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Saturday, July 5, 2014 3:05 PM Local Time
Shklover Bluffs Baron
Michael Shklover bet 55,000 from the blinds on , and Isaac Baron raised to 175,000 in the cutoff. Shklover called, and the river brought the . Shklover led out for 225,000, and Baron went deep into the tank. He continued to think as Matt Stout discussed the merits of the game Apples 2 Apples across the table, and Baron sighed as he seemed to work up the courage to throw his cards into the muck before stopping.
"Sorry, guys," he said. "Tough decision."
At long last, he did lay the hand down, staring at Shklover with a slight smile as if he hoped to get shown the hand.
Shklover obliged, tossing into the middle with one hand while dragging the pot with the other.
| Isaac Baron | 1,200,000 | -67,000  |
| Michael Shklover | 900,000 | 99,000  |
Saturday, July 5, 2014 2:52 PM Local Time
Ted Lawson Eliminated in 20th Place ($28,290)
Ted Lawson raised the pot from the hijack, Matt Marafioti reraised the pot from the cutoff and Lawson called all in for 64,000 total.
Lawson:
Marafioti:
The board ran out , not enough help for Lawson, giving Marafioti the pot.
| Matt Marafioti | 457,000 | 86,000 |
| Ted Lawson | 0 | -130,000 |
Saturday, July 5, 2014 2:44 PM Local Time
JC Tran Eliminated in 21st Place ($28,290)
JC Tran sent all of his chips to Pat Walsh in a hand we didn't catch.
| Pat Walsh | 1,450,000 | 277,000 |
| JC Tran | 0 | -431,000 |
Saturday, July 5, 2014 2:43 PM Local Time
Jarred Graham Eliminated in 22nd Place ($28,290)
Jarred Graham opened for a raise under the gun and called a three-bet from Tom Marchese on the button, seeing a flop of . Graham potted for nearly all of his stack and called Marchese's shove.
Marchese:
Graham:
Graham had flopped tens up, while Marchese had an overpair with the nut flush draw. The turn was no help to Marchese, but the river filled his flush draw, eliminating the Aussie.
| Tom Marchese | 850,000 | 421,000 |
| Jarred Graham | 0 | -412,000 |
Saturday, July 5, 2014 2:36 PM Local Time
Sean Winter Eliminated in 23rd Place ($28,290)
A short-stacked Sean Winter committed about 62,000 of his stack preflop against Alex Kravchenko and after the flop fell , Winter put in his remaining 26,000. Kravchenko called.
Winter:
Kravchenko:
Kravchenko led with his kings and maintained the lead through thte turn and river to eliminate Winter.
| Alex Kravchenko | 385,000 | 138,000 |
| Sean Winter | 0 | -270,000 |
Saturday, July 5, 2014 2:29 PM Local Time
PokerNews Podcast Episode #233: World Series of Hugs feat. Brandon Shack-Harris
World Series of Poker Player of the Year leader Brandon Shack-Harris joins the PokerNews Podcast to talk about his summer thus far, tell stories, discuss music, and share some very brilliant accents. There are also cameos by friend of the podcast Matt Glantz and ESPN's own Andrew Feldman.
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Saturday, July 5, 2014 2:27 PM Local Time
Shklover Drags a Small One
Three players saw the river as the board came , and Michal Maryska bet 45,000 out of the small blind. Michael Shklover called, and Daniel Hood folded. Shklover showed for a low flush, but it was good enough to take down the pot.
| Michael Shklover | 801,000 | 87,000 |
| Michal Maryška | 345,000 | -98,000 |
Saturday, July 5, 2014 2:23 PM Local Time
Lawson Can't Call Kyriakides
Miltiadis Kyriakides raised to 32,000 in the cutoff, Sam Trickett called form the small blind and Ted Lawson called from the big blind.
The flop fell and Trickett checked to Lawson who bet 40,000. Kyriakides raised the pot, Trickett folded and Lawson went into the tank for about three minutes before flashing the and folding.
| Miltiadis Kyriakides | 433,000 | 20,000 |
| Sam Trickett | 415,000 | -53,000 |
| Ted Lawson | 130,000 | -66,000 |
Saturday, July 5, 2014 2:10 PM Local Time
Kearney Doubles Through Marchese
With the board reading , Thomas Kearney got his stack of 178,000 into the middle with for kings full of eights. Tom Marchese called and showed for an inferior full house and two other cards that he held close to the vest, but didn't fully reveal. The river was no help and Kearney doubled up.
| Thomas Kearney | 506,000 | 250,000 |
| Tom Marchese | 429,000 | -248,000 |
Saturday, July 5, 2014 1:23 PM Local Time
Welcome to Day 3 of Event #64: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Championship
Twenty-three players have emerged from a field of 418 to contend for the crown in Event #64: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Championship. German Marko Neumann leads them with 1,442,000, and American star Isaac Baron sits in second with 1,267,000.
Plenty of other notable names remain in the hunt for the $923,379 first-place prize, which comes with both a coveted World Series of Poker gold bracelet and the title of PLO world champion. Former Main Event runner-up David Williams (698,000), Tom Marchese (677,000), British star Sam Trickett (468,000), JC Tran (431,000), Matt Stout (425,000), Canada's Matt Marafioti (371,000), and Russia's Alex Kravcenko (247,000) make up a diverse and dangerous cast of players.
Cards are scheduled to be in the air at 2 p.m. local time, and we should see the tournament play down to a champion. The structure will begin at Level 21 (8,000/16,000), with hour levels as always, meaning most of the top contenders have very solid stacks. We know it's hard to peel your eyes away from the Main Event, but if any tournament is worthy of attention, it's definitely this one.