Daune Fernandez opened from 325K from early position, and Tony Stratopoulos moved all-in for around 1 million next to act. Daune completed the bet and for the second time these two players confronted each other with a pair versus a pair. The first round was won by Tony, who spiked a set of 8s to win versus the pocket queens of Daune.

Daune:
Tony:

This time Tony had the bigger pair, however once again the smaller pair won as Daune flopped a set on the board.

8th place: Tony Stratopoulos – $5,600.00

Daune Fernandez opened to 350K from utg, and Robert Violo moved all-in next to act. Action folded back to Daune, who asked for a count. Robert’s total count was of 900K, and Daune paid the extra chips.

Daune:
Robert:

Board:

Although Robert paired the flop, Daune caught up with a flush on the river to scoop the pot. He now sits on around 5.3 million.

9th place: Robert Violo – $4,000.00

Pascal Fournier was in late position in an unopened pot when he slid forward his 725K stack, putting him all-in. Georges Hallak regrettably folded his cards after spending a few minutes in the tank, and once he folded Thomas Lefort quickly called next to act. The rest of the cards went into the muck, and hands were opened.

Pascal:
Thomas:

Board:

Thomas took another victim as he continues to bulldoze over the field late in The $250 Frenzy, and the rest of the players enjoy a pay-jump.

10th place: Pascal Fournier – $3,100.00

Sayed Hossieni opened from utg +1 to 360K, and Daune Fernandez 3bet all-in from the big blind. With around 1.7 million in front of him, Sayed threw in a calling chip and play went heads-up.

Sayed:
Daune:

Daune took the lead on the flop, and held for the win on a board, sending Sayed home one shy of the final table.

11th place: Sayed Hossieni – $3,100.00

Marco Caza was under the gun when he moved all-in for 1,170,000. Action folded around to Thomas Lefort in the small blind, who asked for a count and then isolated by re-shoving.

Marco:
Thomas:

Eric Ranger, who folded his big blind, said he let go of an 8. Marco paired the flop and was in great shape to double up. The turn brought no change, but the river was just the 1-outer Thomas was hoping to hit, as he scored another million+ chips to extend his lead.

12th place: Marco Caza – $3,100.00

David Kovacic returned from the break as the short stack, and on the second hand he was in the big blind position. With already 1/3 of his chips in the middle, he saw an open to 225K from Mike Fraser, a flat call from Eric Ranger, and a 3bet shove from Marco Caza in the small blind. Getting over 4 to 1 on his money, he moved all-in without looking at his cards, and saw Mike and Eric muck their hands.

Marco:
David:

David found some magic on the board, making a full house to keep him in the game.

In only 3 levels, the Day 3 field was cut in half and only 13 players remain in contention of becoming the next The $250 Frenzy champion. Thomas Lefort has recently taken over the chip lead, and sits just north of 6 million, while Mike Fraser still maintains a healthy 4.5 million count.

Here are the full counts as play enters level 30:

Mathieu Leclerc was trying to make something out of nothing when he open shoved his short stack from late position with , but unfortunately for him Sayed Hossieni woke up with in the big blind and made the call. Sayed smashed the board to virtually double his stack up, as the two players were almost even to start the hand.

13th place: Mathieu Leclerc – $2,600.00

Thomas Lefort is making the most of his Day 3 so far, and has significantly increased his stack to take over the chip lead with 13 players left.

He recently knocked two more players out of the tournament, as he 3bet all-in from the small blind facing an open to 210K from Marc Guerbilsky in early position. Domenico Scalamogna came along for the ride with his last 325K, and Marc went into the tank before committing his 990K stack.

Thomas:
Domenico:
Marc:

The board was clean for Thomas, reading , and he added another 1.3 million to his armory while taking out two opponents.

14th place: Marc Guerbilsky – $2,600.00
15th place: Domenico Scalamogna – $2,600.00