With about 600,000 in the pot already, on a flop reading , Daniel Chan checked from the small blind, and Marc MacDonnell bet 210,000 from the big blind. Aharon Shabtay moved all in from under the gun for 620,000, and Chan check-raised to 1,200,000. MacDonnell folded, and the cards were on their backs.
Shabtay was at risk with for a flush draw, and Chan tabled for two pair. The turn was the and the river was the , sending Shabtay to the rail in 19th place.
With the recent elimination of Boris Kolev in 18th place just before the redraw, the final 17 players have taken their new seats. Bryce Yockey has extended his chip lead, and sits on just shy of 10 million chips.
The last level of the night has begun, after which time the remaining players will bag and tag their chips to come back for the fourth and final day tomorrow.
Day 4 begins at 11:00 a.m. local time and will play down to a champion. A redraw will be conducted when just 10 players remain.
The shortest stack among the remaining players was Farzad Bonyadi, who dropped below five big blinds as the tournament moved to the 20th level. It was only a matter of a few hands until he ended up all in, trying to earn the vital double.
Bonyadi had a chance when he was in the big blind. Senovio Ramirez III open-shoved from the second position, and all players between him and Bonyadi folded. Bonyadi, however, called off his remaining 485,000.
Bonyadi:
Ramirez III:
Bonyadi was slightly behind, but he couldn't ask for much better flop than the , having made a straight. Ramirez needed a jack to hit a bigger straight, but the turn and river didn't cooperate.
Pablo Mariz was all in for his last 1,175,000 and got a call from Chen Yu Hung.
Mariz was at risk with , and Hung had him dominated with .
The flop came , and Mariz started to get up from his seat. The turn was the , but the river was the , and Mariz let out a sigh of relief and sat back down in his chair.
Hung was left shaking his head and now has one of the shorter stacks at the table.
Kenny Hallaert was under the gun and moved all in for 1,140,000. Alexander Farahi was in late position and called, putting Hallaert at risk.
Farahi showed , and Hallaert tabled , needing a lot of help.
The board ran out , and Hallaert could not find enough of it. Last year's November Niner came close to the bracelet once again, but he will have to settle for another very respectable finish and look to get his first one later on in the Series.