Pei Li opened to 13,000 in the cutoff, and Ezequiel Gonzalez shoved in the small blind for 97,000. After asking for the count, Li called.
Ezequiel Gonzalez: A♣A♠
Pei Li: 4♣4♠
Gonzalez didn't find any bad surprises on the 5♦Q♥Q♠5♥3♠ board and doubled up as the bubble approaches.
Action folded around to the blinds, where Scott Blumstein called from the small blind and the player in the big blind checked his option.
Blumstein check-called a 6,000 bet from his opponent on the J♦4♥4♦ flop and a 16,000 bet from his opponent on the 3♣ turn.
The 5♥ completed the board and Blumstein led out for 7,000. The big blind called and Blumstein tabled J♥8♦, which got a rap of the table in acknowledgement from his opponent as he mucked.
Andy Dinh found himself facing a bet of 12,000 on the river with the board showing 3♥7♥4♥10♥8♦. Dinh decided to raise, making it 40,000 total.
His opponent then went into the tank. He rubbed his forehead before asking the dealer to spread the pot. Eventually, he folded, awarding Dinh the pot.
Chance Kornuth and Scott Berko have been at the same table for the entire day, and their antics have had other players laughing throughout. Both players asked for a story to be shared, and Berko gave the details.
According to Berko, he raised preflop from early position. Kornuth, in the cutoff, confirmed it was Berko raising. "Is it you that's opening? If so, I call," said Kornuth to Berko before coming along.
The flop came 9♥5♥4♠, and Berko checked. Kornuth bet 12,000, to which Berko called.
The turn came 8♥, and Berko checked once more. Kornuth led out for 33,000, which Berko also called.
The river brought the 5x as well as one final check from Berko. Kornuth bet 93,000. Berko made the call. Kornuth showed J♥J♠, which was no good against the K♥K♠ of Berko.
"He told me he was betting for value," said Berko with a smile on his face.
Picking up the action on a board of 10♣2♣A♠6♥10♥ and nearly 200,000 already in the middle, Jesse Lonis led out for 192,000 from the big blind as an opponent on the button began tanking.
The button considered the decision for several minutes with the bubble fast approaching before exposing the A♦ and throwing it into the muck. Lonis returned his cards face down as he took the pot to climb past 1,000,000 near the end of the night.
Michael Kassem opened to 15,000 and Terrance Eischens made the call but then Anthony Swift pushed all in for 75,000 total.
The action folded back around to Kassem who thought about it for a full minute before moving all in himself for slightly more.
Eischens quickly got out of the way and the cards were tabled, with Swift's tournament life on the line.
Anthony Swift: A♣K♥
Michael Kassem: 6♣6♦
"Wow! Sixes, really?" Swift was shocked to see what he was up against.
The flop of 3♠5♥Q♥ was of no help to Swift, but the turn K♠ certainly was and he let the table know it.
"Yes! This never happens! I never get lucky!" He shouted.
Fortunately for him, the river came a non-six 7♣ to secure him the win for the double-up as Kassem was now left short.
A player in the small blind limped before raising to 65,000 after Nicholas Rigby made it 20,000 to go in the big blind. Rigby made the call to send action heads-up to the flop.
The small blind checked following the 3♥Q♥3♠ flop before calling a bet of 20,000 from Rigby.
There was no slowing down for Rigby on the 8♠ turn as he fired off 50,000 when the small blind checked. His opponent once again called.
The small blind checked for a third time when the A♦ river completed the board and Rigby, appearing to give up, checked behind then mucked when the small blind turned over 10♣10♠ to take a hit to his stack.
Action was picked up on the river with about 130,000 in the pot, the board reading 3♣K♥5♠3♠3♦ and players heads up. A player in the big blind checked and Sachin Joshi made an overbet of 213,000, putting his opponent very deep into the tank.
After just over ten minutes, the big blind said that he would randomize, and looked at the time on his phone. Shortly after, he folded the K♠ face up for a full house and Joshi collected a chunky pot without having to go to show down.
Cody Daniels is still around during the bubble phase of the tournament. He was short-stacked all day but had begun to chip up as Day 3 started to wrap up. Then, he played two back-to-back hands against Shang Dai.
In the first hand, the pair had arrived on the turn on Q♦2♥8♦J♥. Daniels checked from middle position and Dai bet 25,000 into a pot of 50,0000 from the button. Daniels made the call and the 5♥ river appeared.
Daniels then checked again and Dai put out another 25,000. This time, Daniels quickly folded.
One hand later, the two tangled again as the flop read 3♥9♦3♦ and a pot of 45,000 was gathered. Daniels bet out 12,000 from early position and Dai responded with a raise to 28,000 from the cutoff.
Another quick fold followed from Daniels. Dai chipped up to over one million and the touching story of the terminally ill but ever-positive Daniels also continued.
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