Joe Tehan opened the pot to 19,000, and Adam Junglen shoved his last 103,000 into the pot. Tehan made the easy call with , and Junglen's needed to catch up.
The flop was actually a good one for Junglen as it gave him four outs instead of three. He was now looking for a queen to make Broadway, but the turn and river were the and respectively -- blanks.
That's the end of Junglen's run, and Tehan collects his chips to move to 485,000 as the break begins.
Eric Froehlich got his last ~200,000 chips into the middle before the flop with , and he seemed content to flip for double or nothing when Eracles Panayiotou came along with his and the covering stack.
The flop was money in the bank for Froehlich as Panayiotu needed runner-runner to catch up. The turn was part of that equation as he now had nine spade outs to the chop as well.
The river was a blank , though, the wrong shade of black for Panayiotu. He'll be forced to donate a double up, dropping his stack down to just 105,000. Froehlich has 425,000 now and is back in the game with average chips.
Aaron Overton made it 18,500 to go preflop, and Leonard Cortellino shoved in for 112,000 from the cutoff seat. Overton quickly called with and the monster stack, and Cortellino's was in bad shape to keep him afloat.
The flop was a miss for the at-risk player, but it did bring some chop possibilites into play with the paired board. There would be no chop. The peeled off the deck on the turn to pull Cortellino into a big lead with his three-outer. Overton was the one drawing now, and he couldn't find a card as the river secured Cortellino's double up.
Under the gun, Joseph Gibbons opened to 18,000, and Adam Geyer called on the button. In the small blind, though, Victor Ramdin shoved all in for 62,500 total, but the action wasn't done yet. Next door, big blind Nenad Medic re-shoved all in for his stack of 206,000, and that folded Gibbons and Geyer quickly, leaving Ramdin heads up for his tournament life.
Showdown
Ramdin:
Medic:
The news was not good for Ramdin, and it looked like he might finally succumb to this roller-coaster Day 3.
Board:
Ramdin found the set he didn't want on the turn, and Medic's Broadway straight is good enough to earn him the pot and the knockout. He's up close to 300,000 now, and Ramdin's exit means that Vanessa Selbst is the last Team PokerStars Pro left in the room.
Team PokerStars Pro Vanessa Selbst won this event last year, and she's got her sights set on a repeat victory after a huge double up.
It happened at the hands of Jean-Philippe Matte, the player to her direct right. We picked up the action on a flop as Matte check-called a bet of 32,000 from Selbst. She fired another 73,000 on the turn, and Matte came right along with another call. On the river , Matte checked one last time, and Selbst moved in for close to 300,000 total. Matte called again, and those were chips he'd have to part with.
Selbst tabled for the nut straight, and that was good. After stacking up her double, she finds herself sitting pretty with 840,000 chips and in a battle for the overall chip lead.
We'll remind you once again that Ms. Selbst won this event last year...
We just caught bits of two hands involving Dan Shak. On the first one, he and Thomas Hoglund Jr. took a flop, and Shak checked. Hoglund Jr. bet 25,000, Shak check-raised to 75,000, and Hoglund Jr. shoved for 345,000 total. Shak took his time considering before he said, "I'm going to make a big fold," flashed the , and mucked.
The next time we looked back at the table, Shak was leading out with 40,000 chips on a flop. It was a battle of the blinds, and big blind Corey Hochman raised to 100,000 straight. Shak, looking a little grumpy now, eventually surrendered again, and he's slipped back a bit to 455,000 with those two losses. Hochman flashed the as the dealer pushed him the pot.
Leonard Cortellino and Joe Tehan got it all in preflop, Cortellino the at-risk player with his last ~100,000 in the middle. Tehan was working with , dominating the of his opponent.
The flop was a good sweat as Cortellino flopped his pair but Tehan flopped a flush draw. A nervous Cortellino stood behind his chair with his hands on his head as he sweated the turn and river.
Turn: . Safe.
River: . Scary, but safe, too. That gives Cortellino a double to about 200,000, while Tehan drops back to 140,000.
, and Junglen's 
needed to catch up.
flop was actually a good one for Junglen as it gave him four outs instead of three. He was now looking for a queen to make Broadway, but the turn and river were the 
and 
respectively -- blanks.
, and he seemed content to flip for double or nothing when Eracles Panayiotou came along with his 
flop was money in the bank for Froehlich as Panayiotu needed runner-runner to catch up. The turn 
, though, the wrong shade of black for Panayiotu. He'll be forced to donate a double up, dropping his stack down to just 105,000. Froehlich has 425,000 now and is back in the game with average chips.
flop was a miss for the at-risk player, but it did bring some chop possibilites into play with the paired board. There would be no chop. The 
river secured Cortellino's double up.
flop as Matte check-called a bet of 32,000 from Selbst. She fired another 73,000 on the 
, Matte checked one last time, and Selbst moved in for close to 300,000 total. Matte called again, and those were chips he'd have to part with.
for the nut straight, and that was good. After stacking up her double, she finds herself sitting pretty with 840,000 chips and in a battle for the overall chip lead.
. Geyer held the 
.
, dominating the 
of his opponent.