Tomas Macnamara Leads EPT Malta Main Event on Day 3

On Day 3 of the 2016 PokerStars.com EPT Malta Main Event, a field of 90 were narrowed down to just 30 hopefuls. All the remaining players are guaranteed a share of €15,540 out of the total prize pool of €2,269,800, but they have their sights set on the massive payday of €355,700, which will be handed out this Saturday in Casino Portomaso.

Five levels of 90 minutes were scheduled to be played, but only four of them were needed to get down to 30. It was decided to move the last level of the day to Day 4.

Britain’s Tomas Macnamara bagged the overall chip lead. Macnamara was the only player to bag more than a million chips, and will return tomorrow with 1,028,000. Dmitry Yurasov (844,000), Sarah Herzali (769,000),Aliaksei Boika (688,000) and Benjamin Pollak (665,000) rounded out a star-studded top five.

Day 3 of the EPT Malta Main Event started off near the bubble, as three poor souls needed to be shed before the money was reached. The first to go was Jerry Odeen, whose pocket kings got cracked by Mikita Badziakouski’s ace-seven when the latter flopped an ace. Alain Fluri ran ace-queen drawing dead in Yurasov’s nut flush and left with nothing as well.

The dubious honor of bubble boy went to Benjamin Philipps, who attempted to squeeze into the money with a severe short stack. Eventually, Philipps was basically forced in from the big blind with queen-deuce, which was no match for Macnamara’s pocket sevens. The remaining 87 players were all guaranteed at least €8,070.

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