Eric Blair Eliminated in 16th Place ($9,801)

John McNabola opened from the cutoff seat with a 3x raise to 60,000, and Stephen Dare called the raise from a seat over. It then folded to Eric Blair in the big blind who reraised all in for 245,000 total, and McNabola didn't hesitate very long before saying he was calling the shove. Dare then thought a while before letting his hand go.

Blair:
McNabola:

The flop came , giving both players straight draws, then the arrived on the turn. Only a jack could save Blair, and his opponent already had two of them. The river then brought the and Blair is the first Day 3 elimination.

"You just knocked out a very tough player," said Kevin Saul to McNabola afterwards, thanking him for doing so. Meanwhile, with that hand McNabola pushes into first position with 15 players left.