Alexey Makarov got the last of his chips into the middle preflop and Jeremy Ausmus called.
Makarov: 
Ausmus: 
Board: 
Ausmus' monster hand held after the board fell and Makarov hit the rail at the end of the first level of Day 3.
Vladimir Shchemelev ended up all in with the 
against the 
of David Mezei and the board came 
to give Shchemelev running nines for trips.
Soon after, he knocked out Matthew Perry, who had his cards already mucked already as Shchemelev had the winning hand with 
in the big blind which made two pair on the 
board.
David Halpern busted shortly after from the same table to reduce the field to the last 40.
On a flop of 
, Antonios Rouggeris got it in with the 
for top two pair and Petko Tsakov had 
for top and bottom pair. The 
turn improved Tsakov to a full house and he jumped out of his seat with a "yesss" while the blank on the river was a formality.
Shortly after, Eddie Ochana was also sent to the rail and the early casualties continue to pile up as the field is already reduced to the last 42 hopefuls.
Mel Randolph was all in preflop and at risk against Will Jaffe.
Mel Randolph: 
Will Jaffe: 
Board: 
Despite hitting his queen on the flop, Randolph was unable to survive after Jaffe improved to the higher two pair on the river, and the latter moved up to 1,300,000.
Just moments later, Randolph was joined at the payout desk by Matt Perry.
Perry was all in preflop holding 
and up against Joel Feldman's .
The board fell 
, and Feldman hit a straight on the river to deny Perry the double up and signal the Englishman's elimination.
Sylvain Loosli was all in for 287,000 with the on the flop and Adam Hendrix looked him up with the 
.
The board completed with the 
turn and river to improve Loosli to a full house.
Despite this hiccup, Hendrix has started well into the day.
Daniel Fuhs got his stack in preflop along with Kyle Montgomery and Kevin Eyster with Montgomery as the shortest stack on 187,000.
Kyle Montgomery: 
Kevin Eyster: 
Daniel Fuhs:
The board came 
and Montgomery tripled up, while Eyster doubled through Fuhs to leave him with a mere 14,000. Those vanished shortly after to make Fuhs the latest casualty.
On a flop of 
, Tomas Ribeiro and Eoghen O'Dea checked and Andrey Razov bet 40,000 in the cutoff. Riberio check-raised to 200,000 and O'Dea pushed all in for 304,000. Razov reluctantly called and Ribeiro also came along to make it three ways.
Tomas Ribeiro:
Eoghan O'Dea:
Andrey Razov:
The turn and river run out ended Ribeiro's run and O'Dea essentially tripled up.
David Eldridge lost a big pot to Iaroslav Boiko before Vladimir Shchemelevcommitted his last 111,000 out of the small blind with Cong Pham making the call.
Vladimir Shchemelev:
Cong Pham:
The board came and Shchemelev doubled.
One table over, Kane Kalas limped the button and Kyle Montgomery raised to 80,000 in the small blind, Kalas came along. On the flop, Montgomery continued for 60,000 and picked up a call to see the turn. Montgomery checked and quickly folded to the shove of Kalas.
Luke Schwartz raised to 50,000 from under the gun and saw the button call before Matt Perry also called from the small blind.
With the action on Ka Kwan Lau in the big blind, he raised to 240,000 and only Perry called, leaving himself 140,000 behind.
"That's not the cards I was looking for" laughed Perry after seeing and checked.
Lau moved all in for 180,000, and Perry thought for close to 45 seconds before he opted to pass.
On a flop of , the remainder of the short stack of Jeffrey Landherr went into the middle with for a pair and a draw. Mohsin Virani was ahead with and Landherr bricked the turn and river run out to finish in 49th place.
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