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5.20pm: MacPhee keeping climbing
Kevin MacPhee is up to 86,000 getting a lot of action from Big Game winner Massilmo Martinez.
MacPhee had three-bet with pocket kings and was cold four-bet by Martinez who went on to six-bet shove. MacPhee held kings and made the call. Martinez? A hyper-aggressive [8s][9s]. Information courtesy of MacPhee's twitter feed.
In other news, Jennifer Harman is doing well with around 45,000. Vanessa Rousso less so with 9,200. -- RD


Harman looking to add EPT silverware to her trophy cabinet
5.15pm: More names falling
Chris Brammer and Pierre Neuville have recently departed. Jon Spinks (who said he's struggled back up to 27,000 himself) was informing us of Brammer's exit just as Neuville walked past and said his day was a short one.
He lost all of his chips to Gianluca Trebbi when he ran pocket queens in to his aces and then pocket sevens into his queens on a six-high flop. The Italian jumped to the top of the chip tree with 80,000. -- MC
5pm: Duthie doing well
John Duthie's solid start continues. He's up to 40,000 after a hand against Damien Porebski.
Porebski opened for 600 in middle position which Duthie then called from the hijack for a flop of [ac][8h][4d]. Both checked that for a [js] turn. Porebski bet out 625 which Duthie called without any fuss, the river coming [6h]. A check this time from Porebski who then passed when Duthie bet 1,125. -- SB
4.54pm: Eiler out, Dempsey circumspect
EPT Vienna champ Michael Eiler has busted out but James Dempsey avoided meeting a similar fate by folding to a 5,500 lead into a 6,000 pot on a [3c][9c][7h][kd] board from November Niner Phil Collins.
Dempsey, who was in the cut-off, waited some time before passing to the bet from Collins leaving himself with around 25,000. Collins up above his starting stack. -- RD
4.50pm: Lewis getting flush with chips
EPT Vilamoura champion Toby Lewis up to 36,000 after getting two streets of value with a flush versus Matteo Fratello.
The two players checked a [7s][ks][8s] flop to see the [jc] turn where the Italian check-called a 1,500 bet from the big blind. The river fell as the [9c] and Fratello check-called a 5,200 bet but mucked upon seeing the Brit's [js][9s] flopped flush. -- MC


Toby Lewis
4.45pm: Dinner details
With breakfast still on our minds the details of the dinner break have been announced.
Tables 1-15 will go for a 60-minute dinner break at the end of level 5 (7.30pm roughly), while the remaining tables will carry on and play level 6. The two groups will then swap around before all players will see out levels 7 and 8 together. -- MC
4.34pm: Play resumes
Level three has just got under way. This is the last level level you can be lazy, the antes kick in at the beginning of level four.
We're already lost one EPT winner in the shape of Harry David Vamplew who twice ran ace-king into big pairs. -- RD


Former EPT San Remo champ Jason Mercier
PokerStars Blog reporting team in San Remo (in order of breakfasts consumed): Rick Dacey (a gluttonous two - one at the hotel, one at a cafe), Stephen Bartley (a sensible one - at a cafe) and Marc Convey (zero - gorged himself on free bites in the press room). Photos by Neil Stoddart.


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