It was blind on blind between Daniel Morgan and Ali Ayub. The flop of 
was checked by both players. The turn was the 
and Morgan bet 115,000. Ayub called.
The river was the 
and Morgan check-called a bet of 150,000 and Ayub turned over 
and took down the pot.
The following players have all exited the tournament before the end of the first level of Day 3 and take home £4,000.
Level: 22
Blinds: 15,000/35,000
Ante: 35,000
The board read 
when Day 3 chip-leader Daniel Morgan moved all in on Ryan Mandara.
There was around 650,000 in the pot and Mandara had close to 1,400,000 behind him. Morgan, who started the day with 5,300,000, put maximum pressure on Mandara's hand and after some thought he folded, which allowed Morgan to further increase his lead.
Tournament officials are circulating to announce that there will be ten levels played on Day 3 rather than the originally scheduled eight.
Thomas Ward open-shoved for 330,000 from middle position. Chris Brice was in the small blind and re-shoved with the big blind folding.
"Show me the jacks," said Ward as he tabled 
. Brice shrugged and showed 
.
The flop came 
giving Brice a gutshot to crack Ward's queens. In the end he didn't need it with the 
on the turning handing him the elimination. The 
on the river sealed Ward's exit and he joined the slew of players making an early exit here on Day 3.
Malcolm Mckinlay came into Day 3 as one of the shorts stacks with 335,000 and was eliminated in one of the very first hands.
Malcolm Mckinlay: 
Ali Ayub: 
Board: 
Ayub's pocket tens held to win the pot and Mckinlay collected £3,500 for his efforts this week.
A British quartet of Steven Morris, Chris Sly, David Vamplew and Andrew Wilson are all sat together for Day 3, with Chris Brammer alongside Ali Ayub while on table 24 Ben Vinson a tablemate of Ryan Mandara and chip-leader Daniel Morgan.
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