The shortest stack among the remaining players was Farzad Bonyadi, who dropped below five big blinds as the tournament moved to the 20th level. It was only a matter of a few hands until he ended up all in, trying to earn the vital double.
Bonyadi had a chance when he was in the big blind. Senovio Ramirez III open-shoved from the second position, and all players between him and Bonyadi folded. Bonyadi, however, called off his remaining 485,000.
Bonyadi:
Ramirez III:
Bonyadi was slightly behind, but he couldn't ask for much better flop than the , having made a straight. Ramirez needed a jack to hit a bigger straight, but the turn and river didn't cooperate.
The last level of the night has begun, after which time the remaining players will bag and tag their chips to come back for the fourth and final day tomorrow.
Day 4 begins at 11:00 a.m. local time and will play down to a champion. A redraw will be conducted when just 10 players remain.
With the recent elimination of Boris Kolev in 18th place just before the redraw, the final 17 players have taken their new seats. Bryce Yockey has extended his chip lead, and sits on just shy of 10 million chips.
With about 600,000 in the pot already, on a flop reading , Daniel Chan checked from the small blind, and Marc MacDonnell bet 210,000 from the big blind. Aharon Shabtay moved all in from under the gun for 620,000, and Chan check-raised to 1,200,000. MacDonnell folded, and the cards were on their backs.
Shabtay was at risk with for a flush draw, and Chan tabled for two pair. The turn was the and the river was the , sending Shabtay to the rail in 19th place.
Action folded around to Harvey Alegado in the small blind, and he moved all in for 1,500,000. Daniel Chan was in the big blind and thought for a minute before calling.
Alegado was at risk with against the of Chan.
The flop came , and Chan extended his lead with a set of eights. The turn was the , and Alegado was left drawing dead to the on the river.
What started as a trivial hand turned into a big win for Thiago Grigoletti, who defended his big blind against Ralph Perry's raise to 175,000 from the cutoff.
Grigoletti check-called another 150,000 on the flop before they both checked the on the turn.
The river was the . Grigoletti bet 175,000, and Perry raised to 575,000. Grigoletti looked pained when he saw it, but he wasn't ready to give up his , and eventually called. If he was wrong, his stack would suffer a major hit, but that wasn't the case.
Perry tapped the table to wave a white flag, as his bluff didn't get through.
, having made a straight. Ramirez needed a jack to hit a bigger straight, but the 
turn and 
river didn't cooperate.
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, and Yockey led for 300,000. Farahi called, and the turn was the 
. Both players checked to the river, which was the 
for jack-high, and Yockey showed 
for a pair of sevens to take down the pot and add to his chip lead.
, and Kolev tabled 
.
, Daniel Chan checked from the small blind, and Marc MacDonnell bet 210,000 from the big blind. Aharon Shabtay moved all in from under the gun for 620,000, and Chan check-raised to 1,200,000. MacDonnell folded, and the cards were on their backs.
for a flush draw, and Chan tabled 
for two pair. The turn was the 
and the river was the 
of Chan. 
on the river.
on the turn. 
, and Hallaert turned a pair of fours to take down the hand and eliminate Bounahra.
