Pot-Limit Omaha
Youness Barakat opened to 2,800 in early position and Josh Arieh reraised to 7,000 on his left. The action folded back to Barakat who called to see a flop of A♣J♦4♠. Barakat check-called a bet of 6,000 from Arieh and the 5♥ landed on the turn.
Both players tapped the table and the 6♣ completed the board. Barakat made a small bet of 5,500 and Arieh quickly dumped his cards into the muck.
Pot Limit Omaha
Noel Rodriguez raised from under the gun to 2,800. Action folded to Zhargal Tsydypov on the button who raised to 9,600; Rodriguez called.
The flop came K♠Q♣Q♥ and Rodriguez check-raised the 5,000 chip bet from Tsydypov to 17,000. Tsydypov called.
On a turn 7♥ Rodriguez bet out 47,000 which was enough to force Tsydypov to release his hand.
Level: 3
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 800
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The field has grown to over 50 entries through the opening two levels and the players are now going on their first 15-minute break of the day.
Pot Limit Omaha
During the last hand before break, Matthew Wantman raised to 2,700. After a call from Dylan Linde sitting on the button, Chris Hunichen raised to 11,800. Both players called.
On a flop of 7♥6♠2♥, Hunichen bet 25,000, and was raised to 111,900 by Wantman. Linde folded; Hunichen used two time banks and then raised for an additional 4,000. Wantman made the call.
Matthew Wantman: 8♥7♦6♦4♦ 
Christopher Hunichen: A♥A♣Q♦10♠
The runout came 2♣9♠ and the aces of Hunichen were good for the KO and a 280,000 chip pot.
Artur Martirosian raised it up from middle position and was called by Corel Theuma in the cutoff and Jon Kyte in the big blind. The flop fell 7♣5♠3♣ and Martirosian continued with a bet of 3,600. Both Theuma and Kyte called as the 5♦ paired the board on the turn.
Kyte took over the betting lead with a bet of 8,500. Martirosian called and Theuma got out of the way before the 9♣ completed the board. Kyte checked this time and Martirosian checked it back. Kyte flashed 10♠10♣5♥ for trip fives while Martirosian held A♣K♠K♣Xx for the nut flush to take the pot.
No-Limit Hold'em
Ayaz Mahmood opened to 2,000 in early position and Benedetto Bianco three-bet to 6,000 in the hijack. The action folded back to Mahmood who just called to see a flop of 5♦2♠2♦. Mahmood checked to Bianco who continued with a bet of 12,000. Mahmood check-raised all in for 43,700 and Bianco called.
Ayaz Mahmood: Q♠Q♦
Benedetto Bianco: 9♥9♣
Mahmood was out front with the better of the two over pairs and the 7♥, 2♣ runout secured him a double up.
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