On a board reading 
with 6,100 in the middle, Alexander Kostritsyn bet 12,000 from middle position.
His opponent in the cutoff called.
Kostritsyn pointed to the board and he tabled his 
. The cutoff revealed his 
, and the pot was chopped.
A player raised from middle position to 1,500 and Leon Tsoukernik called from late position. His left-hand neighbor, Jeremy Joseph, sat in position of both and three-bet to 7,000. Tsoukernik was the only caller and they went heads-up to the 
flop.
Tsoukernik check-called a bet of 7,000 to see the 
turn. He checked again and Joseph put all of his chips in the middle. The bet was 41,000 and Tsoukernik folded after a couple of seconds.
From the hijack, Nick Petrangelo raised to 1,200 and the small blind called.
The flop landed 
and the small blind checked. Petrangelo bet 1,000, and his opponent folded.
PokerNews' own Sasha Salinger opened with a raise in middle position to 1,200.
The player in the cutoff three-bet to 3,200, and after the blinds folded, Salinger called.
The flop landed 
, and Salinger checked to her opponent who bet 2,000. Salinger folded.
The by now infamous abandoned bowling alley at the Rio has claimed a second high-profile victim on Day 1c of the 2019 Main Event. After Phil Ivey struck out in the early stages, it was Brazilian star Felipe Ramos who had to part ways from the same room during the third level of the day.
"I lost two big hands during the first level of the day," Ramos told PokerNews. "Old gentleman to my left, very friendly, super nice guy, makes it 1,000, one player calls, I call 
from the big blind. Flop comes 
with two hearts. I check, he bets 3,000, other guy calls, I check-raise to 10,500, he calls, and then the other guy raises to 30,000!
I tank for five minutes and fold, other gentleman goes all in with 
and the third guy had ," Ramos explained how he got away relatively unscathed after flopping set under set.
Ramos then picked up 
on the button and raised to 500. An opponent made it 1,300 from the small blind and he called to see an all-heart 
flop appear. Ramos' opponent bet 2,300, Ramos raised to 6,000 and his opponent instantly shoved all in.
"I tank forever but I cannot fold this hand, even when it's Day 1 of the Main. I call and he shows the dream!" Ramon excitingly said about his opponent's 
, making him a 97% favorite to win the hand. However, the turn and river ran out 
and 
to improve his opponent to an unlikely boat and Ramos was left with 13,100 in level 1.
Short stacked, he continued for two more levels before losing his final chips with to and busted out of the Main Event early.
Craig Madsen, sitting under the gun, faced an all-in bet from a player in the big blind as they'd made it to the 
turn with 14,000 in the middle. The shove was worth 13,500 and Madsen tank-called, learning that his 
was dominated by . The 
didn't help Madsen who dropped to 19,000.
There was a raise to 1,200 and Dietrich Fast called from the hijack. Sharman Olshan shoved all in for her last 8,400 chips in the big blind. The initial raiser folded and Fast called to put Olshan at risk.
Sharman Olshan: 
Dietrich Fast: 
It was a coin flip and Sharman stayed in front on the flop of 
. The on the turn gave Olshan a full house and Fast bricked the 
on the river as he sent over a double up.
David "Bakes" Baker had opened the button and Javier Rodriguez three-bet to 4,500. Back on Baker and he four-bet to 12,300. Rodriguez wasn't done though and moved all in over the top and Baker promptly let it go.
Andrew Lichtenberger was seen having just bet 12,000 on the turn to fold out his opponent to collect a nice pot and get his stack above double starting stack.
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