Friday, July 10, 2015 11:55 PM Local Time
Andy Spears is running good, winning chips off his opponents two hands in a row.
In the first hand, the flop is . The big blind checks and Spears bets 11,000 from under the gun. The big blind calls.
The turn is the . The big blind checks, Spears bets 17,000 and the big blind calls.
The river is the and both players check.
Spears turns over and his opponent tables . Spears wins the pot.
In the second hand, the flop is . Spears bets 20,000 from the big blind and the cut off shoves with 28,000. Spears calls.
Spears tables and his opponent turns over .
The turn is the and the river is the . Spears wins the pot with two pair and his opponent is eliminated. As he leaves, he says, "Good game, man!"
Andy Spears - 286,000
Friday, July 10, 2015 11:54 PM Local Time
On a flop of , the small blind checks and Andrew Moreno
bets 10,000 from the cutoff. The small blind check-calls and the turn is
the . The small blind checks and Moreno bets 15,000. The small
blind check-raises all in and Moreno calls.
Both players have flushes as Moreno shows and has his
opponent drawing dead with his . The river is an irrelevant
and the small blind heads to the rail.
Andrew Moreno - 495,000
Friday, July 10, 2015 11:53 PM Local Time
Joel Smith finds himself all in holding against Joseph McKeehen's .
The board runs out , Smith is unable to connect, and he hits the rail.
Joseph McKeehen - 960,000
Joel Smith - Eliminated
Friday, July 10, 2015 11:53 PM Local Time
There will be a new king in the jungle at the WSOP as Daniel "Jungleman" Cates has been eliminated at the hands of Manuel Blaschke when Blasche's defeated Cates's .
Daniel Cates - Eliminated
Friday, July 10, 2015 11:51 PM Local Time
A board reads
and the small takes a long time before he bets 33,000. His opponent in the hand is Kenny Hallaert and he calls to the
river. The small blind takes a long time again and this time he checks. Hallaert reaches for chips, and as soon as the small blind sees that, he mucks.
Kenny Hallaert - 490,000.
Friday, July 10, 2015 11:50 PM Local Time
The player under the gun raises to 10,000 and three people call. Fernando Araujo reraises to 60,000 and his only caller is Barbara Sargent.
Araujo:
Sargent:
The board runs out and Sargent is out of the Main Event.
Fernando Araujo - 490,000
Barbara Sargent - Eliminated
Friday, July 10, 2015 11:50 PM Local Time
Chad Walker opens to 10,000 from the hijack and William Byrnes three-bets the cutoff to 25,000.
Walker calls and both players check the flop as the lands on the turn.
Walker checks, Byrnes bets 45,000 and Walker folds.
Chad Walker - 620,000
William Byrnes - 300,000
Friday, July 10, 2015 11:49 PM Local Time
It's a three-way pot on a board, and a player in middle position bets 35,000 into the pot of more than 75,000. Steven Sollitto then moves all in for 49,500 and it's onto Fedor Holz. Holz just calls, as does the original raiser.
The falls on the river and both players check. Players are slow to flip their cards, but Sollitto is first and shows for a pair of kings. Both Holz and the third player in the hand mucks their cards, and Sollitto will scoop the pot to stay alive.
Steven Sollitto - 217,000
Fedor Holz - 810,000
Friday, July 10, 2015 11:48 PM Local Time
The board at river is
and a player has bet 13,000. Daniel Cates is in the big blind and he moves all in for 47,500. His opponent has him covered and takes a few minutes before he folds.
Cates is enjoying himself now and tells his opponent he can pick one of his cards. The card tuned over is the
.
Daniel Cates - 95,000
Friday, July 10, 2015 11:47 PM Local Time
Michael Shanahan three bets to 15,000 after a raise from Matt Berkey. Peter Brown calls from the big blind and Berkey calls the raise. The flop comes . All three players check. The turn comes . Brown leads out for 30,000. Berkey calls, and Shanahan lays it down. Fifth street brings the . Brown throws out another 30,000, leaving only a few thousand behind. Berkey thinks for just a few seconds and folds.
Berkey says that it scared him because the small stack at the table is betting in to two big stacks. Brown jokes, saying that was his plan and that he really had king, two and missed everything. Brown then says that he should be given a name like 'Rookie Assassin' or 'Kenny Powers Junior', as he does little karate chops around his face.
Brown is running very hot and hits a flush, taking down another huge pot.
Peter Brown - 394,000
Friday, July 10, 2015 11:46 PM Local Time
On a flop of Craig Varnell bets out 21,000 and Kilian Kramer raises. Once the action returns to Varnell, he moves all in for roughly 180,000 and Kramer calls.
