We thought we might see some fun action when Tom Marchese raised under the gun and Kevin Stani called in the big blind, but we were somewhat disappointed when they just checked down the 
flop and 
turn. Stani bet out on the 
river but Marchese called and turned over that classic under-the-gun raising hand, 
. Stani couldn't beat it, and although there's not much change in the stacks Marchese picked up the pot.
Salvatore Bonavena got his last 65,000 chips into the middle with 
, a copy hand against Mikulik Taras' 
. The flop was in Bonavena's neighborhood, though, coming out 
and drawing a curious shrug from the Italian. He was freerolling for the double up, and the 
was just what he needed. The filled out the board, and Bonavena seemed almost apologetic as he collected the chips to cripple Taras.
On the very next hand...
Salvatore Bonavena got his 143,000 new chips all into the pot once again, this time with 
against an opponent with 
.
Board: 
Bonavena does it again, doubling through for the second consecutive hand. He's back to 290,000 now, from just 65,000 two hands ago.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,604,000
4,000
|
4,000 |
|
||
|
|
898,000
667,000
|
667,000 |
|
740,000
95,000
|
95,000 |
|
696,000
296,000
|
296,000 |
|
||
|
620,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
619,000
179,000
|
179,000 |
|
|
||
|
580,000
29,000
|
29,000 |
|
|
||
|
570,000
270,000
|
270,000 |
|
|
567,000
167,000
|
167,000 |
|
564,000
178,000
|
178,000 |
|
560,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
|
||
|
560,000
255,000
|
255,000 |
|
|
||
|
521,000
161,000
|
161,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
496,000
144,000
|
144,000 |
|
|
476,000
24,000
|
24,000 |
|
473,000
12,000
|
12,000 |
|
|
||
|
471,000
81,000
|
81,000 |
|
464,000
44,000
|
44,000 |
|
|
||
|
450,000
250,000
|
250,000 |
|
438,000
58,000
|
58,000 |
|
436,000
436,000
|
436,000 |
|
|
429,000
7,000
|
7,000 |
|
|
408,000
258,000
|
258,000 |
|
|
392,000
49,000
|
49,000 |
|
|
||
|
378,000
78,000
|
78,000 |
Level: 18
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 500
Yuriten Bokkel was eliminated into the break, losing with 
to Alex Kravchenko's after a 
board.
Meanwhile Marty Smyth, who finished 10th here last year, was just eliminated also, pushing 
into Jamie Brown's without managing to find a cowboy to rescue him.
You can get on the dance floor if you like; in fact you can go anywhere so long as you leave the tournament area.
Back in 15.
We're officially out of ladies here in the Main Event, just as the Ladies-Only event kicks off on the other side of the room.
Vanessa Peng did awfully well to get this far, but her run at the final table has come up short here on Day 3. She's had to deal with Claudio Cecchi next to her all day, and the two of them tangled up in a big pot that left Peng all in preflop with 
. Cecchi had that soundly beaten, tabling to put her in a bad way.
The dealer wouldn't give Peng anything to sweat, either, running out the 
board to eliminate her from the tournament.
The chips all went in preflop, and Jimmy Ostensson never really stood a chance.
Ostensson: 
Marton Czuczor:
Board: 
They shook hands, and Ostensson was gone. EPT Vilamoura 11th place finisher Czuczor moved up to an averagey 300,000.
Chance Kornuth opened preflop to 14,500 and Phil Ivey called on the button, Robert Nulli called also from the big blind.
The flop came 
and Nulli bet 21,000, Kornuth folded and Ivey made the call.
The turn was the and Nulli now fired 36,000 and Ivey mucked, the delighted Italian showed 
and began speaking to Ivey in partial English/partial Italian.
Ivey, "I don't understand what you're saying."
Nulli tried to point us his bluff, but Ivey didn't seem that impressed.
We didn't see how the money got in, but we'd guess that David Steicke raised from the button, then got the rest of his chips into the middle preflop against the small blind.
However the betting transpired, Steicke's was in a world of hurt against his opponent's .
Board: 
That's all she wrote for the Aussie, eliminated with about 80 players left.
