Thursday, July 14, 2011 11:53 AM Local Time
Shaun Deeb kicked off the action with a raise to 3,700 under the gun. Apparently the table didn't respect that raise much, because he was called by four players before the action hit Kristy Gazes in the big blind. She re-raised all in for about 59,000 and Deeb mulled it over for a little while before folding. The other players folded rather quickly and Gazes took it down.
Shaun Deeb | 265,000 | -29,700 |
Thursday, July 14, 2011 11:53 AM Local Time
Richard "nutsinho" Lyndaker raised to 3,400 from the hijack only to have Christina Lindley move all in for 15,600 from the cutoff. Action folded back around to the young internet star and he thought for about 30 seconds before releasing his hand. Lindley took down the pot without resistance, though she is still short with just 20,000.
Meanwhile, both Jose Pereira and David Powers have been eliminated from the Main Event.
Christina Lindley | 20,000 | 2,100 |
David Powers | 0 | |
Jose Pereira | 0 | |
Thursday, July 14, 2011 11:50 AM Local Time
Patrik Antonius | 361,000 | 0 |
Thomas Keller | 168,600 | |
Huck Seed | 68,200 | 0 |
Young Phan | 48,200 | |
Thursday, July 14, 2011 11:50 AM Local Time
Ramin Henke opened to 3,400 from under the gun, Lamar Wilkinson moved all in for 28,200 on the button, and Amerigo Santoro called in the small blind. Henke released, and the hands were opened.
Wilkinson:
Santoro:
Wilkinson was crushed, but the flop hit him right in the face. Neither the turn ( ) nor the river ( ) were a queen, and it didn't come running fives, more than doubling Wilkinson to over 60,000 chips.
Thursday, July 14, 2011 11:50 AM Local Time
Michael Meredith came in for a raise in the cutoff to 3,600, and Jonathan Jaffe called on the button. Action folded around to Neil Channing in the big blind, who went all in for 31,800 more. Meredith thought it over for a couple minutes before folding, and Jaffe instantly threw the chips in for the call. The cards were flipped, and Channing was in great shape.
Channing:
Jaffe:
The flop was a brutal one for Channing, as it came , giving Jaffe a pair of tens. All Channing could say was "unbelievable" as he started to stand up, realizing his tournament was likely over. The turn gave him no help, coming the , and the river brought the . Jaffe's top pair was still good, and Channing grabbed his stuff and headed to the rail. Meanwhile, Jaffe is a force to be reckoned with, as he now has over 300,000 chips.
- | 305,000 | 26,900 |
Neil Channing | 0 | |
Thursday, July 14, 2011 11:43 AM Local Time
Three players were in to see a flop come . Pinkal Darji checked from the big blind, Lee Childs fired a bet of 11,700 from middle position, Edward Ochana called from the button, and Darji stepped aside. That made the pot about 35,000 when the turn brought the . Childs bet 19,200 this time, and Ochana again made the call.
The river brought the and quick checks from both players. Childs tabled for the Broadway straight. Ochana looked at Childs' overturned cards, then spoke up. "Ten of hearts you get all my money," he said, turning over his .
Childs chips up to 142,000 after that one, while Ochana has 278,000.
Thursday, July 14, 2011 11:43 AM Local Time
Noah Boeken raised to 3,500 from early position and found two callers in the form of the button and the big blind. When the flop fell , the big blind led out for 8,000, Boeken popped it to 28,000, and the button folded. After the big blind called, the dealer burned and turned the .
We're not sure of the betting at this point, but we do know that Boeken ended up being all in as the appeared on the river. Boeken rolled over for a rivered straight, and he managed to survive with a double.
Noah Boeken | 119,000 | 67,200 |
Thursday, July 14, 2011 11:42 AM Local Time
When we reached the table, Phil Collins was heads-up with Stephen Rose, and the flop had already been dealt . Rose tossed out 4,200 from the small blind, and Collins called from the big.
The turn was the , and Rose checked. Collins tossed out a single orange T5,000 chip, Rose folded, and Collins pulled in the pot.
- | 251,000 | 14,100 |
Thursday, July 14, 2011 11:40 AM Local Time
We walked around the room at the beginning and spotted Sorel Mizzi with his starting stack of around 110,000. When we came back around five minutes later, he was sitting around on about 235,000 and has clearly doubled up (and some) to start the day. Apparently Mizzi got it all in preflop with vs. and they clearly held up. With Mizzi's success in large field No-Limit Hold'em tournaments, this only means trouble for the rest of the field as he starts to chip up
- | 235,000 | 126,600 |
Thursday, July 14, 2011 11:38 AM Local Time
Olivier Busquet came into today very short stacked with just around 14,000. Our plan was to keep one eye on him as we figured he would be all in soon, but when we went over there, we noticed there was already someone new in his seat! This means that Busquet has been eliminated, ending his 2011 WSOP.
Olivier Busquet | 0 | -14,800 |
Thursday, July 14, 2011 11:37 AM Local Time
Here is a list of the players currently seated in the Tan Section (Note that Daniel Negreanu and Ben Lamb are on the featured table and secondary-featured table respectively).
- | 551,600 | 0 |
David Baker | 207,700 | |
John Racener | 182,900 | |
Dan Shak | 182,600 | |
Lyle Berman | 173,000 | |
Daniel Negreanu | 104,300 | -9,800 |
Noah Boeken | 51,800 | 0 |
Thorsten Schafer | 50,000 | |
Christina Lindley | 17,900 | |
Thursday, July 14, 2011 11:34 AM Local Time
Picking up the action on a board, Martin Hanitz bet 22,000. His lone opponent at this point in the hand called to see the river card where Hanitz fired 45,000. His opponent tanked for about 60 seconds before calling, mucking when Hanitz turned over .
