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 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.
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.
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.