Mark Taylor opened the action with a raise to 5,000 from early position before Justin Shelton three-bet to 16,000 on the button. Taylor wanted to play for more and bumped it up to 40,000 but was disgusted to see Shelton move all in for 146,500.
After a short tank, Taylor decided against in and mucked his cards, saving himself nearly 100,000 chips.
With around 20,000 already in the pot and the board showing 4♠5♦8♦A♣, Dietrich Fast checked to Stephane Revelly, who bet 8,500. Fast took his time before raising to 28,000, which Revelly called after evaluating Fast's stack.
The dealer revealed the 9♣ on the river, and Fast bet 10,000, which Revelly promptly called. Fast showed 4♣4♦ for a set of fours, winning the pot before the table broke and the players were moved elsewhere.
Nam Le opened the action with a raise to 5,500 from the hijack. Jimmy D'Ambrosio three-bet to 18,500 from the big blind and Le came along to see a flop.
The dealer put out 4♣Q♦3♣ and D'Ambrosio fired out 17,000. Le called.
D'Ambrosio checked the A♣ turn over to Le who wagered 36,500. D'Ambrosio made the call.
Le moved all in for 73,000 on the 7♣ river and D'Ambrosio went into the tank. After a few minutes, D'Ambrosio released his cards back to the dealer, realizing he can find a better spot still to come.
Joseph Erwin was standing up about to exit as the board displayed what had occurred to send him to the rail.
The board 2x8xQx6x5x. Nacho Barbero held A♣A♥ and Erwin had the K♦Q♦.
Barbero raked in the large pot as several camera crews recorded the hand for Argentine media.
Nicholas Verderamo opened the action with a raise to 5,500 on the button. Michael Brinkenhoff three-bet to 18,500 from the big blind and Verderamo made the call.
Brinkenhoff continued for 15,000 on 4♥7♥Q♠ and Verderamo called.
The turn 6♥ rolled off and Brinkenhoff sized-up to 50,000. Verderamo snap-folded and the pot was pushed in Brinkenhoff's direction.
An unfortunate situation occured for Japan's Yurina Omuro after she got her stack of around 75,000 in the middle with a premium hand, but ran into a better one.
Yurina Omuro: K♠K♣ 
Luke Blindert: A♠A♣
Even Omuro's suits were covered and the runout of 6♠9♣J♣9♦4♥ meant she was eliminated in the opening level of Day 3.
Kevin Killeen opened to 5,000 from middle position and was three-bet to 13,000 by Xiaotong Yu in the hijack. Action folded back around to Killeen, who called.
The flop came K♥J♥5♣ and Killeen checked to Yu, who continued for 12,000. Killeen wanted no part of it and laid his hand down — conceding the pot to Yu,
Arriving on a turn of 4♣8♠K♠8♦, a sizable pot of 75,000 chips had been built between Jeffrey Tomlinson in the small blind and Or Nezer in the cutoff. Tomlinson then added 40,000 more to the middle and Nezer called.
On the A♣ river, Tomlinson bet another 40,000 and Nezer called after some time. Tomlinson tabled A♦7♦ for rivered two pair, leaving Nezer to muck his cards and shake his head.
There was a healthy pot of about 117,000 on the turn between Linglin Zeng and Michele Lawson. The board displayed K♦5♣A♠10♦. Zeng came with a bet of 35,000. Lawson considered it before she folded to send the pot across the table to Zeng, who added more to her stack for a productive first hour of play.
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