Mikael Berrio raised under the gun to 5,000 and got called by James Mendoza in the hijack.
The 6♦8♥3♠ flop didn't bring any action and a 9♦ showed up on the turn. Berrio bet 10,000 and Mendoza quickly called.
On the 6♥ river, Berrio sent another 10,000 in the middle and once again Mendoza called. Berrio tabled A♣8♣ for a pair of eights and it was enough to make Mendoza muck his cards.
Bill Klein raised under the gun to 6,000, the player in middle position called, as did Haewan Bae in the small blind and Francisco Angel in the big.
Four ways to a flop of 10♠4♥6♠. The action checked to Klein who bet out for 22,000, the player in middle position folded, Bae called and Angel raised all in for his last 50,000. Klein responded by moving all in himself and Bae called it off for his remaining 148,500.
Francisco Angel: 5♠4♠
Haewan Bae: 8♠7♠
Bill Klein: A♣A♥
The turn and river came the Q♥ and 9♦ respectively. Bae rivers one of his gutshot draws to eliminate Angel and cracks Klein's aces for a huge pot.
Scott Berko bet 7,000 on the Q♣J♦3♥ flop from the small blind. Marcelo Tadeu Aziz Junior, the big blind, made the call.
The turn came 5♦, and Berko bet 35,000. Aziz Junior again called.
The 3♦ arrived on the river. Berko moved all in, which would force Aziz Junior all in to call. Berko never saw his opponent's hand when it was folded, but as he was winning the pot he flashed 10x2x.
"RIP Doyle," he said, as his bluff awarded him the pot. According to Berko, a couple of hands later he eliminated Aziz Junior.
Rassoul Malboubi started the day with a healthy stack of 304,000 chips, but he had just 50,000 of them left when he pushed all in from under the gun. The player in the next seat over made the call while the rest of the table got out of the way.
Rassoul Malboubi: A♦K♦
Opponent: J♥J♦
The board brought a sweat when a flush draw turned for Malboubi on 6♠5♥3♦5♦, but the 4♠ river bricked out. Malboubi followed many others to the rail in the first level of Day 3.
Masaya Hayami opened to 5,500 from under the gun and found one caller in Shuyih Ng in the big blind.
Ng check-called a 5,000 bet from Hayami on the 9♠4♠Q♠ flop and then check-called a 7,000 bet on the K♥ turn.
Both players checked down on the 4♥ river and Ng turned over Q♥8♥ for queens and fours. They were no good against the K♦J♦ of Hayami for kings and fours and Hayami dragged the pot.
Aliaksandr Shylko bet 8,000 from the small blind on a board of 5♣5♥Q♣10♠ and Diane Zimmerman called under the gun.
The river came the J♦ and Shylko led out for another 25,000. Zimmerman then came back with a raise to 65,000.
"I don't think I'm getting raised, then," Zimmerman said as Shylko gave it some thought.
"You're definitely not getting raised. You can be sure of that," Shylko said before mucking as Zimmerman showed A♠K♥ before taking the pot. Shylko later admitted he flopped trips.
Satoshi Tanaka sent his last chips in the middle for a short stack around 32,000, holding 8♥8♦, and got called by Sergi Reixach with A♠J♦.
The board 8♠9♥J♥Q♠6♠ improved Tanaka's hand into a set to give him the needed double up.
Casimer Fijalkowski opened to 5,000 and only got called by Steven Iglesias on the button.
Both checked on the 9♦6♠9♠ flop and a 4♦ showed up on the turn. after a check from Fijalkowski, Iglesias bet 20,000 and it was enough to grab the pot right away.
Dietrich Fast got his final 25,000 chips in the middle preflop and Brandon Lee made the call.
Dietrich Fast: 8♥8♣
Brandon Lee: K♣J♣
Lee sprung into the lead on the J♦9♣6♦ flop, and Fast packed up his stuff as the Q♦ turn and 10♥ river upgraded both players to a straight, with Lee having the better end of it.
In the meantime, Milen Stefanov and Manny Olszynko have also departed from this table in a flurry of early Day 3 eliminations, while Bart Hanson has chipped up a bit from the start of day.
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