Kevin Meyers shoved his last 230,000 from early position, he was called by Ross Lantzy in the small blind.
Kevin Meyers: 
Ross Lantzy: 
The board came 
, bringing no help to the man known as "Big Kev", and sending him to the rail early in the day.
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Noam Muallem opened from the cutoff for 40,000 and Paul Radford moved his final 190,000 into the middle from the small blind.
Valdemar Kwaysser, from the big blind, threw in a raise of 400,000 and got Muallem out of the pot.
Paul Radford: 
Valdemar Kwaysser: 
Kwaysser had Radford dominated and, if that wasn't bad enough, Muallem announced that he also had 
.
The flop came 
to give Radford an unlikely open-ended straight draw.
The turn brought the , giving Radford no extra hope of survival.
The river was the 
and Radford himself yelled "Payout!" to signify his elimination from the tournament.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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1,230,000 | 285,000 |
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1,200,000 | -35,000 |
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Neal Liptak opened under the gun for 50,000 and Dylan Cechowski called from the seat to his left. Vito DiStefano shoved all in for his final 405,000 from middle position and it folded around to Liptak, who also folded. However, Cechowski called off with his stack in excess of two million.
Vito DiStefano:
Dylan Cechowski: 
As luck would have it, they both had the same hand. However, DiStefano was freerolling on a flush draw after the 
flop.
As if DiStefano was at a craps table, he repeatedly called for his diamond: "Come on diamonds! Come on diamonds!"
Sure enough, the 
popped up on the turn and he let out a full roar that the rest of the Bally's ballroom could surely hear.
The completed the board and DiStefano took his stack from 405,000 to 910,000 on the very first hand of the day.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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1,645,000 | -405,000 |
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910,000 | 505,000 |
Day 3 has begun! Cards are now in the air.
Level: 21
Blinds: 10,000/20,000
Ante: 20,000
There are still 319 players in the running to take down the first-place prize of $535,610 and the World Series of Poker gold bracelet in the charity tournament Event #71: $1,111 One More For One Drop No-Limit Hold'em.
The One Drop Foundation is dedicated to providing clean water to those in need and over the course of the partnership with the WSOP they have raised more than $25 million dollars.
There were a total of 5,702 entries for this event, generating a prize pool of $5,074,891. The 319 survivors will return for Day 3 at 12 noon local time. Play will continue for another 10 levels of 60-minutes each before bagging up for the night. The blinds will begin at 10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 big blind ante. Those who find a bag today will return on Tuesday, July 12, at noon for Day 4 when they will play down to the final five players, or close to it.
Bagging up the lead last night was Jorge Walker (3,665,000), but it’s Andrew Moreno (2,470,000) in second, who has been on an absolute tear in the past year.
Moreno, the brother of popular poker vlogger Johnnie “Vibes” Moreno, just took home a second-place finish at the Wynn $3,500 NL Championships two weeks ago for nearly half a million dollars. He also won the $10,000 at the Wynn last June for another $1,460,000. He has other recent wins on his tournament resume as well and will be a big name to watch on Day 3.
Ryan Riess (2,110,000), the 2013 Main Event champ, also finds himself in the top ten. Another Main Event champ, Chris Moneymaker (1,550,000) is also still alive, as is Brazillian pro and two-time bracelet winner Joao Simao (2,075,000).
Follow all the action right here as the PokerNews will see this through to a winner, as well as our continuing coverage of the 2022 WSOP from Bally’s and Paris Las Vegas.
Event #71: $1,111 One More for One Drop
Day 3 Started
