Jon Hair, who had been nursing a short stack for quite some time, was under the gun and all in with against Mike Minetti's .
Hair's best bet was to catch an ace, but that didn't happen on the flop. He did pick up a straight draw however. The on the turn left Hair looking for an ace or duece on the river.
The dealer burned and flipped over the . Minetti won the hand and increased his stack to 860,000. Hair was eliminated from the tournament in seventeenth place and will take home $17,475.
Daniel Camillo was in middle position and raised to 70,000. Thomas Scott made the call from the cutoff and the two saw a flop of .
Camillo bet 200,000 and Scott made the call. When the hit the turn, Camillo moved all in and Scott called for his remaining 190,000.
Camillo showed and had paired his duece on the turn. Scott was behind with the and couldn't improve when the came on the river. Camillo increased his stack to around 1.3 million while Scott was eliminated from the tournament in sixteenth place ($17,475).
Harold Angle moved all in for 432,000 and was called by Jeanne Nelson in the cutoff. Angle showed but was way behind Nelson's .
The on the flop made things interesting, giving Angle a club flush draw. The on the turn changed nothing, but the on the river gave Angle the said flush and allowed him to crack Nelson's pocket rockets.
Angle is up to 915,000 while Nelson took a hit down to 180,000.
On a flop of , Bruce Peterson bluffed all in with the . Unfortunately for him, he was called by Mike Minetti who held .
Peterson was drawing to running straight cards but the on the turn slammed the door shut on that. When the was put out on the river, Peterson was eliminated from the tournament in fifteenth place ($22,085). Minetti is up to 1.08 million.
Tom Schneider moved all in from the cutoff for 123,000 and was called by Jeanne Nelson from the button. The blinds folded and the two players revealed their cards:
Nelson:
Schneider:
The flop gave Schneider the lead and he was in good shape to double up. That ended quickly when the hit the turn, giving Nelson a straight and leaving Schneider drawing dead. The was put out on the river and Schneider, the last big name in the field, was eliminated from the tournament in fourteenth place.
The action was fast and furious during the first two levels of Day 3, losing ten players in just two hours. Players are now on their first 20 minute break.
Players have returned from their break and the cards are back in the air. It'll be interesting to see if action remains as fierce as it was in the first two levels.
John Woo was in the cutoff and raised to 75,000. John Wrona, who was in the small blind, made the call and the two saw a flop of .
Wrona moved all in for around 260,000 and Woo called. Wrona had flopped top pair with the but was still behind Woo's . The on the turn and on the river didn't help Wrona and he was eliminated in thirteenth place ($22,085). Meanwhile, Woo is up to 1.3 million.
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