Event #5: $100,000 No-Limit Hold'em High Roller

After a shorter day's play with just four eliminations, Nick Petrangelo still holds the chip lead in Event #5: $100,000 High Roller. He bagged 12,150,000 in chips, ahead of Bryn Kenney in second place (10,200,000), with those two players the only ones with stacks in excess of 10 million.

"Today was a really uneventful day for me," said Petrangelo as the players bagged at the end of Day 3. "I had a few spots in the blinds, but other than that I was just folding.

"When you're nine-handed, most of the interesting pots will be in late position because you have to play snug ranges from early position. There were no real ICM pressure spots because of the stack sizes; a lot of the guys were the same, and me and Elio [Fox] were the same for a while, so no one really had a huge advantage. Even with the chip lead, you can't go crazy raising from early position, so it was pretty easy."

Petrangelo said that on the whole, play was pretty "normal" today, with no real ICM considerations to think of just yet.

"These pay jumps aren't as big as the ones when we get three- or four-handed. Later, the big stack should be able to put pressure on the other big stacks, but the medium stacks are going to just continue to play kinda normal.

"It's amazing when there are a bunch of short stacks and a few big stacks, say when there's a chip leader with 1.5x second place, because the bigger stacks that aren't the chip leader have to play for second place, but this isn't the case here yet. Something like that could develop, which could be advantageous to whoever has the big stack."

Day 3 Recap

With 10 players starting the final day, everyone knew that there was to be just one elimination before the redraw would move the remaining nine players around one table. It looked like that was going to come sooner than expected when Adrian Mateos ran threes into the kings of Chris Moore. That was until a three came on the river and Mateos doubled up.

Bryn Kenney would double through Stephen Chidwick on the feature table, with Moore doing the same through Jason Koon on the outer table. However, his double still left him short with just 12 big blinds, and after moving all in with nine-eight against the aces of Andreas Eiler, he was eliminated.

Petrangelo still held a commanding chip lead with nine left, almost five million chips clear of Elio Fox in second place. Fedor Holz was in the middle of the pack, but fell down the counts over a number of hands, including one where he used all six of his available time extensions before folding.

He got his last 15 big blinds in with pocket fives but was in bad shape against the sixes of Fox. There was no help for Holz who was eliminated, with Fox chipping up to put pressure on Petrangelo.

Fox would move into the chip lead after some early exchanges at the final table, which was highlighted by a distinct lack of major changes in chip distribution among the final eight. That was until Mateos three-bet all in with pocket sevens, only to run into the pocket aces of Kenney. The aces would hold, doubling Kenney up, and leaving Mateos with three big blinds. Mateos would be sent to the rail soon thereafter to leave play seven-handed.

Eiler had been quiet since the elimination of Moore, but he would secure a vital double at the final table which clipped the wings of chip leader Fox. Fox had turned two pair with Eiler making his straight. The pair got the chips in on the river, with Fox falling back to around eight million and Eiler on something similar.

Two hands later, Koon check-raised Kenney on a nine-high board and then jammed the queen turn. Kenney called with a pair of queens and Koon looked disgusted after flopping top pair. The river bricked and Koon was eliminated in seventh place.

Here's how the final six players line up ahead of Day 4:

Hand #39: Bryn Kenney opened with a raise to 335,000. Action folded around to the big blind where Jason Koon called.

The flop was     and Koon checked. Kenney continued with a bet of 185,000. Koon then decided to check-raise, making it 405,000. Kenney called.

On the   turn, Koon ripped it in, shoving in the rest of his stack, and Kenney called.

Bryn Kenney:   
Jason Koon:   

Koon only had a pair of fives while Kenney had turned top pair. The river was the   which was a brick and that meant that Koon was sent to the rail in seventh place. For his run in this event, Koon collected $372,894. Kenney moved over 10 million chips after the hand.

With Koon's elimination players are now finished with play for the day. The final six will return tomorrow and a full recap of today's action will be posted shortly.

Bryn Kenney	10,200,000	3,700,000
Jason Koon	0	-3,100,000

Hand #30: Aymon Hata raised to 350,000 and Elio Fox defended his big blind. The flop came     and Fox checked to Hata who bet 300,000, only for Fox to check-raise him to 750,000. Hata called and Fox bet 650,000 on the   turn. The river was the  . Fox checked and, after using two time extensions, Hata checked behind.

Fox showed    for top pair, but Hata took the pot down with   .

Hand #31: Jason Koon raised to 320,000 and Stephen Chidwick defended his big blind. The flop came     and Chidwick check-called a bet of 220,000. The turn   was checked by both players and the river was the  .

Chidwick bet 1,340,000 and Koon soon folded.

