Event #21: $1,500 MONSTER STACK No-Limit Hold'em

Action started when Anthony Spinella opened to 800,000 from the button. Robert Gussoni moved all in from the big blind for his remaining roughly 4,000,000. Spinella called.

Robert Gussoni:   
Anthony Spinella:   

The board ran out       giving Spinella a full house and eliminated Gussoni in 26th place.

Anthony Spinella	28,000,000	4,000,000
Robert Gussoni	0	-3,700,000

In late position, David Zarrin moved all in for his last 4,100,000 chips. Yoshiya Agata called from the cutoff.

David Zarrin:   
Yoshiya Agata:   

Though he was well behind preflop, Zarrin hit the     flop. The   turn paired the board while the   river gave Zarrin the full house and the full double-up.

Yoshiya Agata	17,000,000	-1,000,000
David Zarrin	9,200,000	5,100,000

Action started when Mike Jukich opened to 650,000 from middle position. Jessica Teusl three-bet to 1,800,000 from the cutoff. Only Jukich made the call.

Both players checked on the flop of    . The turn came the   and Jukich checked. Teusl bet out for 3,500,000 which was called.

On the   river Jukich quickly checked again and Teusl assembled a bet sliding out 5,850,000. Jukich slammed the table in disgust.

"I let you off the hook on this one", said Jukich before tossing his cards in the muck awarding Teusl the large pot.

Mike Jukich	18,500,000	10,200,000
Jessica Teusl	18,000,000	5,000,000

Action was relayed by the table after the fact. Anthony Spinella opened from the small blind with    and Max Steinberg elected on a shove from the big blind for roughly 10,000,000 with   .

Spinella made the call and the sixes of Steinberg did not improve, eliminating him from the tournament.

Anthony Spinella	26,000,000	10,150,000
Max Steinberg	0	-12,875,000

Action started when chip-leader Yoshiya Agata opened to 600,000 from early position. Only Jessica Teusl made the call from the button.

The flop was    , Agata checked and Teusl bet 525,000 which was called.

On the   turn Agata checked again and Teusl came with a sizing of 1,725,000. Agata gave up his hand awarding Teusl the early pot.

Yoshiya Agata	18,000,000	-1,475,000
Jessica Teusl	13,000,000	975,000

From an initial 6,501 runners, the field has been narrowed to just 39 players as they enter the fourth and final day of Event #21: $1,500 Monster Stack No-Limit Hold'em.

Today is the day that someone is guaranteed to take home the $966,577 top prize and, of course, the WSOP gold bracelet.

Returning players have already earned at least a very impressive $25,369 from their initial $1,500 investment. Most of the original $8,678,835 prize pool is still up for grabs, with Japan's Yoshiya Agata leading the way with a stack of 19,475,000.

Day 1A chip leader Frank Lagodich has battled his way back to second place in the tournament, with a current stack of 16,450,000. Rounding out the top five are WSOP bracelet winner Anthony Spinella (15,850,000), Australia's Andrej Senic (15,375,000), and Francis Anderson (15,300,000).

Event #21: $1,500 Monster Stack Day 3 Top Ten Chip Counts

WSOP bracelet winners Jeremy Saderne (14,400,000), Max Steinberg (12,875,000), Calvin Anderson (9,925,000), Joao Simao (4,900,000), and Justin Saliba (2,675,000) are also still in contention, with Anderson seeking a special third bracelet.

The remaining field will play one-hour levels until a winner is decided, taking 15-minute breaks every two levels. The 60-minute dinner break will commence at the end of Level 39 (roughly 7 p.m. local time).

PokerNews will be on-site all day long to capture all the action as the remaining runners look to secure their place in WSOP history. Keep your browser here for live updates when cards hit the air at 10 a.m. local time.