Antonio Esfandiari was all in from under the gun for 63,500 with 
, facing Daniel Alaei's 
from the next seat over.
The board came down 
, safe for Esfandiari to double up with his pair of sevens.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
235,000
-75,000
|
-75,000 |
|
||
|
136,000
66,000
|
66,000 |
|
||
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Michel Abecassis raised to 6,500 from middle position and Paul Volpe called next to act.
The flop came 
and both players checked.
The turn brought the 
and Abecassis checked. Volpe bet 12,500, Abecassis folded, and Volpe took the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
442,000
102,000
|
102,000 |
|
|
||
|
55,500
-83,600
|
-83,600 |
From under the gun Max Altergott opened with a raise to 7,500. He was called by the small blind as well as Josh Arieh in the big blind.
The flop was 
and action checked to Altergott who put out another bet for 11,000. Only Arieh called.
The turn was the 
and Arieh checked again. Altergot bet once more, making it 24,000 and Arieh called again.
The river was the 
and Arieh checked. Altergott checked behind. Arieh showed his 
for thrid pair but it was no good as Altergott was holding 
for an overpair to the board and that would earn him the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
155,000
-95,000
|
-95,000 |
|
93,000
-35,000
|
-35,000 |
|
||
Crystal Utley opened to 7,000 from early position. The player in middle position three-bet to 20,000. Action folded to Utley who quickly called.
A flop reading 
was dealt. Utley checked. Her opponent bet 17,000. Utley check-called. The turn was the 
. Utley checked again. Her opponent continued with a bet of 53,000. Utley check-raised all in for 115,000 and got snap-called.
Crystal Utley: 
Opponent: 
The river filled up the board and Utley raked in the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
310,000
150,150
|
150,150 |
Over on the secondary feature table, Phil Hellmuth's stack dropped below ten big blinds and in one of the hands he defended the big blind against a raise by Jans Arends. Hellmuth checked it down on an ace-high board and showed and Arends claimed the pot with the 
.
After going through the blinds, Hellmuth eventually moved all in for 23,000 and Martin Poelzl called in the big blind with the . Hellmuth turned over the 
and the board came 
to let Hellmuth double.
The table big stacks are Ray Attiyah and Steve Billirakis.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
550,000
334,000
|
334,000 |
|
450,000
227,000
|
227,000 |
|
||
|
|
150,000
149,999
|
149,999 |
|
52,000
-33,000
|
-33,000 |
|
||
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,125,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
798,000
178,000
|
178,000 |
|
608,000
-22,000
|
-22,000 |
|
||
|
597,000
297,000
|
297,000 |
|
543,000
341,000
|
341,000 |
|
365,000
211,900
|
211,900 |
|
362,500
169,500
|
169,500 |
|
352,000
39,300
|
39,300 |
|
351,500
96,000
|
96,000 |
|
345,000
117,000
|
117,000 |
|
263,000
146,500
|
146,500 |
|
|
||
|
248,000
46,000
|
46,000 |
|
245,000
214,000
|
214,000 |
|
183,000
-28,900
|
-28,900 |
|
|
||
|
Busted | |
|
||
|
Busted | |
Ryan Phan is up to 670,000 in level 13, and we were told a story about how he got a portion of that stack in a strange hand from earlier on in the day.
Phan had called a three-bet preflop and his opponent's cards, which were ace-king, became exposed, and he had to play them face-up.
The flop came down 
, and Phan bet 20,000 which his opponent called with ace-high. Phan then moved all in on the ten turn card and his opponent, who started the hand with 180,000, called again.
Phan showed pocket twos and his opponent was eliminated after the river bricked and Phan picked up the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
670,000
419,000
|
419,000 |
Brian Altman finished Day 2 near the top of the chip counts and he is showing no signs of slowing down here on Day 3.
He continues to rake in pot after pot and is now sitting behind a mountain of 855,000. Below is an updated look at how the chip stacks are shaping up in the Brasial room red section.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
855,000
235,000
|
235,000 |
|
590,000
-21,000
|
-21,000 |
|
565,000
262,000
|
262,000 |
|
|
||
|
515,000
85,000
|
85,000 |
|
|
480,000
122,900
|
122,900 |
|
|
450,000
393,600
|
393,600 |
|
425,000
166,000
|
166,000 |
|
425,000
254,000
|
254,000 |
|
420,000
338,500
|
338,500 |
|
350,000
65,000
|
65,000 |
|
|
320,000
-122,300
|
-122,300 |
|
260,000
124,200
|
124,200 |
|
|
245,000
-125,000
|
-125,000 |
|
180,000
65,000
|
65,000 |
|
||
|
160,000
-16,600
|
-16,600 |
|
|
||
|
145,000
66,000
|
66,000 |
|
|
||
|
90,000
-70,000
|
-70,000 |
|
||
|
55,000
22,000
|
22,000 |
|
20,000
-132,000
|
-132,000 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,350,000
90,000
|
90,000 |
|
|
||
|
525,000
449,200
|
449,200 |
|
|
410,000
-187,000
|
-187,000 |
|
342,000
-78,000
|
-78,000 |
|
250,000
-70,000
|
-70,000 |
|
240,000
139,700
|
139,700 |
|
235,000
-15,000
|
-15,000 |
|
235,000
-68,500
|
-68,500 |
|
|
||
|
230,000
106,700
|
106,700 |
|
175,000
-85,000
|
-85,000 |
|
170,000
-120,000
|
-120,000 |
|
|
||
|
165,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
|
125,000
-8,000
|
-8,000 |
|
110,000
-227,500
|
-227,500 |
|
110,000
92,000
|
92,000 |
|
105,000
105,000
|
105,000 |
|
||
|
95,000
-51,000
|
-51,000 |
|
70,000
-73,400
|
-73,400 |
|
|
||
|
55,000
-162,400
|
-162,400 |
The action folded to Nick DiVella on the button, and he raised and the big blind called.
The flop landed 
and the DiVella's opponent check-called a bet of 7,000 as the turn landed the .
DiVella bet again; this time for 16,000, and his opponent check-called before both players checked the 
on the river.
DiVella's opponent revealed his 
for a flush, and DiVella mucked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
160,000
-65,000
|
-65,000 |
