Vincent Moscati has doubled up twice since beginning play here on Day 3, although he was almost out of the door the second time he was at risk.
Moscati moved all-in for around 40,000 with and was up against Marius Cazacu from Romania, who held a lot of chips but the dominated hand of . The flop of kept Moscati ahead, but the turn got him out of his seat, favorite to be eliminated and in need of help. He got that help on the river, which gave him Broadway and meant he'll be here at least a little longer. Cazacu drops a third of his stack down to around 100,000.
Action folded around to Erik Lemarquand in the cutoff and he moved all in for his remaining 41,000.
Tony Tran was on the button and called. Luc Greenwood was in the small blind and thought for a moment before asking Tran how much he started the hand with. After about a minute of deliberation, Greenwood moved all in for about 155,000. Tran quickly released his hand.
Greenwood:
Lemarquand:
Lemarquand needed some help but was unable to connect when the flop of came down.
The turn was the and Lemarquand was drawing dead to the on the river.
Jason Mercier defended his big blind and check-called a bet of 12,000 from Brian England, who was under the gun on an flop. Mercier checked the turn and England bet 16,000. Mercier shoved all in to put England at risk for about 35,000 more, and England wasted no time folding.
With a full board of and around 200,000 in the pot, Sylvain Loosli was faced with a bet of 132,000 from Tony Tran, the last of his chips.
Loosli, a French professional known for finishing fourth in the 2013 WSOP Main Event (an event fellow player in this event Ryan Reiss won), also won a Super High Roller on the EPT just eighteen months ago for his second seven-figure score. Any top four finish here will put him over the $6 million mark in live tournament earnings, but when he called and showed his flush with , he had to hand over those chips to Tran, whose flush was better.
Tran moves up to 458,000, but Loosli has some work with just thirty big blinds to his name.
Francois Billard doubled up a few hands ago and already had his chips in the middle for the second time today. Billard moved all in from late position for 47,000 and Raul Martinez called from the small blind.
Martinez:
Billard:
The flop came , putting Billard ahead with a pair of jacks.
The turn was the and Martinez grabbed the lead back with a pair of aces. The river was the and Billard was sent to the rail.
Chance Kornuth bet 8,500 from the button on a flop, and small blind Ami Alibay check-raised to about 20,000. Kornuth called, and the paired the board. After some time, Kornuth asked the dealer why he was looking at him, unaware that his opponent had checked. Kornuth laughed upon being told the situation and then bet 23,500. Alibay called and checked the river. Kornuth shoved all in and Alibay immediately folded.
James Tian raised to 9,000 under the gun and action folded to Massimo De Mario, who three-bet to 26,500 from the cutoff. Action folded back to Tian, and he thought for a bit before moving all in for right around 125,000. De Mario snap-called.
Tian:
De Mario:
It was a cooler for Tian, and it cost him his tournament life after a king failed to appear on a runout.
Sylvain Loosli was not down for long, and has doubled back into contention after getting some chips off Luc Greenwood.
Loosli was all-in preflop with and was racing for his tournament life, with 135,000 over the line. Greenwood held and the board of gave Loosli a valuable double-up and dropped Greenwood right back down the pecking order.
Murad Akhundov raised to 10,000 from the hijack and Brian England three-bet all in for 34,000 from the button. After both blinds folded, Akhundov snap-called.
Akhundov:
England:
It was a flip, but England needed to improve to stay alive. Unfortunately for him, that proved easier said than done as the board ran out an unhelpful .
and was up against Marius Cazacu from Romania, who held a lot of chips but the dominated hand of 
. The flop of 
kept Moscati ahead, but the 
turn got him out of his seat, favorite to be eliminated and in need of help. He got that help on the 
river, which gave him Broadway and meant he'll be here at least a little longer. Cazacu drops a third of his stack down to around 100,000.
came down. 
and Lemarquand was drawing dead to the 
on the river.
flop. Mercier checked the 
, he had to hand over those chips to Tran, whose 
and Billard was sent to the rail.
river. Kornuth shoved all in and Alibay immediately folded.
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