Philip Sternheimer had 32,600 in front of him with the board reading , and Sergii Baranov raised to well over 100,000. Sternheimer tanked for the better part of a minute, then folded.
Baranov told Sternheimer that he could see one card, and Sternheimer pointed to the card on Baranov's right. He turned over the , and mucked both cards.
"If you shove," fellow Russian Andrey Zaichenko piped him. "He will snap-fold."
Zaichenko and Baranov both laughed.
"No," Baranov responded. "You guys know me - I'm a calling station."
We saw Salvatore Bonavena go to a flop with Gwennael Grandmougin. Bonavena bet 11,500 after a check and got a call. The came on the turn, Grandmougin checked and Bonavena bet 25,000. Grandmougin folded and Bonavena took the pot.
We saw Vicky Coren standing on the rail and she was kind enough to tell us of her unfortunate demise. She began by explaining that while she had started the day with just 7,100, she managed to chip up to 89,000.
After not having a starting hand better than all Main Event, she looked down at and raised to 4,500. Adam Latimer then three-bet to 10,800, and called with when Coren moved all in. Coren was in great shape to double to well over the average stack, but a jack spiked on the river to put an end to here 2012 World Series of Poker.
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Vanessa Selbst Eyes Up Her Opponent's Stack
The table of death in the Blue section of the Amazon room has broken. The likes of Ben Lamb, Tom Franklin, and Vanessa Selbst have gone their separate ways to different tables. We managed to catch the action on the last hand before the table broke.
With the board reading , Vanessa Selbst sat motionlessly staring at the board. After some time, she finally dipped into her stack and tossed out 14,300 into the center of the table. Her opponent called and Selbst showed for nine and fives. Selbst's opponent showed for queens and fives and was able to take the pot from the two-time bracelet winner.
As Selbst racked up her chips to move, we saw that she walked away from the table with about 392,000.
Will "The Thrill" Failla has been moved over into the Purple section of the Amazon room, and as usual he is engaging his table mates in lively conversation, making their table easily the loudest of those in this half of the large ballroom.
Just now Failla interrupted a monologue to toss out an opening raise of 4,400, and when everyone folded he showed his cards.
"Reggie Jackson, see? Reggie Jackson!" he said, showing . "There was a reason I bet 44!"
Failla refers of course to the number worn by former baseball great Reggie Jackson who during his career earned the nickname "Mr. October" thanks to his repeated successes in the World Series.
Failla has chipped up thus far today, making his own play to become poker's "Mr. October" and make it to the final table, scheduled this year to take place October 28-30, 2012.
A huge hand involving Onnit representative Sorel Mizzi and Burt Boutin played out right before the break. The hand left Boutin fuming and Mizzi with a huge chip stack.
We arrived at the table with a flop already out on the felt and with Mizzi checking in middle position and Boutin checking behind from the button.
Turn:
Mizzi checked here and Boutin led for 10,500. Mizzi then check-raised to 32,000 and it was back on Boutin, who instantly re-raised to 102,000. Mizzi then went all in and this when Boutin got upset - not at Mizzi or anyone at the table, but at himself. "You've got ace-king," he said. "This is just F***ed up."
"Why did you do this to yourself Burt!" Boutin said before claiming the he has to call. Mizzi then tabled for the Broadway straight, while Boutin flipped over his for the lower end of the straight. Boutin was not happy with the whole hand and wasn't excited to see the ESPN cameras directed at his face. "This is a real blow up here," he said as he now sits behind a short stack.
Mizzi, who now sits behind a stack of almost 350,000, can be seen below, interviewed earlier in the summer by PokerNews' Sarah Grant.
Not long ago, the table had folded around to Jeremy Allen in the big blind. "That's the first walk I've gotten all tournament," he said with a note of surprise, turning over his and grabbing the small pot.
"This guy yesterday was raising me every single time it was just me and him," Allen continued, tipping the brim of his cowboy hat upwards. "I mean every time, he would just fire away. And I'd call him, too. I don't think he realized just how big a game this really is. I mean that's what you do in your buddy's basement, but not here."
Allen has continued to maintain his big stack thus far today, as well as the banter at the table.
Jack Effel just presented Ryan Eriquezzo the last bracelet, outside of the Main Event, of the 2012 World Series of Poker in the last bracelet ceremony of the summer. With that, the cards are back in the air.
Here's a look at the top five counts at the start of Level 12:
Level 11 is in the books, which means it's time for the first 20-minute break of the day. It was quite the level, and here are a few of the highlights:
It was a lot of action for one level, and there's still four more to be played here on Day 3. Level 12 will begin in just 20 minutes, so check back then as the 2012 WSOP rolls on.
And while you wait, check out some Day 3 advice from 2011 WSOP November Niner Sam Holden. Hint: He may know a thing or two about going deep in the Main Event.
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, and Sergii Baranov raised to well over 100,000. Sternheimer tanked for the better part of a minute, then folded.
, and mucked both cards.
flop with Gwennael Grandmougin. Bonavena bet 11,500 after a check and got a call. The 
came on the turn, Grandmougin checked and Bonavena bet 25,000. Grandmougin folded and Bonavena took the pot.
, Vanessa Selbst sat motionlessly staring at the board. After some time, she finally dipped into her stack and tossed out 14,300 into the center of the table. Her opponent called and Selbst showed 
for nine and fives. Selbst's opponent showed 
for queens and fives and was able to take the pot from the two-time bracelet winner.
. "There was a reason I bet 44!"
flop already out on the felt and with Mizzi checking in middle position and Boutin checking behind from the button.
for the Broadway straight, while Boutin flipped over his 
and grabbing the small pot.