Friday, July 10, 2015 1:06 PM Local Time
Jeff Rossiter opens to 3,400 from middle position and James Scott calls before Jonathan Samuels three-bets the button to 11,000.
Rossiter folds, but Scott jams all-in for his last 37,100 and Samuels calls.
Jonathan Samuels:
James Scott:
The board runs out and Scott hits the rail.
Jonathan Samuels - 197,000
James Scott - Eliminated
Friday, July 10, 2015 1:06 PM Local Time
Garry Gates raises to 3,300 from the hijack and is only called by Sean Winter in the next seat.
The board rolls out
with Gates betting 3,500 and 6,500 on the turn and river. Winter calls both bets before the river is checked.
"King high," announces Gates. Winter opens
and rakes in the pot.
Garry Gates - 95,000
Sean Winter - 66,000
Friday, July 10, 2015 1:05 PM Local Time
Rikard Aberg began Day 3 with just 10,100 in chips but began the day with a near triple-up via two hands in the first ten minutes of play. On the first hand, Aberg shoves in late position. He didn't get any action but collected the blinds and antes.
On the third hand of play, Aberg shoves again, this time with , and a player called out of the blinds with . The board ran out and Aberg's queen kicker played. The pot put Aberg at 30,500.
Fast forward half an hour, and Aberg has blinded down to around 19,000 and is in the big blind. The player under the gun min-raises to 3,200 and Aberg calls. The flop comes . Aberg checks and his opponent continues for 4,700. Aberg check-shoves for 16,000.
Aberg's opponent thinks about it for a bit and then calls. Aberg holds and his opponent has . The turn is a and the river is a and Aberg doubles to 42,500.
Rikard Aberg - 42,500
Friday, July 10, 2015 1:05 PM Local Time
According to players at the table, Upeshka De Silva opens preflop with a raise to 4,000 from the hijack. The action folds around to Mike Cohen in the small blind, who three-bets to 16,000. De Silva calls and it's heads up to the flop.
On the flop, Cohen bets 20,900. De Silva calls and the falls on the turn, putting three hearts on the board. Both players check and the river is the . Cohen bets 42,500 and De Silva takes a moment before he moves all in for a little over 160,000, having Cohen covered. Cohen snap-calls and tables for a queen-high flush, but De Silva shows for the nut flush to scoop the pot.
Upeshka De Silva - 384,300
Mike Cohen - Eliminated
Friday, July 10, 2015 1:04 PM Local Time
Jonathan Gilliam, who started the day with 65,200, is all in, under the gun with 16,600. He's showing . Manuel Blaschke is in the small blind showing .
The board is .
Gilliam takes the pot with a full house.
Jonathan Gilliam - 70,000
Manuel Blaschke - 215,000
Friday, July 10, 2015 1:03 PM Local Time
Phani Ramineni raises to 3,600 from the button and Dan Kelly three-bets to 8,800 from the big blind. Ramineni calls and the flop comes . Kelly bets 7,500 and Ramineni calls.
The turn is the and both players check. The comes on the river and Kelly bets 16,500. Ramineni thinks for a minute before calling and mucks after seeing Kelly's .
Dan Kelly - 80,400
Phani Manineni - 35,600
Friday, July 10, 2015 1:03 PM Local Time
Jeff Rossiter opens to 3,400 from middle position and both blinds call; one of which is Jonathan Samuels.
The flop falls and the Samuels leads out for 5,000.
Rossiter folds, as does the small blind to see the Samuels pushed the pot.
Jonathan Samuels - 145,000
Jeff Rossiter - 35,100
Friday, July 10, 2015 1:03 PM Local Time
The player in the hijack raises to 3,300 and action folds around to Daniel Cates in the small blind, who moves all in for about 100,000. The player in the big blind calls off his last 21,000 and the hijack goes into the tank. After about a minute in the tank, the hijack folds and Cates is heads-up with the big blind.
"Do you have a pair?" asked Cates as he tables .
The big blind doesn't respond and he shows . The flop is and the big blind adds four outs to his hand.
"People don't hit that draw very much," said Cates of the big blind's straight draw.
The turn is the and the river is the , giving Cates the pot.
"See, people never hit that draw," said Cates as the dealer pushes him the pot.
Daniel Cates - 127,000
Friday, July 10, 2015 12:59 PM Local Time
With the board reading and just over 9,000 in the pot, Jamie Staples checks in the small blind. His opponent, in the big blind, bets 4,300 and Staples, who is playing just over 25,000, calls.
The pairs and completes the board and Staples checks again, with his opponent quickly doing the same to end the action.
Staples cringes before announcing "four", tabling for a rivered full house. It's good enough to win the pot and chip up the short stack.
Jaime Staples - 42,000
Friday, July 10, 2015 12:57 PM Local Time
Chip leader Anand Amar opens with a raise to 3,500 from under the gun and finds calls from a middle position player and Loren Rice on the button. Sean Dempsey is in the small blind and he moves all in over the top for his last 41,600. Anand thinks for a moment before letting his cards go. The middle position player folds as well, putting the action on Rice. He reaches for chips and cuts out a call, allowing the players to turn their cards face up.
Dempsey:
Rice:
The board runs out , giving Dempsey a heart flush for the double. He now has about 95,000 to his name.
