Heads-up on a flop of J♣10♣4♥, Jennifer Cassell checked from the big blind and Paul Murray bet 12,000. Cassell called.
The 9♦ fell on the turn and Cassell check-called a 37,000 barrel from Murray.
Both players checked after the K♠ completed the board and Murray revealed A♦A♣. Cassell couldn't beat it and mucke d— conceding the pot to Murray.
Rachel Carolan was in the big blind and playing heads up against a player on the button. The pair were looking at the 5♠10♥Q♥ flop and the pot stood at around 80,000.
Carolan moved all in covering the big blinds remaining ~100,000 stack. The button called, and the players flipped their hands.
Button: A♦A♣
Rachel Carolan: 6♥2♥
Carolan was looking at a flush draw, but the button was still ahead with pocket aces. Carolan bricked on the Q♣ turn and 5♦ river and fell down to just 32,000.
She was all in from the small blind in the next hand and called by Alex Ung in the big blind.
Rachel Carolan: 6♥6♠
Alex Ung: A♦2♠
Ung flopped well on the 2♥Q♥2♣ board, and picked up two pair, putting Carolan immediately behind. She couldn't turn things around on the Q♠ turn or J♦ river and was eliminated from the freezeout.
Level: 16
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 8,000
The remaining 114 player take a 15-minute break.
Action is due to resume at 4.09 p.m.
Ehsan Amiri opened from the hijack and was called by Malcolm Trayner in the big blind.
Trayner checekd to Amiri, who continued for 7,000 on the 9♣9♦9♥ flop. Trayner then raised to 26,000 and Amiri used up a couple of time banks before announcing he was all in for approximately 100,000 total. Trayner snap-called and hands were revealed.
"You got quads!?" Amiri said.
"Yeah," Trayner replied.
"I'm dead then!" Amiri lamented as he turned over his cards.
Ehsan Amiri: J♠10♠
Malcolm Trayner: 9♠8♠
Amiri was indeed already drawing dead, and the 6♦Q♦ runout made his elimination official.
Players were heads-up and on the K♦5♣8♥6♣ turn, with a pot of around 95,000. Ricky Vikas was on the button and Jiaxu Chen in the big blind.
Chen was all in for his remaining 124,000 and covered by Vikas, and the players had just flipped their hands.
Jiaxu Chen: 9♦7♥
Ricky Vikas: K♥5♥
Chen was ahead and had turned the straight. Vikas couldn't get away after flopping two pair.
The 6♥ completed the board, securing Chen a full double up, and Vikas was left with just 180,000 after the hand.
Kevin Clark opened to 12,000 from early position and Jun Wen Ooi called from the hijack. Amir Minagar called from the cutoff and both the blinds called behind.
The pot went five-ways to the 8♠6♣J♠ flop and the blinds folded, along with Clark to Ooi, who bet out 16,000. Action slowly folded around the table and Ooi saw no callers, picking up a quick pot.
Hieu Nguyen opened to 16,000 from the small blind and JP Rounce-Sue shoved for approximately 150,000 from the big blind. Nguyen verified the amount and then stuck in a call to put Rounce-Sue at risk.
JP Rounce-Sue: A♦10♥
Hieu Nguyen: K♥Q♥
Rounce-Sue held a slight lead with his ace, but the 9♦Q♦7♣6♣J♦ runout paired Nguyen's queen to send Rounce-Sue to the rail.
Nguyen, who recently placed ninth in the $25k Challenge, currently sits with an average stack of about 390,000.
The small blind open jammed for 99,000 and Sheldon Mayer, who had built up a huge stack since starting this morning, called from the big blind.
Small Blind: K♥J♦
Sheldon Mayer: A♣9♥
The small blind was stood from their seat to watch the runout, asking for a chop.
Mayer held on the 5♠7♦2♣ flop, and nothing changes on the 7♣ turn or 8♠ river, seeing to the small blinds elimination and Mayer added even more to his towering stack.
Zhengshan Hao was on the button and got all in preflop against Farhad Mohajerani, who was in the small blind.
Zhengshan Hao: K♣Q♥
Farhad Mohajerani: A♥A♣
Hao found himself in rough shape after shoving into the preflop nuts, and the J♠4♦8♦7♦3♣ runout provided no help to Hao, eliminating him early in Day 3.
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