Lipauka (15th) was also sent to the rail early, while Samuel Stranak and Stefan Fabian were eliminated on the same hand when Xhavit Berisha woke up with kings to beat Fabian’s jacks and Stranak’s queen-five after the 2021 bracelet winner was forced all in from the big blind. Then came his miracle, and Salerno busted shortly afterwards when he missed straight and flush draws on the river against Alessandro Predaroli.
Di Nicola, who began the day in third place with more than 8,000,000, fell below 2,000,000 but found a double up through Salerno with ace-jack against ace-ten. Angelo Marrone, who entered the day at the bottom of the leaderboard with just four big blinds, also doubled up off Di Nicola with ace-king versus ace-queen, turning a king after Di Nicola flopped a queen.Īndrej Desset was first to bust, running ace-nine into Vadzim Lipauka’s ace-jack. Dennis Magro began the day as chip leader but took an early hit when he and Salerno both made trip aces, but Salerno had a king-kicker to double up.
Day 3 began with 16 players remaining on the final two tables.
