Andy Philachack has collected Noah Schwartz's scalp to build his stack up to more than 300,000 as we approach the last break of the day.
From the under the gun, Schwartz moved the last of his money into the middle with , but ran straight into Philachack's , which made the nut flush after the dealer spread the board of .
After a preflop raise, Bryan Paris and his opponent saw a flop of . Both players checked and the turn came . Once again they both checked to see the fall on the river. his opponent checked once more and Paris fired out 18,500. After much deliberation, his opponent made the call tabling . Paris mucked and was knocked down to 255,000.
Bryn Kenney was in late position and opened for 21,000. James Boyle was in the big blind and made it 75,000 to go. Action folded back to Kenney and he min-raised to 150,000. Boyle called and the flop came . Boyle led out with a 50,000 bet and Kenney called. The turn came and Boyle took a long chug of his beer, finishing it in fact, and then announced all in.
Kenney leaned back in his chair and rubbed his head. He folded his hand and said, "I just had aces."
The 55 remaining players are now taking their last 20-minute break of the night. During this time, the purple T500 chips will be colored-up and raced off.
In one of the last hands before the break, Gavin Smith raised to 18,000 from under the gun and the action folded around to the player in the cutoff who called before the button re-raised all in for 142,000. Smith then four-bet shoved and the cutoff player laid his hand down.
Button:
Smith:
There was no change to either hand on the flop of , nor on the turn of the , but Smith spiked the on the river, knocking the button player out and is now on a stack that's worth almost 600,000!
We've just learned that Benjamin Volpe, the starting chip leader from Day 2, is no more. Joining him on the rail are Sean Rice and Alexsandr Mozhnyakov. Only 50 players remain.
With only 45 minutes to go until we wrap things up, the action has slowed down considerably, but Rayan Nathan has been hard at work building up his stack and as it stands, he's close to 600,000 in chips.
Our PokerNews field reporter caught up with the action on the turn between Nathan and an opponent on a board that read ; the player in the big blind checked to Nathan who bet 30,000. The big blind called, then check-called Nathan's bet of 35,000 after the river of the .
The small blind showed down for a pair of jacks and a busted flush draw, but Nathan's for top pair was good enough to take it down.
An early position player raised the action to 22,000 and Gavin Smith immediately made the call. It folded around to the player in the small blind who shoved all in for 146,000. The original raiser folded and, after a brief conversation with a cocktail waitress, Smith tossed in a call.
Smith:
Opponent:
We were off to the races but Smith kept the lead as the flop fell . The turn brought the , giving his opponent four jacks as outs as well. Fortunately for Smith, the peeled off on the river, giving him a set and the winning hand.
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, but ran straight into Philachack's 
, which made the nut flush after the dealer spread the board of 
.
. Both players checked and the turn came 
. Once again they both checked to see the 
. Paris mucked and was knocked down to 255,000.
. Boyle led out with a 50,000 bet and Kenney called. The turn came 
and Boyle took a long chug of his beer, finishing it in fact, and then announced all in.
, but Smith spiked the 
.
for top pair was good enough to take it down.
. The turn brought the