Robin Ylitalo raised to 52,000 from under the gun and Christopher Frank three-bet to 116,000 from the hijack. Ylitalo then four-bet all in for around 500,000 and Frank quickly called.
Ylitalo:
Frank:
The flop left Ylitalo in desperate shape, and he was drawing dead on the turn, making the river a mere formality.
Ilkin Amirov raised to 70,000 from the small blind and Ari Engel three-bet to 210,000 in the big blind, Amirov called.
On the flop, both players checked. After the turn, Amirov checked, Engel bet 130,000 and Amirov called. The river was checked through again and Amirov showed for a flush to claim the pot.
Daniel Erlandsson open-shoved for his last 259,000 from early position and Joseph Serock called on the button, the blinds folded.
Erlandsson showed the and had a kicker problem, as Serock was ahead with . The board ran out and the kicker played to eliminate Erlandsson in 34th place.
Anthony Zinno raised from the button and Samuel Vousden defended the big blind to see a flop of . Vousden checked, Zinno bet 75,000 and Vousden then check-raised big to 300,000 for more than half of his remaining stack.
On a flop of Georgios Zisimopoulos checked to Kyle Keranen who bet 50,000. Zisimopoulos then check-raised to 104,000. Keranen moved all in and Zisimopoulos called.
Georgios Zisimopoulos:
Kyle Keranen:
The turn was the giving Zisimopoulos straight and flush draw possibilities. The river was the giving the Greek player two pair, but giving Keranen a rivered straight.
"Sick run out," said Keranen, as Zisimopoulos stood to leave. He finished in 35th place for €23,790.
Natasha Barbour raised to 55,000 from the cutoff and Joseph Serock three-bet to 150,000 in the small blind, which Barbour called. On the flop, the action went check, check. On the turn, Serock checked, Barbour bet 160,000 and Serock called.
The appeared on the river and Serock checked again. Barbour bet 275,000 and that forced a fold from Serock.
Day 3 of the EPT 13 Barcelona €10,300 High Roller gets underway at 12.30 p.m. and will play down to a winner, no matter how late. Last year the structure was altered slightly to accommodate the larger than average field before Nick Petrangelo, Kuljinder Sidhu and eventual winner Mustapha Kanit did a deal, and that may have to be the case this year with an incredible 591 entries.
Leading the way is Ilkin Amirov with 1,700,000 in chips. The Azerbaijani is second in his home country's all time money list. His biggest cash came in last season's EPT Prague Main Event where he finished 3rd for €391,910 but will be eyeing up the €849,200 first prize money here in Barcelona.
Also with plenty of chips at the start of Day 3 is Julian Stuer. He final tabled the earlier €50,000 Super High Roller in Barcelona, finishing 8th for €181,200. The German will be looking to emulate his countryman Fedor Holz's win in that event.