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Saturday, June 4, 2011 2:07 PM Local Time
Steven Levy opened to 24,000 only to have Nicholas Blumenthal three-bet to 54,000. With the action back on Levy, he pushed out a four-bet to 118,000 only to have Blumenthal move all in for 310,000.
Levy insta-folded and slipped to 260,000 as Blumenthal moved to 500,000 in chips.
Saturday, June 4, 2011 2:04 PM Local Time
Frank Rusnak pushed all in for 147,000 and Gavin Cochrane made the call next to act.
Rusnak:
Cochrane:
The board was spread to ensure Rusnak the double to 317,000 as Cochrane slips to 160,000 in chips.
Saturday, June 4, 2011 2:00 PM Local Time
From the button, Bernard Lee pushed his last 101,000 into the pot and Farzad Bonyadi made the call from the small blind.
Lee:
Bonyadi:
The board would see Lee hit the rail as our first casualty of the day.
Farzad Bonyadi | 365,000 | 104,000 |
Bernard Lee | 0 | -122,000 |
Saturday, June 4, 2011 1:56 PM Local Time
Mikhail Lakhitov pushed from under the gun for 146,000 only to have Jesse Yaginuma iso-shove for 217,000.
Lakhitov:
Yaginuma:
The board rolled out to see Lakhitov snag a double to 315,000 as Yaginuma fell to 70,000 in chips.
Saturday, June 4, 2011 1:54 PM Local Time
JC Tran bumped it up from the hi-jack to 22,000 and had Richard Lyndaker make the call from the small blind.
The board was checked down until Tran fired out a very delayed continuation-bet of 38,000. Lyndaker check-called, but mucked when shown the of Tran as he moved to 420,000 while Lyndaker slipped to 330,000 in chips.
Saturday, June 4, 2011 1:50 PM Local Time
Kirill Rabtsov pushed from early position for 88,000 only to have Matt Glantz iso-shove all in to force the blinds out of the way.
Rabtsov:
Glantz:
Unfortunately for Glantz, it would be his second beat in a row as the board rolled out making Rabtsov a flush to propel him to 199,000 as Glantz slipped to 226,000 in chips.
Saturday, June 4, 2011 1:48 PM Local Time
Joseph Kuether pushed his final 82,000 in from the button and Matt Glantz made the call from the small blind.
Kuether:
Glantz:
The board was spread to see Kuether double to 182,000 as Glantz slips to 315,000 in chips.
Saturday, June 4, 2011 1:46 PM Local Time
Balazs Botond opened his button to 21,000 as Dmitry Gromov defended his big blind to see a flop fall.
Both players checked, and as the rolled off on the turn, Botond fired out a delayed continuation-bet of 25,000 which Gromov called as the completed the river.
Gromov took the lead by pushing out a 51,000-chip bet, which after some deliberation, Botond made the call only to muck at the sight of Gromov's .
Dmitry Gromov | 450,000 | 77,000 |
Balazs Botond | 165,000 | -97,000 |
Saturday, June 4, 2011 1:43 PM Local Time
Maria Ho has managed to find a double through Thomas Ross.
Ho:
Ross:
The board was spread to see Ho move to over 200,000 as Ross slips to be even keel with Ho.
Saturday, June 4, 2011 1:41 PM Local Time
Brian Lemke opened to 22,000 only to have Kyle Bowker move all in for 98,000 from the small blind. Lemke made the call.
Lemke:
Bowker:
Amazingly both players flopped a set on the flop, and as the and completed the board on the turn and river, Bowker snagged a double to over 200,000 in chips.
Saturday, June 4, 2011 1:39 PM Local Time
Michael Hahn entered the pot with a raise to 21,000 only to produce folds from the table.
"Not much!" stated Hahn as he flashed his .
Saturday, June 4, 2011 1:38 PM Local Time
The cards are now in the air for Day 3.
Play is set to play down until we have a final table of nine, but depending on how quickly we arrive at the final table, there is a chance we may attempt to play through to a winner.