Hand #32: Chidwick limped and Koon checked his big blind. Chidwick bet 160,000 on the     flop and Koon called. The pair checked the   turn and the river was the  . Chidwick bet 250,000 and Koon folded.

Hand #33: Nick Petrangelo raised to 325,000 and took down the pot.

Hand #34: Aymon Hata limped in the small blind, but folded to a raise from Andreas Eiler to 625,000 in the big blind.

Elio Fox	12,400,000	-2,100,000
Nick Petrangelo	11,800,000	400,000
Aymon Hata	7,500,000	3,100,000
Bryn Kenney	6,500,000	-1,300,000
Stephen Chidwick	4,900,000	-1,350,000
Andreas Eiler	4,000,000	290,000
Jason Koon	3,100,000	50,000

Hand #24: Adrian Mateos open-raised all in for 395,000. Elio Fox raised in the small blind and Stephen Chidwick folded his big blind.

Adrian Mateos:   
Elio Fox:   

Mateos picked up an open-ended straight draw on the     flop. The turn was the   and the river the  , meaning Mateos was eliminated in eighth place for $295,066.

Play is now one elimination away from the end of the day. Stay tuned to PokerNews for the conclusion of the day.

Elio Fox	13,600,000	400,000
Adrian Mateos	0	-390,000

Hand #22: Bryn Kenney opened to 275,000 on the button and Adrian Mateos three-bet all in from the small blind. Nick Petrangelo folded his big blind and Kenney snap-called.

Bryn Kenney:   
Adrian Mateos:   

There was no help for the Spaniard on the       run out and after a quick check, it was Kenney who doubled his 3,250,000 stack, and Mateos was left with just under 400,000 in chips.

Bryn Kenney	6,740,000	3,440,000
Adrian Mateos	390,000	-4,410,000

Hand #17: On the button, Elio Fox raised to 280,000. Jason Koon called in the big blind.

The flop was     and Koon checked, then folded to a bet of 250,000 from Fox.

Hand #18: From the hijack seat, Nick Petrangelo opened to 250,000. Aymon Hata called from the big blind.

The flop was     and Hata checked, then folded to a bet of 200,000 from Petrangelo.

Hand #19: Stephen Chidwick raised to 250,000 from the cutoff and he took down the pot.

Hand #20: Nick Petrangelo opened to 250,000 from early position and that earned him the pot.

Hand #21: Action folded around to the blinds where Brynn Kenney limped in. Adrian Mateos checked his option in the big blind.

The flop was     and both players checked to the   on the turn. There, Kenney led out with a bet of 160,000. Mateos called.

The river was the   and Kenney led out again, putting forth a bet of 435,000. Mateos folded and that allowed Kenney to take down the pot.

Hand #6: From middle position, Jason Koon opened to 260,000. Andreas Eiler was in the cutoff and he made it 750,000. Action folded around back to Koon who released as well.

Hand #7: Stephen Chidwick opened to 250,000 under the gun. Aymon Hata made it 750,000 from two seats over and action folded back to Chidwick, who released as well.

Hand #8: On the button, Nick Petrangelo opened to 300,000. Stephen Chidwick defended with a call from the big blind.

The flop was     and Chidwick check-called a bet of 250,000 from Petrangelo.

On the   turn, Chidwick checked again. Petrangelo put out a bet of 925,000 and Chidwick called again.

The river was the   and both players checked. Chidwick showed    for a full house and Petrangelo mucked quickly, allowing Chidwick to take down the pot and move over 6 million chips.

Hand #9: Andreas Eiler opened from early position with a raise to 260,000. Adrian Mateos called in the hijack seat.

The flop was     and Eiler lead out with a bet of 350,000, which Mateos called.

Eiler led again on the   turn with a bet of 650,000 and Mateos quickly folded.

Hand #10: Andreas Eiler opened with a raise to 250,000 from under the gun and Aymon Hata defended from the big blind with a call.

The flop was     and Hata checked to Eiler. Eiler bet 300,000. Hata then check-raised, making it 750,000 and it was enough to take down the pot as Eiler folded.

Nick Petrangelo	11,500,000	-1,250,000
Stephen Chidwick	6,500,000	1,400,000

On the button, Elio Fox raised to 275,000. In the small blind, Fedor Holz moved all in for 1,750,000. Action fold back to Elio who thought about it briefly before calling.

Elio Fox:   
Fedor Holz:   

It was looking bad for Holz who had an underpair as well as both of his suits covered. He couldn't improve as the board ran out       and that would spell the end for Holz. He hits the rail in 9th place, bringing players to the official final table of eight where we will begin our hand for hand coverage.