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Friday, June 5, 2015 1:50 PM Local Time
Steffen Sontheimer opens the betting and Gerald Rahmn declares that his short stack is all in. The remaining players fold, Sontheimer calls and the cards are exposed.
Sontheimer gives him a spin with
and Rahm has
.
The flop is
giving Sontheimer a flush draw and pairing Rahmn's ace. The turn
and river
stay safe to double up Rahm.
Gerald Rahmn - 260,000
Steffen Sontheimer - 600,000
Friday, June 5, 2015 1:44 PM Local Time
Ronit Chamani's tournament comes to an end after she gets the last of her stack in with ace-queen. Keith Morrow has enough chips to put Chamani at risk, and he does so with pocket queens.
The flop comes down ace-high and Chamani has Morrow dead to the case queen, but it arrives improbably on the turn to send Chamani home in 22nd place.
Keith Morrow - 710,000
Ronit Chamani - Eliminated
Friday, June 5, 2015 1:38 PM Local Time
Scott Montgomery opens the action and faces a three-bet from Idan Raviv. The rest of the table leave them to it and Montgomery moves all in. Raviv calls and turns over which prompts a chuckle from Philip Elliott who lost with queens to Montgomery minutes ago. Montgomery tables .
The dealer puts out and the queens hold to bust Montgomery.
Idan Raviv - 800,000
Scott Montgomery - Eliminated
Friday, June 5, 2015 1:32 PM Local Time
The board reads [10] by the turn and what looks to be 160,000 or more is already piled in the pot.
Scott Montgomery is in the small blind and he bets 105,000 into Steve Billirakis, who holds the button. Billirakis measures out a call and moves it forward, and the falls on the river to complete the board.
Montgomery slows down by tapping the table, and after two minutes of tanking, Billirakis announces himself all in for 340,000 effective. Montgomery snap-mucks and Billirakis takes the big pot without a showdown.
Steve Billirakis - 1,135,000
Scott Montgomery - 340,000
Friday, June 5, 2015 1:28 PM Local Time
Tobias Ziegler gets the last of his 275,000 into the middle before the flop, and his is racing against Geoffrey Rasmussen's .
The board runs out and Rasmussen's nines hold up to notch the knockout, while pushing his stack up above 1.3 million.
Ziegler hits the rail in 24th place and takes home $13,373 in winnings.
Geoffrey Rasmussen - 1,350,000
Tobias Ziegler - Eliminated
Friday, June 5, 2015 1:22 PM Local Time
Scott Montgomery is all in and Philip Elliott calls with a slight sigh. He's in good shape though with
against the at risk Montgomery who holds
.
The cards fall
and now Elliot has reason to sigh as Montgomery makes a flush to double up and cripple Elliott.
Scott Montgomery - 540,000
Philip Elliott - 50,000
Friday, June 5, 2015 1:16 PM Local Time
Iaron Lightbourne opens to 25,000 and action folds to Steffen Sontheimer in the small blind, who responds with a three-bet shove for his last 90,000.
Lightbourne quickly calls and rolls over , to which Sontheimer smiles in relief and replies "we're flipping" while showing down .
The flip is over in a flash though, as the flop falls to give Lightbourne middle set. Sontheimer makes top pair though, so the on the turn provides the requisite sweat, but he fails to fill up on the river.
Iaron Lightbourne - 785,000
Steffen Sontheimer - Eliminated
Friday, June 5, 2015 1:09 PM Local Time
Davis Aalvik opens for 36,000 and gets a call from Geoffrey Rasmussen. Mike Watson raises to just over 100,000 and the blinds fold. Aalvik declares all in and Rasmussen folds. Watson calls and the cards are on their backs.
Aalvik has
and Watson the
.
The cards run out
and Watson gets an early double.
Mike Watson - 850,000
Davis Aalvik - 281,000
Friday, June 5, 2015 1:02 PM Local Time
Level: 22
Blinds: 6,000/12,000
Ante: 2,000
Friday, June 5, 2015 11:50 AM Local Time
After two action-packed days of six-handed action, a huge field of 1,651 runners has been carved down to the final 25, and it's two-time WSOP bracelet winner Steve Billirakis (pictured) with the biggest stack in the bag.
Billirakis enters Day 3 holding 1,015,000 to put him at right around double the average of 495,300, but he's being chased closely by Geoffrey Rasmussen (967,000) and Brett Radin (952,000). After announcing himself to the world of tournament poker in style back in 2011 - winning a bracelet in the $5,000 Mixed Hold'em Championship just 11 days after his 21st birthday - Billirakis has built quite the resume. He added a second bracelet in the $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha event at the 2011 WSOP-Europe, won a Circuit ring at the WSOP-C Main Event in Hammond, and has more than $2.7 million in reported live earnings.
With the chip lead and plenty of experience closing out the latter stages of a pressure-packed bracelet event, Billirakis will be looking to join an elite group of three-time WSOP champions that includes Barry Greenstein, Antonio Esfandiari, and the late Chip Reese.
Scott Montgomery (398,000) won a bracelet back in 2010, and since then he's piled up more than $4.3 million in reported live earnings. That number includes the more than $3 million he pocketed for finishing 5th at the 2008 WSOP Main Event. Adding a second bracelet here today would cement Montgomery's legacy as one of Canada's top poker products.
There are also several top pros in the field with a great chance to win their first gold bracelet. Mike Dentale (575,000), Mike Watson (414,000), Zo Karim (334,000), Ronit Chamani (280,000), and Gordon Vayo (180,000) each have more than $500,000 in lifetime earnings, but they are all searching for the first win at the WSOP.
You can find a full listing of the 25 remaining players, along with their chip counts and seating assignments, by clicking the "Chip Counts" and "Reports" tabs above.
Play resumes at 1 p.m. local time beginning with Level 22, with blinds set at 6,000/12,000 and a 2,000 ante. The eventual winner will pocket $457,000 for the win, while the runner-up takes home $283,063, and everybody left in contention is ensured of earning at least $10,743.
Full payout information can be found by clicking the "Prize Pool" tab above.
Keep it here with WSOP.com throughout day to follow live updates from the floor of the Rio, where Event #12: $1,500 Six-Handed No-Limit Hold'em will crown the latest bracelet winner.