There were two limpers for 2,000 and Gabriel Nassif moved all in for 8,100 out of the small blind. The first limper three-bet to 18,000 and that scared off the other opponent.
Opponent:
Nassif:
After the flop, the Frenchman had the straight but needed to stay clear of spades in order to avoid elimination. The river was a blank and he sat back down.
One player limped and Fabrice Soulier made it 6,000 to go, which was called only by the original limper. On the flop, the limper bet pot and Soulier put him all in for about 40,000 total.
Soulier:
Opponent:
Both the turn and the river failed to improve the hand of the opponent and Soulier increased his lead in the third level of play.
Layne Flack just came by the media table and told us about his elimination. "Two limpers preflop and I was in the big blind and checked with . The flop came rainbow, giving me the nut straight. I checked, one of the guys bet 3,000, I called and the third player folded. The turn was the , putting two hearts on the board. I checked, the other guy bet 4,000, I moved all in and he called. He had ."
Same hand as Flack's with the heart flush draw that would hit on the river to send Flack to the rail.
It was Scott Davies who fell to AP Phahurat and saw the latter climb into the top five chip counts early in the new level. Davies got it in with for top set on the flop and Phahurat held for aces with the nut flush draw. Another club showed up on the remaining two community cards and Davies was gone.
Adam Bilzerian raised to 5,000 and Fabrice Soulier three-bet to 17,000 from the button. Bilzerian four-bet pot and then called all in for what looked like 75,000 once the Frenchman put him all in.
Soulier:
Bilzerian:
The flop gave Bilzerian an open-ended straight draw, but he could not get there after the turn and the river.
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Martins Adeniya got into a raising war with an opponent and they both had their chips in the middle with the FullTilt Poker Pro at more than double the stack. The opponent was at risk for 31,700 with and Adeniya had . The board ran out and the stack of the Brit was pretty much halved.
Andrey Pateychuk raised to 4,000 and received three callers, including Michael Wang and the two players in the blinds. On the flop, Wang bet 8,500 and the blinds folded, Pateychuk check-called. The Russian then checked again on the turn and Wang bet 25,000 with 40,000 behind. Pateychuk put him all in and one of the biggest stacks at the start of the day seemingly had a tough decision before letting go of his cards.
flop, the Frenchman had the straight but needed to stay clear of spades in order to avoid elimination. The 
river was a blank and he sat back down.
flop, the limper bet pot and Soulier put him all in for about 40,000 total.
turn and the 
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rainbow, giving me the nut straight. I checked, one of the guys bet 3,000, I called and the third player folded. The turn was the 
, putting two hearts on the board. I checked, the other guy bet 4,000, I moved all in and he called. He had 
."
flop gave Bilzerian an open-ended straight draw, but he could not get there after the 
turn and Wang bet 25,000 with 40,000 behind. Pateychuk put him all in and one of the biggest stacks at the start of the day seemingly had a tough decision before letting go of his cards.
