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From early position, JC Tran moved all in for 19,500 and action folded round to Quyen Phan in the big blind, and she called.
Tran: 
Phan: 
The dealer spread a 
board, and Tran was eliminated from the Main Event.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
305,000 | 137,700 |
|
Eliminé |
The seat of William Kassouf was empty soon after the level had restarted and Alex DiFelice confirmed that he had lost a flip for his last 45,000 or so with pocket nines against the ace-king of David Olson. Kassouf had previously doubled through Olson, but this time a king on the river spelled the end for the Brit.
Josep Galindo was also felted in the Amazon Tan section, while his fellow countryman Daniel Barriocanal doubled for 49,000 with 
versus 
. The board came 
and Barriocanal faded the back door straight dilemma to remain in contention.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
135,000 | 15,000 |
|
110,000 | 40,000 |
|
Eliminé | |
|
Eliminé |
In what must have been a three-bet pot preflop, Phil Ivey was facing off against Lev Milman. Milman was in the big blind while Ivey was in middle position. After preflop action, there was already nearly 40,000 in the pot.
The flop came down 
and Milman led out with a bet of 15,500 which Ivey promptly called.
The turn was the and Milman led out again, betting 40,000 this time. Ivey took his time then called.
By the time the 
came on the river a huge rail of over 20 people had gathered around to spectate the hand. Camera crews also rushed over as well. Milman thought for a while before he checked to Ivey. Ivey thought for a second as well before he announced that he was all in, shoving with a covering stack for about 110,500 effective.
Milman tanked for about two minutes but in the end he decided to fold so Ivey raked in the pot moving to nearly 500,000 chips.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
480,000 | 175,000 |
|
110,500 | 12,100 |
There was already over 150,000 in the middle and a completed 
board out. Jochum Weenink recapped the earlier action: he had raised to 6,000, Watson had three-bet to 15,000, Nick Maimone had called and Weenink had folded preflop. On the flop, Watson bet, Maimone called, then Watson had check-raised the turn.
On the river, Watson bet 50,000 and Maimone shoved all in, putting Watson to the test for his remaining stack of 115,000. Watson went deep in the tank and minutes passed by as he tried to figure out the situation.
Eventually, he settled on a fold and flung 
— nines full — open in the muck. Instantly, Maimone jumped back as soon as he saw the big hand that just got laid down.
"No way!" he yelled. "That's the best fold I've ever seen!". Maimone then showed 
for the rivered quads and shook Watson's hand in respect.
"That's incredible. In my whole life, that's the best fold I've ever seen," Maimone said in awe.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
385,000 | 130,600 |
|
170,000 | -30,000 |
|
|
115,000 | -100,000 |
John Sun opened with a raise to 7,000 and Yevgeniy Timoshenko called from the button.
The flop was 
and Sun continued with a bet of 6,000. Timoshenko took him time then called.
On the turn, Sun bet again, making it 15,000. Timoshenko thought it over then called.
The river was the and Sun fired again, betting 30,000. Timoshenko made a comment about the river being a bad card then decided to fold.
"Ten dollars to see it," Timoshenko offered to Sun. Immediately Sun turned up his 
for a stone bluff which left Timoshenko shaking his head. "Wow."
Timoshenko took out his wallet and sent $10 over to Sun and Sun smiled raking in the pot and the extra cash bonus as well.
"You just wouldn't go away so I didn't know what to do," Sun said laughing. "I went on a suicide mission."
"Ten dollars for you too if you delete everything you just wrote," Timoshenko said to us.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
235,000 | 48,700 |
|
162,000 | 12,900 |
Damian Salas was just recently moved to the Amazon Room and he brought with him a heavy bag of chips that he dumped in front of his seat. With over 50,000 chips already in the pot, three players were still in the hand with the action checked to the button. He tossed in a bet of 16,000 on a board of 
. Damian Salas called from middle position and the cutoff folded.
The river was the 
and Salas checked again. His opponent thought for a minute and then slid in a bet of 50,000. Salas instantly tossed a single chip into the pot to signify a call and his opponent tabled 
. Salas revealed 
for two pair and scooped another sizeable pot on the day.
About five minutes later, we returned to the table hoping Salas had stacked his chips up, but they have remained in a massive heap scattered all around him. He appears to have roughly doubled his stack from the start of the day, sitting around 650,000.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
650,000 | 335,400 |
Following a raise from late position, DJ MacKinnon three-bet to 14,000 from the hijack. The action folded to Frank Flowers in the small blind, and he slid out a stack of chips amounting to a four-bet of 125,000. The original raiser folded, and MacKinnon called all-in for roughly that amount.
Flowers: 
MacKinnon:
MacKinnon was at risk and racing for his tournament life, and when the dealer spread a 
flop, he would need to find an ace or king to stay alive.
The turn of the was the best possible card for MacKinnon that didn't give him the lead, as now he could win with any heart, ace, king, or queen.
Unfortunately for MacKinnon, the river landed the , and was eliminated from the Main Event.
As Flowers scooped in the pot, and broke down his chip stack, he has now taken the chip lead.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
|
725,000 | 120,000 |
|
Eliminé |
Twenty-one year old Trey Harrell is one of the youngest players in the Main Event this year, and he's been put up against arguably his toughest opponent ever, Phil Ivey.
In the hand, Harrell opened on the button with raise to 3,500. Ivey was in the big blind and he defended with a call.
The flop came down and Ivey checked to Harrell who led with a bet of 3,300. Ivey called.
Both players checked on the 
turn to see the on the river. There, Ivey led out with a bet of 15,000 and Harrel promptly folded.
Earlier in the week, PokerNews' Sean Chaffin sat down with Harrell and his mother for an interview about his experience in the Main Event and it can be found here.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
|
336,000 | -98,200 |
|
|
133,000 | 133,000 |
A player in early position raised to 5,100 and JC Tran three-bet shoved from the hijack for what looked like 27,500. After a bit of time in the tank, the original raiser called to put Tran at risk.
JC Tran:
Opponent:
Tran had the preflop advantage and his opponent needed to improve in order to win. The board ran out 
which missed both players entirely so Tran took the pot to double up.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
|
57,000 | -11,000 |
The action folded to Jason Mercier in the small blind, and he completed for 2,000. Chris Dombrowski plonked out a stack of chips to effectively put Mercier all-in, and the five-time WSOP bracelet winner snap-called for his 33,400 total.
Mercier:
Dombrowski:
The dealer spread a flop to render Mercier drawing to just a jack to stay alive.
The turn of the changed little but gave Dombrowski outs to a flush, and when the river landed the to give him quads, Mercier was headed out the door early here on Day 3.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
165,000 | 43,600 |
|
Eliminé |
