When we came upon the table we found Jonas Lauck all in before the flop. Michael Malm tossed out a call and found out that he was a favorite to eliminate Lauck.
Lauck:
Malm:
The board fell and Lauck was unable to improve. He was sent packing while Malm stacked up his newly attained chips. Malm is now sitting on about 390,000.
Nicolas Verkaik was all in and at risk for his last 100,000 or so with . Unfortunately for the Canadian, he was dominated by Harry Maurer's , and the board ran out .
Verkaik hit the rail, while Maurer is up to 300,000 chips.
The board read and George Lind was all in and at risk against Marcello Miniucchi. Lind held and was drawing super live against the flopped set of Miniucchi's .
The river, however, was not kind to Lind as it brought the . Miniucchi's set was the best hand and Lind was forced to see an exit here on Day 3.
Michael Mizrachi opened to 13,500 from the cutoff and George Clyde-Smith three-bet from the big blind. Mizrachi four-bet all in for about 105,000 and Clyde-Smith called immediately.
Mizrachi:
Clyde-Smith:
Mizrachi found no help from the flop and was drawing dead once the hit the turn, ending his Main Event.
After George Lind III had opened for 10,000 from early position and Gleb Tremzin called from the hijack, 2012 World Series of Poker Main Event runner-up Jesse Sylvia moved all in for 124,000 from the small blind. Lind quickly got out of the way and Tremzin tank-called.
Tremzin:
Sylvia:
"You got the right person to call," Lind said after seeing the hands. "I folded ." Indeed, Sylvia had his opponent dominated and actually stayed ahead through the flop and turn. Tremzin seemed resigned to his fate knowing the chances of him hitting one of the two remaining sevens was slim, but wouldn’t you know it, a spiked down to eliminated a stunned Sylvia. “It happens,” Sylvia said after Tremzin walked around the tables to shake his hand.
Andrey Shatilov opened to 12,000 from the hijack seat, Owen Crowe called on the button, and the dealer fanned . Shatilov continued for 16,000, and Crowe called.
The turn was the , and Shatilov slowed down, checking to Crowe who fired 34,000. Shatilov called.
The completed the board, and Shatilov checked again. Crowe tossed out 72,000, and the Russian tank-folded.
Crowe climbed up to 595,000 chips after the hand, while Shatilov sunk down to 575,000.
After a preflop raising war, Calvin Anderson was all in and at risk for around 330,000 with . Jerry Wong had him covered holding , and took the lead when the flop fell .
Wong held as the turn and river came , respectively, eliminating Anderson from the tournament. The Canadian now has around 725,000 chips.
We have been experiencing severe internet connectivity problems. As soon as they have been resolved, we will catch you up on the action over the last two hours. Currently, the players are on a 75-minute dinner break. We hope that by then, the issues will be resolved.
71 players remain and Patrick Kelly is the chip leader with about 1.5 million.