In a small pot of 125,000, small blind Terrance Reid and big blind Artem Komarov were on a river of 6?10?K?3?10?. Reid then put Komarov all-in for
185,000.
Komarov tanked for a while before making the call for his tournament life. Reid showed K?K? for top boat, while Komarov waved off with K?3? for kings and tens.
Darius Neagoe had raised to 30,000 in the cutoff and was flat-called by Zoran Stojanovic in the small blind. Big blind Fabio Peluso then squeezed in his stack of 200,000, folding out Neagoe.
Stojanovic made a quick call, however, and the players were ordered to show down.
Fabio Peluso: K?J?
Zoran Stojanovic: A?10?
The 6?7?2? flop diminished the outs of Peluso, and the Q? turn was of no help to him either. The 5? river saw Stojanovic lock up the pot with a flush, eliminating Peluso from the Main Event.
Vasyl Laba had put most of his chips in preflop, creating a pot of roughly 200,000 chips. Robert Vranic was his opponent, and he put Laba all-in for 10,000 after Laba had checked to him.
Laba spent all his time banks trying to make the pay jump before calling off the rest of his chips.
Vasyl Laba: 9?8?
Robert Vranic: 7?7?
Laba had a straight draw against the set of Vranic, but it did not come in on the 4?Q? runout, seeing Vranic make a full house instead.
Laba finished in 96th place, bubbling the pay jump to €4,160.
Three-way to a flop of 9?7?J?, the action checked to Giorgio Soceanu on the button, who bet 20,000. Friedrich Raez called in the small blind before big blind Sylwia Studniarz made it 100,000.
Both opponents called to the J? turn, where Studniarz sized up to 155,000. Soceanu spent two time banks before making the call, after which Raez instantly shipped in his stack of 655,000.
Studniarz and Soceanu both reluctantly folded as Raez eclipsed a million in chips.
Andrii Nikitin and Thierry Delpui were heads up on a flop of A?J?10?. Delpui fired a bet of 30,000 from early position, which Nikitin raised to 105,000 in the cutoff.
Delpui then three-bet jammed for 350,000 and was snapped off by Nikitin.
Thierry Delpui: J?10?
Andrii Nikitin: J?J?
Delpui needed to go runner-runner to get a part of the pot, but the 6? turn left him drawing dead instead. The 7? river was rendered meaningless as Delpui went to pick up his payout.
Maurizio Agrello in the big blind, Raffaele Bellapianta in the hijack, and Adrian State on the button went three-way to a flop of 3?9?2?. It checked to State, who made a bet of 25,000.
Agrello raised to 75,000, forcing out Bellapianta. State eyed his opponent's stack before jamming all in for 340,000 effectively. Agrello quickly folded as the pot was shipped to State uncontested.
In a three-bet pot to the 10?Q?A? flop, Friedrich Raez checked to Sylwia Studniarz, who fired a bet of 50,000. Raez tossed in a call and did so too when Studniarz doubled her sizing to 100,000 on the 4? turn.
The 7? river saw Studniarz bet 200,000, but this time Raez opted to fold his hand as he left himself 35 big blinds to play with.
Daniel Yerin raised to 16,000 in the hijack and called when Mateusz Szymanski made it 61,000 to go in the small blind. Szymanski continued for 45,000 on the 3?10?5? flop, which Yerin also called.
Both players used a time bank on the 6? turn, Szymanski for his all-in bet and Yerin to call off his stack of 180,000.
Daniel Yerin: A?10?
Mateusz Szymanski: Q?Q?
Yerin's pair of tens remained just that on the K? river, unable to beat Szymanski's queens and sending him to the rail.
PokerStars Open Campione (PSO) €1,100 Main Event's record-setting field of 2,423 has been whittled down to just 189 contenders as Day 3 dawns upon Casino di Campione. All are guaranteed a slice of the €2,326,080 prize pool as the bubble burst midway through Day 2. Among them is PokerStars AmbassadorBenjamin Bruneteaux, who bagged 227,000 chips yesterday.
Bruneteaux is known for his commentary on the French broadcasts of EPTs but has proven to be a formidable force on the felt as well. PSO Campione marks Bruneteaux's sixth cash in a €1,100 PokerStars Main Event, with his highest lifetime cash being the €2,620 he earned for his 36th place in the 2024 FPS Aix-les-Bains Main Event. The field is only six spots away from a pay jump, and if Bruneteaux does not meet an early demise, he is guaranteed to beat his previous record.
Bruneteaux's stack will be worth 28 big blinds when play resumes at 12:30 p.m. local time. Although he will have plenty of maneuverability thanks to the deep structure, his stack can't hold a candle to that of chipleader Yossi Maymon's. Maymon had a dominating end of Day 2, bagging 1,754,000. Meanwhile, Alessandro Giordano and Vincenzo D'Agostino were Italy's best performers, occupying second and third place with 1,341,000 and 1,286,000, respectively.
Yossi Maymon
Start of Day 3 Top Ten Chip Counts
Rank
Player
Country
Chip Count
Day 3 Big Blinds
1
Yossi Maymon
Israel
1,754,000
219
2
Alessandro Giordano
Italy
1,341,000
168
3
Vincenzo D'Agostino
Italy
1,286,000
161
4
Sebastian Kotowicz
Poland
1,075,000
134
5
Michele Galeotafiore
Italy
990,000
124
6
Manel Sala
Spain
924,000
116
7
Roberto Cilia
Italy
918,000
115
8
Karim Radani
Italy
882,000
110
9
Axel Tambolla
Italy
848,000
106
10
Daniele Casino
Italy
840,000
105
Day 1a chipleader Darius Neagoe is the only starting flight leader to make it to Day 3, doing so with a stack of 451,000. Italy still has plenty of notables in the field, including Fabio Peluso (768,000), Luigi D'Alterio (687,000), and the short-stacked Alessandro Pichierri, whose 96,000 represents 12 big blinds.
Other regulars with a shot at glory include Antoine Labat (530,000), Adrian State (475,000), Ivan Banic (386,000), Gabi Livshitz (308,000), and Thomas Clack (156,000). All players are guaranteed €2,360 for making Day 3, but eyes will be set on the gigantic sum of €363,000 reserved for first place.
Antoine Labat
PSO Campione Remaining Payouts
Place
Prize
Place
Prize
1
€363,000
16-17
€14,860
2
€225,200
18-20
€12,370
3
€160,880
21-23
€10,320
4
€123,760
24-27
€8,600
5
€95,190
28-31
€7,280
6
€73,210
32-39
€6,330
7
€56,330
40-55
€5,490
8
€43,340
56-71
€4,780
9
€33,320
72-95
€4,160
10-11
€25,650
96-119
€3,600
12-13
€21,380
120-143
€3,130
14-15
€17,820
144-183
€2,720
184-189
€2,360
Day 3 will kick off with 30 minutes left to play in Level 21: 4,000/8,000 with an 8,000 big blind ante. All subsequent levels will be 75 minutes long, and a break can be enjoyed after every two levels. A 65-minute dinner break is scheduled after Level 26, at 8:05 p.m. local time. A shot clock of 30 seconds will also be in play from the start of today. Day 3 is expected to last well into the night, so another long day is in the cards for the players.
PokerNews will be on the floor from start to finish, providing big hands, chip counts, and eliminations. Keep your eyes peeled on this page as PokerStars Open Campione gets deeper and deeper into its Main Event.
