1:40pm: Martínez marches on
Alejandro Martínez began the day with 260,000 (26 big blinds) but has had a brilliant opening 100 minutes as he's now up to 900,000.
He got his latest boost by eliminating Ruben Nils Pleijster, the Dutchman three-bet shoved for 80,000 with [Ah][Th] and Martínez snapped him off with [Ah][Kh]. A [5h][6c][8c][3c][Ks] board later and Pleijster was on his way. The Spaniard has an absolute mountain of gold 1K chips. He's doing a good job of keeping them in stacks of 20. He must have over 20 stacks of that number though. --NW
1:30pm: Short stacks do battle
Tomeu Gomila and Bernardo Miguel Baptista were two of the shortest stacks at table seven and the former could hardly afford to double up the latter, but he did, to his dismay.
Gomila raised from the cutoff and Baptista peeled from the big blind to see a [7s][4d][6h] flop appear. Baptista only had about 40,000 chips back and in they went. Call.
Gomila: [ah][5s] for a straight draw and over card.
Baptista: [js][7c] for top pair.
The board ran out [4s][6c]. Gomila was left with 98,000. -- MC
1:15pm: Daniel and Dimitry depart
Just 44 players remain in the Main Event with Daniel Sisa and Dimitry Vrnovitskiy the last two players to bust out.
Sisa got his chips in [Ac][Ks] but ran into Rafael Rembert's pocket queens and couldn't win the race. Shortly afterwards Dimitry Vrnovitskiy shoved for 63,000 from the small blind and Rodrigo Rosales gave it a good old think before calling with [Jc][2c]. He had Vrnovitskiy dominated though as the Russian had [7h][2s].
The [6c][8c][8d][3h][Qc] board kept Rosales in front and eliminated the Russian. -- NW
Blinds up: 6,000/12,000, ante 2,000
1:05pm: No win for the Finn
Niko Kettunen was left shaking his head after he doubled up Jonathan Cantle in a curious pot. The Finn opened to 22,000 from under-the-gun, there was one caller and Cantle then three-bet to 88,000 out of the small blind. Back on Kettunen he four-bet to around 210,000, Cantle then moved all-in for 381,000 total and Kettunen shrugged before calling.
Kettunen: [Kd][Qh]
Cantle: [Ad][Tc]
When he saw Cantle's hand Kettunen just shook his head, unable to comprehend that his opponent had deemed it strong enough to five-bet all-in with. The [Jc][Kc][Ts][2h][Qd] board meant Cantle rivered a straight to survive after he was outflopped by Kettunen.
The Brit is up to around 800,000 after that hand whilst Kettunen drops to around 300,000. -- NW
1pm: Two more double ups
Two players - Richard Pearson and Scott Franklin, both from the UK, - got their chips in bad but managed to find a way to double up.
Pearson was down to 132,000 when he three-bet all in with [as][td]. Gabriel Barba had opened with [kd][kc] and made an easy call before the board ran [8h][qh][ad][2c][6c]. "Boom! Unlucky, mate." Said Pearson.
A few seconds later, on adjacent table, Franklin moved all in from the cutoff for his last 141,000 and was called by Javier Mateos in the big blind.
Franklin: [qc][jd]
Mateos: [ad][jh]
The board ran [2h][6s][js][8d][qs] to make the Brit two pair. -- MC
12:50pm: More for Barreña
Isidoro Barreña was fourth in chips overnight and he's just padded his stack by eliminating Noel Cortina in a pre-flop coin flip. Cortina shoved for 85,000 with [Kd][Qd] and Barreña looked him up with [5s][5c]. The [Jh][5h][Ts] both gave and took away for Cortina. His pair outs were no longer live but he did have an open ended straight draw.
The [3d] turn and [8d] river didn't help him though and he departs. --NW
12:29pm: Grafton doubles Razab-Sekh
Pocket queens seems to be the lucky hand of the day so far as Stieven Razab-Sekh used them to double through Sam Grafton.
A preflop raising war saw both players' hands flipped up:
Sekh: [qc][qd]
Grafton: [ts][td]
The board ran [2h][js][4s][8d][2d]. After a count, Grafton paid over 162,000 chips and dropped to around 300,000. -- MC
12:20pm: Bibikova busts in classic race
The last lady standing (or sitting) had busted in the most classic of races.
