Thursday, July 10, 2014 9:15 PM Local Time
Trips For Jaka
Picking up the action after the river of a board reading , the bet was 21,000 to Faraz Jaka from an opponent. After about 30 seconds Jaka called. His opponent mucked and Jaka tabled for trips to win the pot.
| Faraz Jaka | 203,000 | 113,000  |
Thursday, July 10, 2014 9:14 PM Local Time
Steury Exits
Bracelet winner Aaron Steury won't be adding to his collection by taking down the Main Event, as he just went busto. According to his old table, Steury got his chips in with against and came out on the losing end.
| Aaron Steury | 0 | -111,000  |
Thursday, July 10, 2014 9:14 PM Local Time
A Big Clash Looms
On Table 355 in the Amazon Tan section there are two players, seated just two seats apart, with enormous stacks. Leonardo Emperador, from Venezuela, sits on 785,000 and he looks to improve on his 2008 finish when he placed 261st in this event.
Andrew Liporace has not made the money in the WSOP Main Event just yet, but his current stack gives him a very good chance to make it there.
| Leonardo Emperador | 785,000 | 20,000 |
| Andrew Liporace | 715,000 | -65,000 |
Thursday, July 10, 2014 9:11 PM Local Time
Ivey and the Vet
Phil Ivey opened the pot and got a call from an older gentleman in the big blind. The flop was and it was checked to Ivey. He bet 8,000 and got a call. The turn was the and now the big blind led for 25,000.
Ivey looked affronted and asked, "How much you got?" He saw a stack of 18,000 behind and gave his man an Ivey glare. There can't be many scarier things at a poker table than that but this gentleman was wearing a Vietnam Veterans hat and didn't look like he was too intimidated.
Ivey threw in the call and while army experience helps steel nerves under pressure, so does a set as Ivey faced and had made the call with just . The river bricked out and another chunk of Ivey's stack went missing.
| Phil Ivey | 410,000 | -15,000 |
Thursday, July 10, 2014 9:03 PM Local Time
Roupe, Mestre Racing for Brasilia Lead
| Tom Roupe | 874,000 | 19,000 |
| Raul Mestre | 830,000 | -4,500 |
| Andoni Larrabe (Andoni Larrabesanchez) | 665,000 | |
| Lasell King | 644,500 | -65,500 |
| Tim Stansifer | 450,000 | -145,000 |
| Bryan Devonshire | 230,000 | 103,000 |
| David Vamplew | 162,000 | 17,000 |
| Chris Lee | 154,000 | 58,500 |
| Aaron Steury | 111,000 | -5,000 |
| Brad Ruben | 105,000 | 105,000 |
| Ping Liu | 67,000 | |
| Hac Dang | 40,500 | 40,500 |
Thursday, July 10, 2014 9:02 PM Local Time
Two Pair For Mayrinck
Picking up the action after a flop, the blinds checked to a player in middle position who bet 16,000. Maria Mayrinck called on the button, the blinds folded and the hit the turn. The middle-position player checked to Mayrinck this time and she bet 21,000. Her opponent called and both checked the river.
Mayrinck tabled for queens and tens, her opponent angrily mucked face up and Mayrinck collected the pot.
| Maria Mayrinck | 446,000 | 65,500 |
Thursday, July 10, 2014 9:02 PM Local Time
Wilke Knocks Out Another
The flop read when a player ended up all in for his tournament life against Jesse Wilke.
Wilke:
Opponent:
The board ran out , and Wilke knocked out another player to boost his stack up to 665,000 chips.
| Jesse Wilke | 665,000 | 165,000 |
Thursday, July 10, 2014 8:58 PM Local Time
Pierce Back to 200K; Moneymaker Joins Table
Paul Pierce reached for chips, slowly flicking out a raise to 6,000 from under the gun, and the action folded to a player in the small blind. He called, Michael Binger surrendered his big blind, and the pair took a flop of .
The player checked, Pierce continued for 15,000, and the player folded.
