The field is dropping quickly as chips get dispersed across the room. Some of the notable players no longer in the running include yesterday's $50,000 High Roller champion Steve O'Dwyer, Matt Glantz, Keven Stammen, and the man who started Day 2 with the second best stack, Michael Vela.
After Guilhereme Lima raised to 2,500 from the cutoff and [Removed:19] responded by three-betting all in for 22,500 on the button. Both blinds folded and Lima called.
Sokolovskiy:
Lima:
Sokolovskiy stood up and turned from the table, so he didn't see when the flop came down to give Lima a set.
The turn left Sokolovskiy drawing dead, and he discovered his fate when he turned around just in time to see the meaningless put out on the river.
The preflop action escaped us, but we do know that the UK's Jake Cody and Canadian PokerStars qualifier Michael Farrow got the chips in with the latter bring at risk for 81,500.
Cody:
Farrow:
Cody was way out in front, and the flop looked safe enough. However, you can anticipate what came on the turn based on the title of this post... the !
Farrow hit his set to take the lead, and he scored the double after the was run out on the river.
Five players including Nick Petrangelo in the big blind and Robert Kirsch in middle position went to flop building a pot of about 25,000. All five players checked bringing the on the turn.
Petrangelo bet 8,700, getting a call from Kirsch and the player on the button. The completed the board and all three players checked. Petrangelo mucked, Kirsch tabled the and the player on the button mucked as well, surrendering the pot to Kirsch.
Brian Altman raised to 3,500 under the gun and he picked up a caller. Simon Deadman came along from the big blind and three players saw a flop of .
Deadman checked, Altman continued for 3,500, and the other player folded. Deadman woke up with an all-in check-raise to 14,400 and Altman made a reluctant call.
Altman:
Deadman:
"It's not too often I get it in drawing dead," Altman joked.
Of course, Deadman's quad fours held, and the turn and river were run out as a formality.
Jean Ateba, Bryan Emory, and a third player piled up 40,000 in the middle when they went three-way to a flop. After two checks in front of him, Emory bet 14,700 getting looked up by Ateba.
Both players checked the on the turn and on the river. Ateba was supposed to be the first to show but didn't appear to want to so Emory acknowledged, tabling the and Ateba mucked.
The 2018 PCA $10,300 Main Event officially attracted 582 players, which generated a prize pool of $5,645,400. That will be paid out to the top 87 players with a min-cash being worth $17,500. As for the winner, they can look forward to a $1,081,100 first-place prize plus a coveted $30,000 Platinum Pass. The full payout can be found under the PAYOUT tab.