Chad Brown was all in preflop for his last 15,000 against John Virtue, and Brown had Virtue crushed.

Brown
Virtue

The board ran out , and Brown doubled.

John Virtue	230,000	-30,000
Chad Brown	30,000	15,000

While Kenny Hsiung and Jonathan Cohen were doing battle, Joe Kuether was eliminated on the other table.

Joe Kuether

0

-53,000

Kenny Hsiung raised in middle position, Jonathan Cohen three-bet from the small blind, and Hsiung made the call. The dealer fanned , and Cohen led out. Hsiung called.

The turn was the , and Cohen led again. Hsiung called. Cohen fired one more bet when the hit the river, and Hsiung called. Cohen rolled over for a set of nines, Hsiung mucked, and Cohen won the pot.

Kenny Hsiung	174,000	-94,000
Jonathan Cohen	147,000	39,000

Cary Marshall raised in late position, Kenny Hsiung three-bet from the small blind, and Marshall called. The flop fell , and Hsiung led out. Marshall called.

The turn was the , Hsiung led again, and Marshall tank-folded.

Kenny Hsiung	268,000	34,000
Cary Marshall	82,000	-99,000

Mitchell Davis raised in late position, Jonathan Cohen three-bet from the button, and Davis made the call. The dealer fanned , and Davis check-called a bet.

The turn was the , both players checked, and the completed the board. Davis led out for the first time, Cohen raised, and Davis called. Cohen rolled over for a set of queens, Davis released, and Cohen pulled in the pot.

Mitchell Davis	183,000	-42,000
Jonathan Cohen	108,000	53,000

Baothang Nguyen was one out away from continuing a great comeback, but Matthew Woodward has just eliminated him in sixteenth place.

We reached the table with the flop reading . Nguyen checked from the big blind, and Woodward tossed out a bet from middle position. Nguyen check-raised, and Woodward called.

The turn was the , and and Nguyen led out. Woodward raised, and Nguyen re-raised all in for 32,000. Woodward called.

Nguyen:
Woodward:

The slammed down on the river, giving Woodward a set of jacks, and the knockout.

Matthew Woodward	195,000	93,000
Baothang Nguyen	0	-55,000

Cary Marshall raised in middle position, Jonathan Duhamel made it two bets on the button, and the action folded back to Marshall, who called. The flop came down , and Marshall checked. Duhamel bet, Marshall check-raised, and Duhamel re-raised all in for 17,000. Marshall called.

Duhamel:
Marshall:

The on the turn gave Marshall two extra outs to eliminate Duhamel, and the spiked on the river, eliminating Duhamel in 17th place. The 2010 Main Event champion falls just short of capturing his second career WSOP bracelet, but takes home $7,303 for his efforts.

Jonathan Duhamel

0

-52,000

On the first hand back from break, Baothang Nguyen raised in middle position. Jason Manger called from the small blind, and Nguyen's last T1,000 chip went in the middle after the flop fell . Manger called.

Manger
Nguyen

The turn and river came , respectively and Nguyen doubled.

A few hands later, Nguyen limped in from the small blind, and Paul Berende raised from the big. Nguyen called, and the flop came . Nguyen led, Berende raised enough to put Nguyen all in, and Nguyen called.

Nguyen
Berende

The on the turn gave Nguyen a flush, and he dodged a fourth spade when the completed the board, doubling him to about 55,000 chips.

Paul Berende	340,000	-17,000
Jason Manger	105,000	-8,000
Baothang Nguyen	55,000	43,000

We unfortunately missed the action because there was an all-in situation at the other table, but Brandon Young was eliminated by Mitchell Davis.

Mitchell Davis	225,000	29,000
Brandon Young	0	-31,000

The players are now on their first 20-minute break of the day. We will have full counts shortly.

John Virtue raised on the button, Joe Kuether called out of the big blind, and Baothang Nguyen defended his big blind. The dealer fanned , and the acton checked to Virtue who bet. Kuether released, Nguyen called, and the turn was the . Nguyen check-called a second bet, and the river was the .

Nguyen check-folded, and Virtue is now over the 200,000-chip mark.

John Virtue	207,000	99,000
Joe Kuether	45,000	10,000
Baothang Nguyen	21,500	-51,500

Chad Brown raised out of the small blind, and Cary Marshall defended his big. The flop came down , and Brown led out. Marshall called.

Brown led again on the turn (), and the river (), and Marshall called him down. Brown tabled for jack-high, and Marshall had that beat with for a pair of eights.

Cary Marshall	191,000	16,000
Chad Brown	80,000	-28,000

Brandon Young raised in middle position, Stephen Hung three-bet on the button, and Cary Marshall cold-called from the big blind. Young called as well, and the dealer fanned . Marshall led out, Young raised all in for 7,500 (less than a true raise), and Hung called. Marshall re-raised, Hung called, and the turn was the .

Marshall check-called a bet, and the completed the board. Both players checked. Marshall tabled for a pair of tens, Hung showed for a jack-high flush, and Young showed for the nut-flush.

He doubled to 84,000, while Hung won a small side pot.

Cary Marshall	175,000	-52,000
Stephen Hung	126,000	41,500
Brandon Young	84,000	57,000

Table 451

Table 457

Justin Bonomo raised in late position, Robert Hwang re-raised from the cutoff, and Bonomo called.

Th flop came down , and Bonomo led out for 2,500, moving all in. Hwang called.

Bonomo:
Hwang:

The turn and river came , respectively, and Bonomo was eliminated.

Robert Hwang	68,000	-23,000
Justin Bonomo	0	-17,000

Vladimir Shchmelev raised, moving all in from late position. Justin Bonomo called on the button, Jason Manger made it three bets from the big blind, and Bonomo called.

The flop was , and Manger led out. Bonomo called.

The turn was the , Manger led again, and Bonomo called.

The completed the board, and both Manger and Bonomo checked. Manger turned over for a pair of jacks, Bonomo mucked, and Shchmelev showed two eights, eliminating him from the tournament.

Jason Manger	144,000	118,000
Justin Bonomo	17,000	-48,000
Vladimir Shchmelev	0	-25,000

Day 3 is underway - let's crown a champion!

Table 445

Table 451

Table 457

Paul Berende begins Day 3 of Event 48: $3,000 Limit Hold'em as the chip leader by a large margin, and is in the hunt for his first career WSOP final table appearance and bracelet. He leads the twenty-player field that will resume play at 2 p.m. local time, and he's closely followed by Kenny Hsiung (242,000), John Virtue (223,000), and Cary Marshall (195,500).

Chad Brown, Jonathan Duhamel, Vladimir Shchmelev, and Dwyte Pilgrim are still alive. Brown and Shchmelev both have runner-up finishes at the WSOP, Duhamel is of course the 2010 Main Event champion, and Pilgrim has multiple WSOP-C rings.

We will start on Level 18 today because we played a 24-hand bubble last night, and rather than play an extra two hours, the tournament staff sent the players home. The cards will be in the air shortly, so keep it locked to PokerNews for all of your up-to-the-minute updates.