Catching up the action on the turn with around 100,000 in the pot, Nicholas Howard bet 82,000 out of the small blind and Anatoly Filatov called in the cutoff. The fell on the river and Howard bet 275,000, which almost covered the remaining stack of Filatov.
The Russian took two minutes, checking his stack carefully, before suddenly saying "looks like a big hand." Howard showed no reaction and half a minute later, Filatov's cards were sent into the muck.
(Pre-river details relayed to us by Jarod Einsohn)
Dominik Nitsche raised from the cutoff, Jesus Maceira Gonzalez three-bet from the button, and Nitsche called.
They checked to the turn of a board where Nitsche bet. Gonzalez called, the river fell, and Nitsche bet effectively 210,000. Gonzalez tanked for about three minutes before he called all in.
Nitsche tabled for a king-high flush, Gonzalez was forced to reveal for a pair of tens, and Nitsche scored the elimination.
There was a raise to 12,000 from the hijack and David "Doc" Sands three-bet to 37,000 from the button. His opponent called and the flop came .
His opponent checked and Sands bet 34,000, which was called without much hesitation. The turn was the and both players checked to the river. His opponent checked for the third time and Sands thought about his decision. After about a minute, Sands checked behind him and his opponent tabled . Sands turned over for a bigger two pair and won a sizeable pot.
The players have been sent on another 20-minute break. Initially, Day 3 was scheduled to play five levels of two hours each, but as the money bubble is looming and just 18 spots away with 1,102 hopefuls still in contention, the action will continue after the break until the bubble bursts.
There may be a slight delay before the next level kicks off, as the T-500 chips will be raced off during the break as well.
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turn with around 100,000 in the pot, Nicholas Howard bet 82,000 out of the small blind and Anatoly Filatov called in the cutoff. The 
fell on the river and Howard bet 275,000, which almost covered the remaining stack of Filatov.
board where Nitsche bet. Gonzalez called, the 
river fell, and Nitsche bet effectively 210,000. Gonzalez tanked for about three minutes before he called all in.
for a king-high flush, Gonzalez was forced to reveal 
for a pair of tens, and Nitsche scored the elimination.
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and both players checked to the 
river. His opponent checked for the third time and Sands thought about his decision. After about a minute, Sands checked behind him and his opponent tabled 
. Sands turned over 
for a bigger two pair and won a sizeable pot.
and Jaffee eliminated his opponent and put the remaining players one place closer to reaching the money.
on the turn and again on the 
and Ismael Bojang was facing a bet of 19,000 which was a about a quarter of his stack. Bojang called and was correct.
