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Tuesday, June 10, 2014 2:23 PM Local Time
Horan Doubles
After some tight play 10-handed, Thayer Rasmussen started the action with a couple of 45,000-chip opening raises.
On the second one, Lance Harris pushed all in and found a short stacked Billy Horan willing to do the same with his last 104,000. Rasmussen stepped aside and it was for Horan against Harris' .
The board ran out and Horan and Harris are now about even in chips.
| Billy Horan | 260,000 | -50,000  |
| Lance Harris | 250,000 | -87,000 |
Tuesday, June 10, 2014 1:58 PM Local Time
Erwann Pecheux Eliminated in 11th Place ($19,398)
Erwann Pecheux shoved it all in following yet another 35,000 opening bet from Thayer Rasmussen.
He had but Rasmussen called quickly with and it was all over for the Frenchman after the board ran out.
With that the remaining players move to a single ten-handed table.
| Erwann Pecheux | 0 | -460,000 |
Tuesday, June 10, 2014 1:50 PM Local Time
Eric Shanks Eliminated in 12th Place ($19,398)
Thayer Rasmussen opened for a raise under the gun, and Eric Shanks pushed all in from the next spot for about 275,000. Action folded to Rasmussen, who quickly called.
Rasmussen:
Shanks:
The flop brought a pair: , which prompted Shanks to ask for another ten to grab a chop. The and turn and river didn't do it for him, though, and Rasmussen added more to his tournament-best stack.
| Thayer Rasmussen | 1,450,000 | 517,000  |
| Eric Shanks | 0 | -407,000 |
Tuesday, June 10, 2014 1:43 PM Local Time
Milas Gets There
Eric Milas open shoved from under the gun for 168,000 and Bob Bounahra made the call from the big blind.
Bounahra showed while Milas turned over , and appeared it was all Bounahra on the flop. However, Milas picked up a flush draw on the turn, and got there on the river to double up.
| Eric Milas | 345,000 | 105,000 |
Tuesday, June 10, 2014 1:28 PM Local Time
Dan Alspach Eliminated in 13th Place ($15,334)
Dan Alspach shipped all in for 53,000 under the gun, and Jeff Gross made the call. Dominik Nitsche raised to 125,000, and action folded back to Gross. He went into the tank for a couple of minutes before folding.
"I should be beating you," Nitsche said, turning over .
"You're not beating me," Alspach said, showing . "You have two overs."
The dealer spread the flop: .
"Now, you're beating me good," Alspach observed dryly.
The brought a sweat by giving Alspach a flush draw, but the river didn't improve him and he was eliminated.
| Dominik Nitsche | 800,000 | 93,000 |
| Dan Alspach | 0 | -91,000 |
Tuesday, June 10, 2014 1:21 PM Local Time
Mickey Petersen Eliminated in 14th Place ($15,334)
Thayer Rasmussen opened the betting to 35,000 before Bob Bounahra three-bet, making it 125,000. Mickey Petersen then went deep in the tank on the button before calling all in for less.
Rasmussen stepped aside and it was Bounahra's versus Petersen's . The board came , and Petersen's short stack was shipped over to Bounahra.
| Mickey Petersen | 0 | -68,000 |
Tuesday, June 10, 2014 1:15 PM Local Time
Louis Campbell Eliminated in 15th Place ($15,334)
Thayer Rasmussen raised to 35,000 in early position, and Louis Campbell pushed all in for about 160,000. Erwann Pecheux asked for a count before shoving from the big blind, and Rasmussen quickly folded.
Campbell:
Pecheux:
Pecheux had Campbell dominated, and the switched Campbell's outs from tens to jacks. The turn and river didn't save him, and he collected a 15th-place ticket.
| Erwann Pecheux | 460,000 | 202,000 |
| Louis Campbell | 0 | -174,000 |
Tuesday, June 10, 2014 1:09 PM Local Time
D'Alesandro Doubles
Mickey Petersen opened with a raise and Dave D'Alesandro came over the top all in for 161,000 total.
It folded back to Petersen who made the quick call with . D'Alesandro had him out-kicked though, and his cleaned up after an board was revealed.
With that, Petersen is in shove-or-fold mode and D'Alesandro is looking healthy again.
| Dave D'Alesandro | 329,000 | 166,000 |
| Mickey Petersen | 68,000 | -163,000 |
Tuesday, June 10, 2014 1:05 PM Local Time
David Lucchesi Eliminated in 16th Place ($12,245)
Billy Horan pushed all in from the cutoff, and David Lucchesi called off for less on the button.
Horan:
Lucchesi:
Lucchesi had live cards, but it was brick city on the board.
"Well, I made $3,000 by folding," Dan Alspach said, laying the empathy on thick.
| Billy Horan | 250,000 | 75,000 |
| David Lucchesi | 0 | -41,000 |
Tuesday, June 10, 2014 12:10 PM Local Time
Welcome to Day 3 of Event #21: $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em
A tough and experienced field of 16 remains, ready to fight for a first-place prize of $335,000 here at Event #21: $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em. Former November Niner Bob Bounahra leads the way with just over 1,000,000, while online pro Thayer "THAY3R" Rasmussen is hot on his heels with 933,000.
While the remaining field is predominantly American, there will be plenty of European flavor as well, featuring sponsored pros Erwann Pecheux (France, 258,000 in chips), Mickey Peterson (Denmark, 231,000), as well as World Series of Poker Circuit national champ Dominik Nitsche (Germany, 707,000) and David Burt (UK, 237,000).
Cards are set to be in the air at 1 p.m. local time, and we're coming back to Level 22 (8,000/16,000/2,000), meaning over half of the field will be under 20 big blinds. So, expect the action to be hot out of the gate and don't go anywhere as we bring you all of the relevant updates right here on PokerNews until a champion is crowned.