Greg Mueller drew two on the second draw, as did Eric Crain, while Michael Hurey, who was leading the pot from the cutoff, stood pat. Both players checked to Hurey, and only Mueller called his bet.
Mueller drew one and checked. Hurey bet the end, and Mueller thought long and hard before calling. Hurey revealed a , and Mueller just said, "nice hand."
Marco Johnson opened with an early position raise to 10,000. Chris Tryba called from the cutoff and action trickled down to Steven Wolansky in the big blind. Wolansky cut out a three-bet to 32,000 which allowed Johnson to get out of the hand. Tryba quickly called and the two took a flop.
The dealer fanned on the felt and Wolansky checked. Tryba moved 40,000 into the middle and Wolansky took his time making a call. The hit the turn and Wolansky checked once more. Tryba tapped the table behind and the finished the board. Both players checked again and Wolansky tabled . Tryba mucked and Wolansky picked up the pot.
Wolansky has now extended his lead even further and is sitting on about 655,000.
Steven Wolansky continues to build his chip lead over the rest of the players. In a recent hand, everyone folded to him on the button, and he bumped it to 9,000. Marco Johnson defended his small blind to the tune of 22,000. Wolansky came back over the top all in, and Johnson released his hand.
Eric Crain, Chris Reslock, Greg Mueller, and Dario Alioto all saw fourth street. Two checks to Mueller saw him lead out. Crain raised the action and Reslock three-bet which caused Alioto and Mueller to muck their hands. Crain stood up out of his seat and saw that Reslock only had a little bit behind.
"I don't know how I got myself into this situation," said Crain, who then raised enough to put Reslock all in.
Reslock showed in the hole for trip kings. Crain meekly tabled . Crain ended up making trip nines on seventh but it was ultimately not enough to best Reslock's kings. Reslock is now sitting around 140,000.
Eric Crain was betting every street with an ace-six-jack, and Benjamin Pollak called off the remainder of his chips with a five-king-queen and two clubs.
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"I've got outs," Crain said, scanning the face-up cards. "Well, so do you." Indeed, Crain could catch a heart to make a high to go with his low, while Pollak alread had a club flush and was a seven, ace, or four away from a low. The dealer tossed out seventh street.
"I got there," Crain said, revealing a . Pollak sighed in disbelief, showing a blank . Crain's ace-high flush and eight-six low scooped the pot, eliminating Pollak.
We picked up with the action on fifth street to see both players check. Arieh fired out a bet on sixth street and Alioto went into the tank.
"There's no shame in folding," said Arieh.
Another moment passed and Alioto announced a call. Arieh moved in for his last 14,500 after seventh street was dealt and Alioto called.
"Two pair," said Arieh.
Alioto rolled over for trip fours. Arieh shot out of his seat and smacked his cards down on the table. He was eliminated in 15th place and will collect $8,262.
Benjamin Pollak raised from middle position, and Greg Mueller took a moment to figure the right amount before three-betting from Pollak's immediate left.
"Floor," Josh Arieh called. "Greg needs a calculator."
Action folded back to Pollak, who tanked for about a minute before folding, apparently showing Mueller .
"Wow," Mueller exclaimed, before leaning back with his cards. He whipped out his phone and took a picture of the cards, presumably to document the occasion for later.
Greg Mueller is a two-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner. He won his first WSOP title in 2009 in the $10,000 Limit Hold’em Championship to collect $460,841, and 11 days later went on to win his second WSOP bracelet and $194,909 in a $1,500 Limit Hold’em Shootout event.
Today, the Canadian pro is in contention to win a third bracelet, and it just so happens to be in the same event he final tabled in 2012. Last year, Muller went heads-up against David “ODB” Baker in the $2,500 8-Game event but lost when he tabled a queen-eight low against Baker’s seven-six low in the game of razz.
Mueller won't have to worry about Baker this time around, but does have some serious competition with players like Chris Tryba, Dario Alioto, Robert Mizrachi, and Josh Arieh still alive.
"I’ve been in this position before so it’s not intimidating or anything," Mueller told PokerNews before play started on Tuesday. "It’s always exciting and it’s good to reminisce because last year my good buddy David Baker won first and I took second. I’ve been saying as a joke that I’ve got to do better than last year, but now in Day 3 it feels like there is a semi-realistic chance of it coming true."
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on the felt and Wolansky checked. Tryba moved 40,000 into the middle and Wolansky took his time making a call. The 
hit the turn and Wolansky checked once more. Tryba tapped the table behind and the 
finished the board. Both players checked again and Wolansky tabled 
. Tryba mucked and Wolansky picked up the pot.
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