Ekaterina Bibikova was down to 136,000 when she moved all in from under the gun. David Vederal asked for a count from the cutoff and announced a call. Alejandro Galiana showed pocket fives in the big blind but mucked his hand.
Bibikova: [ah][ks]
Vederal: [qs][qh]
The board ran [7h][8c][4d][3d][6c] to send the pit the way of Vederal. Galiana, meanwhile, was nudging his neighbour to point out he would've made a straight. -- MC
12:10pm: Double up for Trujillo
After paying the ante Carlos Alberto Trujillo only had 7.5 big blinds to his name and so when he was dealt [Qc][Qh] on the button that was more than enough of a hand to see him commit his chips. The small blind folded but when Steinar Edduson looked down at [Ah][2c] he called to put Trujillo at risk.
The [3d][9s][6d][6s][7c] board was clean as far as Trujillo was concerned and he doubled up. -- NW
12:05pm: Early exit for Symes
Players were still taking their seats as John Symes was leaving his. On the first hand of play it folded to him on the button and he moved in for 121,000 total. Daniel Price was in the small blind and he pushed out a stack of T25,000 chips to indicate a call and Rodrigo Rosales folded from the big blind.
Symes: [Ah][Kh]
Price: [Ad][Qd]
The [9d][Td][3c] flop was the just the sort of flop Price was looking for and Symes seemed to know what was coming as he was out of his seat before the [5d] turn gave Price a lock on the hand. The meaningless [3s] completed the board. -- NW
12:02pm: Shuffle and deal
Cards are in the air for Day 3!
11:30am: The final 61 return with Carrion leading
It's very rare that you get deep into a poker tour without taking on a big flip at least once. Dario Carrion - the chip leader entering today with 967,000 - took that flip on in the last level yesterday. He won, has three times the average and most probably high hopes of making the final table.
That final table, with or without Carrion, will consist of eight players - the number the tournament will play down to today. Those who make it should get a nice early night but those who bust can celebrate/commiserate at the player party, taking place at 10pm at Guey restaurant just five minutes walk from the casino.
Sam Grafton is the headline name chasing Carrion. He'll be hoping to get at least as deep as he did lady year when he went from chip leader to out on the final table bubble. Other players still in the hunt include: Richard Pearson, Tomeu Gomila, Ruben Nils Pleijster, Neil Mackay and Mats Sjoblom.
Cards will be in the air at Midday CET but for now, check out the Day 3 seat draw:
| Table | Seat | Name | Country | Status | Chips |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Dimitry Vrnovitskiy | Russia | 149,000 | |
| 1 | 2 | Jesus Javier Bustos | Spain | 223,000 | |
| 1 | 3 | Jaime Floid Molina Bellver | Spain | PokerStars Player | 80,000 |
| 1 | 4 | Daniel Sochanek | Sweden | PokerStars Player | 414,000 |
| 1 | 5 | Alejandro Martínez Carrasco | Spain | 260,000 | |
| 1 | 6 | Dario Carrion Morenilla | Spain | PokerStars Qualifier | 967,000 |
| 1 | 7 | Pascual Sanchez Lopez | Spain | PokerStars Qualifier | 309,000 |
| 1 | 8 | Ruben Nils Pleijster | Netherlands | 434,000 | |
| 2 | 1 | Neil Mackay | UK | 211,000 | |
