Michael Pariso and Sung Kim had built a pot of about 130,000 between them by the time the flop had arrived , at which point a series of raises back and forth ultimately saw Pariso all in for about 380,000.
Pariso had and hopes for a straight, but Kim's meant he'd already made a full house, thus leaving Pariso all but drawing dead. The fell on the turn, which did make the river no matter, and Pariso was eliminated.
Brian Nguyen battled for a few hands with his short stack, but has finally fallen in 23rd place.
After going all in and chopping one hand, Nguyen then found himself all in again against Pete Rios, with Nguyen holding and Rios . The board came , and Nguyen survived with fours and fives.
That brought Nguyen up to 133,000, but soon Rios was raising to 33,000 from the hijack seat, Nguyen was reraising all in from the cutoff, and Rios called.
Rios held this time while Nguyen had . The flop came to put Rios in front. The turn was the and river the , thereby ending Nguyen's WSOP Circuit Harrah's Resort Atlantic City run.
Brian Nguyen limped in from under the gun, and when the action folded around to Douglas MacKinnon in the small blind he raised to 65,000. It folded back to Nguyen who reraised all in, and MacKinnon called all in for 499,000 total — just a touch less than Nguyen's stack.
Nguyen flipped over , but MacKinnon had . The flop came , and MacKinnon still led, but the turn brought the and gave the lead to Nguyen. Then came the river… the !
MacKinnon survived the hand, doubling to more than a million, while Nguyen fell back to just 9,000 chips. Nguyen managed a small double-up on the next hand (through MacKinnon), but remains on the super-short stack.
Following a Barry Leventhal raise to 34,000 from early position, it folded around to Paul Mullins in the small blind who reraised all in for about 70,000. The big blind folded, and Leventhal called.
Mullins had picked up a nice hand for his short stack with , but Leventhal's was nicer. The board came , and Mullins is out.
Aaron Overton has had a rough start to Day 3, having quickly slipped from the upper reaches of the chip counts to the lower division.
Just now Terry Grimes opened for 35,000 from the button and got a single caller in Aaron Overton from the small blind. The flop came . Overton checked, and Grimes responded with an all-in push for 348,000.
Overton tanked for some time, then finally called Grimes's shove, tabling for the open-ender. Grimes turned over , and when the turn came the and river the , Grimes survived with a big double up while Overton tumbled further.
Scott Baumstein opened for 24,000 from the cutoff, then Feming Chan raised to 68,000 from the button. The blinds stepped aside, Baumstein shoved for about 300,000, and Chan called the reraise.
Baumstein showed , but had run into Chan's . The board rolled out , and Baumstein is our first elimination of Day 3.
Play has begun for the third and final day of the WSOP Circuit Harrah's Resort Atlantic City Main Event. There are 10 minutes left to play in Level 23.
, at which point a series of raises back and forth ultimately saw Pariso all in for about 380,000.
and hopes for a straight, but Kim's 
meant he'd already made a full house, thus leaving Pariso all but drawing dead. The 
fell on the turn, which did make the river 
no matter, and Pariso was eliminated.
and Rios 
. The board came 
, and Nguyen survived with fours and fives.
this time while Nguyen had 
. The flop came 
to put Rios in front. The turn was the 
, thereby ending Nguyen's WSOP Circuit Harrah's Resort Atlantic City run.
, but MacKinnon had 
, and MacKinnon still led, but the turn brought the 
and gave the lead to Nguyen. Then came the river… the 
!
for the open-ender. Grimes turned over 
, and Baumstein is our first elimination of Day 3.