Event #65: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em MAIN EVENT - World Championship

Picking up the action after what looked like a three-bet on the button from Arden Cho to 13,700, action folded to the Joe Cada in the big blind. Cada thought for a bit then moved all in with his stack for 85,500 and Cho dropped into the tank.

"I think it's a flip," Cho says, still thinking through the hand. She shuffled some chips in her hand as she contemplated the call.

"I think I have the best hand," Cho said after about a minute. As she spoke she pushed her cards forward and let go of her hand.

With that, the former Main Event champion took down the pot and chipped up to a bit over 100,000 chips.

Arden Cho	425,000	-38,700
Joe Cada	100,000	6,200

Peter Tarsiewicz opened to 4,000 from early position. Mike Heshmati, on the button, called, along with the big blind.

The flop came    . The big blind checked. Tarsiewicz bet 4,500. Heshmati raised to 17,000. The big blind folded. Tarsiewiz took a few seconds of reflection before moving all in for around 40,000. His opponent quickly folded.

Mike Heshmati	160,000	1,300
Peter Tarsiewicz	65,000	-60,600

A player in middle position opened to 5,100, Tom Hall called from the button, and after a bit of time in the tank, JC Tran three-bet shoved from the small blind. The original raiser folded and Hall did the same shortly thereafter.

"I know I'm supposed to raise there," said Tran as the dealer pushed the pot his way. "I'm good at flips."

He showed    and he stacked his newly acquired chips.

Tom Hall	276,500	276,500
JC Tran	68,000	37,000

The board read      and there was already around 45,000 in the middle. John Smith had bet 15,100 from the hijack and Shaun Deeb was up for the decision. After considering all his options, Deeb called.

The   completed the board and both Smith and Deeb checked. Smith showed    for the flopped pair of eights and that was enough to get Deeb to muck his hand.

Shaun Deeb	180,000	-38,300
John Smith	170,000	39,900

Nicholas Dashineau raised to 5,000 from the button and Govert Metaal three-bet to 14,000 in the big blind. Dashineau called.

The flop came     and Metaal continued with a bet of 10,000 which Dashineau called.

The turn brought them the  , Metaal fired another 27,000 and Dashineau called once more.

The river completed the board with the  , Metaal barreled another 66,000 bet over the line. Dashineau looked at the bet and called. Dashineau flipped over    for the rivered straight to take down the whole pot as Metaal mucked his hand.

Nicholas Dashineau	290,000	118,100
Govert Metaal	238,000	-117,400

Brian Altman raised to 4,500 from middle position and it folded to John Rocaberte in the big blind. Rocaberte moved all in for 50,200 and after verifying the chip count Altman called.

Brian Altman:   
John Rocaberte:   

It was a classic coin flip situation with Rocaberte at risk for his tournament life. The board ran out       and Altman pocket tens held up to earn him the pot and the knockout.

Rocaberte was eliminated and Altman climbed over the half million chip mark.

Brian Altman	526,400	49,900
John Rocaberte	0	-50,800

Vyacheslav Ioffe was on the button and up against Ryan Rivers in the big blind. Both players got all their chips into the middle, and Ioffe was at risk of elimination.

Vyacheslav Ioffe:   
Ryan Rivers:   

Board:      

Rivers was a huge preflop favorite and held to send Ioffe to the rail within the first 10 minutes of the day.

Ryan Rivers	335,000	31,200
Vyacheslav Ioffe	0	-77,700

The action folded to Jason Mercier in the small blind, and he completed for 2,000. Chris Dombrowski plonked out a stack of chips to effectively put Mercier all-in, and the five-time WSOP bracelet winner snap-called for his 33,400 total.

Mercier:   
Dombrowski:   

The dealer spread a     flop to render Mercier drawing to just a jack to stay alive.

The turn of the   changed little but gave Dombrowski outs to a flush, and when the river landed the   to give him quads, Mercier was headed out the door early here on Day 3.

Chris Dombrowski	165,000	43,600
Jason Mercier	0	-42,900

Avi Drori limped in under the gun and action folded around to the button where recent bracelet winner Ryan Leng raised, making it 7,100. Action folded back to Drori and he called.

The flop was     and both players checked to the   on the turn. There, Drori put out a bet of 8,000 and Leng called.

On the   river, Drori slowed down with a check. Leng put out a bigger bet of 26,600 and Drori quickly folded so Leng took down the pot to chip up early here on Day 3.

Ryan Leng	123,000	17,000
Avi Drori	105,000	-10,100

Over the course of three starting days, as well as two Day 2's, the second-largest World Series of Poker Main Event field has been whittled down from 7,874 players to 2,786 hopefuls. For the first time, all players will join together to create one big field, spread across the AMAZON, BRASILIA and PAVILION rooms of the Rio All-Suites Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada.

While the new WSOP Main Event champion will not be decided before July 14th, the first monetary rewards are looming on the horizon. Last year, an elongated bubble phase on Day 3 lasted until 1 a.m. before the bubble finally burst, guaranteeing all remaining players $15,000 on bagging. The same $15,000 awaits 1,182 players this year, but with the second-largest field ever, the money might not be reached tonight, bursting on Day 4 in the early stages instead.

Leading the way after two days is Ignacio Sanchez, who will start the day with 627,200 in chips. Holding the nut flush, Sanchez dragged a big pot off Cliff Josephy in the late stages of Day 2c to claim the overnight chip lead. Eric Sfez (551,900), Shawn Daniels (532,500), Matthew Klapstein (531,700) and Eric Liebeler (531,000) round out the top five after two days of playing.

Ten-time bracelet winner Phil Ivey had a strong showing on Day 2c and wields a commanding stack of 434,200. Yueqi Zhu (429,200), Richard Gryko (344,900), Ivan Luca (339,900) and Simeon Naydenov (338,400) are other bracelet winners that find themselves high in the standings. Team 888poker is represented by Pedro Correa (249,300), Billy Chattaway (242,400), Chris Moorman (220,000), Georgy Philippovich (200,500), Marti Roca de Torres (104,100), Daria Feshchenko (87,100), Ana Marquez (48,400) and Parker Talbot (27,600).

Play gets underway at 11 a.m. again, with blinds at 1,000/2,000 with a 300-ante. Another 5 levels are on top, each of them lasting 120 minutes in length. A 60-minute dinner break is scheduled after level 14, which is around 8:05 p.m. Live streaming of this event will take place on ESPN2 (3 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.) and PokerGO (6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.).

Day 3 schedule