Kathy Sawers raised to 15,000 from the hijack and action was on her neighbor, David Guay, in the cutoff. He paused for a moment and made it 45,000 to go. Manfred Gunther called from the big blind and Sawers followed suit.
The flop came and action checked to Guay who bet 43,000. Gunther called and Sawers folded.
The turn was the . Gunther checked again and this time Guay put out a hefty bet of 184,000. Gunther wasted no time and sent his cards into the muck.
Guay is now up to 2,175,000 chips, looking to build on his hot summer at the World Series of Poker this year. He came in second place in the $1,000 NL Tag Team event with his best friend and Millionaire Maker winner Pablo Mariz, and then went deep in the Main Event to finish in 22nd place for over $260,000.
Fakher Alizai raised to 12,000 from the hijack and got a call from Karim Abdelhamid in the cutoff. Action was on Said Michailidis on the button and he decided to put in a three-bet to 35,000. Alizai quickly called and Abdelhamid tanked for about a minute before calling also.
The flop came and action checked to Michailidis who bet 47,000. Both of his opponents folded and he raked in the pot.
Michailidis is now up to 2,300,000 in chips in just the third level of the day.
We got to the table on the turn on a board reading , with 75,000 in the pot.
Norman Gauthier was in the hijack and had 210,000 in front of him. Eric Afriat was in the cutoff and moved all-in with 1,039,000. Gauthier was in the tank and eventually called.
Afriat tabled for a straight to the six, and Gauthier disappointingly tabled for top set.
The river was the and Afriat doubled up. "I should've known. I played with him for years" said Gauthier as he paid the bet.
The WPT champion is now up to 2,200,000 in chips, while Gauthier is down to 505,000.
With about 30,000 in the pot, on a board reading , the player in the hijack bet 15,000. Action was now on Diana Shamshoum and she thought for a moment before raising to 45,000. The hijack called.
The turn was the and the hijack checked. Shamshoum bet 55,000 this time and her opponent folded.
Shamshoum is now up to 1,550,000 and leading her table at the moment.
and action checked to Guay who bet 43,000. Gunther called and Sawers folded.
. Gunther checked again and this time Guay put out a hefty bet of 184,000. Gunther wasted no time and sent his cards into the muck. 
and action checked to Michailidis who bet 47,000. Both of his opponents folded and he raked in the pot.
, with about 50,000 in the pot, Armry Senat was all-in and got a quick call from Thanh Phu.
for top set. The turn was the 
and the river was the 
to send him to the rail.
for a straight to the six, and Gauthier disappointingly tabled 
for top set. 
and Afriat doubled up. "I should've known. I played with him for years" said Gauthier as he paid the bet.
