Thi Xoa Nguyen opened to 17,000 from the hijack and Aaron Gustavson then made it 40,000 to go from two seats over. Nguyen flat-called and saw a flop of . The Frenchwoman checked, Gustavson continued for 30,000 and was called before the came on the turn.
Nguyen checked, Gustavson fired 55,000 and then called the check-raise all in for 232,000 in total with . Nguyen flipped over and doubled after a blank river.
With the end of Level 18 upon them, the 93 players remaining are now on a 30-minute break, and will return to play one more level before the day is done.
In one of the last hands before the break, Vanessa Selbst made it 13,000 from early position. Ihair Soika in the big blind made the call.
Both players checked the flop of before the hit the turn. Soika bet 22,000 and Selbst called.
The river completed the board and Soika bet a hefty 63,000 with 310,000 behind. Selbst thought about it for a bit, studied her opponents stack, and then raised to 222,000.
Soika wasn't happy with what had happened, and with a pained face he tanked for about a minute or 5. In the end he folded, and Selbst quietly mucked.
"I think he folded a big hand" said Selbst as she gave us some details for the transcript above.
The feature table just showed the double up of [Removed:119] for 75,000 with against the of Adrien Allain.
Thus far, the Frenchman had been sailing through the day with a big stack. But this time, he dropped some change as the board ran out .
At the same time and at the very end of the level, Steven van Zadelhoff four-bet jammed with ace-jack into the ace-queen of Aaron Gustavson. There was a jack on the flop and van Zadelhoff used his one time, but a queen appeared right away on the turn to send van Zadelhoff packing.
Andrea Cortellazzi just raised to 16,000 under the gun and Team PokerStars Pro Vanessa Selbst called from the cutoff after which both blinds called as well.
The flop brought out and after both blinds checked, Cortellazzi bet 16,000 and only Selbst called.
On the turn the hit and Cortellazzi bet 22,000, and Selbst raised it up to 63,000. Cortellazzi tanked for a long time but ultimately he moved all in for 140,000.
Selbst snap-called, and it was all over for the Italian pro.
Cortellazzi:
Selbst:
The river was the and Cortellazzi walked away, while Selbst's up to 710,000.
Less than 100 players remain and below are the most recent bustouts. This included Marko Neumann, who first tried to bluff Sam Chartier on the river of a board with for a busted flush draw. Chartier called with for two pair and doubled.
Down to around 60,000 chips, Neumann got it in with queens and Chartier called with sevens to spike the two outer.
After a raising war before the flop, Omar Lakhdari was all in for his last 131,000 chips and got called by Paolo Compagno. Both players held a pocket pair, but the Frenchman was way ahead.
Lakhdari:
Compagno:
The flop gave the Frenchman top set while the turn provided hope of a miracle for Compagno. It was the river that let Lakhdari double up once again and the Frenchman is on a roller coaster ride thus far on Day 3.
. The Frenchwoman checked, Gustavson continued for 30,000 and was called before the 
came on the turn.
. Nguyen flipped over 
and doubled after a blank 
river.
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against the 
of Adrien Allain. 
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hit and Cortellazzi bet 22,000, and Selbst raised it up to 63,000. Cortellazzi tanked for a long time but ultimately he moved all in for 140,000. 
and Cortellazzi walked away, while Selbst's up to 710,000.
and Rosen made quads to sent Blain to the rail.
gave the Frenchman top set while the 
