Sebastian Roy opened to 65,000 preflop and Harald Olsen moved in for 250,000 more. Roy looked displeased but made call with 
. Olsen turned over 
and pipped Olsen on a 
board making a full house to Olsen's rivered straight.
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690,000 | -230,000 | |||
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640,000 | 240,000 |
We just got the official word from the staff that play will not stop when we hit the final table; rather, we will play out a full ten levels today before players call it a day. With only five levels to go and 13 players remaining it is highly unlikely we will see our champion emerge today. Only time will tell how many players will survive to make the official Day 4 so stay tuned!
Aaron Overton raised to 50,000 from the button and Terrance Eischens (who had Overton covered) went all in from the big blind. Overton called putting his tournament life at risk.
Overton: 
Eischens: 
The board ran out 
and Eischens' fours held to send Overton to the rail.
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1,280,000 | 590,000 | |||
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Busted |
The now short-stacked Terrance Eischens moved all in from the cutoff and Sebastien Roy made the call from the button.
Eischens:
Roy: 
The board was 
, the flop giving Eischens trip nines to double himself back into this contest.
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920,000 | -46,000 | |||
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690,000 | 460,000 |
Joshua Evans raised to 52,000 from the button and was called by Harald Olsen from the big blind. The flop came 
and Olsen check-called a bet of 79,000 from Evans. The turn brought the and Olsen again check-called a bet from Evans, this time for 148,000. When the 
hit on the river, Evans got the remainder of his chips in the pot and showed the 
for nines full of eights while Olsen mucked his hand.
After the dust had settled, Evans stack rocketed up to 1,350,000 while Olsen was left with 400,000.
Stanislav Alekhin just doubled up to about 800,000 after he was all in preflop with against Terrance Eischens' 
and the board coming 
to keep the Russian in the event.
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800,000 | |||
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230,000 | -556,000 |
After taking his chipstack on a bit of a rollercoaster ride, Jason Bigelow made his last stand by going all in with the 
against Dror Michaelo's 
. The board ran out with no assistance to Bigelow and he was eliminated in 15th place.
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Busted |
Jason Bigelow has doubled his microstack through Warren Wooldridge, Bigelow pushed UTG for 98,000 and Wooldridge reshoved in the small blind with . Bigelow turned over 
and managed to spike on the 
board to survive and move back over 200,000.
Players aren't throwing their chips around as lightly as they did earlier in the day. As the final table approaches it seems they are being more cautious and less willing to take big risks. Most pots seem to be won by a simple raise or three-bet.