Steve O'Dwyer opened the pot with an early-position raise before Michael Quibble three-bet shoved for about 160,000 total. O'Dwyer patiently waited for the players in the middle to fold before snap-calling and showing up the . Quibble turned up the dominated , needing to find some help to stay alive.
Board:
That holds O'Dwyer's aces to boost his stack up to 556,000 which is a far cry from the ~10,000 chips he had with just one hour left in yesterday's Day 2. Aces have been kind to O'Dwyer today, and that's his second big pot with the big bullets. This one comes with a knockout, and there are now 43 players left.
Dave Whalen raised to 12,000 from the button after action folded to him. Ara Melikian reraised to 30,000 from the big blind and then Whalen moved all in, having Melikian covered. Melikian called off his 151,500 total and tabled the . Whalen held the .
The flop, turn and river ran out and Melikian doubled to about 310,000 or so. Whalen dropped to just 45,000.
Lee Markholt raised from the hijack seat to 11,500. Ara Melikian called from the cutoff seat and then Andrew Weisner moved all in from the small blind. Markholt called all in for 90,500 and Melikian folded.
Markholt:
Weisner:
The board ran out and Markholt was able to double up to about 200,000. Weisner dropped to 69,000.
With the board reading , Victor Ramdin bet 40,000. His opponent, Jacobo Fernandez, raised to 100,000. Ramdin tanked for several long minutes and began talking to himself. Eventually, he decided he could only beat a bluff and folded the face up. Fernandez only showed the .
From under the gun, Jean-Philippe Matte raised to 11,000. Jerry Wong three-bet to 25,000 from the hijack seat and action folded back to Matte. He four-bet and made it 61,000 to go. Wong thought for a bit and then moved all in. Matte called all in for 265,000 total.
Matte:
Wong:
The board ran out and Wong was crushed, having picked the wrong time to five-bet shove.
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. Quibble turned up the dominated 
, needing to find some help to stay alive.
. The board ran out 
and Pagliaro was eliminated.
. Whalen held the 
and Melikian doubled to about 310,000 or so. Whalen dropped to just 45,000.
and Kirkwood the 
and DeBora was eliminated. He was all in for around 150,000 and Kirkwood added those chips to his stack.
, Victor Ramdin bet 40,000. His opponent, Jacobo Fernandez, raised to 100,000. Ramdin tanked for several long minutes and began talking to himself. Eventually, he decided he could only beat a bluff and folded the 
face up. Fernandez only showed the 
