Daniel Idema opened to 32,000 from the hijack position and saw Roy Weiss threebet to 95,000 from the button. In the big blind Adam Sanders pushed all in for 85,000 and Idema eventually folded. Sanders showed his and was up against Weiss' . The flop was still good for Sanders but the turn brought the pain: | | .
All the chips went into the middle preflop, between Nick Colbrese with and DJ MacKinnon holding . The flop came giving the obligatory sweat but the turn and river ended Colbrese's tournament in 13th place.
Phil Ivey shoved under-the-gun and the action quickly folded to Taylor Paur in the small blind. Paur took a good look at Ivey's stack, and then announced to be all in as well. Roy Weiss took a quick glance at his cards and folded, and thus we had heads-up showdown.
Paur tabled and threw them in the middle of the table. Ivey took a look at his cards and seemed disappointed with his second card; . It had the look of it that Ivey had only looked at his first card initially, and had already decided to shove seeing the ace alone.
The match-up would become even more unfair for Ivey as the flop gave Paur a set: . With the on the turn it was all over and Ivey was already half on his way to another event. Nobody cared about the on the river and we continue the tournament with 13 players.
In one of the first hands of the day, Ryan Austin raised all in under the gun for his stack of 226,000. Action folded to Phil Ivey in the big blind and after cutting out his chips, he made the call. He was not happy to see his was behind to Austin's .
The flop came and Austin's kicker played leaving Ivey on the extreme short stack.
Just two hands later, Ivey doubled through Adam Sanders. Ivey with and Sanders holding saw the giving Ivey the double up.
Taylor Paur has a commanding chip lead going into Day 3 with 1,318,000 of the 6,213,000 chips in play with just 14 players left in the tournament. Most railbirds will have their focus on a different player though: Phil Ivey. He's still in contention for his first hold'em bracelet, though he's somewhat short on chips. Ivey has 260,000 in chips with blinds at 8,000/16,000 with a 2,000 ante (16 big blinds). Can he do it? Can he win his first bracelet of the summer?
But there are many other questions today. Can Taylor Paur win his first bracelet? Is it Daniel Idema's day to win his second? Can Kyle Cartwright finally win a bracelet to wear with all those WSOP Circuit Rings he already has? Will James Epner make an epic comeback to win it all? We'll be answering all those questions and more from 1 p.m.
For now, Lynn Gilmartin has an update from yesterday's adventures around the Rio:
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turn and river ended Colbrese's tournament in 13th place.
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on the turn it was all over and Ivey was already half on his way to another event. Nobody cared about the 
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and Austin's kicker played leaving Ivey on the extreme short stack.
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