Action folded to Ashley Cheung on the button and he went all in for 27,500 with 
. John Gordon called from the big blind with 
.
Cheung survived when the board ran out 
with sixes full of queens.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
160,000
-40,000
|
-40,000 |
|
60,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
On the third hand of hand-for-hand play, action folded to severe short stack Joao Santos in the cutoff seat. With just 11,500 in chips, he moved all in. Next to act was Robert Mizrachi, and he reraised to 25,000. Vegard Froshaug was in the small blind and began to tank. After a couple of minutes of thought, Froshaug announced that he was all in, a shove worth 71,000. Following a fold from the big blind, Mizrachi snapped it off.
The three players were instructed to keep their cards face down while all other tables completed action. There happened to be another all-in hand at a table on the other side of the tournament floor, but Ashley Cheung doubled up and stayed alive. After that hand wrapped up, it was time for this three-way all in to move forward.
Mizrachi quickly tabled the 
to have a stranglehold on the hand against Froshaug's and Santos' 
. Things would get interesting, though, as you will see.
The flop came down 
and Santos picked up a royal flush draw. The turn was black, but it was the 
and kept Mizrachi in front. Now with one more card to come, Mizrachi just needed to fade and he'd knock out two players to burst the bubble.
The river completed the board with the 
, and that made things official. Mizrachi won the pot and eliminated both of his opponents. With that, all remaining 144 players found themselves in the money and a round of applause was in order.
Now, let's watch the line at the payout desk grow.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted |
Take a look at the action on the bubble captured by the great Neil Stoddart and Joe Giron. Two cameramen and four cameras make for some amazing shots!
Tim Reilly was all in and at risk against Henry Strasser, and as the table waited for confirmation to run the hand, Reilly said that he was feeling lucky.
The dealer was eventually told to proceed, and the players tabled their cards.
Reilly:
Strasser: 
"It's OK," Reilly said smiling. "We're going to get there."
The 
flop gave Reilly four extra outs to make a straight, but the turn and river bricked 
, 
respectively. Reilly was eliminated, while Strasser is up to 85,000 chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
85,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
Busted |
We caught up to see Team PokerStars pro George Danzer all in and at risk before the flop holding 
. Unfortunately for Danzer, he was up against the of Mikal Blomlie.
The board fell 
and Danzer was sent home with a min-cash. Blomlie, however, is up to about 550,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
550,000
200,000
|
200,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
||
PokerStars SportStar Fatima Moreira de Melo was grinding a short stack on he bubble, and after it burst she opted to shove her last 26,000 under the gun with 
. One by one her opponents folded all the way around to Patrick Kelly in the big blind and he snap-called with .
Things looked good for de Melo at first as the 
flop contained a king, but unfortunately for her it was followed by a queen to give Kelly a set. The turn gave de Melo some chop options, but the 
river failed to complete them. A gracious de Melo wished her fellow players good luck and then took her leave from the 2013 PCA Main Event.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
200,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
|
||
A series of raises between Matt Stout and [Removed:172] led to Stout all in and at risk for 341,500 with 
.
Stout informed us of the details. Following Kramer's opening min-raise to 8,000, Stout three-bet to 21,000 from the next seat. When action folded back to Kramer, he four-bet to 47,000. Stout five-bet to 83,000 and then called Kramer's five-bet jam for 341,500 effective.
Kramer looked to get near a seven-figure stack with 
, but shipped more than half of his stack Stout's way when the board ran out 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
690,000
390,000
|
390,000 |
|
|
280,000
-360,000
|
-360,000 |
Owen Crowe opened to 9,000 from under the gun, and the action folded all the way to Eugene Katchalov in the big blind, who called.
The flop fell 
, and Katchalov led out for 12,000. Crowe called.
The turn was the , both players checked, and the river was the . The two knuckled again.
Katchalov flashed an unknown card to Crowe, who tabled . Katchalov mucked, and Crowe picked up the pot.
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Over on Table 12, Carlos Mortensen and one time chip leader Maxim Lobzhanidze were heads up on a flop of . Lobzhanidze tanked for over a minute before betting 10,000, and Mortensen quickly raised to 22,500. Lobzhanidze called.
The turn was the 
, and Lobhanidze slowed down, checking to Mortensen who fired 38,500. The Russian folded, and The Matador picked up the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
365,000
68,500
|
68,500 |
|
||
|
145,000
-25,000
|
-25,000 |
