Moments after getting chopped down in a previous clash with Brandon Cantu, Gustavo Kamei just fell with Rio's resident lightning rod delivering the finishing blow.
Kamei open-shoved for roughly 175,000 and Cantu called him down with to find himself in dominant position over the Brazilian's .
The final board brought no help to Kamei, coming to leave him with no pair — and no chips. With that, the eight remaining runners headed for the redraw before reassembling at the final two tables.
Michael Coleman shoved on the the button for about 150,000 and found action from Mike Watson in the small blind. Watson led with against Coleman's and Coleman found no held from the board, ending his run in 10th place.
Welcome to PokerNews' Day 3 coverage of Event #58: $1,500 Mixed-Max No-Limit Hold'em.
The starting field of 1,475 entrants is down to just 10 players, each looking to capture a coveted World Series of Poker gold bracelet, as well as the first-place prize of $405,428.
On top of the chip counts entering Day 3 is Jared Jaffee with 1.583 million, the only player with a seven-figure stack. This marks the Brooklyn native's 12th career WSOP cash and all that stands between him and his first bracelet are nine opponents. Second in chips is Mark "dipthrong" Herm with 927,000 and he is followed by two-time bracelet winner Brandon Cantu with 918,000. For Cantu, this marks his seventh cash of the 2014 WSOP and despite his critics, Cantu has a chance to join an exclusive group by capturing a third bracelet.
Here are the Day 3 seating assignments and chip counts:
Table
Seat
Player
Chips
446
1
--empty--
446
2
Joseph Alban
594,000
446
3
Michael Coleman
200,000
446
4
Mike Watson
388,000
449
1
Brandon Cantu
918,000
449
2
--empty--
449
3
Gustavo Kamei
437,000
449
4
Xiao Peng
654,000
450
1
Jeff Gross
550,000
450
2
Mark Herm
927,000
450
3
Jared Jaffee
1,583,000
450
4
Anton Smirnov
381,000
Play is set to resume at 1 p.m. and the PokerNews live reporting team will be on hand to provide you live updates of all of the exciting action!