$350 Six-Max No-Limit Hold’em (Single Re-Entry)
Level 17: 2,000/4,000/500 Ante

With nine players remaining in Event 3, Bryan Munoz was very short-stacked, but got it all in as a preflop favorite with A-3 against Frank Argano’s 4-3 in the big blind.

The flop of favored Munoz, but the last two cards were and , giving Argano a full house, fours full of sevens, to eliminate Munoz in ninth place.

A few minutes later, Steve Pollack was also facing Frank Argano, this time after a flop of . Pollack got it all in with [8] for middle pair, and Argano turned over for an open-ended straight draw.

The turn was the — Pollack made two pair as Argano hit his queen-high straight. The river card was the , locking up the pot for Argano as Pollack was eliminated in eighth place.

At that point, the final seven players combined to the final table, and play will continue tonight all the way down to a winner. After about 10-15 minutes of play, here are their approximate chip counts as the blinds increase to 2,000-4,000 with a 500 ante.

Seat 1.  Dwight Barclay  –  145,000  (36 bb)
Seat 2.  Frank Argano  –  110,000  (27 bb)
Seat 3.  Dominik Papa  –  215,000  (53 bb)
Seat 4.  Jordan Peralta  –  175,000  (43 bb)
Seat 5.  Nigel Murray  –  70,000  (17 bb)
Seat 6.  Steve Weintraub  –  45,000  (11 bb)
Seat 7.  Al Gomez  –  80,000  (20 bb)

8th Place: Steve Pollack – $1,239
9th Place: Bryan Munoz – $1,239
10th Place: Arthur Holmes – $825
11th Place: Georges Boyadjian – $825
12th Place: Charles Townsend – $825