Guillaume Darcourt, and Jonathan Jaffee were heads-up with the board reading . Darcourt fired 15,000, and Jaffee called. The turn was the , pairing the board, and Darcourt fired 28,000. This time Jaffee released, and our chip leader climbed above 900,000 chips.
Team PokerStars Pro Noah Boeken has been eliminated, we missed the action but with a Boeken-shaped hole at the table and a complete lack of chips at his seat meant he has been knocked out.
Boeken has since said on his Twitter account that he had lose to in a blind on blind battle.
A handful of players are still very confused about today's schedule, and one player just called to a floorperson to ask them.
"Is this a 20-minute break coming up?"
Before the floorperson could answer however, Ronnie Bardah interjected. "It's two hours, bro!" he said in a thick, Boston accent. "We can go to the theatre at the Palms and catch a movie!"
Action moved to Kevin Howe in middle position and he raised to 5,500. Phil Hellmuth was the only player to called and he was acting from the big blind. The flop came down and Hellmuth checked. Howe fired 7,500 and Hellmuth quickly called.
The turn was the and Hellmuth checked to Howe again. Howe fired 22,000 and instantly, Hellmuth chuckled and said, "One of these times, buddy. One of these times," while tossing over the to fold top pair. Howe showed Hellmuth the .
We saw the ESPN crowding around Tuan Vo's table and went over to see what was happening. With about 35,000 already in the pot, Vo and his opponent David Cubeta were heads up on a flop of . Cubeta checked, and Vo bet out 13,500. Cubeta took little time in calling, and the turn came out the . Cubeta checked, and this time Vo bet our 27,000. Again, Cubeta took only a few seconds before call.
The river brought the , and Cubeta checked once again. Vo put out a bet of 35,000, and this time, Cubeta took a long time. He thought for about 2-3 minues, and must have thought he was tanking forever, as he called the clock on himself, saying "I want to force myself to fold this hand." He asked Vo if he would show his hand, and Vo nodded his head, saying yes. Cubeta thought for about 40 seconds before folding face up. Vo turned over for seven high, and Cubeta let out a yell of disgust before complementing Vo on the play. Vo is now up to 550,000 after that well timed bluff.
We haven't seen much action from Humberto Brenes today, but caught up with him in a heads up pot with the board reading . Brenes checked to his opponent who bet out 6,000. Brenes made the call and the turn came . Brenes checked and his opponent checked behind.
The river brought the and Brenes fired out 7,000. His opponent thought for a few seconds before mucking his hand. Brenes smiled and flashed the to the table and returned to singing along with his headphones while stacking his newly acquired chips.
The button opened for 7,000, the small blind called and Patrik Antonius called from the big blind. The flop came and all three players checked. The turn came and they checked around again. The river fell , the small blind checked, Antonius bet 11,500, the button called and the small blind folded.
Antonius tapped the table and showed . The button showed and took the pot.
Yet another hand involving pocket aces for you here. Could go either way.
In this one Sam Stein opened from under the gun for 5,300 and it folded around to the big blind who called the raise. The flop came and both players checked. The turn was the . Stein's opponent bet 10,300, and Stein called.
The river brought the . Stein's opponent bet again, this time 13,700, and Stein called once more. Stein showed , but was beaten by his opponent's .
Rob Perelman got his last ~25,000 chips into the middle with against an oppoent's , and he could not get over the hump. The flop was a good miss for Perelman, but the turn and river failed to provide any salvation, ending his run here on Day 3.
We've been left Deebless at the feature table. Shaun Deeb moved all in preflop for his last 19,800. Max Heinzelmann made the call before Sami Kelopuro raised to about 60,000 behind him, forcing the German out of the pot.
Deeb:
Kelopuro:
The board came and Deeb couldn't pair or hit his gutshot. The day had been going smoothly for the former online wizard, but his stack has been destroyed in just two hands in fifteen minutes.