Welcome to Day 3 of the WSOP Europe €10,350 Main Event No-Limit Hold'em where action is set to get underway at 12 p.m. local time.
Out of a field of 541 competitors, only 129 of them will return to the tournament area today to continue to battle it out. Leading the way is Paulius Vaitiekunas with 1,221,000. He is closely followed by Ahmad Achegsei (1,213,000). Daan Mulders rounds up the top three with 1,191,000.
Other notables near the top of the leaderboard include bracelet winners Julien Martini (887,000), Jan-Peter Jachtmann (851,000), David "ODB" Baker (720,000), and Joao Vieira (715,000).
2019 WSOP Main Event Runner-Up Dario Sammartino (687,000), as well as defending champion Jack Sinclair (272,000) are still in contention as well.
The plan today is to play six levels with a 15-minute break after each 90-minute level, and a 60-minute dinner break after the completion of the fourth level of play.
Action will resume at Level 14 which features a small blind of 3,000, big blind of 6,000 with a 6,000 big blind ante.
Stay tuned to PokerNews as the Live Reporting Team will be bringing you live updates until the players bag up at the end of tonight.
2019 WSOPE Main Event Day 3 Seat Draw
| Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
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| 80 | 1 | Pierre Mothes | Germany | 475,000 | 79 |
| 80 | 2 | Artur Jarek | Poland | 292,000 | 49 |
| 80 | 3 | Dennis Wilke | Germany | 368,000 | 61 |
| 80 | 4 | Duco Ten Haven | Netherlands | 880,000 | 147 |
| 80 | 5 | Michal Lubas | Poland | 646,000 | 108 |
| 80 | 6 | Sergio Ruiz | Spain | 163,000 | 27 |
| 80 | 7 | Gergely Voeroes | Hungary | 348,000 | 58 |
| 80 | 8 | Tobias Peters | Netherlands | 241,000 | 40 |
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| 81 | 1 | Alessandro Laubinger | Germany | 279,000 | 47 |
| 81 | 2 | Davidi Kitai | Belgium | 218,000 | 36 |
| 81 | 4 | Michael Sklenicka | Czech Republic | 386,000 | 64 |
| 81 | 5 | Charbel Salloum | Lebanon | 532,000 | 89 |
| 81 | 6 | Per Reevcrona | Sweden | 107,000 | 18 |
| 81 | 7 | Georgios Vrakas | Greece | 362,000 | 60 |
| 81 | 8 | Dario Sammartino | Italy | 687,000 | 115 |
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| 82 | 1 | Markus Dürnegger | Austria | 874,000 | 146 |
| 82 | 2 | Anatoly Filatov | Russia | 200,000 | 33 |
| 82 | 3 | Quan Zhou | China | 501,000 | 84 |
| 82 | 4 | Jorma Nuutinen | Finland | 293,000 | 49 |
| 82 | 5 | Karol Konopka | Poland | 445,000 | 74 |
| 82 | 6 | Francesco Delfoco | Italy | 360,000 | 60 |
| 82 | 7 | Adrian Galipienso | Spain | 737,000 | 123 |
| 82 | 8 | Tomas Knespl | Czech Republic | 164,000 | 27 |
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| 83 | 1 | Marek Blasko | Slovakia | 273,000 | 46 |
| 83 | 2 | Yake Wu | China | 125,000 | 21 |
| 83 | 3 | Abdelhakim Zoufri | Netherlands | 436,000 | 73 |
| 83 | 4 | Alex Foxen | United States | 813,000 | 136 |
| 83 | 5 | Bertrand Grospellier | France | 323,000 | 54 |
| 83 | 7 | Viktor Walter | Germany | 201,000 | 34 |
| 83 | 8 | Philipp Zukernik | Israel | 484,000 | 81 |
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| 84 | 1 | Mehrzad Moadeli | Denmark | 449,000 | 75 |
| 84 | 2 | Raz Alon | Israel | 152,000 | 25 |
| 84 | 3 | Setki Ajruli | Macedonia | 390,000 | 65 |
| 84 | 4 | Gianluca Speranza | Italy | 273,000 | 46 |
| 84 | 5 | Martin Kabrhel | Czech Republic | 793,000 | 132 |
| 84 | 6 | Paulius Vaitiekunas | Lithuania | 1,221,000 | 204 |
| 84 | 7 | Aymon Hata | United Kingdom | 362,000 | 60 |
| 84 | 8 | Fernando Habegger | Switzerland | 212,000 | 35 |
