Ryuta Nakai shoved for 4,725,000 from the small blind and was called by Nick Schulman in the big blind to be put at risk.
Ryuta Nakai: K♥3♣
Nick Schulman: A♣6♦
Nakai's cards were live, but the 5♠A♥9♥ flop paired Schulman's ace and left Nakai drawing to runner-runner.
Bernhard Binder raised enough from the small blind to put Isaac Haxton all in for his last 3,425,000 in the big blind. Haxton called and a showdown was held.
Isaac Haxton: A♥2♦
Bernhard Binder: K♥3♣
Haxton held the lead with his ace, but the 4♥4♠3♥9♠Q♣ runout paired Binder's three to eliminate Haxton in sixth place.
Daniel Rezaei leads the early pack in the $150K Anniversary Special, building his 200,000 starting stack up to 319,000. Dan Dvoress is right on his heels in second with 312,000, while high-stakes regular Nick Petrangelo rounds out the top three with 287,000.
At the other end of the spectrum, Alex Kulev has taken the heaviest hit so far, left clinging to just 500 chips, while Alexandros Theologis (43,000) and Seth Davies (104,000) also need an early turnaround.
It's still early days in this one, but check out the current top 15 below:
| Rank | Player | Chips |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Daniel Rezaei | 319,000 |
| 2 | Dan Dvoress | 312,000 |
| 3 | Nick Petrangelo | 287,000 |
| 4 | Alex Foxen | 281,000 |
| 5 | Eelis Parssinen | 274,500 |
| 6 | Quan Zhou | 269,000 |
| 7 | Wai Kiat Lee | 250,000 |
| 8 | Tom Fuchs | 246,000 |
| 9 | Punnat Punsri | 245,500 |
| 10 | Samuel Mullur | 239,500 |
| 11 | Aleksejs Ponakovs | 234,000 |
| 12 | Ben Tollerene | 234,000 |
| 13 | Miroslav Atanasov | 230,500 |
| 14 | Stephen Chidwick | 212,000 |
| 15 | Jamil Wakil | 210,000 |
Just one hand after Wesley Fei's elimination, action folded to Bernhard Binder, who moved all in from the small blind. Danilo Velasevic called all in for his last 1,450,000 from the big blind and hands were revealed.
Danilo Velasevic: K♠2♠
Bernhard Binder: A♠2♦
Velasevic found himself dominated, and the 4♦Q♠3♣10♣7♣ runout offered him no help to be eliminated in seventh place.
Wesley Fei shoved for his last 875,000 from the hijack and was called by Xu Yang in the small blind to be put at risk.
Wesley Fei: 4♣4♥
Xu Yang: K♣K♦
Fei was crushed by Yang's kings, and the 2♠J♥J♠A♠9♥ runout ended Fei's roller-coaster Day 3 in eighth place.
Bernhard Binder shoved for his last 1,400,000 from the hijack and Roberto Perez called all in for his last 1,150,000 on the button. Everyone else folded and hands were tabled.
Roberto Perez: A♦10♥
Bernhard Binder: 4♦4♥
It was a race for Perez's tournament life, but the 6♥2♣J♠9♦8♥ runout failed to connect with him, eliminating Perez in ninth place.
| Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Xu Yang | United States | 8,100,000 | 41 |
| 2 | Gytis Lazauninkas | Lithuania | 4,400,000 | 22 |
| 3 | Bernhard Binder | Austria | 1,475,000 | 7 |
| 4 | Danilo Velasevic | Serbia | 7,050,000 | 35 |
| 5 | Roberto Perez | Spain | 1,525,000 | 8 |
| 6 | Isaac Haxton | United States | 5,125,000 | 26 |
| 7 | Wesley Fei | China | 6,825,000 | 34 |
| 8 | Ryuta Nakai | Japan | 8,025,000 | 40 |
| 9 | Nick Schulman | United States | 6,475,000 | 32 |
Gytis Lazauninkas shoved for 2,625,000 from the small blind and was snap-called by Danny Tang for his remaining 1,575,000 to put himself at risk.
Danny Tang: K♥K♣
Gytis Lazauninkas: 10♣7♣
It was rough timing from Lazauninkas, who found himself crushed by Tang's Cowboys.
The Q♥4♦7♠ flop gave Tang a bit of a sweat against Lazauninkas' pair of sevens and the 5♠ turn kept Tang in the lead.
However, the 7♦ struck lightning on the river — improving Lazauninkas to trip sevens to eliminate Tang one spot of the final table in dramatic fashion.
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