The short stacks have all been doubling up in the first 30 minutes of the day, resulting in no eliminations thus far. Sergio Cabrera was the latest to collect a double-up.
After Mike Vanier had opened to 27,000 from under the gun, Cabrera moved in for his last 201,000 two seats over. Vanier gave it around 30 seconds of thought before calling it off.
Cabrera:
Vanier:
Cabrera had it locked up after the turn on a board.
Mark Zullo is instantly back on the right track after flopping a set and getting fully paid by Ari Engel. Holding on the button, Zullo and Engel saw a flop appear. Engel checked, Zullo bet 35,000, and Engel called.
The turn was the and Engel check-called a bet of 80,000. On the river, Engel checked, Zullo shoved 201,000, and Engel instantly called it off with , giving Zullo the full double-up.
Sergio Cabrera raised to 26,000 from the hijack, Dietrich Fast three-bet to 70,000 on the button, and Cabrera called. Both players checked down until the river. Cabrera bet 80,000 and Fast snap-called.
Cabrera:
Fast:
Fast's second pair was good and he took half of Cabrera's stack.
Welcome to Day 3 coverage of Event #56: $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em.
The starting field of 623 players is down to just 32 players, each looking to capture the first-place prize of $618,285 and a World Series of Poker gold bracelet.
On top of the chip counts to start Day 3 is Marton Czuczor with 1,352,000. Rounding out the top five are Norberto Korn (1,098,000), Donis Agnelli (980,000), Ari Engel (977,000), and Simon Lam (785,000). Others still in the field include Dietrich Fast (672,000), Juha Helppi (658,000), Mike Sowers (652,000), Ravi Raghavan (467,000), Mike Watson (445,000), Matt Stout (389,000), two-time bracelet winner Barny Boatman (361,000), Pierre Neuville (320,000), Matt Affleck (304,000), Andy Spears (197,000), and Darren Rabinowitz (174,000).
The plan for Day 3 is to play 10 levels, though it is possible that play is halted when the final table of nine players is reached. The cards will be in the air at noon, so be sure to keep it here for live updates on all of the action.
board.
on the button, Zullo and Engel saw a 
flop appear. Engel checked, Zullo bet 35,000, and Engel called.
and Engel check-called a bet of 80,000. On the 
river, Engel checked, Zullo shoved 201,000, and Engel instantly called it off with 
, giving Zullo the full double-up.
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, giving Zhao sevens full to double through Zullo.
and he doubled up.
