Dylan Wilkerson raised to 12,000 before the flop, and Dana Kellstrom defended his big blind.
The two men took a flop, and Kellstrom fired out into the pot with 15,000 chips of his own. Wilkerson called, and they both checked the turn. The river came the , and both players checked again.
"Ace," Kellstrom said, not sure if it was good. It wasn't. Wilkerson tabled to take the pot with two pair.
It wasn't a big pot, but it does move Wilkerson up over the half-million chip mark with 515,000 now.
Dylan Wilkerson opened to 12,000 from middle position, and Kwinsee Tran three-bet to 43,500 from the small blind. Wilkerson made the call, and it was heads up to the flop.
The dealer spread out , and Tran led out with 88,500 chips. After a minute of consideration, Wilkerson shoved all in for an additional 217,000 on top. That sent Tran spiraling deep into the tank, and it would be several long minutes before he made up his mind. When he finally did fold, he shot out of his chair to take a frustrated pace behind his chair.
Wilkerson is your chip leader after stacking that pot, sitting pretty with 485,000 in front of him while Tran falls to 215,000.
The remaining ten players have just been given their final redraw cards of the night. They're on the move right now, combining around Table 14 for the fight to the finish of Day 3. The new seating assignments will magically appear right here in a moment, and we'll play for one more knockout to set our official final table of nine before bagging up for the night.
Alejandro Garcia was all in before the flop for his last 90,000, and this time Kwinsee Tran wasn't folding. The big stack looked Garcia up, but the short stack was in good shape to double as the cards were on their backs:
Garcia:
Tran:
The flop made Garcia sweat as Tran picked up four more outs to the straight. He was looking for an eight or a nine...
Turn:
That'll do. The gutterball comes through on the turn for Tran, and now it's Garcia drawing dead to the four-out queens. The river was as blank as it gets, though, and the is the last card Garcia will see today. He rode the short stack admirably to climb into the money, but his run ends in 11th place.
Joe Parker was all in for 67,500 with the from the cutoff seat. Dwyte Pilgrim was on the button and called with the dominating .
The flop came down and Parker's chances grew really slim as Pilgrim picked up a commanding lead with a pair of aces.
The turn brought the , which did give Parker some outs to a broadway straight, but the on the river couldn't do it for him. He was eliminated, but not empty handed. Parker walked away with $19,653 in prize money and 100 points for the National Championship leader board.
Pilgrim moved to 430,000 in chips, which is good enough for the current chip lead.
Kwinsee Tran opened to 10,500 before Alejandro Garcia shoved his last 67,000 into the middle on a three-bet shove. Tran spent a couple long minutes in the tank, eventually asking if Garcia would show. He agreed to, and Tran reluctantly folded his .
Garcia flipped up , the second-best hand good enough to take down the uncontested pot.
From under the gun, Dylan Wilkerson raised to 10,500. Action folded to Miller Dao in the small blind and he reraised to 43,000. Kwinsee Tran got a count on the three-bet amount and then tanked for a couple minutes. Eventually, he folded, but didn't look like he really wanted to do so. Wilkerson folded right behind.
After the hand, Tran pulled his cards from the muck and turned over the to show what he laid down. "You ship, I snap-call!" said Tran, tabling the .
Here are how the counts look at the table after this hand.
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flop, and Kellstrom fired out into the pot with 15,000 chips of his own. Wilkerson called, and they both checked the 
turn. The river came the 
, and both players checked again.
to take the pot with two pair.
, and Tran led out with 88,500 chips. After a minute of consideration, Wilkerson shoved all in for an additional 217,000 on top. That sent Tran spiraling deep into the tank, and it would be several long minutes before he made up his mind. When he finally did fold, he shot out of his chair to take a frustrated pace behind his chair.
flop made Garcia sweat as Tran picked up four more outs to the straight. He was looking for an eight or a nine...
is the last card Garcia will see today. He rode the short stack admirably to climb into the money, but his run ends in 11th place.
from the cutoff seat. Dwyte Pilgrim was on the button and called with the dominating 
and Parker's chances grew really slim as Pilgrim picked up a commanding lead with a pair of aces.
, which did give Parker some outs to a broadway straight, but the 
on the river couldn't do it for him. He was eliminated, but not empty handed. Parker walked away with $19,653 in prize money and 100 points for the National Championship leader board.
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