The action was caught on a 7♦3♠10♥K♣Q♣ river. With a modest 30,000 pot in the middle, Daniel Marcus bet 11,000 from the cutoff. Antonio Vargas then raised to 128,000 on the button, sending Marcus into the tank.
"You're not repping much," Marcus stated as he thought things through.
Eventually, he went against his intuition and folded his hand. Vargas immediately flung open 5♣4♠, taking down the pot with his bluff.
Sonny Franco ripped in his stack for around 27,000 from the cutoff, and Gerry Fordham wasted little time moving all in over the top from the button for roughly 120,000. Loren Browne woke up with a hand in the big blind and called off her last 40,000 or so, giving Fordham the chance to score a double knockout.
Sonny Franco: A♥7♥ 
Loren Browne: A♠K♥
Gerry Fordham: Q♦Q♣
Browne took the lead on the K♣9♠2♦ flop after pairing her king, leaving Fordham needing one of the two remaining queens to eliminate both opponents.
The 5♠ turn left Franco drawing dead, prompting him to tap the table and begin packing up his belongings.
Fordham had just one card to find a queen, but the 8♦ was a brick, allowing Browne to nearly triple up while Franco made his exit from the event.
Following a series of raises preflop, middle position Emmett King and Will Kassouf in the cutoff got it all in, with Kassouf holding number one.
Emmett King: J♥J♦
Will Kassouf: A♠A♦
Kassouf had a commanding lead, even covering one of his opponent's suits. The 2♥7♣4♥ flop seemed innocent enough, but the Q♥ turn gave King a whole host of outs. The 10♥ river was one, as King's runner-runner flush propelled him to both a double, and survival.
Kassouf remained uncharacteristically quiet as his chips were handed over.
A series of raises led to the chips getting in the middle preflop between Martin Finger from the hijack and Zdenek Zizka in the big blind, with Finger at risk for approximately 112,000.
Martin Finger: A♥Q♠
Zdenek Zizka: Q♥Q♦
Finger had a weak grip on his chances for a double-up as Zizka had his hand dominated as they went to a runout.
The 3♠10♥5♦ flop was of no use to Finger as his chances dwindled further.
Finger was unable to find a hold on the 2♣ turn and the 6♦ river as he exited the tournament.
Zizka, with that win, continued his massive Day 3, as the pot had him cross the eight-hundred-thousand mark.
As relayed by Sonia-Veronika Shashikhina, there was a massive clash just before the end of the first level at her table. The action started with a raise to 5,500 by Arnaud Mattern, and Delmiro Toledo three-bet to 20,000. Matthew Radcliffe then four-bet to 70,000, and Mattern called. Toledo then reraised to 150,000 for Radcliffe to jam for 153,000.
Once Mattern asked for an exact count, Radcliffe already vaulted out of his chair before Mattern then clicked it back to 300,000.
Toledo opted to fold and said he let go of pocket kings to leave Radcliffe in despair, as he held the other kings.
Matthew Radcliffe: K♠K♥
Arnaud Mattern: A♠A♦
The board ran out 9♠6♥2♣7♠J♦, and Radcliffe was drawing dead on the turn, bowing out towards the end of the first level.
The first level of Day 3 has been completed, and the remaining 2,734 players are going on their first 20-minute break of the day and will return at 1:20 p.m., when blinds will be 1,500/3,000 with a 3,000 big blind ante.
Over 500 players have been eliminated so far. Here is a look at the highlights from Level 11:
Antonio Ruelas got his 72,500 remaining chips in on the button against Masato Yokosawa in the hijack and was at risk.
Antonio Ruelas: K♠K♦
Masato Yokosawa: Q♠Q♣
Ruelas looked poised to double up, but Yokosawa found a queen on the 3♦9♦4♣Q♥ turn to take a massive lead. The 8♦ river did not bring a king, sending Ruelas to an expletive-filled exit.
One hand later, Michael Conoran open-raised in early position, and Jesse Lonis defended his big blind. After the 2♠2♥9♥ flop checked through, Lonis barreled 11,000 on the 2♦ turn.
Conoron called, and did so too when Lonis piled in 41,500 on the 3♥ river. Lonis tabled Q♠Q♦ for a slow-played pair of queens, but Conoron had better as he tabled A♠A♣ for pocket aces.
After the hand, Johan Guilbert sat down at the table, having been moved from a broken table.
"Ah, it's already the final table, I see," the jovial Frenchman said before he and Yokosawa reminisced about some previous encounters.
Miltiadis Kyriakides started the hand with a limp from the cutoff. Kevin Martin opted to raise to 11,000 on the button. Loren Weiss responded with a three-bet to 37,500 from the small blind. Kyriakides folded, and Martin called to create a heads-up pot.
Weiss took the betting lead on the Q♠7♦3♠ flop with a wager of 20,000. Martin remained in the hand with a call.
The 3♥ turn resulted in a check from Weiss, but Martin wanted to put more chips in the pot as he chose to bet 35,000 on fourth street. Weiss called.
Weiss checked again on the 3♣ river. Martin blasted off with an all-in for 110,500. Weiss went into the tank as he mulled over a big decision.
Weiss wasn't thrilled, but he put in the call to go to a showdown. He was relieved when Martin showed A♦J♠ for ace high.
Weiss tabled his A♠Q♣ for queens-up to claim the pot and eliminate Martin from the tournament.
Matt Affleck got the action started with an open to 5,500 from early position. Kou Vang and Billy Tarango both made the call out of the small and big blinds, respectively.
Vang checked the 7♦9♥8♦ flop, which led to a bet of 5,000 from Tarango. Affleck put in the call, but Vang sprang into action with a check-raise to 17,000.
Tarango got out of the fray with a fold, but Affleck was still interested as he made the call.
The J♥ turn resulted in a jam by Vang for 73,000 total. Affleck gave it some thought before he put in the call to put himself at risk for 67,500.
Matt Affleck: 8♠8♥
Kou Vang: J♣10♣
Affleck was behind and needed to rally on the river in order to stay in the tournament as Vang flopped the straight.
The river was a cruel one for Vang as it came the 9♦ to pair the board and improve Affleck to a full house as Vang's stack came crumbling down to the studs.
Joel Vazquez raised to 5,500 in middle position to see Joao Simao three-bet to 18,000 in late position. In the small blind, Keven Stammen raised to 55,000 to see Vazquez fold, Simao jam for 110,000 effective and Stammen called to put himself at risk.
Keven Stammen: A♠K♠
Joao Simao: Q♥Q♦
The board ran out 9♠6♥4♣8♠J♦ and Simao's queens held up to eliminate the WSOP bracelet winner from the tournament.
Vazquez told Simao as he raked in the pot that he tossed away pocket jacks.
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