In a battle of the blinds, [Removed:17] raised from the small blind and Maria Lampropoulos defended the big blind. On the flop, Yan continued and was called before the young gun from New Zealand then shoved the turn. Lampropoulos called and tabled for two pair and a flush draw.
Yan only had queen-nine and needed an off suit five or seven to deal the final blow, however, the river even gave Lampropoulos a flush.
Stephen Chidwick could have landed a double elimination in one of the last hands before the break, but it wasn't to be. Chidwick made it 800,000 under the gun, Daniel Stanway in the hijack moved in for 4,670,000, and Louis Nyberg moved in over the top for 300,000 more.
Stanway:
Nyberg:
Chidwick:
The board ran out in favor of Stanway - , putting him close to 15 million. Nyberg managed to win the side pot of a mere 600,000, and tripled up the very next hand, sending him to 2 million chips in the break.
Marc-Olivier Carpentier-Perrault open-shoved his last 5,250,000 and Noah Vaillancourt reshoved from two seats over to force folds all around and set up an all-Canadian showdown.
The action folded around to Igor Kurganov on the button who made it 850,000 to go. Jack Salter called in the big blind.
The flop came down , Salter check and made the call when Kurganov bet 1,500,000. On the turn Salter checked again, Kurganov bet 3,9 million and Salter moved in over the top for 13,8 million. Kurganov instantly called and turned over , but though it was ahead of the of Salter, the Russian still had to fade both a flush- and a straight draw on the river.
The on the river was as blank as they get, and Kurganov surged to 50 million chips while eliminating Salter in the process.
The remaining Day 3 players are on break, with all 65 of them stepping away from the tables for 20 minutes.
They might want to take in the sounds of the live band currently rocking the partypoker ICED Players' Party, where poker revellers are enjoying free drinks, cool tunes and ice cold outfits courtesy of a sub-zero themed party to end all parties.
After an open-raise by Katie Swift, Igor Kurganov squeezed to 3,400,000 from one seat over and Swift called. The duo ended up checking the board entirely and Swift showed for a pair of fours to claim the pot.
Swift is among the chip leaders heading into the last two levels of the night.
Jake Cody and Tom Hall are either side of Golden Chip holder Robert Kostesky, who is in need of a double-up with seven chip holders still alive in the tournament.
With the £100,000 on the line, how many of the golden chip holders will be coming back tomorrow? We're less than two levels from knowing, but while Kostesky is short, Mateusz Rypulak also has a golden chip, and a lot chips with the lead at the table.
Here are the full chipcounts at Rypulak and Kostesky's table, with an array of decorated poker players a good example of just how difficult this MILLIONS Main Event will be to win for anyone.
Big Stack Mateusz Rypulak hadn't even had time to get his chips out of the trays on his new table before he found a hand worthy of a raise. He made it 1,1 million to go from early position, and Jonathan Spinks made the call in the hijack. Antonio Cosentino moved in right after him, and while Rypulak weren't interested, Spinks called the 5,4 million chips shove.
Spinks:
Cosentino:
The board was good to Cosentino as it ran out , and the Italian scored the double.
One of the golden chip last longer contenders has been eliminated. It was Tomas Fara who three-bet shoved for 15 big blinds with pocket eights and Michael Bailey reshoved out of the big blind with ace-jack. The initial raiser folded, and Bailey won the flip to send Fara to the rail.
Another golden chip contender is doing well, Jonas Lauck has almost two times the average.
flop, Yan continued and was called before the young gun from New Zealand then shoved the 
turn. Lampropoulos called and tabled 
for two pair and a flush draw.
river even gave Lampropoulos a flush.![[Removed:17]](/img/avatars/avatar.svg){kind=avatar}
, putting him close to 15 million. Nyberg managed to win the side pot of a mere 600,000, and tripled up the very next hand, sending him to 2 million chips in the break.
, Salter check and made the call when Kurganov bet 1,500,000. On the 
turn Salter checked again, Kurganov bet 3,9 million and Salter moved in over the top for 13,8 million. Kurganov instantly called and turned over 
of Salter, the Russian still had to fade both a flush- and a straight draw on the river.
on the river was as blank as they get, and Kurganov surged to 50 million chips while eliminating Salter in the process.
