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Saturday, June 23, 2018 12:19 PM Local Time
Gagnon Coolers Cohen to Double Up
Pavlo Veksler raised to 23,000 from under the gun and it folded to Jonathan Cohen in the hi-jack. Cohen re-raised to 100,000 and with the action on Samuel Gagnon on the button he moved all-in for 469,000.
Veksler got out of the way and Cohen called turning over his . It was a cooler for Cohen as Gagnon tabled his and the runout sealed the deal for Gagnon who earned the double up.
Samuel Gagnon | 995,000 | 471,000 |
Jonathan Cohen | 170,000 | -507,000 |
Saturday, June 23, 2018 12:12 PM Local Time
Bonnett Doubles Through Fernandez
Following a 24,000 raise and a call, Javier Fernandez three-bet to 117,000. This got one person out of the way but not Jeffrey Bonnett who declared he was all in. Fernandez quickly called and with a pair versus suited over cards, they were off to the races.
Javier Fernandez:
Jeffrey Bonnett:
The board couldn't connect for Fernandez and he counted out 530,000 to pass to Bonnett.
Jeffrey Bonnett | 1,080,000 | 590,000 |
Javier Fernandez | 530,000 | -563,000 |
Saturday, June 23, 2018 12:08 PM Local Time
Ferguson Eliminates Keating
Chris Ferguson raised from middle position and it folded to Alex Keating in the small blind. Keating moved all in for his last 150,000 and Ferguson made the call. Keating turned over but was dominated by the of Ferguson.
The board ran out clean for Ferguson and Keating was the first player eliminated on Day 3 earning $12,345 for his 34th Place Event #43: $2,500 No-Limit Hold'em finish.
Chris Ferguson | 565,000 | 163,000 |
Alex Keating | 0 | -155,000 |
Saturday, June 23, 2018 12:00 PM Local Time
Shuffle Up and Deal
The final 34 Event #43: $2,500 No-Limit Hold'em players have returned to the Amazon room to resume Day 3. The cards are now in the air and PokerNews will be bringing you all of the live tournament updates throughout the day.
Saturday, June 23, 2018 11:40 AM Local Time
Welcome Back for Day 3 of Event #43: $2,500 No-Limit Hold'em
Event #43: $2,500 No-Limit Hold'em will start soon and 34 hopefuls will come back and try their best to build a stack throughout the course of the day.
Seth Davies finished as chip leader yesterday (1,305,000). Hot on his heels are Jeff Hakim (1,164,000) and Javier Fernandez (1,093,000), who were the only other two players to finish with over 1 million chips in play. Some other formidable stacks include Andrew Brokos (625,000), Daniel Buzgon (570,000) and Ismael Bojang (497,000).
David Peters (480,000), Chris Ferguson (402,000), Ryan Laplante (292,000), Andreas Klatt (230,000) are some of the other big names still in contention. They, and all the players, will be vying for the title, the first place prize of $507,274 and a coveted WSOP bracelet.
Originally there were three days scheduled for the tournament but a fourth was added as it became clear that a conclusion will not be reached by the end of today. Day 3 begins at Level 21: small blind 6,000, big blind 12,000 and an ante of 2,000. Ten 60-minute levels will be played with 15-minute breaks coming after every two levels, and a 60-minute dinner break at the end of the day's sixth level.
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Room | Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
Amazon | 424 | 1 | Chen An Lin | Taiwan | 378,000 | 32 |
Amazon | 424 | 2 | Alex Keating | United States | 155,000 | 13 |
Amazon | 424 | 3 | Michael Marder | United States | 226,000 | 19 |
Amazon | 424 | 4 | Paawan Bansal | India | 206,000 | 17 |
Amazon | 424 | 5 | Edan Sucov | United States | 682,000 | 57 |
Amazon | 424 | 6 | James Rann | United Kingdom | 513,000 | 43 |
Amazon | 424 | 7 | Chris Ferguson | United States | 402,000 | 34 |
Amazon | 424 | 8 | Frederik Jensen | Denmark | 449,000 | 37 |
Amazon | 424 | 9 | Ryan Laplante | United States | 292,000 | 24 |
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Amazon | 425 | 1 | Daniel Buzgon | United States | 570,000 | 48 |
Amazon | 425 | 2 | Jonathan Cohen | Canada | 677,000 | 56 |
Amazon | 425 | 3 | Jacob Naumann | United States | 336,000 | 28 |
Amazon | 425 | 4 | Samuel Gagnon | Canada | 524,000 | 44 |
Amazon | 425 | 5 | David Peters | United States | 480,000 | 40 |
Amazon | 425 | 6 | Andre Haneberg | Austria | 551,000 | 46 |
Amazon | 425 | 7 | Pavlo Veksler | United Kingdom | 317,000 | 26 |
Amazon | 425 | 8 | Zizheng Huang | China | 178,000 | 15 |
Amazon | 425 | 9 | Jeff Hakim | Lebanon | 1,164,000 | 97 |
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Amazon | 432 | 2 | Josh Bergman | United States | 506,000 | 42 |
Amazon | 432 | 3 | Will Berry | United States | 257,000 | 21 |
Amazon | 432 | 4 | Paul Pires Trigo | France | 217,000 | 18 |
Amazon | 432 | 5 | Faraz Jaka | United States | 187,000 | 16 |
Amazon | 432 | 6 | Terrence Byrnes | United States | 322,000 | 27 |
Amazon | 432 | 7 | Ira Friedman | United States | 215,000 | 18 |
Amazon | 432 | 8 | Andrew Brokos | United States | 625,000 | 52 |
Amazon | 432 | 9 | Andreas Klatt | Germany | 230,000 | 19 |
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Amazon | 433 | 2 | Timur Margolin | Israel | 454,000 | 38 |
Amazon | 433 | 3 | Dylan Linde | United States | 210,000 | 18 |
Amazon | 433 | 4 | Chris Edwards | United States | 720,000 | 60 |
Amazon | 433 | 5 | Javier Fernandez | Spain | 1,093,000 | 91 |
Amazon | 433 | 6 | Ismael Bojang | Austria | 497,000 | 41 |
Amazon | 433 | 7 | Seth Davies | United States | 1,305,000 | 109 |
Amazon | 433 | 8 | Ty Reiman | United States | 185,000 | 15 |
Amazon | 433 | 9 | Jeffrey Bonnett | United States | 490,000 | 41 |