| 2 | 3 | Daniel Sisa Cura | Spain | 350,000 | |
| 2 | 4 | Ramon Antonio Miranda Puente | Spain | PokerStars Player | 124,000 |
| 2 | 5 | Victor Gimenez De-Houting | Spain | PokerStars Qualifier | 572,000 |
| 2 | 6 | Carlos Alberto Trujillo | Spain | 76,000 | |
| 2 | 7 | Inocente Gomez Bordonado | Spain | 263,000 | |
| 2 | 8 | Steinar Edduson | Iceland | 663,000 | |
| 3 | 1 | Jeffrey Brouwer | Netherland | 737,000 | |
| 3 | 3 | Alejandro Galiana Ramos | Spain | 250,000 | |
| 3 | 4 | Ekaterina Bibikova | Russian Federation | 140,000 | |
| 3 | 5 | Noel Cortina | Spain | PokerStars Qualifier | 131,000 |
| 3 | 6 | Vizsnyiczai Zsolt | Hungary | PokerStars Qualifier | 312,000 |
| 3 | 7 | David Vedral | Austria | PokerStars Qualifier | 303,000 |
| 3 | 8 | Isidoro Barreña | Spain | 733,000 | |
| 4 | 2 | Javier Mateos | Spain | 453,000 | |
| 4 | 3 | Roi Pereira Conde | Spain | PokerStars Qualifier | 423,000 |
| 4 | 4 | Borja Gross Fernandez | Spain | PokerStars Qualifier | 570,000 |
| 4 | 5 | Mateusz Moolhuizen | Netherlands | PokerStars Qualifier | 329,000 |
| 4 | 6 | Fabien Parisel | France | PokerStars Player | 334,000 |
| 4 | 7 | Scott Franklin | UK | 256,000 | |
| 4 | 8 | Aki Taisto Olavi Pyysing | Finland | 120,000 | |
| 5 | 1 | Julio Marino Carvalho Ribeiro | Portugal | PokerStars Qualifier | 247,000 |
| 5 | 2 | Pablo Galache | Spain | 783,000 | |
| 5 | 3 | Gabriel Barba Godino | Spain | 200,000 | |
| 5 | 4 | Fausutus Karl Korn | UK | 244,000 | |
| 5 | 5 | Dawid Andrej Grabinski | Sweden | 307,000 | |
| 5 | 6 | Richard James Pearson | UK | 142,000 | |
| 5 | 7 | Estefano Pastore Benisty | Spain | 368,000 | |
| 5 | 8 | Jose Antonio Benedi Lahuerta | Spain | PokerStars Qualifier | 318,000 |
| 6 | 1 | Jonathan Neale Cantle | UK | 419,000 | |
| 6 | 2 | Aleksandar Abtovic | Germany | 600,000 | |
| 6 | 3 | Niko Kettunen | Finland | 670,000 | |
| 6 | 4 | Tomeu Gomila | Spain | 179,000 | |
| 6 | 5 | Anh Tuan Hoang | UK | 369,000 | |
| 6 | 6 | Mateo Sempere Torres | Spain | 378,000 | |
| 6 | 7 | Andreas Schillinger | Germany | 516,000 | |
| 6 | 8 | Bernardo Miguel Baptista das Neves | Portugal | 119,000 | |
| 7 | 1 | Dominic Carle Evans | UK | PokerStars Qualifier | 289,000 |
| 7 | 2 | Jose Angel Latorre Marina | Spain | PokerStars Player | 324,000 |
| 7 | 3 | Philipp Schimmerl | Austria | PokerStars Qualifier | 249,000 |
| 7 | 4 | Mats Sjoblom | Sweden | PokerStars Qualifier | 275,000 |
| 7 | 5 | John Alexander Symes | UK | 122,000 | |
| 7 | 6 | Daniel William Price | UK | 575,000 | |
| 7 | 7 | Felipe Gonsalves Costa | Brazil | PokerStars Qualifier | 107,000 |
| 7 | 8 | Rodrigo Rosales Manso | Spain | PokerStars Qualifier | 188,000 |
| 8 | 1 | David Tovar Lasierra | Spain | PokerStars Qualifier | 240,000 |
| 8 | 2 | Gardar Geir Hauksson | Iceland | PokerStars Qualifier | 470,000 |
| 8 | 3 | Stieven Razab-Sekh | Netherlands | 166,000 | |
| 8 | 4 | Rafael Rembert | Malta | 188,000 | |
| 8 | 5 | Andrei Vlassenko | Russia | 260,000 | |
| 8 | 6 | Juan Bautista Mecho | Spain | 217,000 | |
| 8 | 7 | Juan Carlos Ramos Martin | Spain | PokerStars Qualifier | 130,000 |
| 8 | 8 | Sam Grafton | UK | PokerStars Qualifier | 463,000 |
PokerStars Blog Reporting Team at UKIPT5 Marbella: Marc Convey and Nick Wright. Photos by Mickey May