Saturday, June 4, 2011 9:40 AM Local Time
Welcome back for the third day of play here in Event #4: $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em at the 2011 World Series of Poker. Things will be recommencing at 2:30 PM PT and what a day it's going to be. Leading the final 42 players who have advanced this far is the 2009 winner of this very event Brian Lemke. He holds nearly one million in chips and nearly a 300,000-chip lead over Allen Bari in second place.
Those two aren't the only big names left in the field. Sergey Rybachenko, Steven Levy, Jonathan Little, Matt Glantz, JC Tran, Carlos Mortensen, Tim West and Bernard Lee are all still alive to join them, making this an extremely tough field of competitors. Out of that bunch, it's Rybachenko holding the most chips with 614,000. There is also still one woman left in the field and that's Maria Ho. She's clinging to the second shortest stack in the room with 91,000, but everyone knows she's dangerous and that anything can happen in this game.
With 42 players left, everyone is guaranteed at least $18,863 in prize money. That's not going to be what's on their minds though as first place sits at nearly $875,000! Everyone, including Joseph Kuether with the shortest stack in the room, has their eye on that top prize.
As always, PokerNews has got you covered on all things WSOP. Our very own resident Aussie, the lovely, beautiful and talented Lynn Gilmartin will go ahead and give you the skinny on the most current happenings at the WSOP in the June 4th update below.
We'll see you back here around 2:30 PM for the start of Day 3 of this event. In the meantime, PokerNews has plenty of other live reporting going on for the 2011 WSOP, so be sure to check that out.
Saturday, June 4, 2011 9:29 AM Local Time
Table | Seat | Player | Chips |
279 | 1 | Jesse Yaginuma | 177,000 |
279 | 2 | Dmitry Gromov | 373,000 |
279 | 3 | Jonathan Little | 415,000 |
279 | 4 | Brian Schmidt | 114,000 |
279 | 5 | Bernard Lee | 122,000 |
279 | 6 | Farzad Bonyadi | 261,000 |
279 | 7 | Mikhail Lakhitov | 151,000 |
279 | 8 | Jonathan Durand | 290,000 |
279 | 9 | Balazs Botond | 262,000 |
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285 | 1 | Markus Gonsalves | 567,000 |
285 | 2 | Andrew Rosskamm | 166,000 |
285 | 3 | Richard Lyndaker | 417,000 |
285 | 4 | Simon Charette | 464,000 |
285 | 5 | Osmin Dardon | 127,000 |
285 | 6 | Jesse Chinni | 265,000 |
285 | 7 | Steven Levy | 466,000 |
285 | 8 | Nicholas Blumenthal | 242,000 |
285 | 9 | J.C. Tran | 386,000 |
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291 | 1 | Konstantin Bucherl | 301,000 |
291 | 2 | Cary Katz | 219,000 |
291 | 3 | Tim West | 157,000 |
291 | 4 | Frank Rusnak | 154,000 |
291 | 5 | Gavin Cochrane | 353,000 |
291 | 6 | Carlos Mortensen | 267,000 |
291 | 8 | Ricky Fohrenbach | 642,000 |
291 | 9 | Sean LeFort | 256,000 |
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297 | 1 | Peter Gilmore | 525,000 |
297 | 2 | Thomas Ross | 293,000 |
297 | 3 | Maria Ho | 91,000 |
297 | 4 | Dana Gill | 13,800 |
297 | 5 | Judd Halenza | 182,000 |
297 | 6 | Allen Bari | 686,600 |
297 | 7 | Gregory Dyer | 177,000 |
297 | 8 | Michael Hahn | 493,000 |
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298 | 2 | Marton Czuczor | 226,000 |
298 | 3 | Kirill Rabtsov | 109,000 |
298 | 4 | Kyle Bowker | 111,000 |
298 | 5 | Joseph Kuether | 79,000 |
298 | 6 | Matt Glantz | 386,000 |
298 | 7 | Marc-David Delimal | 360,000 |
298 | 8 | Brian Lemke | 960,000 |
298 | 9 | Sergey Rybachenko | 614,000 |