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Josh Bergman and Martin Mathis got all the biscuits in the middle preflop in a blind for blind battle for a 1.8 million-chip pot. Bergman's 
was trailing Mathis' 
, but the 
flop changed all that. Mathis couldn't find a king as the turn and river came 
, 
respectively, crippling him to just 180,000 chips.
Bergman doubled his stack to 1.8 million chips.
From the hijack seat, Erika Cerasti moved all in and Max Lehmanski called from the cutoff. Everyone else folded.
Lehmanski:
Cerasti: 
After a board of 
, Cerasti hit the rail in 42nd place. Lehmanski moved to 3.5 million.
From the hijack seat, John Andress raised to 53,000. Rafael Golka moved all in from the small blind for 493,000. Joel Patchell was in the big blind and made the call. Andress folded.
Golka: 
Patchell: 
The board ran out 
and Golka made a set to double up to just over a million in chips. Patchell dropped back to 800,000.
From early position, Steven Curtin raised to 56,000. Philippe Plouffe reraised all in from the big blind and Curtin called off for about 260,000 or so. Plouffe tabled the and Curtin the .
The board ran through 
and Plouffe's hand held up to send Curtin to the rail. Plouffe is up to about 3.65 million in chips now.
John Spadavecchia doubled to start the day and move all of his chips in the middle with on a 
flop. Unfortunately for him Philippe Plouffe held 
and Spadavecchia failed to hit a two-outer on either the turn () or the river (
), sending him to the rail.
Plouffe is off to a fast start today and now has 3.3 million chips.
On the flop of 
, Max Lehmanski fired 56,000 and Sander Jansen made the call. The turn brought the and Lehmanski checked. Jansen fired all in for 209,000 and won the pot.
Adam Geyer, who was chip leader entering Day 3, was just eliminated from the tournament by our current leader Chris Oliver. Our access to the feature table is limited because of the cameras, but Geyer held jacks against Oliver's ace-queen and a queen came on the river.
From the cutoff seat, Rafael Golka moved all in for 244,000. Matt Lichtie made the call from the small blind.
Golka: 
Lichtie:
The board ran out 
and Gollka doubled up.
Action folded to Sander Jansen in the small blind and he raised to 54,000. William "Imahustla1" Givens reraised all in from the big blind for 338,000. Jansen took a minute and then folded his hand.
Paulo Rink opened to 50,000 from the hijack seat, Robert Cezarescu three-bet to 128,000 on the button and Max Lehmanski four-bet to 275,000 from the small blind. Rink released, Cezarescu four-bet shoved for 450,000 and Lehmanski quickly called.
Cezarescu:
Lehmanski: 
Cezarescu didn't improve as the board ran 
and was eliminated from the tournament. Lehmanski is now up to 2.7 million chips.
