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EPT Budapest Day 3 report
Posted by: James Carter. - Sun, 2008-11-02 19:19
Day 3 was a relatively brief affair at the European Poker Tour’s Budapest stop. It didn’t take long for the starting field of 42 to thin down to 8, as the final table was set.
Along the way, several of the previous days’ chip leaders busted out, including Mauro Corsetti who had had a pretty firm grip on hostilities for the first couple of days.
As Day 3 action began, it was George McKeever who opened the trickle of eliminations, a trickle which quickly swell into a flash-flood. Szabolcs Attila Saskoy followed him to the rail, as he pushed his luck by going all-in in two of three consecutive hands. In the hand that spelt his demise he shoved all-in an a Ac, 7c, only to be called by Alex Kravchenko with As,Ks. The flop fell 2,2,7 giving Saskoy the provisional lead, but the K on the turn turned things around, and the 9 on the river meant an early finish for the Hungarian.
Mauro Corsetti, the player who looked well in control during days 1 and 2, failed to make it to the final table.
He did take down a prize of €8,512 for his 28th place finish though, when he rammed his pocket Jacks against an opponent’s rockets.
Lucas Benkovic and Casey Kastle (who finished day 2 high up on he provisional leader board) also busted soon after Corsetti.
Sebastian Saffari lost a big hand against Gino Alacqua, to remain crippled. Forced to shove all-in, he acted decisively on the very next hand, pitting his K,6 against Zoltan Toth’s K,Q. The board gave Toth a flush, and Saffari headed to the rail in 10th.
The honor of being the final table bubble-boy befell Ivo Donev, who ran his A,K into Ciprian Hrisca’s pocket rockets on a flop of 10,6,7. The turn fell a K, giving Donev some hope, but the J on the river sealed his fate.
The day ended with Zoltan Toth in the lead, in possession of a 1,059,000 stack, followed by Ciprian Hrisca with 1,038,000 chips.
The other final table participants are: Johnny Lodden, Albert Iversen, Gino Alacqua, Will Fry, Marino Serenelli and Martin Jacobson.
