Jon Turner opened under the gun to 8,500 only to have Jaime Kaplan three-bet to 25,000 next to act. The action folded to the small blind and he four-bet to 50,000 to push Turner out before Kaplan came along to see a flop fall.
The small blind led for 50,000 only to have Kaplan raise to 120,000. The small blind pushed all in and Kaplan immediately called for his 382,500-chip stack.
Kaplan:
Small Blind:
With Kaplan holding a strong advantage, the turn of the and river of the was enough to ensure him the double up to 880,000 in chips; which would be good for second place on the current chip leader board.
David Benefield got all in with against an opponent with . His opponent flopped a pair of kings, but Benefield turned a set of jacks to seal the hand and continue his solid day.
Players are back in their seats and the final two-hour level of the night is underway. The big board — which players are consulting more and more frequently as the day goes along — now says there are 783 players left. Again, the top 648 will make the money.
We've been noting today how the pace of eliminations for this year's Day 3 has been comparing to that of last year, as both years saw exactly 1,753 players survive the first two days of the Main Event. Last year the night ended with 720 players left to return for Day 4, whereas this year it appears there will surely be less than that making it to night's end.
We've reached the final 20-minute break here on Day 3 of the 2013 WSOP Main Event. The board is showing that 792 players are still alive, and with only 648 players making the money, the bubble is rapidly approaching. We're expecting to reach the money early on Day 4.
After starting the day with just 39,000, Max Steinberg is the new leader with just under 1 million in chips after finishing on the better end of a nasty cooler against Phil Ivey on the ESPN Stage. On an flop, Ivey got his 416,000-chip stack in with bottom set, and Steinberg called with middle set. The board bricked out, and just like that Ivey was eliminated from the tournament.
Dick van Luijk was the leader at the dinner break, and despite taking a hit to his stack is still among the leaders. Joining him near the top of the leader board are Somar Al-Darwich, Matthew Huey, Umang Dattani, Nick Schwarmann, Vladimir Geshkenbein and Kyle Julius.
Former champion Erik Seidel managed to double up twice to stay alive, while another former winner, Carlos Mortensen lost a big pot to dip to 55,000.
Joining Ivey on the rail during the past level were Dan Cates, Erika Sands, Philipp Gruissem, Haralabos Voulgaris, Tom McEvoy, Shannon Shorr, Andy Frankenberger and Tony Gregg, who was also seated at the ESPN feature table with Ivey.
We're off to grab some chip counts. See you in 20!
We caught up with Ryan Hughes and Donald Swartz as they battled for a very large pot. The board read , and Hughes checked. Swartz bet 120,000, and Hughes made the call. The river brought an innocuous , and Hughes checked again. Swartz announced all in, and Hughes quickly tossed the dealer his cards.
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flop fall.
and river of the 
was enough to ensure him the double up to 880,000 in chips; which would be good for second place on the current chip leader board.
. His opponent flopped a pair of kings, but Benefield turned a set of jacks to seal the hand and continue his solid day.
flop, Ivey got his 416,000-chip stack in with bottom set, and Steinberg called with middle set. The board bricked out, and just like that Ivey was eliminated from the tournament.
, and Hughes checked. Swartz bet 120,000, and Hughes made the call. The river brought an innocuous 
, and Hughes checked again. Swartz announced all in, and Hughes quickly tossed the dealer his cards.
