Arnaud Mattern raised to 10,000 and Istvan Birizdo reraised all in for 30,500 from the next seat. Action folded back to Mattern and he made the call.
Mattern: 
Birizdo: 
The flop put Birizdo in front with the 
and the turn kept him there with the 
falling. The river was the 
and Mattern snatched back the lead to win the hand and send Birizdo out the door.
Patrick Jann was all in preflop for 107,000 against Team PokerStars Pro Arnaud Mattern. Jann held the 
and Mattern the 
. The flop, turn and river ran out 
and Jann doubled through the French pro.
PokerStars Team Pro Pat Pezzin open-shoved his last 45,000 from middle position, and David Assouline called on the button. The blinds released, and the hands were opened.
Showdown
Pezzin:
Assouline: 
Pezzin pulled ahead when the flop fell 
, but Assouline snatched the lead back once the 
turned. The 
bricked on the river, and Pezzin was eliminated from the tournament.
Fuad Rahimov opened in late position, and Brendan Reid three-bet shoved for 55,500 from the blinds. Rahimov made the call, and he had the goods.
Rahimov: 
Reid: 
Reid managed to flop a pair on the 
, but he could not get over the hump. The turn 
and river sealed the deal and his elimination, and we're down to 176 players.
After a flop of , Carlos Mortensen was all in and at risk against Anton Astapov.
Showdown
Mortensen: 
Astapov:
The turn and river came , 
respectively, and El Matador doubled to 210,000 chips.
Chip leader Faraz Jaka and the third-place stack of Erik Cajelais have drawn the same table today, and the production staff has put them on the secondary featured table. We noticed them playing a pot together a moment ago, so we hustled over to see a 
board out on the table and about 45,000 chips in the pot. Cajelais checked and called a bet of 34,000 from Jaka, and he check-called another 58,000 behind the 
river.
We never got to see Cajelais' cards, because Jaka's 
was good enough to win him the pot.
With some early movement, Jaka has moved back up over the million-chip mark.
Robert Rosen was all in and at risk holding 
against Richard Bruning's 
. The board ran , and Rosen was eliminated from play.
We've just bid an early farewell to one of our few remaining ladies in the field. The action began with Phil Collins opening to 12,000 from the cutoff, and Galen Hall made a three-bet to 28,000 next door. In the small blind, Jantje Loos raised the rest of her ~50,000 chips into the pot, and Collins folded fairly quickly. Hall made the call, though, and the cards were on their backs with Loos at risk.
Showdown
Hall:
Loos: 
Hall's horsey pulled out to a quick lead on the 
, and Loos would not be able to catch back up. The turn and river ended up making him a full house, and Loos has been forced off to the rail as one of the first casualties of this Day 3.
Carlos Mortensen and Warren Strong checked with the board reading 
. The 
paired the board on the turn, and Strong tossed 19,000 chips in front of him. Mortensen tank-called.
The 
completed the board, and both players checked again. Strong tabled for nines and fives, Mortensen mucked, and Strong raked in the pot.
JC Alvarado was all in preflop for 37,500 with the against the 
for Adam Geyer. The flop came down and kept Geyer in front with his pair. Alvarado did add a straight draw.
The turn was the and put Alvarado in front with a pair of kings. The river, though, landed with the 
and Geyer was able to spike a gutshot straight to win the hand and eliminate Alvarado from the tournament.
Last year, Geyer ended Day 2 of this event with the chip lead and went on to finish in 45th place for $52,000. He's up to 245,000 now and very much alive to make another deep run this year.
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