On a 9♣7♥5♥ flop it checked to Stanislav Halatenko who bet 330,000. Thomas Koral called and Bruno Furth folded.
The turn was the 9♦. Koral checked and Halatenko bet 500,000. Koral folded.
A large multi-way pot was developing on one of the tables. On the turn with the board reading 8♥6♣2♣K♦, Casey Hayes bet the pot of 1,270,000 from the hijack. In the cutoff, Yinjie Mei called off his roughly 1,225,000 stack, and Ryan Thoresen folded for his last 600,000 in the big blind.
Yinjie Mei: A♣J♣10♠8♠2♦ 
Casey Hayes: A♦K♠K♥9♥3♠
Hayes had a monster hand with top set and the nut low, while Mei had the nut flush draw with two pair.
The river was the 2♥ as Mei made a full house, bit it was no good against the kings full of Hayes who scooped.
At another table, Andrew Bakota was eliminated in 23rd.
On a Q♠J♥2♥ flop, Keith Olsby was all in for 420,000 and Sergio Martinez was all in for 150,000, with Volodymyr Kondratenko calling to put both opponents at risk.
Sergio Martinez: A♠J♣8♥4♦3♣
Keith Olsby: A♥9♥8♠8♦2♦
Volodymyr Kondratenko: A♣K♠Q♦J♠4♠
The turn was the 9♠ and the river the 3♥ as Olsby rivered the nut flush to double through Kondratenko, and send Martinez to the rail.
Dimitrios Melissourgos was all in for 1,350,000 against John Holley and was having a double counted out, with the stacks fairly similar.
Melissourgos held A♥10♠9♥6♦2♣ against Holley's Q♦J♥9♦8♦7♥ on the K♦10♦9♣10♥10♣ with quads good for a full double, leaving Holley with just 130,000 in chips
Bruno Furth opened the button to 175,000 and was called by Stanislav Halatenko in the small blind and Volodymyr Kondratenko in the big blind.
On the 7♠5♠4♣ flop, it checked to Furth who bet 210,000. Halatenko then check-potted to 1,200,000. Kondratenko got out of the way. Furth took some time before he decided put the rest in and Halatenko called off his 1,530,000 stack.
Stanislav Halatenko: A♥K♥7♦6♥2♣
Bruno Furth: A♠K♠10♣7♥3♣
Halatenko held the better low, while both were currently playing ace-seven for the high, with Furth also having the nut flush draw and Halatenko the open-ender.
However, the board ran out 5♣9♥ as all the draws bricked, and both players shared the same high.
There are many ways to get lucky deep in a World Series of Poker (WSOP) event. For one player on Monday in Event #25: $500 Freezeout No-Limit Hold'em, that way was by accidentally calling an all-in bet.
A crazy hand ensued on Day of a tournament that had 4,100 entrants and was down to 103 players. The payouts at the time were small, with the next elimination taking home just $1,702. But the top two finishers will receive a six-figure payout, so winning all ins at that point were valuable.
Douglas Cowell, however, ended up losing his stack during the barely-better-than-a-min-cash phase of the tournament, all because of a mistake his opponent, Scott Coyle, made.
The early eliminations on Day 3 continue, with Nicholas Milgrom falling in 28th place despite the early double-up. He was soon joined on the rail by Matthew Bretzfield, eliminated by Ryan Thoresen, and Yehuda Buchalter.
Matthew Bretzfield opened from the cutoff before Christopher Alcindor potted from the button, and Bretzfield called.
With almost 1,400,000 in the middle, the two checked through on the 8♦5♥2♥ flop.
On the 9♦ turn, Bretzfield led for pot and Alcindor called all-in, which was for 1,725,000 total, including the preflop bet.
Christopher Alcindor: A♦A♣K♦7♠4♣
Matthew Bretzfield: A♥J♣10♦10♣2♠
Alcindor had aces with a made seven-low along with a flush draw. Bretzfield had tens with an open-ended and no low.
The river was the Q♦, completing Bretzfield's straight but giving Alcindor the nut flush, and he scooped to double in a huge one.
Casey Hayes opened to 135,000 and Nicolas Milgrom three-bet all in from the big blind for 115,000.
Nicolas Milgrom: K♥Q♠J♥10♦5♦
Casey Hayes: A♠K♠6♠6♦3♦
Milgrom turned a straight on the A♣10♣3♣Q♣2♥ board to doubled up.
A short while later, Joshua Biedak was sent to the rail by Senovio Ramirez as the first elimination on Day 3.
Level: 26
Blinds: 30,000/60,000
Ante: 60,000
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