Anthony Zinno has just managed to find himself a nice double up with pocket aces. From his right a player raised to 4,800 and Zinno three-bet to 10,000. The initial raiser called and the flop came down .
Both players checked and on the turn, the , Zinno's opponent bet after which the World Poker Tour Borgata winner moved all in for 31,600.
Zinno was called by but his , for top set, was in full control. The river brought the and Zinno doubled up.
Chris Moneymaker was commenting about the relative ages and experience levels of the players at his table. Pointing at the player on his right, Moneymaker identified him as an "online guy."
"You inspired me," the player said. "I was 13."
"Come on!" Moneymaker said.
"Really ages you, doesn't it?" a person on the rail said.
"Makes me feel great," Moneymaker said with a laugh.
Paul Pritchett had been grinding his stack solidly for most of his Day 2, never really winning any big pots but never losing any disastrous ones either. Pritchett was patiently looking for a spot to double up and eventually he found that spot. Dealt in first position he moved all in for 27,400 and got looked up by . The jacks held to end the dream for Pritchett this year.
The second level of Day 3 is now in the bag with roughly another 280 players being eliminated as approximately 1,287 players are remaining, and they are all now heading on a 20-minute break.
Play would begin this level with Isaac Baron continuing his domination of the day as he saw his stack climb to nearly 900,000 after eliminating Andrew Lichtenberger and another player. Lichtenberger was all in holding while the short-stacked player held . With Baron needing to call a further 115,400 to put Lichtenberger at risk, he eventually would and tabled his . The dealer spread a board to send two players to the rail and Baron further up the leaderboard.
Once play ended for the second level of the day, Baron would again be top dog with 810,000 while Raul Mestre made a climb to be a close second with 787,000.
We're not sure when the money went in, but when we arrived at Table 441, Ryan Fair was all in and at risk with on a completed board of . Marcos De Siqueira's was being pulled into the muck, and the dealer was taking 52,800 from his stack to give to Fair.
Fair doubled to 111,300 chips, while Siqueira dropped to 170,000.
Matthew Ashton, who won last year's $50,000 Poker Players' Championship, is no more. Ashton managed to work his stack up to 240,000 here on Day 3, but ended up giving most of it to Konstantin Puchkov.
First, he shoved holding the on flop against two opponents, but bricked out and saw the 420,000 slip his grasp. Then he got it on holding the on a flop against Puchkov's . The turn and river both blanked, and that was all she wrote for Ashton, who cashed just one of the 13 events he played this summer (he took 107th in Event #14: $1,500 Limit Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better for $2,657.
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, Zinno's opponent bet after which the World Poker Tour Borgata winner moved all in for 31,600.
but his 
, for top set, was in full control. The river brought the 
and Zinno doubled up.
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in first position he moved all in for 27,400 and got looked up by 
. With Baron needing to call a further 115,400 to put Lichtenberger at risk, he eventually would and tabled his 
board to send two players to the rail and Baron further up the leaderboard.
that nearly paid off
. Marcos De Siqueira's 
was being pulled into the muck, and the dealer was taking 52,800 from his stack to give to Fair.
flop against two opponents, but bricked out and saw the 420,000 slip his grasp. Then he got it on holding the 
. The turn and river both blanked, and that was all she wrote for Ashton, who cashed just one of the 13 events he played this summer (he took 107th in Event #14: $1,500 Limit Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better for $2,657.