Big Stax 500 (Day 3): Faroni and Azzaro Trend Upwards...Fink and Ekshtut Down

Level 25 - Blinds 20,000/40,000/5,000 (Chip Average: 1,850,000)
Players Remaining: 12

Abe Faroni takes down a sizable pot he was involved in with Ilya Ekshtut, chipping up to over 3,700,000.  Ilya is down to about 1,500,000, but still sits on close to 40 big blinds.

That hand was the followed by one between Mike Azzaro and Dan Fink.  Fink had fired out 100,000 on the flop of 8 8 9, and was raised by Azzaro to 250,000 (which Fink called).  Dan then fired out the turn as well, this time for 300,000, but folded when Azzaro came over the top all-in.  Azzaro is now up to 3,500,000, while Fink dips below 1,500,000.