The board read and there was around 33,000 in the middle already. Jake Schindler had bet 24,000 from the small blind and Kaylen Lebaron raised to 80,000. Schindler looked at Lebaron and called.
The completed the board on the river and they both checked. Schindler tabled and that was enough to make Lebaron muck his hand.
All remaining hopefuls are now in the Amazon room and the action has recommenced with 1,204 players still in contention. Only the top 1,182 will receive a portion of the prize pool and Day 3 will conclude at the end of the current level, or if the bubble hasn't burst by then, once the min-cash of $15,000 is locked up.
Among the new faces in the Amazon Tan section is Aditya Agarwal with an above-average stack.
With around 56 minutes left on the clock, the dealers were instructed to finish the current hand and hold up. The next announcement by the floor staff was an unscheduled break to verify the number of remaining players and prepare for the upcoming bubble period. Cards will be back in the air at 10:47 p.m. local time, after a break of 15 minutes.
As it stands, there are currently 1,204 players remaining halfway through the level.
Frank Flowers opened large to 35,000 from under the gun and Andrew Graham three-bet to 100,000 from the cutoff. The big blind thought for a minute but elected to fold and Flowers made up for lost time by making a quick call.
The flop came and both players checked through to the on the turn and the on the river. Two more checks and Flowers turned over while Graham held to win the pot.
With a raise to 12,000 and a call before him, Shannon Shorr three-bet to 44,000 from the cutoff. The initial raiser folded, but the player in the hijack called to see a flop of .
The player in the hijack led for 50,000, Shorr raised to 130,000, and his opponent folded.
Jason Sell moved all in under the gun for 49,000. Frankie Flowers on the cutoff reshoved for 1,200,000. The big blind called, putting at risk his stack of 600,000.
Jason Sell:
Frankie Flowers:
Opponent:
The board ran and Sell made quads to triple up, with Flowers raking in a huge side pot to take the overall chip lead, eliminating the player in the big blind.