Sean Dempsey - 95,000
Loren Rice - 49,000
Friday, July 10, 2015 12:57 PM Local Time
Brad Garrett makes it 3,300 from middle position. It folds around to Shiva Dudani in the big blind and he comes along. The flop comes . Dudani checks. Garrett throws in 4,500 and Dudani still wants to play.
The turn is the . Both players check. Fifth street brings . Dudani starts the action this time, tossing out 8,500. Garrett thinks for a second and throws in the call. Dudani shows for two pair. Garrett mucks his hand and Dudani takes it down.
Shiva Dudani - 96, 500
Brad Garrett - 49, 800
Friday, July 10, 2015 12:55 PM Local Time
The action folds around to Harsukhpaul Sangha on the button who raises to 3,500. Akash Malik calls from the big blind before both players watch the flop come down .
Both players opt to check before the drops on the turn. Malik leads out for 4,200, which is enough to take down the pot, after Sangha mucks his hand.
Akash Malik - 259,000
Friday, July 10, 2015 12:54 PM Local Time
Scotty Nguyen opens the pot with a raise to 3,000 from the hijack and calls after Heinz Kamutzki three-bets to 11,100 from the cutoff.
The flop us
and Nguyen check-calls an 8,000 c-bet from the German player. Both players check the
turn before Kamutzki bets 16,000 on the
river when checked to again.
"Merry Christmas, baby!" said Nguyen as he flicked in the call. Kamutzki opens
and Nguyen mucks.
Scotty Nguyen - 127,000
Heinz Kamutzki - 115,000
Friday, July 10, 2015 12:52 PM Local Time
Matt Jarvis is the table's chipleader. He started the day with one of the higher chip counts, with 304,400. He raises to 3,600 from the cutoff. Toby Lewis calls from the small blind.
The flop falls . Both players check.
The turn is the . Lewis bets 5,500 and Jarvis folds. Lewis takes the pot, building on his starting stack of 164,200.
Toby Lewis - 172,000
Matt Jarvis - 300,800
Friday, July 10, 2015 12:52 PM Local Time
Joe Hachem raises to 3,600 from middle position and Austin Lewis defends his big blind.
The flop falls and Lewis checks to Hachem who bets out 3,800. Lewis calls and checks the on the turn as Hachem bets 6,800.
Again, Lewis calls as the completes the board and he checks to Hachem who bets 12,200.
After about a minute deliberating, Lewis folds and Hachem is pushed the pot.
"Was there a number you were going to call?" asks Hachem.
Lewis nods his head.
"8,100? I hate myself for that s**t!" adds Hachem after the hand.
Joe Hachem - 155,000
Austin Lewis - 90,000
Friday, July 10, 2015 12:51 PM Local Time
Christopher Kinane commits his remaining 34,700 pre flop and is called by Ben Richardson.
Kinane:
Richardson:
The board runs out to see Kinane hold with his over pair.
Christopher Kinane - 71,600
Benjamin Richardson - 36,800
Friday, July 10, 2015 12:50 PM Local Time
Greg Candido raises on the button and Kristina Holst three-bets to 11,000 out of the big blind. Candido calls and the two see a flop of . Holst gives Candido a quick stare and then puts out a bet of 24,000. Candido quickly folds and Holst's neighbor congratulates her.
Holst smiles and says "it's been a good day" and it has been as she started with 76,400 and has more than doubled that in the first hour of play.
Kristina Holst - 160,000
Friday, July 10, 2015 12:49 PM Local Time
A series of preflop raises sees Michael Shanahan all in and Luther Tran calls.
Shanahan was one of the top stacks for a long time yesterday but slipped back towards the end while Tran starts today third in chips.
Tran turns over and Shanahan .
"Damn. I put you on eights." Tran says.
The board runs out and Shanahan gets an early double up.
Michael Shanahan - 340,000
Luther Tran - 331,000
Friday, July 10, 2015 12:48 PM Local Time
Blair Rodman opens the action with a raise from early position to 3,500. Action folds around to Daniel Negreanu in the big blind who calls and they are heads up to the flop.
"Oh look we are on TV," jokes Rodman as the ESPN crew gathers around the table.
The dealer spreads a flop of and Negreanu quickly checks to Rodman, who checks behind. The turn brings the and Negreanu now leads out for 5,600. Rodman calls.
The falls on the river and Negreanu bets 12,500. Rodman thinks about it briefly and calls. Negreanu rolls over to take down the pot.
Daniel Negreanu - 153,000
Friday, July 10, 2015 12:48 PM Local Time
Blair Hinkle opens to 3,700 from under the gun and picks up three callers in middle position, the cutoff and the button.
James Kasputis, who is in the small blind, takes an account of the previous action and his own chip stack before announcing himself "all-in".
The big blind and Hinkle quickly fold before Karen Thielen, in middle position, asks for a count.
Kasputis' all-in amount is for 64,000 and after some thought, Thielen, who is playing just over 130,000 folds.
Henry Lu folds the cutoff and the button passes as well, with each player not wanting to put their near 100,000 chip stack at risk.
After the final fold, Kasputis finds himself increasing his stack by nearly 20,000 chips without even getting to the flop.
James Kasputis - 82,000