Tuan Phan was the shortest stack still remaining and he moved all in for 92,000 in the cutoff. Ari Engel just called on the button and both of the blinds folded.
Ari Engel:
Tuan Phan:
Engel was in a commanding position and the flop of left Phan grasping at straws. The on the turn sealed the deal and the on the river was a formality.
The final 18 players will now redraw for seats at the final two tables.
After dropping to under 300,000 in chips, Kristen Bicknell made a bid for a comeback, moving all in uncalled, and raising the next pot, but her build-back was abruptly ended by Ryan Olisar. He opened to 33,000 on the button, and she moved in again. He called with pocket eights, dominating her fives and ending up as a full house on a board.
It looked like a great flop for Mark Radoja who flopped top pair with a flush draw but unfortunately for him, Jose Brito flopped a set of eights with . All of the chips got in the middle on the flop and Radoja needed some help.
The turn was a brick and the river brought another eight to give Brito quads. Radoja was forced to exit the tournament and headed to the payout desk to claim his prize.
Josh Arieh, stack arranged with triangular base crowned with towers of pink and yellow chips, just took a 400,000 chip pot from Kristen Bicknell to add to his battlements. On a board of big blind Arieh led out for 63,000 and Bicknell called. The river paired the deuce () and Arieh led out again, this time for 138,000. Bicknell tanked for a while (this represented a third of her remaining chips). She flicked in a single chip signifying her call, but mucked when Arieh showed her .
The action folded to Baitai Li on the button who raised it up to 34,000. Hon Cheong Lee three-bet shoved all in for 271,000 in the big blind and Li asked for a count before making the call.
Baitai Li:
Hon Cheong Lee:
The flop came and Li took the lead with a pair of nines. The and runout would not help Lee as he became the next player to fall.
Meanwhile, at the table next door, Ari Engel and Robert Heidorn collided in a massive pot that resulted in Heidorn leaving the tournament area. Engel was stacking the chips to join the leaders with a seven-figure stack.
The lowest in chips of those returning today, Anatoly Filatov found a spot to jam with needing to hit against the of Robert Heidorn. A queen-high runout means the end of his Day 3. The current stacks at the table now without Filatov are below.
The action folded to Michael Stephenson in the cutoff who shipped all in for his last 162,000. Harald Sammer re-shoved all in on the button and the blinds got out of the way.
Harald Sammer:
Michael Stephenson:
Stephenson was looking to find an ace but the flop of made things awfully challenging. The turn was the and the river was the to send Stephenson to the payout desk.
Josh Arieh and James Carroll were heads-up in a hand with the flop reading . Carroll came into the day as one of the short stacks and had the majority of his chips already in the middle. The two players got the rest in the middle and the cards were tabled.
Josh Arieh:
James Carroll:
The on the turn provided Carroll with a flush draw to go with his two live cards but the on the river bricked off and he was the first casualty of the day.
Under the gun, first hand of the day and the first shove. Ben Keeline put his 203,000 on the line right away, receiving no call.
When Wilbern Hoffman did the same, however, for 183,000, he did find a caller in Day 1 and Day 2 overnight chip leader Baitai Li, who called with . Hoffman's held up across the runout and he moved up to the middle of the pack in chips.