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| 85 | 1 | David “ODB” Baker | United States | 720,000 | 120 |
| 85 | 2 | Zhong Chen | Netherlands | 236,000 | 39 |
| 85 | 3 | Saar Wilf | Israel | 449,000 | 75 |
| 85 | 4 | Michael Duerk | Germany | 413,000 | 69 |
| 85 | 5 | Didier Rabl | Switzerland | 92,000 | 15 |
| 85 | 6 | Ahmad Achegsei | Germany | 1,213,000 | 202 |
| 85 | 7 | Enrico Campanile | Italy | 283,000 | 47 |
| 85 | 8 | Jakob Madsen | Denmark | 352,000 | 59 |
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| 94 | 1 | Bleron Maliqi | RKS | 292,000 | 49 |
| 94 | 2 | Vlada Stojanovic | Serbia | 486,000 | 81 |
| 94 | 3 | Julien Martini | France | 887,000 | 148 |
| 94 | 4 | Emmanouil Fountoulakis | Greece | 362,000 | 60 |
| 94 | 5 | Orpen Kisacikoglu | Turkey | 207,000 | 35 |
| 94 | 6 | Jeff Madsen | United States | 404,000 | 67 |
| 94 | 7 | Balazs Bistei | Hungary | 102,000 | 17 |
| 94 | 8 | Mustafa Biz | Turkey | 777,000 | 130 |
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| 95 | 1 | Kristoffer Rasmussen | Denmark | 491,000 | 82 |
| 95 | 2 | Joao Vieira | Portugal | 715,000 | 119 |
| 95 | 3 | Paul Theobald | Germany | 62,000 | 10 |
| 95 | 4 | Jack Sinclair | United Kingdom | 272,000 | 45 |
| 95 | 5 | Roberto Romanello | United Kingdom | 425,000 | 71 |
| 95 | 6 | Sergey Verkhoturov | Russia | 320,000 | 53 |
| 95 | 7 | Daniel Rezaei | Austria | 911,000 | 152 |
| 95 | 8 | Roman Sahin | Switzerland | 228,000 | 38 |
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| 96 | 1 | Maria Lampropulos | Greece | 248,000 | 41 |
| 96 | 2 | Ghattas Kortas | Sweden | 568,000 | 95 |
| 96 | 3 | Aleksandr Merzhvinskii | Russia | 94,000 | 16 |
| 96 | 4 | Enrico Camosci | Italy | 655,000 | 109 |
| 96 | 5 | Leonard Maue | Germany | 414,000 | 69 |
| 96 | 6 | Alfred Kovezman | Israel | 329,000 | 55 |
| 96 | 8 | Oleg Pavlyuchuk | Russia | 267,000 | 45 |
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| 97 | 1 | Michal Mrakes | Czech Republic | 227,000 | 38 |
| 97 | 2 | Christopher Frank | Åland Islands | 284,000 | 47 |
| 97 | 3 | Negjdet Avdylaj | RKS | 423,000 | 71 |
| 97 | 4 | Kasparas Klezys | Lithuania | 97,000 | 16 |
| 97 | 5 | Bernd Gleissner | Germany | 350,000 | 58 |
| 97 | 6 | Roberto Morra | Italy | 454,000 | 76 |
| 97 | 7 | Daan Mulders | Netherlands | 1,191,000 | 199 |
| 97 | 8 | Jan-Peter Jachtmann | Germany | 851,000 | 142 |
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| 98 | 1 | Nadim El Ammar | Germany | 310,000 | 52 |
| 98 | 2 | Claas Segebrecht | Germany | 670,000 | 112 |
| 98 | 3 | Dennis Martin | Germany | 134,000 | 22 |
| 98 | 4 | Anton Morgenstern | Germany | 600,000 | 100 |
| 98 | 5 | Anders Kjellerup | Denmark | 387,000 | 65 |
| 98 | 6 | Manuel Bulut | Germany | 223,000 | 37 |
| 98 | 8 | Warwick Mirzikinian | Australia | 288,000 | 48 |
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| 99 | 1 | Faramarz Safari | Austria | 639,000 | 107 |
| 99 | 2 | Alexandros Kolonias | Greece | 1,115,000 | 186 |
| 99 | 3 | Giorgiy Skhulukhiya | Russia | 190,000 | 32 |
| 99 | 4 | Ihor Yerofieiev | Ukraine | 267,000 | 45 |
| 99 | 5 | Anthony Zinno | United States | 430,000 | 72 |
| 99 | 6 | Roland Israelashvili | United States | 337,000 | 56 |
| 99 | 7 | Shaun Deeb | United States | 118,000 | 20 |
| 99 | 8 | Dash Dudley | United States | 508,000 | 85 |
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| 108 | 1 | Julian Menhardt | Germany | 439,000 | 73 |
| 108 | 2 | Nicolas Sievers | Germany | 167,000 | 28 |
| 108 | 3 | Adi Rajkovic | Austria | 633,000 | 106 |
| 108 | 4 | Vadzim Lipauka | Belarus | 964,000 | 161 |
