A player in middle position opened for 17,000 and Jared Ingles made it 46,000 on the button. Ray Qartomy asked to see Ingles' big chips and counted out a raise to 140,000 before folding. The opener called quickly and flopped. The opener checked and Ingles bet 28,000. His opponent made it 61,000, leaving 100,000 back, and Ingles instantly ripped.
Ingles' opponent tanked for a couple of minutes and then Ingles called a clock. The player on the clock disputed it as it was for his tournament life and the supervisor agreed he could have a little more time.
"Why are you calling clock on me?" the player wondered. "Do you want me to fold?"
Moments later, he did just that.
"If I had any heart, I snap-call," he lamented. "Any heart."
John "The Razor" Phan raised from under the gun, Chris Hunichen three-bet to 92,000 from middle position, Phan reraised to 92,000 (leaving 1,000 behind) and Hunichen thought for a bit before he called.
The flop was , Phan bet his remaining 1,000 and Hunichen called.
Phan:
Hunichen:
The turn and river completed the board, safe for Phan to double up.
A player opened to 14,000 and then, according to players at his table, Quan Zhou picked up a 100,000 chip and announced "Seven."
The floor was called and it was ruled just a call. Both players checked the flop and the pre-flop raiser check-called 13,000 on the turn. The river was checked by both players.
Zhou's opponent turned over and Zhou mucked saying he held pocket tens.
Zhou bubbled the 2017 WSOP Main Event after running a big bluff into Davidi Kitai. He looks safe for now with a stack of 350,000 chips.
Max Steinberg raised from the late position and Jason Loehrs three-bet in the cutoff. Action folded back to Steinberg who tanked and then shoved with the bigger stack. Loehrs called for the 252,000 he had behind.
Jason Loehrs:
Max Steinberg:
The board ran out for Loehrs to turn a Broadway to double on the bubble.
The noise is getting louder in the Amazon room and one of the players that ended up at risk was Miguel Capriles.
"I am a nice guy to be around," he joked at the table and in the next hand Capriles three-bet shoved for 55,000. Initial raiser Gabriel Andrade from under the gun called with and Capriles turned over , which held up on a board of as the ESPN crew rushed by to film the showdown.
Following a raise from under the gun, Jake Daniels flatted in middle position before a player in the big blind three-bet to 45,000. Daniels called and they went to a flop of . Daniels called another 50,000.
The turn saw the big blind fire a small bet of 20,000 and Daniels raise to 165,000. He received a call.
The river was the and the big blind led out again, making it 60,000 and leaving himself with 196,000 behind. Daniels announced he was all in and the other player tanked for a while, standing up.
"If you fold I'll show you ace-three," Daniels said, drinking wine.
The other player lifted his cards, looking at , and then folded.
Daniels did as he promised, he showed his hand, but... his holdings had nothing to do with ace-three as he tabled for absolute air.
Tournament officials announced that dealers should hold up at the end of their hand in order to start hand-for-hand play on the direct money bubble.
One of the hands that was still in progress during this period resulted in Ryan Pochedly standing up looking decidedly dejected. He had been eliminated from the Main Event at the hands of Julian Pineda.
Pineda filled us in on the details and explained that Pochedly had opened to 14,000 from under the gun and Colombian player Pineda had three-bet to 42,000. Pochedly called and checked the flop to his opponent who bet 18,000.
Pochedly called and the turn was checked by both players. The river was the . Pochedly checked for the third time and Pineda moved all in.
According to Pineda, Pochedly had around 300,000 in chips behind and called it off with for two pair only to be met by the of Pineda for rivered trips.
After a short period of clarification by the WSOP tournament officials, Pochedly was announced as the bubble boy in the 2019 WSOP Main Event, receiving entry to the 2020 Main Event from Jack Effel as a consolation prize.
Once the money bubble has burst, the remaining 1,286 players were asked to bag and tag their chips. They will be back for Day 4 at noon local time with 6 minutes and 26 seconds left in level 15.
Assorted chip counts and a recap of today's action are to follow.