Aaron Massey was spotted getting up from his chair while Michael Marder's 
were still visible.
A bit earlier, Daniel Sepiol had also taken his leave as there are now 66 players left in the field.
Shawn Moore was all in for his last 35,000 from under the gun and the action folded to Florian Duta in the big blind who made the call.
Shawn Moore: 
Florian Duta: 
The flop came 
for Moore to pick up the draw to a wheel but Duta had the flush draw.
"A five but not the hearts," Moore requested.
The turn was the 
which kept Moore ahead with the higher kicker but the river completed the board with the 
for him to hit his wheel but for Duta to also hit the flush to bust Moore.
Qing Liu bet 55,000 in middle position, only to be raised another 100,000 by Alexandros Theologis on the button. Liu went all in and Theologis called.
Qing Liu: 
Alexandros Theologis: 
They were flipping, and after the flop of 
, Theologis' two pair with pocket jacks was still best.
An kept him safe, especially with more backdoor outs he didn't need.
It would be the that gave Liu a brief moment of excitement, but it was his paired ace that also made Theologis a flush and Liu was eliminated.
Chi Chen looked to have raised from the cutoff for JJ Liu to three-bet shove for 225,000 from the small blind. The big blind got out of their way and Chen called.
JJ Liu:
Chi Chen: 
The board ran out 
for Liu to hold with the higher pocket pair for the better two pair to double up.
With 75 players in their seats, the dealers have been instructed to shuffle up and deal.
Level: 21
Blinds: 10,000/20,000
Ante: 20,000
The 2022 World Series of Poker at Bally's and Paris Las Vegas is very excited for the start of Day 3 of Event #16: $3,000 No-Limit Hold’em. The field is so full of notable players, that even Jeff Platt may have to commentate on himself if he reaches the final table. The popular announcer has bagged the last two days of the tournament, and returns for Day 3 with more than 40 big blinds (790,000).
He will be joined by players outside of the top ten like JJ Liu (245,000) and Kitty Kuo (650,000), and everybody will be after the first place prize of $558,616 and the elusive gold bracelet.
The field of 1,240 entries created a prize pool of $2,469,750 and of those, only 75 remain and everyone is in the money, guaranteed at least $7,660. Today the action will begin at 12 p.m. local time with Level 21 and blinds of 10,000/20,000 with 20,000 big blind ante. Levels are 60-minutes long and players will get a 15-minute break after every two. Dinner break will come about 6:30 p.m. after Level 26 and play will continue tonight until only five remain. Those five will return for Day 4 at a time yet to be determined, on Saturday, June 11th, for a feature-table finale.
Below are the top ten in chips to start the day, but with a field so filled with big names and crushers, don't count anyone out of the running yet.
| Place | Player | Country | Chips | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alex Foxen | United States | 2,070,000 | 103 |
| 2 | Niall Farrell | United Kingdom | 1,610,000 | 80 |
| 3 | Michael Marder | United States | 1,595,000 | 80 |
| 4 | Stefan Lehner | Austria | 1,395,000 | 70 |
| 5 | Arnaud Enselme | France | 1,350,000 | 67 |
| 6 | David Miscikowski | United States | 1,315,000 | 66 |
| 7 | Lander Lijo | Spain | 1,175,000 | 59 |
| 8 | Adrian Mateos | Spain | 1,165,000 | 58 |
| 9 | Tyler Hirschfeld | United States | 1,130,000 | 56 |
| 10 | Toby Boas | United States | 1,105,000 | 55 |
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Event #16: $3,000 No-Limit Hold'em
Day 3 Started
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