Maurice Hawkins was under the gun and Steven Morris was in early position. Both players had a bet of 157,000 in front of them being brought into the middle.
The flop was and Hawkins check-called Morris's bet of 130,000 very quickly.
The turn was the and Hawkins checked again. Morris bet 215,000 and Hawkins snap-called and almost beat him into the pot.
The river was the and Hawkins checked for a third time. Morris elected to give up at this point and checked as well. Hawkins tabled and Morris's cards quickly hit the muck.
Seven-time WSOP bracelet winner Men Nguyen was all in on a board reading , and was called by Phuoc Nguyen.
Nguyen was at risk with for top set, and Phuoc held for a flush draw. The turn was the , giving Phuoc his flush, and he was able to dodge a paired board when the hit the river.
Nguyen was eliminated and Phuoc celebrated with his rail.
The penultimate day of Event #47: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em MONSTER STACK is on deck at 11:00 a.m. That's when 234 runners will return for 10 levels of poker as they battle for a massive first-place prize worth $1,094,349.
The chip leader coming into the day is Scott Baumstein, sitting on a mountain of chips totaling 1,592,000. Close behind him is Adrian Allain with a round 1,500,000-chip stack, and Claas Segebrecht finishes off the top three with 1,337,000.
Those 234 players are the survivors of a huge field of 6,717 unique entries. Day 2 started with 1,944 players on Monday morning, and of those remaining, 1,008 players made it into the money for a min-cash worth $2,249. The remaining players coming back today are guaranteed a payout of $5,415, but all are solely focused on pocketing over a million dollars along with the elusive gold WSOP bracelet.
As noted, Day 3 will play out much like Day 2 with 10 levels of 60 minutes apiece. There will be a 15-minute break every two hours, plus a scheduled 60-minute dinner break after the sixth level at approximately 5:30 p.m. Those left will then bag and tag their chips to come back for the final day on Wednesday at 11:00 a.m.
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and Hawkins check-called Morris's bet of 130,000 very quickly.
and Hawkins checked again. Morris bet 215,000 and Hawkins snap-called and almost beat him into the pot.
and Hawkins checked for a third time. Morris elected to give up at this point and checked as well. Hawkins tabled 
and Morris's cards quickly hit the muck.
, and was called by Phuoc Nguyen.
for top set, and Phuoc held 
for a flush draw. The turn was the 
, while Radoja showed 
and Radoja couldn't connect to stay alive.
, whie Morris held a dominating 
. 
and Schemion was eliminated early in the day.
