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The third and final day of the 2016 PokerStars European Poker Tour €10,300 High Roller saw 13 hopefuls from a 185-entry field return to the tables at the Royal Dublin Society. With the top 27 spots reaching the money, the remaining field was well into the money with Sergey Lebedev in the lead, but the Russian wasn't the man walking away with the title. That accomplishment was fulfilled by American Samuel Panzica to the tune of €375,770.

1. Samuel Panzica Watching from the rail it was hard to understand how Panzica had contained himself – one of many things perhaps that separate the pros from the giddy amateurs. While the rest of us looked on in wonder, Panzica and Tuna shook hands, both not quite believing how things had ended, but laughing nonetheless.
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3. Samuel Panzica Watching from the rail it was hard to understand how Panzica had contained himself - one of many things perhaps that separate the pros from the giddy amateurs. While the rest of us looked on in wonder, Panzica and Tuna shook hands, both not quite believing how things had ended, but laughing nonetheless.

Lebedev ultimately settled for third place after having already finished 10th in the €10,200 Single-Day High Roller a few days ago.

Panzica and Akin Tuna cut a deal before heads-up play started and left €65,770 and the trophy up for grabs. In the end it was Panzica who emerged victorious and shattered his previous biggest cash of $109,326.

Tuna finished second for €290,000 and more than quadrupled his live earnings to date.

Diego Ventura was the shortest stack coming back for Day 3, and the Peruvian first doubled up with pocket aces against the pocket sevens of Ryan Riess before he saw his pocket queens getting cracked one hand later by the ace-ten of Lebedev when an ace appeared on the river.

EPT regular Sam Chartier finished 12th after defending his big blind with jack-six suited. The French Canadian found middle pair on a queen-high flop and check-raised all in. Tuna called with the superior pocket tens and held up to bust Chartier.

Christoph Vogelsang also fell victim to the early run of Tuna, who jumped into the lead by sending his fellow German to the rail in 11th place. Vogelsang defended his big blind with eight-five suited and found a five-high flop that prompted him to check-raise all in. Tuna had an overpair with pocket sixes, called, and won the hand.

The unofficial final table was set with the elimination of Jerry Odeen in 10th, and, wouldn't you know, he also sent his stack over to Tuna. The story was exactly the same with Odeen defending the queen-jack suited from the big blind and finding top pair on a jack-high flop, only to check-shove right into the pocket kings of his opponent.

Panzica then scored a huge double up after flopping a set of fours in a four-way pot. Lebedev paid off his check-shove with pocket tens and didn't get there. It was this pot that really helped propel Panzica forward, and he gained plenty of momentum.

It was then Rocco Palumbo who fell in ninth place when his three-bet shove with ace-king was snap-called by Panzica, who held pocket aces to jump into the top spot.

Then it was William Arruda who exited in eighth place, Timothy Adams who finished in seventh, and Ryan Riess who took sixth.

For Riess, the 2013 World Series of Poker Main Event champion, he recorded his second high roller cash during the Dublin festival after finishing 13th in the €10,200 Single-Day High Roller. He was eliminated when his pocket sevens ran into the pocket eights of Davidi Kitai.

Despite scoring that knockout of Riess, Kitati was the next to go. He got his stack into the middle of the table by three-bet shoving with ace-seven. Tuna called with ace-six and made a straight on the river.

Emil Patel's run came to an end in fourth place. The American, now based in Finland, was at risk with ace-ten and had hopes of a comeback when Panzica turned over the ace-eight in the all-in showdown. However, an eight hit on the turn, and that was all she wrote.

Down to the last three, Lebedev was the shortest stack. After a passive start, the Russian then open-shoved for 24 big blinds from the button with pocket threes. Panzica called with pocket nines in the small blind, and no miracle happened for Lebedev.

After a quick discussion, the two remaining title contenders agreed to a deal that saw Panzica lock up €310,000 and Tuna €290,000. Tuna got off to an early lead, but then surrendered two bigger pots to become a 2-1 underdog.

