A massive pot was brewing over at one of the tables and we went over to see John Dibella had moved all in, putting Benjamin Philipps to the test for his tournament life.
There was about 500,000 in the pot on a board reading . After a moment, Philipps called.
Dibella tabled for a full house, leaving Philipps drawing dead to just a chop as he showed .
The river was the and Philipps was sent to the rail.
Dibella has now climbed towards the top of the counts, sitting second in chips with 1,100,000.
Patrick Stacey moved his remaining 250,000 chips in the middle and was quickly called by Ryan Riess.
Riess:
Stacey:
Riess was well behind with ace-king and it looked like Stacey was a lock to double through him.
The flop was , giving Riess trip kings and leaving Stacey with one out to save his tournament life. Stacey was clearly devastated with his head in his hands as he awaited the turn, which was the .
The river was the and Stacey was headed home, sending the pot Riess' way.
Action folded around to Cliff Josephy on the button who made it 15,000 to go. Nadezhda Magnus was in the big blind and decided to defend.
The flop came and Magnus checked. Josephy wasted no time and bet 30,000. Magnus called.
The turn was the . Magnus checked again. Josephy bet 30,000 again. Magnus went into the tank and thought about it for a minute before releasing her hand. Josphy tossed his hand over to her and she picked one card to look at before sending it into the muck.
Up at the feature table, Smit Trivedi raised to 13,000 and Barry Greenstein called from the cutoff. Valentin Messina then three-bet all in for 65,000 from the button, both blinds folded, and Trivedi moved all in over the top, which inspired Greenstein to get out of the way.
Trivedi:
Messina:
It was a flip, and Messina picked up more outs on the flop. The turn gave Messina the ace-high flush, and that meant Trivedi needed the on the river to stay alive. It didn't happen though as the appeared instead.
On a board of we saw Pratyush Buddiga with a bet of 30,000 in front of him from the big blind. Tony Tran, in the hijack, shoved for 100,000 total. Buddiga wasn't thrilled but did call with his . Tran tabled and doubled after the hit the river.
The next hand, Gaelle Baumann raised to 14,000 from the button. Buddiga shoved for 25,000 from the small blind and Baumann called after the big blind folded. Baumann called with and was ahead of Buddiga's . The board, however, would favor Buddiga as it came .
With about 20,000 in the pot, on a board reading , Rex Clinkscales checked from the small blind.
Aleksei Opalikhin was in the big blind and bet 6,000. Clinkscales thought for a moment and check-raised to 18,000. Opalikhin called.
The turn was the . Clinkscales led out for 35,000 and Opalikhin tossed his cards into the muck.
Clinkscales bagged his chips at the end of Day 2 last night and quickly hopped into a side event. By the end of the night he was the eventual winner, securing himself a PokerStars spade trophy.
Nick Mossa has doubled his short-stack back up through Ronan Gorey, after getting it in extremely good. Mossa was committed for 50,000 with pocket queens and was up against Gorey's .
2012 PCA champ John Dibella raised to 17,000 and Allen Kessler, who had been nursing a short stack, three-bet all in for 43,000 from the hijack. Action folded back to Dibella and he made a quick call.
Kessler:
Dibella:
"This is like the best hand I've had all day," claimed Kessler, who needed to improve to stay alive.
Unfortunately for him, and the many Chainsaw fans around the world, that didn't happen as the board ran out .
. After a moment, Philipps called.
for a full house, leaving Philipps drawing dead to just a chop as he showed 
.
and Philipps was sent to the rail. 
, giving Riess trip kings and leaving Stacey with one out to save his tournament life. Stacey was clearly devastated with his head in his hands as he awaited the turn, which was the 
.
and Stacey was headed home, sending the pot Riess' way.
and Kliment Tarmakov held the 
saw Ephremsen double up to 264,000 and Tarmakov dropped to 225,000 with the end of this third level of the day almost in the bag.
and Magnus checked. Josephy wasted no time and bet 30,000. Magnus called.
. Magnus checked again. Josephy bet 30,000 again. Magnus went into the tank and thought about it for a minute before releasing her hand. Josphy tossed his hand over to her and she picked one card to look at before sending it into the muck.
turn gave Messina the ace-high flush, and that meant Trivedi needed the 
on the river to stay alive. It didn't happen though as the 
appeared instead.
we saw Pratyush Buddiga with a bet of 30,000 in front of him from the big blind. Tony Tran, in the hijack, shoved for 100,000 total. Buddiga wasn't thrilled but did call with his 
and doubled after the 
and was ahead of Buddiga's 
and Gomez was sent to the rail, sending the pot Stacey's way.
, Rex Clinkscales checked from the small blind. 
