Two Chips and a Chair Earn Halverson $25K
For most of Day 3, Mitchell Halverson has been on the short stack. In fact, he was so short on the money bubble that he had just 2,000 left and the big blind was two hands away. Fortunately for Halverson, Carlos Alvarado fell in 135th place to burst the bubble.
In the first hand in the money, Halverson called off under the gun and Santiago Soriano raised to 16,000 on the button. Ilyas Muradi called from the big blind and there was a side pot on the line.
Muradi check-called a bet of 12,000 on the 
flop and then action went check-check on the 
turn. When the 
completed the board on the river, Muradi checked and Soriano bet 35,000. Muradi called and all three hands were tabled.
Ilyas Muradi: 
Mitchell Halverson: 
Santiago Soriano: 
Muradi caught Soriano bluffing and claimed both the main and side pots while sending Halverson home with a min-cash of $25,091.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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Busted |