Ryan Olisar raised it from the hijack and Pedro Marques shipped all in for 440,000 in the cutoff. The action folded back to Olisar who called only to find out he was dominated.
Pedro Marques:
Ryan Olisar:
The board ran out and Marques held the better kicker to earn himself a double up.
Josh Arieh opened to 53,000 from middle position and Michael Finstein defended from the big blind. The flop fell and Finstein check-called a bet of 60,000 from Arieh.
The turn brought the and both players checked to the on the river. Finstein counted out a bet of 200,000 and Arieh thought for a minute before making the call. Finstein tabled while Arieh showed to claim the pot.
Baitai Li opened preflop, three-bet to 180,000 by Truyen Nguyen. Back to Li, who moved in for around 400,000 - there was no count as Nguyen called without needing it - he held , and Li's found no help from the board.
A dramatic decline in fortune in the first half of Day 3 saw the two-day chip leader hit the rail in 14th place.
Pedro Marques raised it up from the cutoff and Ari Engel defended his big blind. The flop came and Engel check-called a bet of 62,000 from Marques. The landed on the turn and Engel led out for 115,000 this time. Marques called and the completed the board. Both players knuckled the table and Marques tabled to win the hand.
In the next hand, Marques made it 55,000 to go and was called by Wilbern Hoffman in the cutoff. The two players saw a flop of and Marques led out for 60,000. Hoffman raised to 165,000 and Marques called.
The turn was the and Marques checked to Hoffman who slid out a bet of 275,000. Marques thought for a couple of minutes before making the call. The river was the and both players checked. Hoffman revealed and Marques sent his cards to the muck.
David "Bakes" Baker raised it up from under the gun and Josh Arieh stuck in a three-bet to 185,000 on his left. Ian Steinman was down to just 70,000 after losing the previous hand and he stuck his chips in the middle from the small blind. Baker four-bet shoved all in and Arieh instantly folded.
David Baker:
Ian Steinman:
Steinman found himself dominated and was looking to spike a three-outer. Unfortunately for him, it would not appear on the board of and Steinman headed to the payout desk.
James Hughes has been involved in three hands in one orbit, losing two and winning one. The first loss was of a preflop 60,000 which he released when Ben Keeline shoved over the top. In the second, Hughes raised to 54,000 under the gun, called by Pablo Melogno in the big blind. Melogno check-called his 60,000 bet on the flop, and the turn and river were checked down; Melogno won with at showdown.
Shortly thereafter Josh Arieh raised his button to 65,000 and Hughes called from the big blind. Hughes checked the flop, Arieh bet 50,000 and Hughes buried the lower part of his face in his hoody and tanked for several minutes, his reflective sunglasses showing the flop in reverse in perfect stillness.
Finally, he announced, "All in," and Arieh folded, bringing Hughes back up over half a million in chips.
Small blind (and huge stack) Ari Engel gave Harald Sammer a spin preflop after the latter had committed his last 150,000 or so from the button with what turned out to be pocket queens. Engel held but did not improve.
The action folded to Michael Finstein who raised it up to 60,000 on the button. David "Bakes" Baker three-bet to 180,000 in the small blind and Finstein thought for a minute before shoving all in for a little over 600,000. Baker instantly called and the cards were on their backs.
David Baker:
Michael Finstein:
The board ran out and Baker's pocket queens held on to eliminate Finstein in 12th place.
Pedro Marques and Harald Sammer got all of their chips in the middle preflop and it was Sammer who was at risk for 326,000.
Harald Sammer:
Pedro Marques:
The flop came and Sammer flopped a set of sixes to take a commanding lead. The on the turn sealed the deal and the completed the board as Sammer scored another double up.