Eugene Katchalov was just one of three Team PokerStars Pros returning for Day 3, and unfortunately he was the first to go.
We missed the elimination hand, but Keith Ferrera was kind enough to fill us in on some of the details. According to him, an under-the-gun player opened for 3,000 and Katchalov shoved all in from the small blind for 26,000. The original raiser called with , but it was no good as Katchalov held . The Team Pro was primed for a double, but instead a river jack sent him to the rail.
We missed the preflop action, but we do know that David Ewing got his last 30,000 or so all in holding the and was primed to double against the of Yoshitaka Okawa. That all changed when the flop delivered Okawa a pair of aces and the lead.
Ewing rolled his eyes a bit and then made a beeline for the exit when the blanked on the turn followed by the on the river.
Tyrone Kwong Lun Liu opened for 3,000 from the hijack and was met by a three-bet to 7,200 by Akira Ohyama in the cutoff. Chenxiang Miao, who has been on fire here on Day 3, flatted from the big blind, Liu shoved all in for roughly 38,000, and Ohyama got out of the way. Miao made the call and discovered he was way behind.
Miao:
Liu:
Earlier in the day, Miao won a massive pot and scored a double elimination when his pocket tens cracked both aces and kings, and lightening struck twice as the flop delivered him another set of tens.
Liu was clearly disgusted and watched helplessly as the blanked on the turn followed by the on the river.
It appears as though we have been slightly incorrect about John Hoang deciding to abandon his Day 3 chip stack.
Hoang recently just arrived to the tournament area believing it was a 5:00 p.m. restart following Day 2's 5:00 p.m. start, but since we did start at 3:00 p.m. and his stack was on the low side, it still didn't save him from being blinded out.
The action folded round to Darian Tan in the small blind and he raised to 7,700 with Randy Lew defending his big blind.
Tan continued for 8,700 on the flop before Lew moved all in for 57,600. Tan re-checked his hole cards and then made the call.
Lew:
Tan:
With Lew drawing to a spade or nine, the on the turn would see him lock the double as the completed the board on the river. As Lew moved to 130,000, Tan was left with just 10,000 in chips.
John Hoang began the day with 20,900. Unfortunately for the Vietnamese player, he now has no chips.
However it wasn't the standard tournament bust out of aces against kings, or a missed flush draw, but he was blinded and anted out from the start of play.
On one of the final hands of play last night, Hoang found himself involved in a three-way all-in which pitted aces against kings against a smaller pocket pair. The smaller pair spiked a set and sent one player to the rail and Hoang to less than his starting stack.
Not wanting to return to his dismal stack, Hoang just let his chips blind out, and for the remaining players they are thankful that Hoang chose to do this as the tournament is now down another player.
and was primed to double against the 
of Yoshitaka Okawa. That all changed when the 
flop delivered Okawa a pair of aces and the lead.
blanked on the turn followed by the 
on the river.
flop delivered him another set of tens.
blanked on the turn followed by the 
on the river.
flop before Lew moved all in for 57,600. Tan re-checked his hole cards and then made the call.
completed the board on the river. As Lew moved to 130,000, Tan was left with just 10,000 in chips.
