Tam Ho jammed his last 183,000 chips in the middle from the hijack and Matthew Paplyk was in the big blind with a mountain of chips. He thought about it briefly and eventually called.
Tam Ho:
Matthew Paplyk:
The flop came and Ho remained ahead with queen-high. The turn was the to give Paplyk a straight draw. He stood up, looked at the board and said "Too many outs." The river was the and Paplyk said "Nope" as he paired his eight and raked in the pot while Ho hit the rail. "You running so good" said Ho on his way out.
Paplyk now sits on a monstrous stack, double the average at the moment.
We got to the table as Carlos Gerones put in a three-bet to 365,000 from the small blind following an open from Kevin Rivest on the button. Rivest called.
The flop came and Gerones decide to check. Rivest wasted no time and bet 290,000. Gerones thought for a full minute before deciding to check-raise to 1,100,000. Rivest thought for a few seconds but eventually folded.
Gerones has now extended his lead to 4.8 million in chips, more than double the stack he started with today.
Action folded to Patrick Braga in the cutoff and he made it 70,000 to go. Mingzhe Zhang was on the button and shoved for his last 255,000. Braga tanked for a few seconds and eventually called.
Zhang was at risk with , up against Braga's .
The board ran out and Zhang held on to double through.
A player in early position raised to 65,000 and got calls from Matthew Wilkins on the button, and both players in the blinds.
The flop came and all three players checked to the on the turn. The small blind checked and the big blind bet 137,000. The early-position player and Wilkins called while the small blind folded.
The river was the and the big blind led out for 285,000 this time. Wilkins snap-called and his opponent tabled for a pair of tens. Wilkins tabled for a straight to the nine and raked in the pot.
Day 3 is halfway through and the remaining 66 players have been rewarded with a 45-minute dinner break. A complimentary buffet has been provided as well. An updated leaderboard will be provided as soon as it becomes available.
and Ho remained ahead with queen-high. The turn was the 
to give Paplyk a straight draw. He stood up, looked at the board and said "Too many outs." The river was the 
and Paplyk said "Nope" as he paired his eight and raked in the pot while Ho hit the rail. "You running so good" said Ho on his way out.
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board fanned out and Chao raked in a much-needed double up.
and Gerones decide to check. Rivest wasted no time and bet 290,000. Gerones thought for a full minute before deciding to check-raise to 1,100,000. Rivest thought for a few seconds but eventually folded.
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and Zhang held on to double through.
and all three players checked to the 
on the turn. The small blind checked and the big blind bet 137,000. The early-position player and Wilkins called while the small blind folded.
for a pair of tens. Wilkins tabled 
for a straight to the nine and raked in the pot.
board sent Melanson to the rail in the sickest of fashions.
