Monday, March 25, 2013 1:18 PM Local Time
Rosie Paules made it 55,000 to go in the small blind, and Jonathan Taylor called from the big blind. The flop came down , and Paules checked to Taylor, who fired out 50,000. Paules put in a check raise to 125,000, and Taylor made the call.
The turn brought the , and Paules kept the aggression up with a bet of 150,000. Taylor called again, and the river brought the . Paules fired one more time for 250,000, and after 30 seconds of tanking, Taylor put out a raise to 800,000. Paules moved all in, and Taylor made the call!
Paules:
Taylor:
Chop chop.
| Rosie Paules | 2,200,000 | 100,000  |
| Jonathan Taylor | 1,850,000 | 50,000 |
Monday, March 25, 2013 12:58 PM Local Time
Wow. Ashly Butler went from 2nd in chips to out in two hands. On the hand right after the one with Kevin Eyster, Rosie Paules raised it up to 40,000, and Butler called in the small blind.
The flop came down , and both players checked. The turn brought the , and Butler checked to Paules, who fired out 75,000. Butler clicked it back with a min raise to 150,000, and it was back to Paules. She put in a three bet to 450,000, and Butler made the call to put the pot over 1 million.
The river came the , and Butler checked to Paules. She quickly moved all in, and Butler called even quicker. Paules tabled for a flopped full house, and a dejected Butler mucked his hand.
Butler headed to the payout desk, while Paules is our new chip leader with 2.1 million.
| Rosie Paules | 2,100,000 | 1,300,000 |
| Ashly Butler | 0 | -1,000,000  |
Monday, March 25, 2013 12:49 PM Local Time
Just two hands after the one we just reported, Kevin Eyster and Ashly Butler tangled again.
Eyster started the action by raising to 45,000 in early position, and Butler came along in the big blind. The flop came , and Butler check called a bet of 42,000. The turn came the , and Butler checked again. Eyster fired out 85,000 this time, and again, Butler tagged along.
The river came the , and Butler checked a third time. Eyster tanked for about 20 seconds before assembling a massive bet of 225,000, and sliding it in. Butler quickly called, and Eyster tabled for a set of sevens. Butler mucked, and Eyster scoops the massive pot to get back up to 1.8 million, while Butler falls to 1 million.
| Kevin Eyster | 1,800,000 | 420,000 |
| Ashly Butler | 1,000,000 | -500,000 |
Monday, March 25, 2013 12:42 PM Local Time
Ashly Butler made it 40,000 in early position, and Kevin Eyster made the call in position. The flop came and Butler made it 45,000 to go. Eyster came along, and both players checked when the hit the turn. The river brought the , and Butler fired out 102,000. Eyster grabbed a stack of 100,000, and slid it in the middle.
Butler tabled , and Eyster mucked his hand. Butler bumped up to 1.5 million after that hand, while Eyster fell to 1.38 million.
| Ashly Butler | 1,500,000 | 310,000 |
| Kevin Eyster | 1,380,000 | -240,000 |
Monday, March 25, 2013 12:32 PM Local Time
Action folded around to Jonathan Taylor in the hijack, and he made it 40,000 to go. Lawrence Blazer was the lone caller from the big blind, and the dealer fanned out a flop of . Blazer checked to Taylor, who fired out 32,000. Blazer responded by check raising all in for 377,000 total, and Taylor tanked for about 30 seconds before giving his hand up.
That drops Taylor to 1.8 million, while Blazer is now up to 480,000.
| Jonathan Taylor | 1,800,000 | -100,000 |
| Lawrence Blazer | 480,000 | 160,000 |
Monday, March 25, 2013 12:25 PM Local Time
Jonathan Taylor opened the action from under the gun +1 to 40,000. The next two players to act, Jerry Johnson and Allan Hedin, both called. It got to Isaac Kirchner in the cutoff, and he moved all in for his last 445,000.
Taylor and Johnson both got out of the way, but Hedin elected to make the call.
Hedin:
Kirchner:
It was a coinflip for Kirchner's tournament life, and the flop was a disaster, coming . Kirchner was now looking for one of the two remaining sevens, but they never came, as it completed and .
Kirchner will walk away with $13,135, while Hedin jumped up to 1.6 million.
| Allan Hedin | 1,600,000 | 500,000 |
| Isaac Kirchner | 0 | -490,000 |
Monday, March 25, 2013 12:13 PM Local Time
There is a technical issue with the live streaming final table, so the players are staying at their current table until then. The cards are once again in the air.
