Brian Meinders opened for 10,000 from early position and he was called by the player in the cutoff seat. Directly behind him, Shaun Deeb paused and then pushed out a raise to 33,500. Everyone folded rather quickly and Deeb scooped the pot.
"Show one time," a tablemate said to Deeb.
"I had it," Deeb replied. He then threw his hand into the muck face down.
Action folded around to Nicholas Carrillo who raised to 10,000 from the button. Justin Oliver moved all in for 47,000 from the next seat over. Carrillo called and the hands were tabled.
Carrillo:
Oliver:
Carrillo retained his lead on the flop but fell behind when Oliver paired up on the turn. The board completed with the on the river and Oliver was able to score a double up.
Daniel Rudd has just overtaken and Ben Alcober and AJ Jejelowo for the chip lead for the time being.
We caught up to the action on the river, but Rudd was kind enough to fill us in on the details. He opened to 8,500 in early position and was called by two players before a third player re-raised to 24,500 from the small blind. Rudd called, as did the other two players, landing an flop.
The three-bettor bet 67,000, Rudd called, and the other two opponents folded. The turn fell the where the bet was 101,000 to Rudd. He called, landing the on the river. This time, Rudd's opponent fired 167,000. Wasting little time, Rudd re-raised all in for an additional 97,000. After a few moments his opponent called and Rudd tabled . His opponent tabled a weaker ace, , shipping the nearly seven-figure pot Rudd's way.
We caught up with the action on the turn with a board reading .
Daniel Negreanu was heads-up against another player and fired a bet from the big blind. His opponent then moved all in from late position and Negreanu called off his remaining stack to put himself at risk.
Negreanu: for a flopped straight.
Opponent: for a pair of queens.
As it turned out, Negreanu wasn't really at "risk" at all as he had his opponent drawing dead. A meaningless landed on the river and Negreanu doubled through back to 150,000.
Down in the ESPN mothership, we found actor Kevin Pollak raise the action to 9,000. He received one call from Lance Keating in the small blind and the two were heads up to see a flop of .
Keating checked to the raiser and Pollak tossed out a continuation bet of 11,000. Keating called and the fell on fourth street. Keating checked once again and Pollak fired another bullet. This time the magic number was 16,000.
Keating folded his hand and Pollak showed to the table for top two pair. Pollak has been slowly grinding up his stack since he's been at the feature table, and due to the several small pots that he has been able to take down, he's currently sitting on a stack of 288,000.
Dan Harrington had Evan Jarvis all in and at risk preflop moments ago. Harrington's was racing against the of Jarvis, and the board ran out , doubling Jarvis to 160,000.
John Juanda has had an up-and-down Day 3, but appears to have evened out here as the final level plays out after having chipped up to an above average stack.
Just now the five-time bracelet winner was involved in a hand in which a player limped in from under the gun, then Juanda raised to 13,500 behind him. It folded around, Juanda's opponent called, and the flop came . Juanda's opponent checked, he bet 21,500, and the UTG player called. Both players then checked after the turn brought the .
The river was the . Juanda's opponent checked once more, and Juanda bet 35,000, getting one more call. Juanda turned over for tens and fours, and his opponent mucked.
Anthony Guetti and Michael Ferrell have been going back and forth in big pots against each other for the last hour, and Guetti just doubled up to take this round of the bout.
We caught up with the action on a flop of . Guetti checked to Ferrell, who fired out 16,000. Liv Boeree was next to act, and she made the call. Guetti was next to act, and he moved all in for 129,000. Ferrell tanked for about 90 seconds, before calling, and Boeree simply shrugged her shoulders before folding what she later said was tens.
Guetti:
Ferrell:
Guetti had the lead with top two pair, but Ferrell was drawing very live. The on the turn didn't help much, and Ferrell was looking for a king, seven, six, three, or two to secure the hand. The river brought none of those, as the peeled off.
Guetti doubled up to 315,000, while Ferrell dropped to 735,000.
A player on the button raised to 12,500, and Antonio Esfandiari reraised to 26,000 from the big blind. His opponent responded with an all-in shove for 124,000, and Esfandiari called.
Esfandiari showed and was hoping his hand would hold versus his opponent's . The community cards came , and another player hits the rail as the field size shrinks toward 800 players.
Esfandiari has been up and down of late, but now sits with nearly a half million chips.
flop but fell behind when Oliver paired up on the 
turn. The board completed with the 
on the river and Oliver was able to score a double up.
flop.
where the bet was 101,000 to Rudd. He called, landing the 
on the river. This time, Rudd's opponent fired 167,000. Wasting little time, Rudd re-raised all in for an additional 97,000. After a few moments his opponent called and Rudd tabled 
. His opponent tabled a weaker ace, 
, shipping the nearly seven-figure pot Rudd's way.
.
for a pair of queens.
fell on fourth street. Keating checked once again and Pollak fired another bullet. This time the magic number was 16,000.
to the table for top two pair. Pollak has been slowly grinding up his stack since he's been at the feature table, and due to the several small pots that he has been able to take down, he's currently sitting on a stack of 288,000.
of Jarvis, and the board ran out 
. Juanda's opponent checked, he bet 21,500, and the UTG player called. Both players then checked after the turn brought the 
. Juanda's opponent checked once more, and Juanda bet 35,000, getting one more call. Juanda turned over 
for tens and fours, and his opponent mucked.
. The community cards came 
