With two streets of action prior, Mark Eaton and Leonid Yanovski opted to check the 
river. Eaton tabled the 
for a pair of kings but Yanovski had that beat as his 
contained the superior kicker for the PLO specialist to move up to nearly half a million in chips.
After a player announced he was all in for 45,000, Kevin Allen decided on just a call, as there was action still behind him. After the last player eventually folded, the hands were tabled.
Opponent: 
Kevin Allen: 
The board ran out 
which meant Allen's pocket queens held and he chipped up as his opponent was eliminated from the tournament.
Action was picked up on the river, with a board of 
and around 41,000 in the pot.
Peng Zhang, the big blind, fired for 32,000, putting the pressure on Jack Oliver, who finished 3rd in the 2021 Main Event, who has been nursing a relatively small stack for most of Day 3. He eventually made the call, and Zhang showed 
for a set of eights on the flop. Oliver mucked his cards and gave the pot to Zhang, leaving himself with less than 15 big blinds.
In a three-way pot, the flop showed 
and the big blind checked to Giuseppe Pantaleo who bet 10,000. Asher Conniff called on the button and the big blind let it go.
The turn brought the and Pantaleo sent a bet of 33,000. After some thinking, Conniff made the call.
The river revealed the and this time they both checked. Pantaleo held 
and the pot was sent to Conniff who showed for top two pair.
Chris Moneymaker was enjoying a table massage and opened the action with a raise, then called a three-bet to 27,000 by Javier Gomez on the button. On a flop of 
, Moneymaker check-raised from 22,000 to 58,000 and Gomez stuck around rather quickly.
The followed on the turn and Moneymaker bet 80,000 for Gomez to call with around 170,000 behind. Both then checked the 
on the river when a fourth spade appeared. Moneymaker rolled over the 
for a pair of deuces, which Gomez had beat holding the .
"I was going to fire again if no spade came," the 2003 WSOP Main Event champion mentioned in the table chat.
Action folded around to Damian Salas in the small blind, who opened to 11,000. The big blind called to send the two players heads-up to the flop.
The flop came 
and Salas checked. His opponent led out for 15,000 but that was not enough to shed the 2020 WSOP Main Event winner, who called.
Salas checked for a second time on the turn and folded after the big blind fired off 25,000. Despite losing that pot, Salas has enjoyed a successful Day 3 thus far after sitting down with just 32,900.
There was some apparent table chat that Kevin Allen had been in the tank prior to calling all-in for 176,000 in a battle button versus big blind against Ying Wang. "I think that's the $10k Main Event, you gotta take some time to think about it," the Brit mentioned in table chat.
Ultimately, his 
had flopped two pair while Wang's 
had flopped the bottom two pair and turned a flush draw on 
when the money went in. The 
river improved Allen to aces full of sixes and he scored the double-up.
There was a big preflop all in going on as two very similar stacks were battling preflop:
Daniel Youngblood: 
Eddy Sabat:
Sabat was in good position to bust his slightly covered opponent. But the flop came 
to suddenly make things look dire. The turn flipped the scales again as the crushed the hopes of Youngblood. The river came the and Youngblood's elimination was confirmed when the dealer counted down the stacks.
All the chip went in the middle preflop between Laury Vanlerberghe, at risk with a remaining stack worth less than 80,000 and Chandler Drake who had him covered:
Laury Vanlerberghe:
Chandler Drake:
Vanlerberghe couldn't find any miracle throughout the board 
and joined the rail while Drake racked up the chips.
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