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A player who has disposed of his player card moved all in from the small blind, and Alex Fitzgerald called out of the big blind. Fitzgerald's 
was crushed by his opponents 
, but he flopped gin - 
. The turn and river came 
, 
respectively, and Fitzgerald's stack is now up to 760,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
760,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
On the 
flop, Kyle Julius bet 23,500 before Robin Van Gils raised to 66,000. Julius reraised all in and Van Gils called off for 257,500 total.
Julius tabled the 
for ace high after making a move. He did have the best hand, though, as Van Gils held the 
for a combo draw.
The turn was the 
and Julius' hand stayed in front. The river completed the board with the 
and the ace high for Julius held strong. Van Gils was eliminated while Julius climbed to 850,000 in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
850,000
330,000
|
330,000 |
|
||
|
Busted | |
In the hijack, Luca Pagano opened to 14,000, but it was not going to get through. Next door, Yevgeniy Timoshenko shoved in for 90,500 total, and Pagano gave a token soak in the tank for a moment before releasing.
On the next hand, Pagano opened again — 14,500 this time. Galen Hall came along with a smooth call from the button, and it was "head-up to the flop," as Robbie Thompson announced it. The dealer spread out 
, and a bet of 18,500 from Pagano was good enough to end the hand right there.
"You smashed that one, huh?" Hall asked after he mucked. Pagano just quietly stacked up, earning a small profit over that two-hand series.
Action folded to Kyle Julius in the small blind and he opened with a raise to 13,000. Sam Chartier made the call from the big blind and the flop came down 
. Julius bet 15,000 and Chartier called.
The turn brought the 
and Julius fired 25,000. Chartier called again.
The river card was the 
and paired the board. Julius bet 66,000 and Chartier called.
Julius turned over the 
for a heart flush — the nut flush. Chartier mucked his hand and passed over the amount he owed.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
975,000
125,000
|
125,000 |
|
|
||
|
110,000
-95,000
|
-95,000 |
From the button, Kyle Julius raised to 12,000. Oscar Trestini reraised all in from the big bind for 39,500 and Julius called.
Julius: 
Trestini: 
The board ran out 
and Trestini doubled.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
930,000
-45,000
|
-45,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
85,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
Gualter Salles raised all in for 80,000 or so when action folded to him in the small blind. Sam Greenwood called from the big blind with the 
. Salles held the 
.
A board of 
followed and Salles was out the door.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
410,000
152,000
|
152,000 |
|
||
|
Busted | |
|
||
The action folded all the way to [Removed:273] on the button, and he opened to 13,000. Stephen Reynolds moved all in for 101,500 from the small blind, and David Peters quickly re-shoved for nearly 250,000. Casals folded without thought, and the hands were turned over.
Showdown
Reynolds: 
Peters:
"Get the cameras!" Reynolds yelled as the dealer waited for the 'OK' run it out.
She was eventually allowed to deal, and the board ran 
, doubling Reynolds to 210,000 chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
210,000
139,000
|
139,000 |
|
144,500
-130,500
|
-130,500 |
|
||
In blind-on-blind action, Phil D'Auteuil and Andrew Lichtenberger got all of the money in preflop. D'Auteuil held pocket jacks — — in the small blind and Lichtenberger held pocket deuces — 
— in the big blind.
The board ran out 
and Lichtenberger hit the rail. D'Auteuil is now up to 1.32 million in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,320,000
170,000
|
170,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
|
||
Gani Weiss open-shoved his last 70,000 or so from middle position, and the action folded all the way to Day 1b chip leader Alex Venovski in the big blind. Venovski tanked for nearly two minutes before cutting out enough chips to make the call, and sliding them forward.
"King-queen?" Weiss asked him.
"No," Venovski responded. "Ace-eight."
Venovski turned over 
, and Weiss tabled .
"Ah, f***," Venovski muttered.
The board ran 
, and Weiss doubled to around 150,000 chips. Venovski is still around average with 290,000 chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
290,000
-102,000
|
-102,000 |
|
150,000
80,000
|
80,000 |
Alex Fitzgerald is on a tear here during Day 3, and he's just sent another player packing in a chip-average-sized pot.
We picked it up on a 
flop, heads-up between Fitzgerald and Osman Mustanoglu. Fitzgerald check-raised from 20,500 to 44,000, and Mustanoglu flatted to see the on the turn. Fitzgerald slowed back down now with another check, but he snap-called Mustanoglu's 90,000-chip shove.
Showdown
Fitzgerald: 
Mustanoglu: 
Mustanoglu was drawing dead to a chop, and the river was all she wrote.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
925,000
165,000
|
165,000 |
|
Busted |
