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Shyam Srinivasan made the final table of the PCA Main Event this year, and is looking to finish here what he could not close out in the Bahamas.
First we saw Alex Bilokur call 45,000 in a three way pot on the 
turn against Andrea Benelli and Andrey Lobzhanidze. All three players then checked the 
river and Lobzhanidze took down the pot with 
. One hand later Bilokur was all in for 64,500 with 
and walked away in disgust when he got called by the 
of Xia Lin.
After the 
turn, Lobzhanidze called him back with the good news and Bilokur took his seat again after the 
river coompleted the board. He is still down considerably for the day.
Ludovic Riehl is crippled after a hand with Pawel Brzeski. After a pre flop raise, both players checked the 
flop. On the 
turn, Riehl fired 23,500 and was called. The 
river triggered another bet worth 45,500 from the Frenchman with 45,000 behind and Brzeski with about the same stack size moved all in. Riehl folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
130,000 | |
|
45,000 |
The players are now having a break for half an hour.
Team PokerStars Pro Johnny Lodden got it all in preflop against Thomas Miller. They both had very similar stack sizes of about 70,000. Lodden had 
and was just ahead of the 
holding of Miller.
The board ran out 
with the turn delivering Miller’s straight. Lodden wasn’t sure if he had any chips left but he did with 10,000 chips now in front of him. “I’ve seen you do a lot more with a lot less.” another player commented. Lodden was in the small blind the next hand but he folded to a raise from Miller again.
On the next hand Miller opened again for 10,000 and when Pedro Pellicer called in the cutoff, Lodden shipped it in from the button. The blinds folded and the flop was dealt.
.
Miller made it 14,000 and Pellicer folded. Cards on their backs and Miller had 
against the 
of Lodden.
The turn gave Lodden his card and the river was a safe .
“Give me the money. Here we go.” Lodden could feel another run coming on.
It was folded to Lodden the next hand and all in it went again from the cutoff. The small blind, Matas Cimbolas re-shoved for over 100k and although the big blind looked interested he let his hand go.
“You have a pair?” asked Lodden? Indeed Cimbolas did with and Lodden fancied his chances with .
The final board read 
and Lodden could not catch a king to stay alive.
“GG,” Lodden told the table as he took his leave.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
180,000 | 105,000 |
|
Busted |
Brazil's Rafael Morales moved all in under the gun for 100,000 and cleared the field to Lukas Berglund, who thought for a bit before calling from the button. The blinds folded and the cards were turned up.
Morales: 
Berglund: 
Morales held a big hand, but he ran it into an even bigger one. He could still win with an ace, but he was left wanting as the board ran out a dry 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
730,000 | 100,000 |
|
Busted |
Raul Mestre was up to 700,000 already, down to 550,000 again, and now settled at 605,000. In the latest hand he raised from the cutoff with 
and turned trip queens. Jordan Westmorland check-called his turn bet for 16,500 and then fired 27,500 on the river with 
. Mestre said he should have raised, but instead settled for a call.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
605,000 | -85,000 |
John Haigh was one of the big stacks after Day 1A but today didn't run so good for him. He already open shoved one orbit ago and now did so again for his last 13 big blinds. Jorma Nuutinen in the big blind made the call with pocket sixes and Haigh showed 
. The board ran out seven high without any help for Haigh. Nuutinen now has double the average stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
580,000 | 182,000 |
|
Busted |
Jean-Philippe Peyratoux got his stack all in preflop and was in great shape to double through Eros Nastasi.
Peyratoux:
Nastasi: 
The flop was nothing special, but the turn was. Nastasi found a seven from heaven, which in turn was a hell of a card for a devastated Peyratoux. The river failed to change a thing, and Peyratoux was ousted in 63rd place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
460,000 | 40,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Online grinder Zachary 'Zackattak13' Korik started Day 3 relatively short, but his intimidating table demeanor has him with a nice stack at the second break. Find out how he got there.
Ludovic Riehl opened to 10,500, Andrea Benelli made it 27,000 to go and the Frenchman fired back 56,000. Benelli moved all in for 229,000 and was paid within a matter of moments. Showdown:
Benelli: 
Riehl: 
The 
saw the local hero cheer after his double up and he now sits at almost two times the average.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
475,000 | 245,000 |
|
|
175,000 | -345,000 |