Varnell:
Kramer:
The turn and river land the and and Varnell is eliminated as Kramer climbs to 500,000 in chips.
Friday, July 10, 2015 11:45 PM Local Time
Brian Hastings opens under the gun to 8,000 and Kakwan Lau in middle position who three-bets to 28,000. Action folds around to Ryan Riess in the small blind who moves all in for his last 50,500. Lau sigh calls and see the bad shape.
Riess:
Kakwan:
The board runs out and the 2013 Main Event Champion's run continues here on Day 3.
Ryan Riess - 120,000
Lau Kakwan - 796,000
Friday, July 10, 2015 11:43 PM Local Time
Antonio Esfandiari opens for 10,000 and gets a call from Michael Telker in middle position. The big blind calls to make it three ways to a flop of .
Action is checked around and the turn card sees the big blind come out betting for 20,000. Esfandiari raises to 53,000 and Telker calls, but the big blind thinks better of it and folds.
The river is the and Esfandiari checks. Telker takes a long time to make up his mind, counting out a bet of 100,000 and reducing it gradually until he slides out a bet of 80,000. Esfandiari does not look convinced and says perhaps he has a set of fours or maybe a suited ace-type hand.
The ESPN cameras are trained on Esfandiari as he tries to work it out and he looks at Telker's body language. "You don't look very happy Michael," he says but a minute later he folds.
The rest of the table encourages him to show his cards, as it will make great TV and Telker turns over one card, the .
"I almost hero called you," Esfandiari says.
Michael Telker - 470,000
Antonio Esfandiari - 355,000
Friday, July 10, 2015 11:42 PM Local Time
On a flop reading Arman Soltani checks from middle position before the player on the button bets out. Soltani then raises an additional 26,000 in chips and is called.
The drops on the turn and Soltani check calls a bet totaling 26,500 from his opponent.
After the completes the board both players check. Soltani then tables his for kings full and takes down the pot after his opponent mucks.
Arman Soltani - 580,000
Friday, July 10, 2015 11:41 PM Local Time
There is a pile of chips in the middle and action is on the turn between Mark Kroon and Eunjong Kim with the board showing . Kroon bets 67,500 and Kim calls.
The river is the and Kroon pushes out a huge stack of chips for a bet of 155,000. Kim goes deep into thought, which prompts Kroon to say, "I guess I can't ever have a hand."
Kim asks Kroon, "you like your hand?"
"Not if you called the one time, I hate my hand," responds the Wisconsin poker veteran.
Kim shakes his head as Kroon puts on his glasses and welcomes a new player to the table. Kim thinks a bit longer and calls.
"Good call, you win," says Kroon as he waits for Kim to reveal his hand. Kim shows for trip jacks.
Eunjong Kim - 575,000
Mark Kroon - 625,000
Friday, July 10, 2015 11:41 PM Local Time
Chad Walker raises to 10,000 from middle position and the cutoff three-bets to 25,000.
Once the action returns to Walker, he four-bets to 62,000 and the cutoff folds.
Chad Walker - 612,000
Friday, July 10, 2015 11:36 PM Local Time
Ville Mattila raises on the button and Eugene Roemischer moves all in for 78,000 from the big blind. Mattila calls and the hands are turned up.
Eugene Roemischer -
Ville Mattila -
The flop comes to pair Mattila and put Roemischer even further behind. The turn gives Roemischer just four outs to survive, but none of them arrive on the river. Roemischer is eliminated and will receive $15,000 for his performance.
Ville Mattila - 456,000
Eugene Roemischer - Eliminated
Friday, July 10, 2015 11:34 PM Local Time
Ross Bybee and an opponent look down at a board of . Action checks to Bybee on the turn and he knocks the table back.
The river brings a fourth club to the board with the . Bybee's opponent reaches for chips and moves 15,000 into the middle. Bybee thinks for a moment before raising to 35,000. His opponent instantly calls and Bybyee rolls over for the ace-high flush. His opponent mucks and Bybee takes down the pot.
Ross Bybee - 235,000
Friday, July 10, 2015 11:34 PM Local Time
From the button, Tyler Cornell raises to 9,000 and is met with a call from the small blind. The flop falls and both players check.
The turn lands the and again both players check before the river falls . The small blind leads out for 6,000 and Cornell calls.
The small blind tables his as Cornell tables his to see the pot chopped up.
Tyler Cornell - 230,000
Friday, July 10, 2015 11:29 PM Local Time
After cutoff raise, Allen Cunningham three-bets all in for around 70,000 from the button with . The raiser calls with and the board runs , prompting the other play to fist-pump. Cunningham doesn't say a word as he collects his belongings and departs the room.
Allen Cunningham - Eliminated