The field size on Day 3 has been reduced to fewer than 2,000 hopefuls with 1,979 players still in contention according to the screens. They have been sent off into their second 20-minute break of the day, and some players may end up getting a minute or two fewer with the ongoing chip race of the T-100 denominations.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
545,000
95,000
|
95,000 |
|
||
|
492,000
-5,000
|
-5,000 |
|
440,000
215,000
|
215,000 |
|
||
|
425,000
-55,000
|
-55,000 |
|
||
|
400,000
80,000
|
80,000 |
|
||
|
303,000
18,000
|
18,000 |
|
||
|
285,000
8,500
|
8,500 |
|
270,000
-5,000
|
-5,000 |
|
|
||
|
230,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
210,000
90,000
|
90,000 |
|
|
||
|
180,000
-25,000
|
-25,000 |
|
|
||
|
120,000
55,000
|
55,000 |
|
110,000
-110,000
|
-110,000 |
|
|
||
|
105,000
-75,000
|
-75,000 |
|
|
||
|
80,000
-30,000
|
-30,000 |
|
|
||
|
40,000
-40,000
|
-40,000 |
|
||
|
36,000
-29,000
|
-29,000 |
Pavel Plesuv raised from the under-the-gun position and action folded to Shaun Deeb on the button who three-bet. Plesuv four-bet shoved and Deeb called.
Pavel Plesuv: 
Shaun Deeb: 
The board ran out 
to give Deeb a set of queens on the flop and to improve to a full house on the turn to eliminate Plesuv from the tournament.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
545,000
265,000
|
265,000 |
|
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|
Eliminé | |
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There was a raise on the button to what looked like 10,000 before Mike Wang made it 33,000 from the small blind. Action folded back to the button player who called.
The flop came down 
and Wang quickly checked then folded to a bet of 30,000 from his opponent. After losing the pot, Wang dropped to just under 150,000 chips.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
147,500
-32,500
|
-32,500 |
|
|
||
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
460,000
172,000
|
172,000 |
|
330,000
170,000
|
170,000 |
|
|
310,000
105,000
|
105,000 |
|
|
302,000
42,000
|
42,000 |
|
293,000
46,000
|
46,000 |
|
230,000
-36,900
|
-36,900 |
|
142,000
16,700
|
16,700 |
|
137,000
-7,800
|
-7,800 |
|
121,000
-9,000
|
-9,000 |
|
80,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
Eliminé |
After a raise from under the gun, Daniel Alaei three-bet in middle position and the action folded back to the initial raiser. He moved all in and Alaei called, having him slightly covered.
Daniel Alaei: 
Opponent: 
It was a coin flip with Alaei needed to hit the board. The flop came 
and the pocket tens were still in the lead. The turn was the 
and the river brought the . Alaei spiked an ace on the river to eliminate his opponent much to the amazement of Antonio Esfandiari.
"It's just that easy for some people," Esfandiari said as Alaei dragged in a healthy pot.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
265,000
168,400
|
168,400 |
|
|
||
Action folded to the player on the button, he raised to 5,500, and William Kassouf called from the big blind.
The flop came 
and Kassouf checked. The button bet 6,000 and Kassouf folded.
"You got lucky. Show one?" Kassouf asked as the dealer pushed the pot to the button.
The button slid both of his cards face-down to Kassouf for him to look at. Kassouf peeked at both and then held the 
up for the table to see.
"He bluffed me with this," Kassouf said before he flashed the button's other card, the .
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
31,800
-28,200
|
-28,200 |
Anthony Marsico and Brian Saltus are the current chip leaders in the Amazon Tan section, while Ashton Griffin was just eliminated by Patrik Antonius. On the rise on the very same table is Aurelie Reard, who chipped up early thanks to sending a shorter stack to the rail with pocket queens versus , Reard immediately flopped a full house.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
700,000
352,800
|
352,800 |
|
680,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
380,000
80,000
|
80,000 |
|
340,000
110,000
|
110,000 |
|
310,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
310,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
300,000
13,700
|
13,700 |
|
300,000
80,000
|
80,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
300,000 | |
|
290,000
120,000
|
120,000 |
|
|
||
|
280,000
44,600
|
44,600 |
|
275,000
-85,000
|
-85,000 |
|
|
||
|
230,000
146,900
|
146,900 |
|
175,000
-125,000
|
-125,000 |
|
110,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
42,000
-158,000
|
-158,000 |
|
Eliminé | |
|
Eliminé | |
|
Eliminé | |
Following an open to 5,000, Amal Bounahra called on the button before the action turns to Darren Elias in the big blind.
Elias splashes out a three-bet to 22,000, and both the original raiser and Bounahra fold.
As Elias gathered the pot, 2010 WSOP World Champion Jonathan Duhamel joined the table
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
385,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
153,000
-22,000
|
-22,000 |
|
133,000
56,000
|
56,000 |
|
|
||
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
|
718,000
-89,000
|
-89,000 |
|
620,000
-20,000
|
-20,000 |
|
550,000
199,700
|
199,700 |
|
495,000
244,000
|
244,000 |
|
395,000
-45,000
|
-45,000 |
|
|
||
|
320,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
|
||
|
250,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
|
230,000
25,300
|
25,300 |
|
190,000
88,400
|
88,400 |
|
|
||
|
152,000
60,300
|
60,300 |
|
140,000
49,900
|
49,900 |
|
110,000
-24,000
|
-24,000 |
|
107,000
14,300
|
14,300 |
|
87,000
-416,400
|
-416,400 |
|
79,000
-130,000
|
-130,000 |
|
|
||
|
33,000
-8,000
|
-8,000 |
|
Eliminé | |
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Eliminé | |
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