jacobson (687,000).

The final 24 will play down to a final table tomorrow and you can follow along with all of the action on the PokerStars blog feed. Check back in tomorrow evening for another summary of the day here on Card Player. Here is a look at the tournament statistics from day 3:

Day 3 Chip Counts with Seating Chart:

Martin Jacobson Sweden 687,000 1 1
Alessandro Laubinger Germany 507,000 1 2
Vadzim Kursevich Belarus 665,000 1 3
Fabrice Soulier France 890,000 1 4
Mario Adinolfi Italy 550,000 1 5
Daniel-Gai Pidun Germany 2,429,000 1 6
Luis Jaikel Costa Rica 436,000 1 7
Thomas Traboulsi Germany 156,000 1 8
Armin Mette Germany 1,230,000 2 1
Jonas Gutteck Germany 257,000 2 2
Mikhail Lakhitov Russia 909,000 2 3
Maximilian Heinzelmann Germany 2,140,000 2 4
Robin Ylitalo Sweden 1,221,000 2 5
Cuello Jorge Mariano Spain 1,060,000 2 6
Henrique Pinho Portugal 1,282,000 2 7
Konstantin Puchkov Russia 608,000 2 8
Markus Grewe Germany 476,000 3 1
Alexander Smolin Russia 161,000 3 2
Ben Wilinofsky Canada 2,046,000 3 3
Kristijonas Andrulis Lithuania 1,650,000 3 4
Joep van den Bijgaart Netherlands 1,454,000 3 5
Darren Kramer South Africa 1,004,000 3 6
Gerardo Muro Italy 657,000 3 7
Jeffrey Hakim USA 561,000 3 8

Day 3 Notable Cashes:

26th. George Danzer, Germany, Team PokerStars Pro, €17,500
40th. Tomer Berda, Israel, €15,000
42nd. Cornel Cimpan, USA, €15,000
64th. Tristan Clemencon, France, €12,500
66th. Per Linde, Sweden, €12,500
71st. Ben Roberts, United Kingdom, €12,500
75th. Roberto Romanello, United Kingdom, €10,000
78th. Joao Barbosa, Portugal, €10,000
90th. Thomas Bichon, France, €10,000
92nd. Juan Manuel Pastor, Spain, Team PokerStars Pro, €10,000
95th. Peter Eastgate, Denmark, PokerStars player, €10,000
96th. Sebastian Ruthenberg, Germany, Team PokerStars Pro, €10,000
97th. Sam Chartier, Canada, PokerStars qualifier, €7,500
105th. Fatima Moreira de Melo, Holland, Team PokerStars SportStar, €7,500

Hand of the Day:

Ilan Boujenah Eliminated on a Heartbreaker

Ilan Boujenah raised preflop and one opponent reraised all in. Boujenah made the all-in call and he and his opponent flipped over their cards:

Boujenah: AClub Suit AHeart Suit
Opponent: ADiamond Suit KSpade Suit

Board: QClub Suit 10Diamond Suit 8Spade Suit 2Spade Suit JHeart Suit

Boujenah was eliminated on the hand by the jack on the river.