Defending Champ Heinz Out
2011 WSOP Main Event champion Pius Heinz entered Day 3 with a short stack of just 36,300, and within the first half-hour hadn't improved too much on his status before committing his remaining chips before the flop with 
.
Unfortunately for Heinz, he found himself up against Gioang Nguyen's 
, and when the board brought to improvement for Heinz, the young German became one of the early Day 3 eliminations.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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Busted |
flop showing and a big pot building between Ari Engel and Neil Lusher. Engel was on the button and at this point both players were committing a bet of 17,000 and the dealer was flipping over a 
turn. Lusher led for 25,000 here and Angel thought for a long time before making the call.
. That was enough to pick up the handy pot, with Lusher sending his cards into the muck.
, and when Selbst checked, Lamb continued for 3,200. Selbst thought a bit, then called.
. This time Selbst waited several seconds before acting, Lamb staring at her unblinkingly as she did. She finally carved out a bet of 9,200, and Lamb tanked for a while before calling.
. Selbst paused again, then pushed out a bet of 13,600. Lamb meditated for about a minute, then raised to 46,200. Selbst then took about two minutes before pushing out a reraise for 104,000 more.
and Seed doubled up his shortish stack.
when a player playing from the small blind bet 6,100, then Mark Demirdjian called from a seat over. Demirdjian is one of the big stacks at present, having pushed over the half-million chip mark during the early going here on Day 3.
and a check from Demirdjian's opponent, to which he responded with a bet of 11,300. The call came quickly, with the small blind showing 
, and lost the small pot.
, and Schafer checked again. Bucaric tossed out 13,700, Polychronopoulos folded, and Schafer called.
for sevens and fives, but Schafer had him beat with 
flop, bringing about the 
turn. At that points, Seed checked, Dozier bet 6,000, and Croak called. Seed then woke up with a check-raise to 26,000, Dozier got out of the way, and Croak called once again. Both players then checked the 
river and Croak said, "Jack," before showing 
.
, after which Yang's opponent bet 10,000. Yang called once more.
