European Poker Tour Polish Open Day 3 UpdateLess Than Four Hours of Play Before Tricky Final Table Set |
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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
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
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