2019 World Series of Poker

Shaun Deeb won a pot against Robert Mizrachi and Ryan Lenaghan doubled his short stack through Frankie O'Dell.

However, it was all for naught as Lenaghan was involved in a three-bet pot with Robert Slezak and paid off the bet of Slezak on the river of a board . Slezak turned over for a full house and Lenaghan mucked.

Dominik Baud faced Yarron Bendor and eventually folded the turn to yet another bet by Bendor to remain very short.

Blind on blind and on a turn, Ken Aldridge checked and Andrew Kelsall was all in for 31,000. Aldridge called.

Ken Aldridge:
Andrew Kelsall:

Kelsall looked set for half with his aces against the made low of Aldridge. However, the turn improved Aldridge to a nine-high straight and he shook Kelsall's hand as he was eliminated.

Simeon Myers had lost flush over flush in the last hand of Day 2 against David Benyamine and came back with 5,000 only. In one of the first hands he was all in and chopped to double his stack, then chopped to remain at 10,000 before bowing out.

Robert Campbell in the big blind and Mike Matusow on the button played the first main pot, on which Campbell check-called all the way on the board. Campbell had , Matusow the and Myers the .

The next hand was chopped once between Matusow and Robert Mizrachi and then Myers was forced all in from the big blind against Mizrachi.

Simeon Myers:
Robert Mizrachi:

The board came and there was no qualifying low to eliminate Myers in 22nd place for $14,959.

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Four players saw a flop of and it checked to Ryan Lenaghan who bet. Nick Guagenti raised and Robert Slezak folded. David "Bakes" Baker then re-raised and only Guagenti called.

The turn was the and the pair proceeded to get the rest of Baker's stack in.

Nick Guagenti:
David "Bakes" Baker:

Both players had turned a full house. The river was the .

"Better boat," said Guagenti.

"You do," replied a seemingly shell-shocked Baker, "You do."

Just 23 players remain in contention for the WSOP gold bracelet and $443,641 in prize money that awaits the winner of Event #18: $10,000 Omaha Hi-Lo Championship.

The plan for Day 3 is to play down to a final table of six ready for the live stream to begin on Sunday. The pace of eliminations, especially early on, is expected to be rapid; five players will begin the day with less than five big bets to their name.

Leading the way is Ken Aldridge with 1,178,000 in chips. The former teacher already has one WSOP bracelet which he won back in 2009 when he took down the $1,500 NLHE 6-Max for $428,259 defeating the likes of Bryce Yockey and Bryn Kenney who were earning just their first and second WSOP cashes respectively.

Second in chips is another bracelet winner, Owais Ahmed with 1,074,000. The only other player over a million in chips, his bracelet came in 2011 in the $2,500 Omaha/Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better event.

Other well-known players through to Day 3 and setting their sights on a spot at the final table include Shaun Deeb, Mike Matusow, Robert Mizrachi, Mike Wattel and Day 1 chip leader Yarron Bendor.

Stay tuned to PokerNews for all the action here on Day 3.