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In a battle of the blinds, Rob Hollink raised pre-flop to 30,000 and was called by Cam McKinley. The rest of the chips went in on a flop of 
. McKinley made a set of kings, 
and was in the lead against Hollink's flush draw, 
. The turn and river came 
and 
to improve McKinely to an unnecessary straight. He doubled up to about 165,000.
Dan Heimiller probably didn't expect that his Day 3 in this event would conclude so swiftly. He played a hand against Perry Green, the second-place player to start the day. They two were heads-up to a flop of 
, with Green checking and then calling a bet of 70,000 from Heimiller.
The turn 
produced lots of drama when Green bet pot, which was enough to put the shorter-stacked Heimiller all in if he called. Heimiller tought that matter through for about two to three minutes before saying, "I've got to gamble," and putting his whole stack at risk with a call.
Heimiller: 
, a pair of eights and the nut spade draw
Green: 
, the nut low draw and the nut diamond draw
It turned out that Heimiller's hand was in the lead, but he'd need to dodge a boat-load of outs in order to scoop the pot. Heimiller's worst-case scenario was realized when a diamond, 
, hit the river to give Green the nut flush. Heimiller was out of board cards and thus is out of chips. He leaves in 19th place.
We're now re-drawing to two tables.
Before they'd had time to break a table following the exit of Dan Heimiller, a ridiculous pot nigh-on exploded at one of the other tables.
It looked as though Allen Kessler, Jeremy Harkin and Felix "RiverMe" Gubitz had put in 65,000 apiece preflop. Kessler got his last 27,000 in blind on the flop - and the other two followed suit.
Three-way all-in showdown!
Kessler: 
Harkin: 
Gubitz: 
Board: 
Harkin made a straight, and it was good enough to scoop the whole pot. Kessler busted, Gubitz was left with 13,000 or around one big blind, and although Harkin was still stacking his chips so we can't be certain, it looked as though he was chip leader on around 500,000.
Orange 336
Seat 1: Andy Black
Seat 2: Chris Bell
Seat 3: Rob Hollink
Seat 4: Dan Shak
Seat 5: Joe Ritzie
Seat 6: --empty--
Seat 7: Felix Gubitz
Seat 8: Perry Green
Seat 9: Sergey Altbregin
Orange 337
Seat 1: Dave Ulliott
Seat 2: Erik Seidel
Seat 3: John Cernuto
Seat 4: Jeremy Harkin
Seat 5: Cam McKinley
Seat 6: Leif Force
Seat 7: David Hunt
Seat 8: Joe Ritzie
Seat 9: Nathan Wiesner
David Hunt shoved in early position and Jeremy Harkin called in the big blind. All in and call, as they say.
Hunt: 
Harkin: 
Board: ("Ooh, I like that hand," said Harkin looking over at Hunt's cards) 
Hunt scooped and doubled up to 56,000.
Yesterday Felix Gubitz went running out of the room when he was all in. Today he actually stayed at the table but started packing his things. He was all in for 10,000 from under the gun and was called by Sergei Altbregin, Chris Bell, and small blind Dan Shak. Big blind David Nowakowski checked his option.
Action checked to Bell on a flop of 
. He bet 20,000 and was called by all live opponents except for Shak. When the turn came , Altbregin took the lead with a bet of 110,000. Bell and Nowakowski quickly folded, allowing Altbregin to open for the nut straight. Gubitz had four low cards in his hand and was drawing dead. He'll collect $14,455 for a 17th-place finish.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
725,000
285,000
|
285,000 |
|
||
|
545,000
59,000
|
59,000 |
|
440,000
-60,000
|
-60,000 |
|
||
|
420,000
90,000
|
90,000 |
|
|
||
|
320,000
155,000
|
155,000 |
|
235,000
-100,000
|
-100,000 |
|
|
210,000
-50,000
|
-50,000 |
|
|
150,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
115,000
-135,000
|
-135,000 |
|
|
||
|
75,000
-20,000
|
-20,000 |
|
|
||
|
73,000
-27,000
|
-27,000 |
|
56,000
-11,000
|
-11,000 |
|
45,000
-20,000
|
-20,000 |
|
||
|
|
Busted | |
Joe Ritzie was all in on the flop, and scooped the pot to double to 300,000. Cameron McKinley was left with 200,000.
Ritzie:
McKinley:
Board: 
David Hunt, down to 45,000, opened with a pot-sized raise to 35,000. The next player to act was former Main Event final tablist Perry Green, who re-raised pot to 120,000. The rest of the table got the message and folded. Hunt put his last 10,000 into the pot quite sure that he was behind. He was right. His was looking for lots of low cards against Green's .
"That's no good," said Hunt upon seeing a flop of 
. The turn gave him some faint hope of rivering a chop, but it wasn't to be. The river paired the board and gave Green the best high hand with aces and sevens. With no low on board, Hunt immediately answered the phone and gave the person on the other end the bad news.
Erik Seidel, down to just 28,000, open-shoved shoved from the button. Small blind "Miami" John Cernuto reshoved, the big blind folded, and they were on their backs.
Cernuto:
Seidel: 
Board:
The two of them chopped the high, and Seidel's 
took the whole of the low, meaning that he was up to 49,000 at the end of the hand and Cernuto was down to 45,000. That's still less than five big blinds apiece.
