Action was picked up on the river. Players were heads up, the board read 3♣4♦J♣Q♥9♠ and there was about 110,000 in the pot. Brandon Shack-Harris had checked and Lander Lijo had moved all in for approximately 115,000, sending Shack-Harris into the tank.
After a couple minutes Shack-Harris put in the call only to be shown the bad news when Lijo tabled J♥J♦ for a set of jacks to secure a full double up.
Renan Aziz raised to 9,000 from the cutoff and was called by both the button and small blind Ryan Garcia before an opponent in the big blind moved all in for 110,000. Aziz called while the other two players got out of the way.
All-In Player: Q♥Q♠
Renan Aziz: A♥A♠
Aziz had woken up with aces and left his opponent drawing nearly dead following the 8♦A♦2♣ flop as he had top set. The board ran out 7♦2♠ and Aziz sent his opponent to the rail and his stack up to 800,000.
Randy Ohel, under the gun, moved all in. Action folded around to Bogdan Munteanu who called from the big blind, and the cards were turned over.
Randy Ohel: K♦8♥
Bogdan Munteanu: 9♣9♥
Ohel would need help, but the Q♣3♦2♥5♠A♥ provided none as he exited the tournament area.
Aiki Yoshida raised from the button to 8,000, finding Jason Somerville in the big blind who called.
The flop of 8♠J♠5♥ checked through to the J♣ on the turn. Somerville took the lead for 11,000 and Yoshida called.
The river came the 5♠ and Somerville bet again; this time for 40,000. Yoshida didn't take long in making the call.
Jason Somerville: 9♦7♥
Aiki Yoshida: K♥10♠
Yoshida correctly called down with just king-high.
"You know it's a good hand when it gets a write up" Sommerville said to Yoshida as he raked in the pot.
Former chip leader Julio Belluscio got involved in another pot on Day 3 of the Main Event. A board of 5♣9♦2♠2♦ was fanned out, with around 55,000 chips in the middle.
Belluscio checked from the big blind after which Michael Tweedlie made an overbet of 80,000 from early position. A third player quickly got out of the way before Belluscio confirmed the amount and made the call.
The Q♥ river then fell and Belluscio checked to Tweedlie. Tweedlie would make another massive bet when he shoved all in for 329,500 chips, a stack worth more than the current average.
Belluscio went over his options for a few minutes before ultimately sticking in the call. Tweedlie showed down 5♥5♦ for fives full of deuces, and Belluscio was forced to show his Q♠9♣ for two pair.
Belluscio had over one million not too long ago, but now is playing a stack worth just over 100,000 chips in the third level of Day 3.
Pei Li opened to 8,000 from the hijack and was three-bet to 26,000 by Justin Shelton on the button. Action folded back around to Li, who wasted no time cutting out a four-bet to 81,000 and placing it in the middle.
Shelton quickly folded and Li collected the pot.
On a heads-up flop of 4♥9♣9♥, there was already 75,000 in the pot when Lowell Kim bet 26,000 after a check from his opponent, Steven McKuin.
McKuin thought about it for a second then decided to make the call and the two went to the turn A♦ where he checked again.
Kim continued for 66,000 and McKuin was back in his thoughts for a good 30 seconds before he threw out chips to see the river 6♦
McKuin checked once more and KIm fired the third barrel for 147,000 and McKuin delved deep into the depths of his mind.
After several minutes of this, McKuin made the call and was then shown A♠K♥ by Kim for top two-pair. McKuin shook his head and mucked his hand as the massive pot of over 500,000 was pushed to Kim.
Andrew Brown bet 18,000 from the button on a flop of 4♦Q♥4♥ and Greg Himmelbrand called in the hijack.
Both players checked the K♥ turn before Himmelbrand led out for 32,000 on the 8♣ river.
Brown went deep into the tank for a few minutes before he called and Himmelbrand turned over A♦K♦. Brown, though, showed A♠A♣ to win the pot.
Benjamin Spragg was heads-up against Khamsy Bowles and had already shoved all in for his remaining stack on a 5♣9♣J♦A♦10♣ board.
Bowles called and Spragg showed 8♦7♦ for the baby straight and busted flush draw. Bowles held K♥Q♥ for Broadway and Spragg was eliminated.
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