It folded around to Hieu Nguyen in the small blind who completed, then Dominik Nitsche put in a raise from the big blind which Nguyen called.
The flop came , and Nguyen only paused a beat before declaring he was pushing his short stack all in. Nitsche took even less time to call, tabling for top set. Nguyen flipped over for an open-ended straight draw. The turn was the and river the , and Nguyen is out.
"How could you call that?" joked Daniel Eichhorn afterwards to Nitsche. "All you have is a set and he has a straight draw… you're at risk!"
Nitsche chuckled in response. He has reason to smile, as that hand pushes him up over the 3 million-chip mark, enabling him to increase his lead with 11 left.
Daniel Thomas open-pushed his last 145,000 from under the gun, and when it folded to Daniel Eichhorn in late position he called the shove. The others got out, Thomas showed , and Eichhorn .
The board rolled out , and Eichhorn's two pair was best.
Yoav Tanenbaum opened for 80,000 from early position and he found one caller in Dominik Nitsche in the cutoff seat.
The flop came and Tanenbaum c-bet for 100,000. Nitsche made the call.
The fell on the turn and, undeterred, Tenenbaum fired again - this time for 250,000. Nitsche again called.
When the landed on the river, Tenenbaum slowed down and checked - prompting an all-in bet from Nitsche for just over one million. Tenenbaum quickly called off his remaining 850,000 and Nitsche tabled for a set of sevens. Tenenbaum turned over for an inferior top pair, which caused Nitsche to shout, "Yes!" in celebration as he knew he had eliminated Tanenbaum.
It was folded all the way around to James Taylor in the small blind, who pushed all in for a bit over 200,000 from the small blind. Iakov Onuchin snap-called from the big blind and hands were revealed.
Taylor:
Onuchin:
Taylor's tournament life was in dire straits and the board sealed his fate as our 15th-place finisher.
Iakov Onuchin opened to 52,000 from the cutoff seat and action folded over to David Steirman in the small blind, who went all in for his last 285,000. Onuchin quickly called to put Steirman at risk and hands were revealed.
Onuchin:
Steirman:
The all but sealed the deal for Steirman. The turn did give him an open-ended straight draw, however, the river bricked out for Steirman and he was sent to the rail in 16th place.
Alex Cordero opened with a raise to 51,000 from early position, then Gylbert Drolet reraised all in for 157,000 total from a seat over. That's when Hieu Nguyen reraised again over the top for 300,000. It folded back around, Cordero stepped aside, and the remaining players tabled their cards.
Drolet:
Nguyen:
Drolet didn't want to see clubs, but the flop came to put him at risk. The turn was the and Drolet was still safe, but the fell on the river to give Nguyen the flush and send Drolet out in 17th.
Joshua Prager opened to 60,000 from early position and action folded around to Wayne Brown in the big blind, who pushed all in for his remaining stack. Prager made the call and hands were revealed.
Prager:
Brown:
The board looked good for Brown, however, a completed the board - giving Prager a set of treys on the end for the knockout.
Brown will take home $25,780 for his efforts today.
Hello and welcome to Day 3 of Event 59: $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em! Yesterday we saw the survivors of Day 1a and Day 1b merge together into a field of 726 combatants all vying for the title of World Series of Poker Champion. Of those players, only 51 would remain by the day's end with Alex Cordero as chip leader (822,000). This is especially impressive considering that Cordero was also the overall chip leader of both Day 1's.
Of the survivors, all eyes are sure to be on Jake Cody (302,000). Cody won his first bracelet last year in Event 2: $25,000 Heads-up No-Limit Hold'em Championship and, at just 24 years of age, has already amassed over $3 million in poker tournament winnings.
Also in the hunt for a second bracelet is Chiab Saechao (145,000). Saechao took down his first bracelet after besting a field of 732 players in Event 1: $500 Casino Employees No-Limit Hold'em.
The remaining field is set to resume play at 1:00 PM PST and continue until either ten levels have passed or we get down to a final table of nine players. Though, with just 51 remaining, the latter seems much more likely. Stay with us here at PokerNews as we bring you all the action in our hunt for a final table!
, and Nguyen only paused a beat before declaring he was pushing his short stack all in. Nitsche took even less time to call, tabling 
for top set. Nguyen flipped over 
for an open-ended straight draw. The turn was the 
and river the 
, and Nguyen is out.
, and Eichhorn 
, and Eichhorn's two pair was best.
and Tanenbaum c-bet for 100,000. Nitsche made the call.
fell on the turn and, undeterred, Tenenbaum fired again - this time for 250,000. Nitsche again called.
landed on the river, Tenenbaum slowed down and checked - prompting an all-in bet from Nitsche for just over one million. Tenenbaum quickly called off his remaining 850,000 and Nitsche tabled 
for an inferior top pair, which caused Nitsche to shout, "Yes!" in celebration as he knew he had eliminated Tanenbaum.
all but sealed the deal for Steirman. The 
river bricked out for Steirman and he was sent to the rail in 16th place.
to put him at risk. The turn was the 
and Drolet was still safe, but the 
completed the board - giving Prager a set of treys on the end for the knockout.