| 108 | 5 | Jozef Bartalos | Slovakia | 251,000 | 42 |
| 108 | 6 | Benjamin Pollak | France | 350,000 | 58 |
| 108 | 7 | Artur Rudenkov | Czech Republic | 550,000 | 92 |
| 108 | 8 | Rainer Kempe | Germany | 159,000 | 27 |
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| 109 | 1 | Besmir Hodaj | Albania | 287,000 | 48 |
| 109 | 3 | Anas Belatik | France | 405,000 | 68 |
| 109 | 4 | Christian Rudolph | Germany | 116,000 | 19 |
| 109 | 5 | Philipp Luetkemeier | Germany | 306,000 | 51 |
| 109 | 6 | Christofor Stefanidi | Germany | 239,000 | 40 |
| 109 | 7 | Rene Mueller | Germany | 648,000 | 108 |
| 109 | 8 | Hongbin Guo | China | 507,000 | 85 |
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| 110 | 1 | Bartlomiej Machon | Åland Islands | 302,000 | 50 |
| 110 | 2 | Shahar Levi | Israel | 622,000 | 104 |
| 110 | 4 | Harry Ross | United Kingdom | 164,000 | 27 |
| 110 | 5 | Jakub Oliva | Czech Republic | 251,000 | 42 |
| 110 | 6 | Jacob Baumgartner | United States | 362,000 | 60 |
| 110 | 7 | Deniz Dogan | Germany | 445,000 | 74 |
| 110 | 8 | Dragos Trofimov | Moldova | 861,000 | 144 |
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| 111 | 1 | Felix Schulze | Germany | 714,000 | 119 |
| 111 | 2 | Antonio Madreira De Andrade Dos Santos | Brazil | 447,000 | 75 |
| 111 | 3 | Mykola Kostyrko | Ukraine | 333,000 | 56 |
| 111 | 4 | Karl-Theodor Schoepf | Germany | 115,000 | 19 |
| 111 | 5 | Maxim Lykov | Russia | 196,000 | 33 |
| 111 | 6 | Martin Kristeller | Germany | 1,100,000 | 183 |
| 111 | 7 | David Gnirs | Germany | 435,000 | 73 |
| 111 | 8 | Marius Gicovanu | Romania | 277,000 | 46 |
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| 112 | 1 | Anh Do | Czech Republic | 313,000 | 52 |
| 112 | 2 | Thomas Hammerl | Germany | 225,000 | 38 |
| 112 | 3 | Guillaume Diaz | France | 85,000 | 14 |
| 112 | 5 | Rifat Palevic | Sweden | 593,000 | 99 |
| 112 | 6 | Sasa Lalos | Austria | 296,000 | 49 |
| 112 | 7 | Raphael Braun | Austria | 444,000 | 74 |
| 112 | 8 | Robert Skopalik | Czech Republic | 694,000 | 116 |
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for Moadeli. The 
flop had given Moadeli top set while Habegger had an open-ender, but the 
on the turn improved Moadeli to a full house to make the 
river a formality.
, Mehrzad Moadeli moved all in for 319,000 against Martin Kabrhel and the biggest table talkers clashed with words flowing back and forth.
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and as per Schulze, he check-raised Kristeller's continuation bet with Kristeller following along.
came on the turn and Schulze bet 120,000, followed by another call from Kristeller.
was the last community card and this time Schulze fired a 342,000 bet, which Kristeller eventually called after a couple of minutes in the tank. Schulze opened 
with the stone cold nuts and Kristeller mucked, giving a big part of his stack to his opponent.
, Orpen Kisacikoglu checked from the small blind. Julien Martini bet 10,000 from the cutoff and Kisacikoglu check-called. The turn was the 
and Kisacikoglu checked once more. Martini continued with a bet of 45,000, that was enough to win the pot.
and around 150,000 in the middle, Durnegger checked from the small blind. Zhou counted out a bet of 60,000 and Durnegger called.
landed on the river and Durnegger checked again. Zhou went into the tank for about three minutes before he finally slid out a bet of 160,000. Durnegger thought for a minute himself but decided to send his cards to the muck.
and Rezaei checked. Rasmussen bet 16,000 and Rezaei check-called.
and was checked through to the 
