Anthony Licastro chipped up of late, while Paul Spitzberg was sent onto a short stack. Just now, Spitzberg shoved from the small blind for his last 800,000, and Bill Klein, in the big blind, quickly called.
Paul Spitzberg:
Bill Klein:
Spitzberg was on his way out after the turn and ready to grab his belongings, but the fell on the river and he sat back down. Klein is now the short stack at the table (and overall) with 12 players remaining.
The latest setback took a toll on Bill Klein's stack, and he dropped to around 30 big blinds. With the fast-paced action on both tables, it was just a matter of time before he would make a move and ended up all in, only to face Mark Lillge with the far superior pocket pair in the blinds.
Bill Klein:
Mark Lillge:
The flop didn't change much, and Klein was drawing dead on the turn. He tapped the table in defeat as the meaningless appeared on the river.
Peter Smaha had been very active after the dinner break, but his stack has since taken a big hit. Lewis LeClair experienced a similar fate, but several shoves have kept his stack above a million for now.
Dieter Dechant and William Murray profited the most over on Table 708 and became the two chip leaders over there.
Dan Heimiller opened from early position with a raise to 165,000. Frank Maggio then reraised from the small blind to a total of 375,000. Action was back to Heimiller, and he four-bet to 875,000 total. Maggio five-bet to 1,500,000. Heimiller six-bet shoved, and Maggio quickly called.
Maggio:
Heimiller:
The board ran out , giving both players a full house, but Maggio's was better.
After a very hot start to Day 3, Heimiller has come crashing back down to earth, and for the first time all day, he has less than his finishing point from Day 2.
William Murray raised to 120,000 from the cutoff. Lewis LeClair called from the small blind before Peter Smaha moved all in for 365,000 from the big blind. Murray called, and that led to a fold from LeClair.
Murray:
Smaha:
The board came , and that offered no help to Smaha at any point. He hit the rail in 11th place, taking home $41,972 for his finish and bringing the final ten players down to the unofficial final table.
Lewis LeClair moved all in for 560,000 in one of the first hands on the unofficial final table, and Frank Maggio, in the small blind, announced call. Dieter Dechant folded and said, "If he didn't call, I would have."
Lewis LeClair:
Frank Maggio:
Upon spotting the hand of his opponent, LeClair tapped the table, said, "Nice hand," and was ready to leave. However, the board came , and LeClair improved to trip jacks to double.
The end of Level 18 was reached, and the last 10 players were sent on a 15-minute break. They were also given bio sheets for the live-streamed feature table on Monday, and most of them immediately sat at a nearby table to fill them out.
Play will conclude when the nine finalists have been determined.
Eluterio Rodriguez raised to 190,000 from under the gun, and Dan Heimiller three-bet to 490,000 from middle position. Rodriguez called, and the flop fell , which brought a check by Rodriguez and a bet of 500,000 by Heimiller. Rodriguez moved all in, and Heimiller called.
Dan Heimiller:
Eluterio Rodriguez:
"I need a heart," Rodriguez said to his rail. However, both the turn and river were blanks, and Heimiller doubled for 890,000.
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turn and ready to grab his belongings, but the 
fell on the river and he sat back down. Klein is now the short stack at the table (and overall) with 12 players remaining.
appeared on the river.
, and that offered no help to Smaha at any point. He hit the rail in 11th place, taking home $41,972 for his finish and bringing the final ten players down to the unofficial final table.
river were blanks, and Heimiller doubled for 890,000.