Following a flop of , Mike Vanier checked from the small blind and Julian Stuer bet 30,000 from the big blind. Vanier check-raised all in with a covering stack and Stuer called all in for about 310,000.
Vanier:
Stuer:
The turn and river completed the board, no help to Stuer, ending his tournament in 30th place.
Welcome to Day 3 coverage of Event #56: $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em.
The starting field of 623 players is down to just 32 players, each looking to capture the first-place prize of $618,285 and a World Series of Poker gold bracelet.
On top of the chip counts to start Day 3 is Marton Czuczor with 1,352,000. Rounding out the top five are Norberto Korn (1,098,000), Donis Agnelli (980,000), Ari Engel (977,000), and Simon Lam (785,000). Others still in the field include Dietrich Fast (672,000), Juha Helppi (658,000), Mike Sowers (652,000), Ravi Raghavan (467,000), Mike Watson (445,000), Matt Stout (389,000), two-time bracelet winner Barny Boatman (361,000), Pierre Neuville (320,000), Matt Affleck (304,000), Andy Spears (197,000), and Darren Rabinowitz (174,000).
The plan for Day 3 is to play 10 levels, though it is possible that play is halted when the final table of nine players is reached. The cards will be in the air at noon, so be sure to keep it here for live updates on all of the action.