On the final hand between the two, a board with three kings on the flop saw Tuna fire all three streets with jack-ten. A ten appeared on the river, and Panzica shoved over the third barrel from Tuna, who called it off with a full house only to get shown quads by Panzica holding king-five.

EPT Dublin €10,300 High Roller Final Results

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That's it from the PokerNews Live Reporting team reporting on the €10,300 High Roller. However, make sure to check out the updates of the €5,300 Main Event.

Each week, the Global Poker Index releases a list of the top tournament poker players in the world using a formula that takes into account a player's results over six half-year periods. For a look at the entire list, visit the official GPI website. Here's a look at the rankings as of Oct. 19, 2016.

2016 GPI Player of the Year

There's just a little over two months to go in the 2016 Global Poker Index Player of the Year race where Fedor Holz has been enjoying the lead since June. He's on top of the POY for a 19th-straight week, still enjoying a decent-sized lead over nearest challenger Chance Kornuth.

The top 10 all stayed the same again since the last update with one exception. Samuel Panzica leaped up from No. 29 to No. 9 to grab a spot on the list after winning the 379-entry World Poker Tour bestbet Bounty Scramble this week.

Panzica earned a first prize of $354,335 for his victory in the $5,000 buy-in event, and a bevy of POY points as well. Third-place finisher Ankush Mandavia also was able to move up from No. 49 to No. 22 on the POY list thanks to his finish.

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Holz keeps the No. 1 spot in the overall GPI rankings again as well, also for a 19th week in a row. The next several spots all stay the same, too, with the only change from last week's the top 10 involving Erik Seidel slipping back from No. 7 to No. 12 and those behind him all moving up a notch.

Welcome to the GPI Top 300

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There were eight newcomers in this week's top 300, with another deep finisher in the WPT bestbet Bounty Scramble, Tyler Patterson, the highest-ranked of the group. Patterson moved all of the way up from No. 317 to No. 153 thanks both to his fourth-place showing in the $5K Main Event and another second-place in a $2,100 side event at bestbet Jacksonville. Patterson's highest previous GPI ranking has been No. 110, last achieved in February of this year.

Garrett Greer took 20th in the WPT bestbet Bounty Scramble, enabling his move up from No. 304 to No. 246. Riley Fuller cashed in 41st, helping him go from No. 316 to No. 266. And sixth-place finisher Paul Balzano makes his GPI top 300 debut this week after moving up from No. 401 to No. 273.

Jerry Wong — one of this year's November Nine in the 2016 World Series of Poker Main Event (read a profile of him here) — also inched up a single spot to No. 300 to join the list. Wong's previous GPI peak has been No. 242 back in August of this year.

Biggest Gains

Those WPT bestbet Bounty Scramble finishes helped Patterson, Balzano, and Greer all make this week's 'Biggest Gains' top five, with Patterson having enjoyed the biggest upward move of anyone in this week's top 300.

Jan Schwippert also made a significant move from No. 227 to No. 160 this week, while Jon 'PearlJammer' Turner jumped from No. 171 to No. 112.

Biggest Drops

Finally, among players in the current top 300, Noah Bronstein fell the furthest over the last seven days after going from No. 203 down to No. 272.

What to Expect Next Week

While the WSOP Circuit visits Harrah's Horseshoe Casino Hammond in Indiana and the partypoker WPT Vienna Fesitval of Poker continues in Austria, the poker world's attention will be largely focused on the tiny archipelago of Malta over the next couple of weeks where the European Poker Tour Malta festival is already underway at the Portomaso Casino.

PokerNews is on hand as usual to provide live updates from five different EPT Malta events:

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• €25,750 High Roller (October 21-23)
• €5,300 Main Event (October 23-29)
• €10,200 Single-Day High Roller (October 24)
• €10,300 Pot-Limit Omaha High Roller (October 25-27)
• €10,300 High Roller (October 27-29)

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Don't forget also the 2016 888Live Poker Festival London is ongoing as well, with PokerNews likewise on hand providing updates from several events including the Main Event that starts today.

To view the GPI overall rankings in their entirety, visit the official GPI website. While you're at it, follow the GPI on Twitter and its Facebook page.

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