Maksim Vaskresenski opened to 50,000 under the gun and Anton Wigg defended the big blind.
The A?8?4? flop was checked through to the Q? turn, where Wigg check-called a bet of 80,000 from Vaskresenski.
The 9? hit on the river, and Wigg check-jammed with the covering stack versus Vaskresenski's bet of 250,000, leaving himself only 155,000 behind. Vaskresenski's hand hit the muck in quick order.
Patrik Jaros opened to 50,000 and Maksim Vaskresenski called in the big blind.
Vaskresenski check-called versus a continuation bet of 50,000 on the K?9?7? flop.
The Q? hit on the turn, and Jaros again fired when it was checked to him, this time with a bet of 70,000. After about a minute of thought, Vaskresenski called.
The A? completed the board, and the same pattern followed, with Jaros firing out a bet of 180,000. Vaskresenski put out all his time banks in front of him. He burnt through three before folding, seemingly reluctantly.
"One pair good?" said Jaros, and Vaskresenski nodded. Jaros tabled 5?5? for a pair of fives, and it was pretty clear from the look on Vaskresenski's face that said pair was probably not good.
Renji Mao opened to 50,000 and Bruno Bernardino defended the big blind.
On the A?10?2? flop, Bernardino check-called a bet of 30,000 from Mao.
The 4? turn was checked through to the A? river, where Bernardino led out with a bet of 100,000. Mao jammed for 300,000, and after a reasonable amount of thought, Bernardino had to let it go.
The final high roller event of the PokerStars European Tour Prague will be played out to its conclusion on what is the final day of this stop. The field of 14 are all looking for an early Christmas present in the form of a €573,500 payday, and it's Poland's Mariusz Golinski who leads the pack in the €10,300 EPT High Roller here at the Hilton Prague.
Golinski bagged 2,525,000, good for 101 big blinds. Golinski is fresh off a 42nd place in this stops €5,300 EPT Main Event, which earned him €19,800. He also finished 7th in the €2,200 Eureka High Roller for €76,670. He is pursued by Denmark's Christian Pedersen who comes into today's play with 1,805,000, which equates to 72 big blinds. Pedersen is looking to add to his sole cash for this trip, which came in the €1,100 Eureka Main Event where his 26th placed finish earned him €14,720.
Claiming the final podium spot is Artsiom Lasouski, who is breathing down the neck of Pedersen in the chip counts. He bagged 1,800,000 chips and is in close pursuit of the top two players. He spent most of yesterday's play at the top of the chip counts but found some of his stack being redistributed to Pedersen in the final hand of the night. Lasosuski's sole cash this trip came in the Main Event, he finished 96th for a score of €13,000.
Day 3 Chip Counts
Rank
Player
Country
Chip count
Big blinds
1
Mariusz Golinski
Poland
2,525,000
101
2
Christian Pedersen
Denmark
1,805,000
72
3
Artsiom Lasouski
Belarus
1,800,000
72
4
Espen Jorstad
Norway
1,210,000
48
5
Anton Wigg
Sweden
1,200,000
48
6
Vojtech Ruzicka
Czech republic
1,200,000
48
7
Patrik Jaros
Czech republic
1,100,000
44
8
Laszlo Molnar
Hungary
1,090,000
44
9
Maksim Vaskresenski
Belarus
645,000
26
10
Nichan Khorchidian
Lebanon
445,000
18
11
Renji Mao
China
380,000
15
12
Bruno Bernardino
Portugal
375,000
15
13
Arsenii Karmatckii
Russian Federation
370,000
15
14
David Boyaciyan
Netherlands
265,000
11
Artsiom Lasouski
Remaining Payouts
Place
Prize
Place
Prize
1
€573,500
8
€80,200
2
€358,400
9
€66,800
3
€256,000
10-11
€58,100
4
€196,900
12-13
€50,500
5
€151,500
14
€43,900
6
€116,500
7
€96,200
Christian Pedersen
The final 14 players have locked up €43,900, but today they will all go for the first-place prize. Plays resumes at noon local time in Level 23, with the blinds at 10,000/25,000 with a 25,000 big blind ante. Levels last 50 minutes each and a champion will be crowned today.
Stay tuned to PokerNews for the final day of coverage from here in the tournament area of the Hilton Prague.
