Alex Foxen raised it up in the hijack and Manuel Fischer got the last of his sub 300,000 stack in the middle from the blinds. Foxen called and Fischer was at risk.
The board ran out A♦7♦5♠J♣K♥ and Foxen's Q♥J♥10♠6♠ was good enough to make a straight on the river and Fischer was bounced from the tournament.
Matthew Beck raised to 75,000 in early position and Quan Zhou called on the button. They went heads-up to a flop of 8♥6♦3♦ where Beck started with a check. Zhou tossed in a bet of 175,000 and Beck called.
The turn brought the J♦ which slowed the action as both players checked to the 9♦ on the river. Two more checkes and Beck showed K♠K♣9♠5♥ but Zhou had J♠J♥8♠3♥ for a set of jacks to scoop another pot.
Karim Lehoussine was already all in and at risk from the small blind against Navkiran Singh, who had Lehoussine covered on the button.
Karim Lehoussine: A♣A♦9♠4♥
Navkiran Singh: A♥K♣J♦J♣
Lehoussine got his chips in good with aces, but the 5♣10♣5♦9♥2♣ runout improved Singh to a flush to send Lehoussine out early in Day 3.
With two players seeing a board of K♠3♣8♦K♠8♥ and around 275,000 in the middle Melad Marji bet 110,000 from the big blind and Marcello Del Grosso called from the hijack.
Marji turned over trip kings with K♥Q♣10♠6♥ to win the hand.
Miltiadis Kyriakides came into the day with fewer than three big blinds and survived the early carnage before the first table broke. He was then however knocked out on the second pay jump and had to settle for $28,959 while all other 47 remaining players have locked up at least $33,002 for their efforts.
On his former table, Eric Wang defended against Ben Lamb and checked the A♣10♦6♠ flop. Lamb bet 200,000 and Wang jokingly asked "can I see a turn?" Lamb replied "you can definitely see a turn" but Wang reluctantly folded after some more table chat, exposing a double gutter.
Lamb first flashed the A♠ and then asked "you needed a king?" while he exposed the K♦K♣ as well. They bumped fists after it was all over.
Tolga Demirel raised to 80,000 from early position and Kurtis Tinfow shoved for approximately 200,000 on the button. Shrey Maheshwary called cold in the big blind and Demirel called as well.
Maheshwary checked on the A♦5♦2♣ flop and Demirel bet 375,000. Maheshwary responded with a shove and Demirel called all in for approximately 150,000 more to set up a three-way showdown.
Kurtis Tinfow: A♣Q♣Q♠6♠
Tolga Demirel: A♥J♥10♦9♣
Shrey Maheshwary: 8♦5♠4♦3♠
Maheshwary had flopped a wheel with a flush redraw, and the J♣6♦ runout needlessly improved him to a flush to score the massive pot and eliminate both Tinfow and Demirel from contention.
Quan Zhou opened to 70,000 from the cutoff and Robert Valden three-bet to 220,000 from the small blind. Zhou called.
The flop came A♥2♥3♦. Valden shoved and Zhou called with a covering stack to put him at risk.
Robert Valden: A♦A♠7♦6♦
Quan Zhou: K♥J♥10♦2♣
Valden remained ahead with top set on the 6♠ turn but the 8♥ river gave Zhou the nut-flush to send Valden to the rail.
Daniel Perkusic opened to 60,000 from under the gun and Michael Zulker three-bet to 190,000 in the big blind. Perkusic called and the dealer spread the flop of Q♠3♠2♥. Zulker announced all in and Perkusic called off his stack of 390,000.
Daniel Perkusic: A♠10♠9♦7♠
Michael Zulker: A♥A♣5♣4♠
Perkusic flopped a flush draw but that was all that he had working for him. The 6♦ and 8♦ runout changed nothing and Perkusic headed for payouts early on Day 3.
Arunas Sapitavicius got away with a three-bet pot preflop to win the hand without resistance.
He then faced the button raise to 75,000 by David Paredes and the small blind call of Erik Nordstrand. Sapitavicius called out of the big blind and the trio ended up checking down the Q♦10♦4♣7♦8♦. The Lithuanian tabled the K♣9♦7♥7♠ for a set of sevens and that won the pot.
In the meanwhile, Loren Egide was eliminated and headed past this table towards the exit.
Robert Valden raised to 65,000 from under the gun and was three-bet to 230,000 by Matthew Beck from directly behind. Action folded back to Valden, who called.
The flop came 4♦6♦2♠ and Valden stuck in a pile of t-100,000 denonimation chips into the middle to put Beck all in. Beck snap-called and hands were revealed.
Matthew Beck: A♠A♦K♥8♦
Robert Valden: K♦K♠J♥3♦
It was an aces versus kings setup, and the 4♠Q♣ runout changed nothing to award Beck the double up and leave Valden short.
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