Sebastian Ruthenberg just won a flip against Philipp Gruissem to send him to the rail. Ruthenberg held the 
and Gruissem held the 
. The board ran out 
and Ruthenberg won with a set of fives.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
135,000
73,000
|
73,000 |
|
||
|
Busted | |
Freddy Deeb has been on quite the roller-coaster ride today. First he's up, then he's down, then he's back up. Here's one where he went down a bit.
Deeb opened to 4,500 from middle position and found a caller in John Gale from the big blind. The flop came down 
and Gale check-called a bet of 5,500 from Deeb.
The turn was the 
and Gale checked again. Deeb didn't slow down and fired 15,000. Gale stood strong and called.
The river was the 
to pair the board. Gale checked and Deeb checked.
Gale announced a king and then tabled the 
. All Deeb could do was muck his hand and Gale won the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
130,000
11,300
|
11,300 |
|
70,000
19,000
|
19,000 |
Ioannis Beris checked the 
flop and Rene Van Loo bet 4,600. Mathieu Clavet called and then Beris folded.
The turn was the 
and Van Loo checked. Clavet bet 6,300 and Van Loo made the call.
After the 
landed on the river, Van Loo checked and folded to Clavet's all-in bet.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
115,000
58,100
|
58,100 |
|
23,000
7,400
|
7,400 |
Steve O'Dwyer was just involved in a big three-way all-in contest with Pete Akery and Neil Pearce. O'Dwyer held the 
while Pearce had the 
and Akery the .
The board ran out 
to eliminate Akery and ship Pearce the 155,500-chip pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
192,000
133,400
|
133,400 |
|
|
||
|
|
155,000
111,600
|
111,600 |
|
|
||
|
|
Busted | |
From under the gun, Nick Binger raised to 3,500. Anton Wigg called from the next seat and action folded to Eduardo Santi in the big blind. He made the call and the flop came down 
. Santi moved all in for around 30,000 and both of his opponents folded right away.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
145,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
||
|
70,000
22,000
|
22,000 |
|
40,000
3,600
|
3,600 |
Strolling by Team PokerStars Pro Jason Mercier's table, we noticed his stack has grown quite a bit.
"You wanna know how it happened?" asked Mercier before relaying the story to us. "A guy shoved for 20K and I called. Then another guy reshoved for 60K and I called. I had ace-king, the first guy had pocket eights and the other guy had queens. The board ran out ace, six, three, ten, three."
A moment later he questioned, "When will it end?"
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
186,000
104,000
|
104,000 |
|
|
||
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
325,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
|
303,000
38,000
|
38,000 |
|
|
||
|
280,000
184,700
|
184,700 |
|
|
||
Level: 12
Blinds: 800/1,600
Ante: 200
The third level of the day is complete and the players are on another 15-minute break.
