Ioannis Angelou Konstas raised to 28,000 from under the gun, Valentyn Shabelnyk called from middle position, and Linglin Zeng three-bet shoved for what looked like 303,000 from the button. Konstas called fairly quickly and, after a bit of thought, Shabelnyk folded.
Zeng:
Konstas:
Zeng was flipping for her tournament life and had the preflop advantage with her queens. The board ran out and Zeng's hand held for her to double up.
Anthony Campagna got his final 360,000 in the middle preflop in great shape, holding against the of [Removed:297]. The flop of brought the jacks in as outs for Wenigwieser, but neither that or the ace would come, as the board finished out and .
Campagna scored a big double-up to 750,000, while Wenigwieser dropped to just over 800,000.
Kevin Eyster opened from early position for 26,000 and got a call from Chris Ferguson before Upeshka De Silva moved all in from the big blind for 117,000. Eyster folded and Ferguson called.
Saya Ono raised to 26,000 from the hijack, recent bracelet winner James Calderaro called from the button, and Jeffery Oliver called from the big blind.
The flop came and action checked to Calderaro who bet 31,000. Both of his opponents folded and he showed the as he took the pot.
Jean Gaspard limped in from under the gun and, a few seats over, Kevin Eyster moved all in for his final 150,000. It got back around to Gaspard. Once he had a rough idea of the count, he made the call.
Gaspard:
Eyster:
The flop of gave Eyster extra outs for a straight, and he would hit it right on the turn, the , leaving Gaspard drawing dead. Another ten completed the board on the river, and Eyster doubled up to 320,000, while Gaspard fell to 430,000.
With about 80,000 chips already in the middle and the board reading , Chris Ferguson checked from the big blind and Renato Nomura checked from the button.
The river brought the , Ferguson bet 31,000, and Nomura folded.
Play is underway on Day 3 of the Droplet. Just 100 players remain and they have joined battle again in pursuit of first-place money of $528,316 and a WSOP gold bracelet.
The third and final scheduled day of play in Event #74: The Little One for One Drop $1,111 No-Limit Hold'em begins at 2 p.m. local time Saturday. Out of 4,391 total entries across three separate starting flights in this event, just 100 players remain, each one guaranteed to cash for at least $3,454 and all with their eyes on the top prize of $528,316 and WSOP gold. Leading the way is Daniel Dizenzo with 1,345,000 and nipping at his heels are Alexandros Papadopoulos (1,200,000) and Luigi Knoppers (1,124,000). They’re joined by several more familiar faces, including Dan Heimiller (629,000), James Calderaro (585,000), Jean Gaspard (578,000), Matt Berkey (423,000), and Matt Affleck (347,000).
This year’s One Drop events were a phenomenal success. Every entry across both events opted for the donation, raising $487,401 via this tournament and an overall total of $992,000. To learn more about the charity and its work to bring clean water to communities all over the globe, click here.
The last hundred players are scheduled to play until a new champion is crowned and play will consist of 60-minute levels with 15-minute breaks every two levels. A one-hour dinner break is scheduled to take place after 6.5 levels at approximately 9 p.m. local time.
A complete seat draw for the remainder of the field is below. Keep it here for coverage of The Little One for One Drop at the 2017 World Series of Poker from the PokerNews live reporting team.