Vitalii Pankov moved all in for 7.9 million and Ludovic Geilich came along from the button to force out everyone else.
Vitalii Pankov:
Ludovic Geilich:
The flop and the turn were no threat for Geilich, but Pankov spiked the on the river to double.
One table over, Prezes was all in for his last 4.9 million with and had a flip against the of Philipp Gruissem. The board ran out and Prezes secured the double on the turn already.
One player departed from the feature table while two shorter stacks doubled on the outer tables and that reduced the field to the last 48 hopefuls on six full ring tables.
Stanislav Koleno called all in for around 7 million after his raise resulted in the three-bet shove of Robert Kokoska in the small blind and turned over the . Kokoska had one over card in and the board brought no upset.
Neil Ryder won a flip with against the of Stefan Lehner, the Brit flopped a set and locked up the double on the turn of a board of .
Imad Fakhro shoved all-in for about 12,200,000 after he had raised from the under-the-gun position and was three-betted by Stephen Shayler in the small blind. Shayler called.
Imad Fakhro:
Stephen Shayler:
The board ran out - Fakhro's ace-king held and he doubled up.
If there is one player to watch out for despite starting a day with a short stack, it is Adrian Mateos. The Spaniard has already claimed three WSOP bracelets, an EPT Main Event title and High Roller trophies to his name, and started the day with a mere 15 big blinds. However, Mateos now appears to be near the top of the counts after just four hours of play on Day 3.
Mateos raised to 1.1 million and Christopher Andler three-bet all in for 7.9 million. Mateos asked for a count and called after brief consideration.
Christopher Andler:
Adrian Mateos:
The board of kept the better pocket pair in the lead to ship the pot to the Spaniard.
Shortly after Jason Wheeler was all in and at risk for around 7.6 million out of the small blind and Mateos looked him up from the big blind.
Jason Wheeler:
Adrian Mateos:
The flop gave Wheeler additional outs to double, but the turn and river were both blanks to see Mateos bust a second player in quick succession.
Gerald Karlic raised to 1,100,000 from the under-the-gun position with , David Urban called from the big blind with the .
The flop came , Urban check-called the 500,000 bet of Karlic.
The turn brought them the , Urban checked once more, Karlic continued with a bet of 1,500,000 and Urban called again.
The river completed the board with the , Urban checked one more time. Karlic shoved for 14,400,000 which sent Urban into the tank. Urban ended up folding.