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Justin Pechie opened to 2,300 with the button and Paul Wasicka defended his big blind. The flop fell 
and Wasicka checked to Pechie who continued for 2,700. Wasicka check-raised to 7,600, Pechie moved all in for 22,700 and Wasicka called.
Showdown
Pechie: 
Wasicka 
The 
smacked on the turn giving Wasicka a better flush, and after the 
bricked on the river, Pechie was eliminated.
Wasicka is off to a nice start, and now sits with 56,000 chips.
David Ritter was just all in for his last 1,300 and got called by Philipp Mohr. Ritter held 
and Mohr 
.
The flop came a devilish (for Ritter) 
, giving Mohr the straight. The turn was the 
and river the 
, and Ritter quickly left the scene.
There aren't too many notables here in the orange section, but we did spot a few recognizable faces with the likes of Marc Naalden, Juha Helppi, Evelyn Ng (woot woot!), Barny Boatman, Adam Lunglen and double bracelet winner Jesper Hougaard (yes, I am including WSOPE) all mustard keen to make it through the day.
Perhaps the most interesting clash will come on the feature table where Vanessa Rousso faces Jake Cody, a name few Americans will have heard of, but one that grew to prominence in the UK recently after a victory in last year's Deauville EPT.
Alexander Kostritsyn is off to s strong start on day three after recently eliminating a short-stacked opponent.
Facing a raise to 3,000 from middle position, Kostritsyn made it 8,100 to go from the cutoff. The table folded around to the original raiser who moved all in for around 25,000, with Kostritsyn insta-calling.
Kostritsyn: 
Opponent: 
The board bricked out 
and Kostritsyn sends one to the rail to move up to 240,000.
Ryan Young was just involved in a minor skirmish with a short-stacked Ali Sarkeshik who was all in for his last 11,000 preflop.
Sarkeshik held 
and Young 
. The board ran out 
, and Sarkeshik survived. Young still has a healthy stack of 200,000 chips after that one.
"So you're basically free-rolling right?" asked a player in the direction of Frank Kassela.
"Well . . . not really . . . they still have an out!" responded Kassela.
Kassela and his table were obviously discussing the exact nature of how the 2010 WSOP Player of the Year standing were currently sitting.
"If [Michael] Mizrachi or Dan [while pointing towards Dan Heimiller on an adjacent table] come first, then they will win."
"But if I min-cash then Mizrachi can only tie," continued Kassela as the next hand began.
Kassela isn't in the worst shape at the moment as he began the day with 127,000, and has only lost a few chips to blinds and antes at the moment.
We caught the action on the flop as Jason Cole was leading out with a bet of 5,000. The board showed 
, and Johnny Chan thought that was worth a raise to 12,000 straight. Cole moved all in for 28,400 with , and Chan made the call, his well out in front and poised for the knockout.
The turn 
and river did nothing to help Cole's plight, and he's going to have the rest of the day off. Chan is now back in front of the field with 390,000 chips.
Up on the orange section feature table, Robert Lang got his last in with 
- and was woefully behind the 
in the hands of Vanessa Rousso.
Rousso looked cheerful indeed as the hands were turned over, but her smile faded somewhat as a third queen dropped on the flop to ship Lang the fortunate double up.
Lang doubled to around 80,000. Rousso dropped to around 40,000.
Jim Bechtel, who won the Main Event back in 1993, was all in preflop with against the 
of Carter Phillips. The board ran out 
, giving Phillips the straight and the win. He is now up to around 400,000 while Bechtel was eliminated from the tournament.
Alex Jacob moved all in from the small blind to cover the gentleman in the big blind, who duly called all in for his last 15,000 or so.
Jacob:
Big Blind Shortie:
Board:
The big blind's short stack was absorbed by Jacobs' and increased to 83,000. The big blind himself hit the rail.