- | 415,000 | 102,300 |
Thursday, July 14, 2011 11:29 AM Local Time
People in the White section of Pavilion.
Sam Simon | 317,900 | |
Matt Stout | 148,200 | |
- | 125,600 | -64,400 |
Huck Seed | 68,200 | |
Greg Mueller | 50,500 | |
Jennifer Harman | 33,600 | |
Thursday, July 14, 2011 11:28 AM Local Time
On our first lap around the room, we saw that there was some confusion at one of the tables as it seems a player's bag was missing from his seat. Anton Ionel (who came third at this years PokerStars Caribbean Adventure and second in the $2,500 No-Limit Hold'em Six-Handed at the 2011 WSOP) is missing his 200,000 or so chips that he comes into Day 3 with. It seems the floor is trying to sort it out in as timely a fashion as possible, and they made an announcement asking the players to be on the lookout for the bag. Funny man and former Everybody Loves Raymond star Brad Garrett, took this advantage to make his presence in the Pavilion Room known when he stood up and started screaming in some sort of accent, "I am Anton Ionel, where is my bag???" A floor person was walking by and Garrett grabbed a bag he was holding and began to breath deeply in and out of it, pretending like he was nauseous. Most of the room heard him and was turned to see the man in action.
We went over to check on Garrett to see how he started the day, and he has already turned over for the winning hand and gotten himself to around 65,000. He still has a lot of work to do to get some real chips to play with, but he should be an entertaining player to have around either way
Thursday, July 14, 2011 11:28 AM Local Time
On the board, Claudia Crawford fired 16,300 into Jaime Kaplan. Kaplan called and the river completed the board with the . Crawford fired 20,000 and Kaplan mulled it over for a minute prior to folding. Crawford showed a set of jacks as she raked in the chips.
Thursday, July 14, 2011 11:27 AM Local Time
As we were doing our rounds through the Tan Section here in the Amazon Room, we noticed an empty chair in Seat 6 on Table 263. That was the seat assigned to Jason Mercier for the start of Day 3. Given it is now empty and void of chips, we can only assume that Mercier has been eliminated from the Main Event, which isn't a surprise considering he started the day with a short stack if 34,400.
Also hitting the rail early was Yuriy Kozinskiy.
Yuriy Kozinskiy | 0 | |
Jason Mercier | 0 | -34,400 |
Thursday, July 14, 2011 11:26 AM Local Time
Just another small sample of the notables that are all up in here on Day 3, y'all:
T.K. Miles | 297,800 | 0 |
Victor Ramdin | 172,400 | 0 |
Humberto Brenes | 157,900 | 0 |
Galen Hall | 131,000 | |
Matt Matros | 105,000 | |
Ken Cox | 50,300 | |
Thursday, July 14, 2011 11:22 AM Local Time
Jeremy Saunders raised to 3,400 on the button and Lars Bonding three-bet to 8,800 from the small blind. The big blind folded, Saunders called, and the flop came down .
Bonding's bet of 10,200 was called by Saunders, landing the on the turn. Another bet was on the way from Bonding, this time for 16,200. Saunders re-raised all in and Bonding called quickly, tabling . Saunders was not happy at all, showing .
The river was the , ending Saunders' tournament and increasing Bonding's stack to about 215,000.
Lars Bonding | 215,000 | |
Jeremy Saunders | 0 | |
Thursday, July 14, 2011 11:22 AM Local Time
We caught the action on the flop with Jean-Robert Bellande heads up with Paul Volpe. The board read , and Bellande checked to Volpe, who bet out 2,500. Bellande put in a check raise to 9,000, and Volpe made the call.
The turn brought the , and Bellande fired out 11,000. This time it was Volpe's turn to raise, as he made it 27,500. Bellande made the call, and the river brought the . Despite being what appeared to be an action card, both players checked, and Bellande revealed for a rivered flush, and Volpe mucked his hand. That pot brought Bellande up to nearly 200,000.
Thursday, July 14, 2011 11:19 AM Local Time
With current leader Phil Hellmuth and his closest competition, Ben Lamb, both in the field today, the Player-of-the-Year Race ought to be as interesting and heated as it has been all year!
Current 2011 WSOP Player-of-the-Year Leaderboard
Player | Points | Cashes | Final Tables | Bracelets | Winnings |
Phil Hellmuth | 710.25 | 5 | 3 | 0 | $1,591,004 |
Ben Lamb | 659.05 | 4 | 3 | 1 | $1,331,832 |
Brian Rast | 550 | 3 | 2 | 2 | $1,976,522 |
Chris Moorman | 486.20 | 5 | 2 | 0 | $1,051,466 |
Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier | 479.25 | 4 | 2 | 1 | $811,639 |
Sam Stein | 416.13 | 5 | 2 | 1 | $731,279 |
Joe Ebanks | 410.25 | 3 | 1 | 1 | $1,179,031 |
Owais Ahmed | 408.03 | 5 | 2 | 1 | $764,997 |
Mikhail Lakhitov | 401.80 | 5 | 2 | 1 | $851,058 |
Jason Mercier | 385.33 | 5 | 3 | 1 | $696,438 |
Mitch Schock | 364.81 | 5 | 3 | 1 | $406,018 |
Sean Getzwiller | 343 | 3 | 2 | 1 | $672,627 |
*Through Event #57