Action folded around to Nick Maimone on the button and he raised to 27,000. Small blind Pascal Lefrancois three-bet to 70,000 and the big blind quickly folded his hand. Action was back on Maimone who four-bet to 175,000. Lefrancois shoved for about 650,000 and Maimone called.
Pascal Lefrancois:
Nick Maimone:
"Wow! Wow!" Rasmus Glæsel said.
"I didn't really wanna flip for so much, but when you three-bet to seventy..." Maimone said while figuring out how much Lafrancois roughly had.
It was the biggest pot of the tournament, the five community cards would decide who the chip leader of the tournament would be.
While Glæsel was still expressing his excitement about the size of the pot, the dealer got underway dealing the board: . It was five blanks for Lefrancois, and he exited the tournament while Maimone got busy stacking.
James Juvancic got his chips in the middle with and was in bad shape against the of initial raiser Rodrigo Cordoba. The board came and Juvancichit the rail.
Yakov Onuchin got his last 110,000 or so in before the flop holding . His monster was in terrible shape as his neighbor Rasmus Glæsel had . The board ran out and Onuchin hit the rail. Down to 34 players in the Main Event with three more days of play.
Adrian Mateos raised to 22,000 from early position and Cliff Josephy defended from the big blind to see a flop.
Josephy check-called a bet of 22,000 and then checked for a second time when the appeared on the turn. Mateos bet again, this time 80,000, and it did the trick as Josephy released his hand.
A relatively small ball pot got really interesting on the river late on Day 3 as Jaime Staples and Scott Stewart did battle.
We joined the action on a flop of , with Staples facing a bet of 45,000. He called. The turn of saw both men check, but on the river, Stewart bet 99,000 - a pretty clear tease that he had the gutshot required to complete the straight.
"I should snap call just for that!" laughed Staples. But was he 'bound' to call?
"Maybe you're just on a different level to me." said Stewart.
Those words gave way to a Staples fold, and Stewart stacked up the newest chips to add to his mountain.
Ronan Gorey had a crazy last level, getting his stack in the middle twice.
The Double Up
Ronan Gorey moved all in for his remaining 148,000 and was called by Jason Mercier.
Gorey:
Mercier:
The board ran out and Gorey got the double up after locking up the hand with a flush on the turn.
The Elimination
A few hands later, John Engledow raised to 35,000 from under the gun and Ronan Gorey moved all in for 248,000. Engledow called.
Engledow:
Gorey:
Gorey needed to hit a queen but was unable to get there when the board ran out , sending the PokerStars Online Qualifier home towards the end of Day 3.
The tournament staff just announced that the remaining players will receive three more hands before bagging and tagging for the night. Stay tuned for a list of survivors complete with chips counts, as well as a full recap of the Day 3 action.
In the last hand of the night at his table, PokerStars Team Pro Jason Mercier eliminated Smit Trivedi to give himself a terrific chance of running very deep in this inaugural PokerStars Championship here in the Bahamas.
It was Trivedi who moved all-in for a total of 208,000, and Mercier called it in late position.
Smit Trivedi:
Jason Mercier:
The board of saw Mercier fill up on the river and send Trivedi home in 33rd place.
We await the bagging of each players chips at the end of the day.
. It was five blanks for Lefrancois, and he exited the tournament while Maimone got busy stacking.
and Chartier was sent to the rail.
and was in bad shape against the 
and Juvancichit the rail.
. His monster was in terrible shape as his neighbor Rasmus Glæsel had 
. The board ran out 
and Onuchin hit the rail. Down to 34 players in the Main Event with three more days of play.
flop.
appeared on the turn. Mateos bet again, this time 80,000, and it did the trick as Josephy released his hand.
saw both men check, but on the 
river, Stewart bet 99,000 - a pretty clear tease that he had the gutshot required to complete the straight. 
saw Mercier fill up on the river and send Trivedi home in 33rd place. 