Cecile Ticherfatine opened to 10,000 from under the gun and Anthony Hu was the only caller on the button.
Ticherfatine led out for 11,000 on the 2♦J♠3♣ flop and Hu made the call. The 9♥ turn saw Ticherfatine slow down with a check and Hu fired 55,000 into the middle.
Ticherfatine did not take long to muck, as Hu took it down. At the same time, Yan Yan was sent to the rail on a nearby table.
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Nível: 14
Blinds: 3,000/5,000
Ante: 5,000
Players are now on the first break of Day 3.
The opening level saw a flurry of bust outs with ten players hitting the rail.
There are a total of 30 runners left chasing the LAPC title.
Evgeniy Tsyrenov opened to 9,000 from the cutoff before Brian Hastings raised to 25,000 on the button. Michael Nia made the call in the big blind, with Tsyrenov quickly getting out of the way.
Nia and Hastings both opted to check the 7♦A♠5♣ flop. Nia then led out for 18,000 on the 10♠ turn and Hastings called.
The J♥ river saw Nia check and Hastings fired 35,000. Nia then check-raised to 100,000 and Hastings did not take long to toss in a call.
Nia showed K♦Q♠ for a straight on the river, and Hastings could only smirk as he mucked.
Phuoc Nguyen found himself at risk after he shoved all in preflop and was called by Cecile Ticherfatine.
Phuoc Nguyen: J♠J♣
Cecile Ticherfatine: K♦K♠
Nguyen was unable to crack Ticherfatine's kings on a runout of 9♥7♦8♠A♣6♥ ending his title hopes.
Yifu He was also eliminated at another table as players begin to drop from the running here on Day 3.
Mitchell Hynam and Taylor Paur traded raises sitting side-by-side, with Paur five-betting all in and Hynam making the call. The hands were turned up with Paur at risk.
Taylor Paur: A♥Q♣
Mitchell Hynam: A♣K♥
Paur could not find any help on the 8♣5♥5♦7♥J♣ runout, as Hynam collected the pot to move over a million chips.
Evgeniy Tsyrenov raised from the middle position to 8,000 before Billy Baxter popped it to 25,000.
Baxter's wager was not enough as Tsyrenov raised the price of admission to 70,000. Baxter smooth called swelling the pot heading into the flop.
Tsyrenov kept up the pressure on the 9♠6♣4♠ flop by putting Baxter all in for his tournament life. Baxter pondered before calling for his tournament life.
Billy Baxter: Q♦Q♥
Evgeniy Tsyrenov: A♦A♠
Tsyrenov showed Baxter the bad news and the runout of 10♠ and 9♣ did not improve Baxter's queens to eliminate him.
Martin Carnero opened to 9,000 from the hijack and Steven Forman defended his big blind to see the 2♥Q♣7♥ flop.
Forman checked to Carnero, who continued for 6,000. Forman then check-raised to 21,000 and Carnero made the call.
Another check from Forman saw Carnero take some time before sliding out a bet of 100,000. Forman considered his options and counted his remaining stack before letting his hand go.
Mitchell Hynam continued to build a formidable stack as he knocked out Richard Hasnip in a hand that was all in on the river.
Significant chips went in preflop as Hynam's 31,000 wager was called by Hasnip. The J♠5♠8♣ flop led to Hynam betting 26,000 who was then called by Hasnip.
The K♥ turn did not slow down either player as Hynam bet out 78,000 and Hasnip called.
Hynam jammed on the 9♣ river putting Hasnip at risk. Hasnip took a long moment to think about his decision before flicking in the call.
Hynam revealed he flopped top set with J♦J♠ as Hasnip hit the rail.
Alex Kim was also eliminated at another table. He was seen leaving the area following his elimination.
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