Monday, March 25, 2013 11:39 AM Local Time
The players are on a break until 1 so that the final table can be set up.
Monday, March 25, 2013 11:38 AM Local Time
| Jonathan Taylor | 1,900,000 | 200,000 |
| Kevin Eyster | 1,620,000 | 20,000 |
| Ashly Butler | 1,190,000 | 32,000 |
| Allan Hedin | 1,100,000 | -63,000 |
| Rosie Paules | 800,000 | -217,000 |
| Isaac Kirchner | 490,000 | -62,000 |
| Jerry Johnson | 482,000 | 16,000 |
| Benjamin Kim | 340,000 | 34,000 |
| Lawrence Blazer | 320,000 | -40,000 |
Monday, March 25, 2013 11:37 AM Local Time
| *Table | Seat | Player | |
| 1 | 1 | Jonathan Taylor | |
| 1 | 2 | Jerry Johnson | |
| 1 | 3 | Allan Hedin | |
| 1 | 4 | Ashly Butler | |
| 1 | 5 | Isaac Kirchner | |
| 1 | 6 | Lawrence Blazer | |
| 1 | 7 | Kevin Eyster | |
| 1 | 8 | Benjamin Kim | |
| 1 | 9 | Rosie Paules | |
Monday, March 25, 2013 11:31 AM Local Time
We didn't catch the hand as it was happening, as we were working on getting photos up of the final table members, but we got filled in on what happened that led to Ting Ho busting just before the official final table.
The board read , and Ho and Jonathan Taylor got in a raising war that saw all the money go in. Ho had flopped a monster holding , but she was drawing very thin, as Taylor held .
Ho could only catch two cards in the deck for a straight flush, but it didn't happen, as the hit the river. Taylor took the pot to bump his stack up to 1.7 million, while Ho is the dubious final table bubble girl.
| Jonathan Taylor | 1,700,000 | 698,000 |
| Ting Ho | 0 | -677,000 |
Monday, March 25, 2013 11:16 AM Local Time
Action folded around to Bryan Campanello in the cutoff, and he moved all in for his last 400,000. Kevin Eyster looked him up in the small blind, and we had a race on our hands.
Eyster:
Campanello:
The board ran down , and Eyster collected the bounty, while Campanello will have to settle for 11th place.
The players are currently redrawing for seats at the unofficial final table.
| Kevin Eyster | 1,600,000 | 370,000 |
| Bryan Campanello | 0 | -445,000 |
Monday, March 25, 2013 11:08 AM Local Time
It took about three hands for us to get our first all in of the day. Lawrence Blazer raised it up to 50,000 in the hijack, and when it got to Bryan Campanello on the button, he moved all in for his last 380,000. It got back to Blazer, and he spent about 45 seconds thinking before kicking his hand in.
Campanello jumped up to 445,000 after the hand, while Blazer fell to 360,000.
| Bryan Campanello | 445,000 | 52,000 |
| Lawrence Blazer | 360,000 | -60,000 |
Monday, March 25, 2013 11:01 AM Local Time
The cards are now in the air! Once we lose one player, we will redraw for the final ten.
Monday, March 25, 2013 10:14 AM Local Time
Welcome back to the snowy mountains here at Black Hawk for the conclusion of the World Series of Poker Circuit Main Event at the Lodge Casino! Yesterday, we whittled 144 players down to just 11, and after nearly 12 hours of play, Kevin Eyster, also known as "1sickdisease" online, leads the way with 1.23 million. It's not a huge lead though, as there are four players within 200,000 of him.
It's a stacked field of 11 players, with multiple ring winners still alive. Ashly Butler comes into today 3rd in chips with 1.156 million, and he won a ring in Biloxi last August. Bryan Campanello is one of the short stacks with 393,000, but he may be the hottest player left in the field, as he won a ring here in Black Hawk just 11 days ago.
We also have a pair of ladies who are still vying for the title. Rosie Paules is another member of the millionaire club, as she comes into today with 1.017 million. There's also Ting Ho, who just won a 6-max reentry WPT prelim event in Atlantic City in January. She will come into today with 677,000.
The action was big and fast yesterday, and we are expecting more of the same today, as over half the field is just one double up away from the chip lead. We are playing down to a winner today, so don't go anywhere! We here at Pokernews will be bringing you the action all day. Play will get underway in just over half an hour, so make sure you are comfortable, and enjoy our Day 3 coverage!