The middle position player moved all in preflop for a little over 35,000 and Justin Allen on the button made the call while the rest of the table got out of the way.
Middle Position: 
Justin Allen: 
"These are supposed to be the ace crackers right," the middle position laughed nervously as he realized he was lightyears behind Allen.
The board ran out 
and Allen's aces held to eliminate his opponent and chip him up to 300,000.
Hustler Casino Live co-founder Nick "Nitucci" Vertucci was a quick exit on Day 3 after beginning the day with 95,000 chips.
Vertucci, according to brief hand history provided, was all in preflop with 
against his opponent's 
. He'd go on to lose the race for all of his chips and was eliminated from the Main Event.
Robert James opened to 5,500 from early position and was called by Mike Jacob and Aneris Adomkevicius from middle position and the big blind, respectively.
James continued for 10,000 on the 
flop and only Adomkevicius called. The 
turn and river checked through and James took down the pot with his 
, which was good for a pair of nines.
Koray Aldemir knows what it takes to take down the Main Event, he did it last year. You may not have shared a table with him, but we spent an orbit with the champ to give you a glimpse of the action.
Hand #1 (small blind): Action folded all the way to Aldemir. He raised it up to 9,500 from the small blind. Aaron Steury folded the big.
Hand #2 (button): Erikas Laugzemys raises to 5,500 from middle position. Roberto Bendeck three-bet to 15,000 from the cutoff, forcing Aldemir and everyone else to fold back to Laugzemys, who made the call.
The flop came 
. Bendeck bet 12,000 when checked to and Laugzemys made the fold.
Hand #3 (cutoff): Action folded to Roberto Bendeck in the hijack who raised it up to 6,000. Aldemir folded, as did the rest of the table.
Hand #4 (hijack): Aldemir folded, as did the rest of the table until DJ Buckley raised the button to 6,000. Jacob Connelly three-bet to 19,000 from the big blind and Buckley folded.
Hand #5 (middle position): Aldemir folded, as did everyone else until Eric Greenwood raised to 6,000 on the button. For the second hand in a row, Jacob Connely three-bet to 19,000. Greenwood called.
The flop was 
, Connely continued for 17,000 and Greenwood called.
Both players checked the 
turn. On the 
river, though, Connely led for 37,000, eliciting a fold from Greenwood.
Hand #6 (utg+2): Aldemir opened to 5,500. For the third hand in a row, Jacob Connely three-bet, this time to 17,000 from his button. Aldemir let it go preflop.
Hand #7 (utg+1): Roberto Bendeck raised to 6,000 from under the gun and the entire table folded.
Hand #8 (utg): Aldemir opened to 5,500 and only found one caller, Erikas Laugzemys on the button.
The flop came out 
. Aldemir thought for a bit before continuing for 5,000. Laugzemys wanted nothing to do with it and let his cards go.
Hand #9 (big blind): The entire table folded, giving Aldemir a walk in the big blind.
Bonus hand #10 (sb): Roberto Bendeck opened the button to 6,000. Aldemir three-bet from the small blind to 25,000. Bendeck folded to the champ.
Jimmy D'Ambrosio finished Day 2 with more than half a million and he's putting those chips to work early.
There was about 20,000 in on the 
and Austin Apicella had bet 14,000. D'Ambrosio answered with a raise to 35,000 and Sumner was in the tank.
D'Ambrosio and Apicella exchanged some table talk and then Apicell came over the top to 90,000.
"This one goes to you," said D'Ambrosio as he flashed a 
queen for at least top pair.
"You gonna show?" he asked. "I showed."
Apicella rolled over the king of spades and took down the pot.
D'Ambrosio still sits on a big stack early in the day.
Adam Levy has grabbed a double-up here on Day 3 of the Main Event holding 
against the 
of an opponent.
The board 
gave Levy a set and the "full dub" in his words.
Early full dub! Table chip lead at 270k somehow https://t.co/ePDBHqifPg
— Adam // roothlus.eth 🍌🧬💊 (@Roothlus)
Meanwhile, Brian Hastings has also chipped up with pocket jacks against ace-ten suited.
Doubled to 78k JJ>ATs, UTG snap called my 14.5bb reshove, guess all the scrapping paid off
— Brian Hastings (@brianchastings)
Action was picked up on the turn as the board read 
. The pot was a modest 15,500 but Jimmy D'Ambrosio led for 38,500 from the big blind. Zachary Zaffos called un early position.
The river came the 
. Both players checked it.
D'Ambrosio tabled the 
which Zaffos had beat with the 
.
"If the river wasn't a six I was ripping it in. You know that right?" said D'Ambrosio as Zaffos took in the pot.
Raul Manzanares three-bet in the small blind after a raise from Quentin Roussey and the latter decided to call.
The flop fanned 
and Manzanares continued for 11,000. Roussey took a minute and called again. On the turn, Manzanares checked and faced a bet worth 36,000 from Roussey. Manzanares ended up calling.
Both checked when the landed on the river and Manzanares tabled but only to see in Roussey's hand for top pair and conceded the pot to the French player.
In a three-bet pot to the 
flop, a raising war broke out between Jorge Rios and Todd Rebello with the former reraising to 39,000. Rebello then clicked it back to 75,000 only for Rios to tank and shove for 147,000 total. Rebello now needed some time to think about it as well before he reluctantly called.
Jorge Rios: 
Todd Rebello:
The 
turn and river were no threat for the Spaniard as Rios doubled, leaving Rebello short.
A player opened to 6,500 from under the gun and Chris Hunichen moved all in from one seat over. The cutoff then re-jammed their stack and action folded back around to the under the gun player, who made the call, covering both of his opponents.
Chris Hunichen:
Cutoff Player:
Under the Gun Player:
Hunichen had run straight into pocket rockets and would need a lot of help to survive. He could not find it on the 
runout, ending his main event early on Day 3.
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