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Wednesday, June 5, 2013 2:45 PM Local Time
Brandon Guss Eliminated in 18th Place ($7,323)
Brandon Guss was eliminated in 18th place with unknown action.
| Brandon Guss | 0 | -76,000  |
Wednesday, June 5, 2013 2:30 PM Local Time
Banfield Triples Her Stack
Eric Froehlich raised it up from middle position, and Chiduziem Obi made it three bets from Froehlich's left. Melanie Banfield, in the next seat, cold-called, and Froehlich came along.
The flop came , and both men checked to Banfield. She bet, they both called. The turn double-paired the board with the , and both men again checked to Banfield. She tossed out her last orange T1,000 chip and was called by both opponents. Froehlich and Obi checked the river.
Banfield:
Obi:
Froehlich:
Banfield let out a "whew" upon seeing her queens were good, and she now has more than 15 big bets after starting the day with just a few.
| Melanie Banfield | 105,000 | 60,000  |
Wednesday, June 5, 2013 2:23 PM Local Time
Banfield Doubles Through Mohamed
Melanie Banfield just opened the button, bet on the flop and bet allin on the turn. Ahmed Mohamed made the call preflop and check-called both flop and turn. The board was as followed when the cards were tables: | .
Mohamed ( ) must have had good hopes of eliminating Banfield with his turned king, but he was already drawing dead for this small pot. Banfield showed for a flopped set. "That will win it" Mohamed said as the dealer brought out the to complete the board.
| Ahmed Mohamed | 140,000 | 10,000 |
| Melanie Banfield | 45,000 | -2,000 |
Wednesday, June 5, 2013 2:14 PM Local Time
Redraw
| Table | Seat | Player |
|---|
| 452 | 1 | Binh Ly |
| 452 | 2 | Aaron Ogus |
| 452 | 3 | Grayson Scoggin |
| 452 | 4 | Thomas Blizniak |
| 452 | 5 | Alex Queen |
| 452 | 6 | Malissia Zapata |
| 452 | 7 | Brandon Guss |
| 452 | 8 | Mark Mierkalns |
| 452 | 9 | John Zipperer |
| | | |
| 447 | 1 | Ahmed Mohamed |
| 447 | 2 | Jack Jiang |
| 447 | 3 | Brian Nichols |
| 447 | 4 | William James |
| 447 | 5 | Morgan Newman |
| 447 | 6 | Eric Froehlich |
| 447 | 7 | Chiduziem Obi |
| 447 | 8 | Melanie Banfield |
| 447 | 9 | Brent Wheeler |
Wednesday, June 5, 2013 2:13 PM Local Time
Two Tables
The redraw is complete and we now have two tables with nine players. Let the game continue.
Wednesday, June 5, 2013 2:11 PM Local Time
Jeff Shulman Out
We already have our first elimination of Day 3 of this limit hold'em tournament. Jeff Shulman raised from middle position, and Eric Froehlich reraised from the button. Shulman got the last of his very short stack in.
Froehlich:
Shulman:
The flop came , an airball for both and leaving Froehlich ahead with ace-high. A turn meant Froehlich needed to catch up, and that's exactly what he did when he spiked the on the river. Shulman, who final tabled the main event in 2009, has been eliminated from contention.
| Eric Froehlich | 345,000 | 26,000 |
| Jeff Shulman | 0 | -23,000 |
Wednesday, June 5, 2013 2:02 PM Local Time
Jack Jiang, Where Art Thou?
Jack Jiang isn't in his seat yet so he's missing at least the first two hands. All the other players are here and ready to go.
Update: Jiang is here, but Aaron Ogus isn't yet. Hurry up Mister Ogus, we've started without you!
Update: Ogus is here as well!
Wednesday, June 5, 2013 1:42 PM Local Time
Table Draw
| table | seat | player | chips |
|---|
| 446 | 1 | Melanie Banfield | 47,000 |
| | 2 | Jeff Shulman | 23,000 |
| | 3 | John Zipperer | 114,000 |
| | 4 | Eric Froehlich | 319,000 |
| | 5 | Brent Wheeler | 153,000 |
| | 6 | Thomas Blizniak | 170,000 |
| | | | |
| 447 | 1 | Jack Jiang | 161,000 |
| | 2 | Binh Ly | 197,000 |
| | 3 | Brian Nichols | 182,000 |
| | 4 | Grayson Scoggin | 125,000 |
| | 6 | Ahmed Mohamed | 130,000 |
| | 7 | Scott Mierkalns | 266,000 |
| | | | |
| 452 | 2 | William Newman | 242,000 |
| | 3 | Brandon Guss | 76,000 |
| | 4 | Chiduziem Obi | 183,000 |
| | 5 | Malissia Zapata | 161,000 |
| | 6 | William James | 42,000 |
| | 7 | Aaron Ogus | 233,000 |
| | 8 | Alexander Queen | 83,000 |
Wednesday, June 5, 2013 12:30 PM Local Time
From 19 to One
Good afternoon, and welcome back to the 44th annual World Series of Poker.
Today, 19 players return for the third and final day of Event #10: $1,500 Limit Hold'em, and the chip leader is two-time bracelet winner Eric Froehlich. E-Fro was the only player to bag more than 300,000 chips after Day 2, and his closest competitors are Mark Mierkalns (266,000), Morgan Newman (242,000), and Aaron Ogus (233,000).
Froehlich is the only bracelet winner returning today, but Queen made the final table of this event last year and has plenty of experience as well.
Jeff Shulman also has tons of experience on the felt. The 2009 November Niner is still looking for his first career bracelet - both of his parents Barry and Allyn Jaffrey have earned one - and he'll need to do a lot of work today as he's only starting the day with a few big bets.
The cards will be in the air at 2 p.m. local time. Be sure to stay tuned for all of your up-to-the-minute live updates straight from the tournament floor.