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A player in early position opened to 3,600 before the cutoff moved all in for 28,100. Not to be outdone, Chris Moneymaker reshoved his last ~33,000 from the button, and that was enough to fold the first raiser (who said he had an ace) and get Moneymaker heads up with a chance at the knockout.
Showdown
Cutoff: 
Moneymaker: 
The board frowned on the former world champ, coming 
. Ace-king is no good, and Moneymaker has been crippled all the way down to just 5,000 lonely chips.
One player who's quietly worked his way to the top is double-bracelet winner Jesper Hougaard. With 345,000, the Dane (although he showcases a bizarre accent which has developed a British tinge) is right there within the chasing pack and certainly someone we'll be keeping a firm eye on as the day develops.
Irish pro Owen Robinson has been eliminated from this year's Main Event courtesy of multiple WSOP finalist Theo Tran.
Robinson had a good start, building his stack up of 29,000 up to 50,000, but when he moved tables and into the orange section, it all went the shape of the pear.
Within moments of arriving, Robinson found 
in the small blind, and with Tran raising it up to 3,200 from UTG+1 and another player flat calling, Robinson decided to come along for the ride.
After everyone checked the 
flop, Tran fired at the 
turn and Robinson shipped it in. Tran made the call with 
, which not only held, but improved to two pair on the river.
"I should have raised preflop," regretted Robinson in the aftermath. "It's just that it was a new table and I didn't know the players too well."
David Singer has just been eliminated from the Main Event.
Singer found himself all in holding against an opponent's 
.
The flop dropped a king and Singer was unable to improve, and consequently was booted from the tournament.
With about 17,000 in the pot and a board reading 
, Daniel Negreanu checked under the gun and his opponent bet 6,000. Negreanu made the call and showed but was behind his opponent's rivered pair of aces with 
.
Negreanu is down to 41,000.
On a board of 
Jay Rosenkrantz check-called 16,500 into a pot of around 23,000.
The river landed the and following checks from both players, Rosenkrantz' 
bested his opponent's 
.
Rosenkrantz is now up to 110,000 in chips.
We had just finished writing about a player's elimination at the hands of Matt Graham when he knocked out yet another on of his tablemates.
A series of preflop raising had seen Graham calling an all-in bet from another player at his table.
Graham: 
Opponent: 
Graham didn't look too good heading into the flop, and didn't really catch any help when it came 
. However, the 
on the river gave Graham a straight-draw and a flush-draw, the later of which he hit with the 
on the river.
With the chips he won in that hand, Graham is now up to 280,000.
"I've had a really bad level," JP Kelly told us at the break. "I didn't make a single mistake the first two days, and now I've made three today already."
Nevertheless the British Team PokerStars Pro is nowhere near out of contention for his third bracelet - he just now enjoyed a full double up and is sitting on a very respectable 130,000.
The board read 
when we found Kelly's opponent betting out 5,000. Kelly raised, and his opponent thought about it for a long time before announcing all in to cover Kelly. Kelly snap-called, and his opponent immediately asked, "Set?"
Indeed.
Kelly:
Opponent gentleman:
River:
There was about 10,000 in the pot and a flop of 
when Michael Mizrachi checked. His sole opponent in Seat 8 bet 9,000 and Mizrachi called. The turn was the 
and Mizrachi led out for a bet of 11,000. Seat 8 wasted little time in moving all in for 36,000 more.
Mizrachi began to think about the situation as the ESPN cameras surrounded the table. "I don't think your bluffing," he said. After thinking it through for a couple minutes, Mizrachi made the call.
Seat 8 turned over 
. "I'm in bad shape," Mizrachi stated as he revealed 
. The river was the and Mizrachi slipped back down to around 260,000.
We just caught the tail end of another pot that was pushed to Johnny Chan's corner.
The board showed 
, and Chan had laid out a big bet to put about 100,000 in the pot. His opponent eventually called as the ESPN cameras huddled around, and Chan tabled 
for the full house. That was good enough to earn him another large pot, chipping him up all the way to 495,000 and once again challenging for the chip lead.
