Christopher Vitch raised to 140,000 under the gun, and Mason Vieth called in the big blind.
Vieth didn't hang around to see what Vitch wanted to do on the 8♠7♥J♠ flop, instead leading out for 340,000. Vitch spent some time mulling it over, but after a quick look back at his cards, he chose to fold.
Alex Livingston committed the majority of his stack with a raise to 140,000 in the cutoff. Octavian Vogele called on the button before Biao Ding three-bet to 600,000 from the small blind.
Livingston called off his remaining 100,000 or so, while Vogele quickly got out of the way.
Alex Livingston: A♦J♠J♦5♦ 
Biao Ding: A♥Q♠8♥6♠
Ding flopped top pair on 5♠Q♣10♦. The 3♣ turn changed nothing, and the Q♥ river upgraded Ding to trip queens to officially send Livingston to the exit.
Slightly earlier, Robert Cowen was eliminated at another table.
Alnoor Pujani limped in on the button, which tempted Andreas Hagen to do the same from the small blind before Joshua Wang checked in the big blind.
Hagen opted to lead out from the small blind, betting 70,000 on a 3♣2♥10♠ flop. Wang folded, but Pujani stuck around. It was the same sequence on the 2♠ turn, as Hagen fired 95,000 into the pot, and Pujani called again.
Both players checked on the K♠ river, and, after Hagen announced he had pocket queens, Pujani tabled K♦J♣10♦6♦ to claim the pot with kings-up.
Heads up to the 6♠5♥9♦ flop, Krasimir Yankov bet 75,000 from the small blind, and Sam Soverel called in the big blind. Yankov sized up to 275,000 on the A♠ turn, which Soverel also called.
Yankov then completed his triple-barrel by firing 675,000 on the 3♣ river. Soverel spent some minutes in the tank, but ultimately called.
"I've got it," Yankov stated before he tabled 8♥7♥7♦5♠ for the nut straight. Soverel added his cards to the muck, being left with roughly ten big blinds.
Mason Vieth raised to 80,000 on the button. Krasimir Yankov three-bet to 260,000 from the big blind, and Vieth called. Yankov put Vieth all in on the 9♦J♠4♠ flop, and Vieth snap-called for his stack of 320,000.
Mason Vieth: Q♦10♥5♥4♣
Krasimir Yankov: A♣K♣9♠9♥
Vieth's straight draw came in on the K♦ turn, and the 7♦ river saw him hold to double up.
"Play bad, run well," Vieth concluded.
Over at another table, Octavian Vogele pushed in his stack of 1,615,000 on a 2♥10♠J♦ flop from under the gun, and he was up against big blind Alex Livingston, who had him covered.
Octavian Vogele: J♥10♦9♦8♠
Alex Livingston: A♥A♣J♠2♠
Vogele had flopped the higher two pair. He improved to a straight on the 7♣ turn, and the 8♣ river changed nothing to secure his double-up.
Xing He raised to 120,000 on the button, which Jack Moore called in the small blind. Yuhong Liu then three-bet to 480,000 from the big blind. He responded with a four-bet shove for 1,360,000, and Moore then put his own 545,000 into the pot. Having both players covered, Liu called.
Jack Moore: J♣9♦7♣5♦
Xing He: K♦K♣10♦8♣
Yuhong Liu: K♠K♥Q♥6♦
"I'd take your hand," one of the other players told Moore, and it would have been a wise choice, as the 5♣5♥7♥ flop gave Moore a full house.
The 10♠ turn and A♣ river completed the board, giving Moore a full triple up, while He and Liu chopped the side pot.
Qingyu Lu potted to 140,000 on the button. Pakinai Lisawad defended his big blind, after which Liu put in his remaining 185,000 on the Q♣4♣10♥ flop. After checking, Lisawad snap-called to put his opponent at risk.
Qingyu Lu: K♥J♠8♠8♣
Pakinai Lisawad: Q♥J♣7♦7♣
Lu turned a higher pair on the K♦, but the 3♣ river completed Lisawad's flush draw to send Lu to the rail on the first hand of the day.
The 18 returning players have found their seats, and the cards are in the air for the final day of Event #96.
Level: 23
Blinds: 20,000/40,000
Ante: 40,000
A star-studded field returns to Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas at 1 p.m. local time today as the World Series of Poker (WSOP) prepares to award its 96th gold bracelet of the summer.
After two full days of play, the 892-player field in Event #96: $3,000 6-Handed Pot-Limit Omaha has been reduced to just 18 contenders. By the end of the day, one player will walk away with the bracelet and the top prize of $407,137 from the $2,381,640 prize pool.
Among the top five stacks returning, 2010 Poker Hall of Fame inductee Erik Seidel returns as the most accomplished player remaining in the field. The ten-time bracelet winner brings back 2,860,000 as he looks to capture bracelet number 11. Seidel will first need to reel in the three players ahead of him, led by Christopher Vitch, who enters the final day as the chip leader with 4,710,000.
Biao Ding sits second with 3,940,000 as he chases his first WSOP bracelet. In contrast, five-time bracelet winner Robert Mizrachi rounds out the top three with 3,515,000.
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Christopher Vitch | United States | 4,710,000 | 118 |
| 2 | Biao Ding | China | 3,940,000 | 99 |
| 3 | Robert Mizrachi | United States | 3,515,000 | 88 |
| 4 | Erik Seidel | United States | 2,860,000 | 72 |
| 5 | Andreas Hagen | Norway | 2,855,000 | 71 |
| 6 | Pakinai Lisawad | Thailand | 2,465,000 | 62 |
| 7 | Krasimir Yankov | Bulgaria | 2,280,000 | 57 |
| 8 | Alex Livingston | Canada | 2,230,000 | 56 |
| 9 | Joshua Wang | China | 2,025,000 | 51 |
| 10 | Octavian Vogele | Austria | 1,775,000 | 44 |
Alex Livingston (2,230,000) and Sam Soverel (1,460,000) complete the list of 25K Fantasy Draft picks still in contention, while Xing He (1,280,000) and Robert Cowen (335,000) are the only other bracelet winners remaining in the field.
Day 3 gets underway at 1 p.m. local time, with play continuing until a champion is crowned. Action resumes on Level 23 with blinds of 20,000/40,000 and a 40,000 big blind ante. Each of the 18 returning players is guaranteed $17,319, but all are just 17 eliminations away from the WSOP gold bracelet and the $407,137 top prize.
| Place | Prize |
|---|---|
| 1 | $407,137 |
| 2 | $271,371 |
| 3 | $185,282 |
| 4 | $128,819 |
| 5 | $91,232 |
| 6 | $65,840 |
| 7 | $48,436 |
| 8 -9 | $36,336 |
| 10 -11 | $27,808 |
| 12 -17 | $21,719 |
| 18 | $17,319 |
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