Peter Placey Eliminated by Evan McNiff

Level 29: 150,000-300,000, 40,000 ante

On a board of KJ2AA, Evan McNiff checks to Peter Placey who moves all in. McNiff calls and shows AJ for trip aces and Placey is eliminated from the tournament. After the hand McNiff has 210,000. All of the tournament chips have faces of either Jerry Buss or Frank Mariani on them and apparently this scares McNiff so he's decided to stack all of his chips face down.

"That Was Fun"

Level 29: 150,000-300,000, 40,000 ante

Benjamin Arnold Eliminated by Marco Johnson

Level 29: 150,000-300,000, 40,000 ante

Marco Johnson raises to 6,200 and Benjamin Arnold moves all in for 65,000. Arnold has AK and Johnson has KK. The board comes Q9685 and Arnold is eliminated from the tournament.

Stout Out to Royal Flush

Level 29: 150,000-300,000, 40,000 ante

On a flop of AJ10, Matthew Stout flopped a set of aces with AA. He's all in against John Villanueva who flopped broadway with KQ. The turn is the K improving Villanueva's hand to a royal flush and Stout is eliminated early on Day 3.

Daniel Negreanu Doubles Through John Phan

Level 29: 150,000-300,000, 40,000 ante

Daniel Negreanu moves all in from early position for 28,700, and John Phan moves all in over the top from the cutoff for about 125,000. Mike Wattel thinks for a while in the big blind before folding. Daniel immediately asks Wattel, "Did you have an ace?" Wattel says he folded A-K. Daniel shows A4, and he'll need some help against John Phan's QQ. The flop comes 985, and Daniel is running out of options. The turn card is the Q, which gives Phan a set. "That's a good card," says Daniel, indicating that he now has a club flush draw. The river card is the K. Daniel stands up and pumps his fist. "Yeah! Oh, baby!" Phan just stares at the board and lifts up his sunglasses to see how much he owes Daniel. Daniel sits back down, tells Phan the amount, and says, "That was fun!" We have video of this hand, and it will be posted soon.

Zachary Clark Doubles Through Samuel Ngai

Level 29: 150,000-300,000, 40,000 ante

Zachary Clark raises to 5,100 from under the gun, Tad Jurgens calls from the cutoff, Mark Seif calls from the button, and Samuel Ngai reraises to 25,000 from the big blind. Clark moves all in for 57,000 more, Jurgens folds, Seif folds, and Ngai calls. Ngai shoes 99 and Clark shows AA. The board comes 1081026 and Clark doubles to about 195,000.

72 Players Left

Level 29: 150,000-300,000, 40,000 ante

The first table of the day has already broken, and there are eight tables left (72 players).

Daniel Negreanu Raises Without Moving All In

Level 29: 150,000-300,000, 40,000 ante

Daniel Negreanu raises from middle position to 14,000, leaving himself just 8,600 behind. Everyone folds, and he picks up the blinds and antes, building his stack to about 28,900.

Esther Taylor Eliminated by Amit Makhija

Level 29: 150,000-300,000, 40,000 ante

With a sizable amount of chips already in the middle before the flop, Amit Makhija moves all in and after a minute or so in the tank, Esther taylor makes the call. Makhija: AK Taylor: QQ Board: K751010 Makhija hit a king in the window and Esther Taylor was eliminated just minutes into the tournament as Amit Makhija brings his chip count up to 340,000.

Second Player of the Day Eliminated by David Chiu

Level 29: 150,000-300,000, 40,000 ante

David Chiu raises to 5,200 from late position and Behzan Texanie moves all in from the cutoff. This is the second hand in a row that Texanie has moved all in and Chiu asks for an exact count. Texanie has a total of 99,300 and Chiu calls. Chiu shows AK and Texanie shows A10. The board is no help to Texanie as it comes Q52Q7 and Chiu eliminates the second player of the day shortly after eliminating the first player of the day. Last night David Chiu won the Season VI WPT World Championship again on GSN, now he's gunning to become a Legend of Poker.