From the cutoff seat, Jason Wheeler raised to 42,000. David Peters made the call from the big blind and the flop came down 
. Peters checked and Wheeler bet 42,000. Peters called.
The turn was the 
and both players checked to see the 
fall on the river. Peters bet 125,000 and Wheeler folded.
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Adria Balaguer raised from the button to open the pot, and Philippe Boucher three-bet shoved next door. It was about 240,000 total, and Balaguer couldn't have gotten his chips into the pot any quicker. He turned up 
, and Boucher's 
was in bad shape.
He was already drawing dead one card early, and the 
board has sent Boucher off in 15th place. He won a six-max PLO bracelet in Cannes last year, but bracelet number two will have to wait for now.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
890,000
315,000
|
315,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
||
Here are the counts from Table 445.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,470,000
195,000
|
195,000 |
|
|
890,000 | |
|
870,000
-130,000
|
-130,000 |
|
750,000 | |
|
||
|
655,000
65,000
|
65,000 |
|
445,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
||
|
305,000
-289,000
|
-289,000 |
From the cutoff seat, Patrick Smith raised to 45,000. Jason Wheeler reraised on the button to 131,000. In the small blind, Justin McGill reraised to 300,000. Everyone folded and McGill's four-bet got through.
Here are the counts from Table 451.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,040,000
375,000
|
375,000 |
|
|
||
|
975,000
280,000
|
280,000 |
|
845,000
-145,000
|
-145,000 |
|
|
||
|
800,000
-80,000
|
-80,000 |
|
|
||
|
800,000
-200,000
|
-200,000 |
|
390,000
72,000
|
72,000 |
|
210,000
-70,000
|
-70,000 |
Gary Burks opened to 45,000 on the button, and Aram Zerounian reraised all in from the big blind. It was about 200,000 total, and Burke snap-called with the covering stack.
"You got me good," Zerounian said as he rolled over his 
. Burks showed down , and his pair was never in trouble. The board ran out 
, and down goes Zerounian. He's out in 14th place, good for more than $25,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
640,000
250,000
|
250,000 |
|
|
Busted |
In a battle of the blinds, we joined the action on an 
flop. Kennii Nguyen was first to speak, and he made it 37,000 to go. Greg Ronaldson answered with a raise to 80,000, and Nguyen didn't waste much time shoving all in. Ronaldson took his pause to consider, then called off the last ~260,000 of his chips. The call was understandable when he tabled his hand, but it was quite a mistake in the end.
Showdown
Nguyen: 
Ronaldson:
Already drawing nearly dead, Ronaldson stood up to say his goodbyes. The turn and river came and 
to fill out the board, and we're down to 12 players.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,150,000
280,000
|
280,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Barry Schulman raised to 45,000 from the hijack and Eric Wasserson quickly moved all in for around 285,000 from the button. As the dealer began counting down Wasserson's stack, Gregg Wilkinson announced he was all in from the small blind, having Wasserson covered. Schulman shrugged as he released his hand, and Wasserson was at risk and in bad shape:
Wasserson:
Wilkinson: 
The dealer rolled out a 
flop, and suddenly Wasserson needed one of the two remaining nines to make a straight. That changed when the board paired with the on the turn, and Wasserson was unable to boat up on the river. He's on his way to the cashier to pick up $31,916 for his four days of work.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
660,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
|
Busted | |
|
|
||
We picked up the action on a 
flop, heads-up between Cliff Goldkind and Adria Balaguer. We're not sure what the preceding action was, but when we arrived, Goldkind had 176,000 chips out in front of him. It was either a bet or a check-raise, we're not sure which. In any event, Balaguer made the call.
The turn came the 
, and now Goldkind knocked the table. Balaguer took his cue to slide out a bet of 215,000, but Goldkind check-raised all in for 710,000 total. Snap-call, cards up.
Showdown
Goldkind: 
Balaguer: 
Balaguer had smashed his flush on the turn, but he needed to fade the rest of the diamonds to stay in front. The river was safe, the black 
, and that's the biggest pot we've seen this tournament. If it's not 2 million chips, it's awfully close. We'll mark Balaguer down for 1.95 million until he finishes stacking up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,950,000
1,060,000
|
1,060,000 |
|
|
450,000
-1,020,000
|
-1,020,000 |
We're two levels deep in this Day 3, and our 19-player field has been reduced to just 11 in that time. For their persistance, those remaining have been granted a 20-minute break.
We'll be back with a fresh round of chip counts in a moment.