Boyuan Qu seems poised to make a deep run. On this hand he called a 7,000 Dalton Brinker raise from the big blind.
The flop came 
and both players checked. The turn was the 
and Qu bet 8,500. Brinker raised to 29,000 and Qu called.
The river was the 
and both players checked again. Qu showed 
and won the hand with a pair of jacks.
The action folded to Ian O'Hara who moved all in from the small blind for very little chips, and Asher Conniff sweat his cards one by one, calling as soon as he saw the second one.
O'Hara: 
Conniff: 
The board ran out 
and O'Hara was knocked out.
After unknown action we saw Robert Reynolds all in and at risk in the following showdown against Robert Pound.
Pound: 
Reynolds: 
The board showed 
and Reynolds was knocked out short of the money.
Scott Wellenbach raised to 7,500 from the cutoff and Thiago Nishijima three-bet from the button to 20,000 after which Siarhei Melianiuk flat-called from the small blind. Wellenbach called as well, creating three-way action on the flop.
The flop came down 
and Melianiuk lead out for 33,000 right away, getting Wellenbach to quickly fold.
Nishijima tanked for well over three minutes before folding, leaving himself with 131,000 chips.
In the early goings of Day 3 Ben Zamani lost some chips, but he came storming back to his Day 3 starting stack on back-to-back hands.
Hand #1: Robert Kokoska raised to 7,200 and Zamani called. Andrey Zaichenko shoved from the big blind for his last 55,600 chips. Kokoska folded and Zamani asked for a count. Eventually he reluctantly dropped his chips into the pot to call.
Zamani was ahead with and Zaichenko had 
. The board ran out 
and Zaichenko was eliminated.
Hand #2: Kokoska raised again preflop to 7,200 and this time Zamani reraised to 14,900. Kokoska let it go and Zamani took another pot.
Level: 15
Blinds: 1,500/3,000
Ante: 400
As the rest of the players were heading to break, Jonathan Jaffe was facing a tough decision on the river.
The board read 
and Fabian Chauriye Rabah had bet 35,000. Jaffe called and Rabah turned over pocket queens, 
, for a full house. Jaffe mucked and headed off to join the rest of the field on the break.
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