Baitai Li opened preflop, three-bet to 180,000 by Truyen Nguyen. Back to Li, who moved in for around 400,000 - there was no count as Nguyen called without needing it - he held , and Li's found no help from the board.

A dramatic decline in fortune in the first half of Day 3 saw the two-day chip leader hit the rail in 14th place.