"You got it," he told the 10-time NBA All-Star.
While this hand was going down, 2003 World Series of Poker Main Event champion Chris Moneymaker joined the table. He recently ran into quads, but he too has chipped back up above 200,000 chips.
| Chris Moneymaker | 225,000 | 39,000 |
| Paul Pierce | 200,000 | -15,000 |
Thursday, July 10, 2014 8:58 PM Local Time
Roupe Climbs on Top
A series of small pots has put Tom Roupe on top of the Main Event leaderboard with Matthew Haugen.
Roupe has cashed once this series so far with a 113th place finish in Event #29: $ 2,500 No Limit Hold'em. He has six career World Series of Poker cashes totalling, $125,000.
| Tom Roupe | 855,000 | 105,000 |
Thursday, July 10, 2014 8:58 PM Local Time
"More Hits Then Michael Jackson"
"He's been kissed on the ass!" stated Tony Hachem in reference to Matthew Haugen who now sits behind a 905,500-chip stack.
"More hits then Michael Jackson!" Hachem added.
| Matthew Haugen | 905,500 | 240,500 |
Thursday, July 10, 2014 8:58 PM Local Time
Some Amazon Orange Counts
| Isaac Baron | 750,000 | -105,500 |
| Timur Margolin | 710,000 | -2,000 |
| Domyo Aqmelli | 705,000 | 705,000 |
| Stephen Graner | 695,000 | 695,000 |
| Steve Tripp | 685,000 | -70,000 |
| Mark Newhouse | 630,000 | 305,000 |
| Julio Belluscio | 580,000 | 95,000 |
| Eric Hicks | 575,000 | -130,000 |
| John Gorsuch | 535,000 | -12,000 |
| Jesse Wilke | 500,000 | 10,000 |
| Emil Olsson | 440,000 | -90,000 |
| Matt Waxman | 307,000 | 71,000 |
| John Hennigan | 275,000 | -5,000 |
| Chris Johnson | 275,000 | 57,500 |
| Dan Smith | 255,000 | -60,000 |
| Rep Porter | 220,000 | 4,000 |
| Phil Galfond | 180,000 | -30,000 |
| Brian Yoon | 162,500 | 7,500 |
| Maria Ho | 147,500 | 32,500 |
| Ruth Graham | 87,000 | -53,000 |
Thursday, July 10, 2014 8:54 PM Local Time
Hougaard Hates Himself
A player raised to 7,000 from the cutoff and two-time bracelet winner Jesper Hougaard three-bet to 18,500 from the big blind. The player in the cutoff called and the flop brought out .
Hougaard bet 22,000 on the flop and his opponent made the call. The turn was the and the Dane slid out a bet of 50,000.
The player in the cutoff moved all in for 102,500 total and Hougaard went into the tank.
"When I bet the 50,000 I was sure I was going to call a shove," Hougaard sighed. "But now I'm not sure anymore."
A few minutes went by and eventually Hougaard painstakingly let go of his hand.
After a moment Hougaard looked up from the table and said, "That wasn't pretty," as he's left with just 126,000 chips.
| Jesper Hougaard | 126,000 | 26,000 |
Thursday, July 10, 2014 8:54 PM Local Time
PokerNews Podcast Episode #237: Gruissem Twosome feat. Igor Kurganov and Philipp Gruissem
Phil Ivey is the chip leader of the 2014 World Series of Poker Main Event going into Day 3, so naturally he is the main topic of conversation. Igor Kurganov and Philipp Gruissem join the program midway through the show to talk about anti-sweating Ivey, Raising for Effective Giving, their poker goals, and more.
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Thursday, July 10, 2014 8:50 PM Local Time
A Few Chip Counts from Amazon Tan
| Maria Mayrinck | 380,500 | -4,500 |
| Jason Deutsch | 380,000 | 380,000 |
| Mike Sowers | 335,000 | -10,600 |
| Derek Lerner | 255,000 | 126,600 |
| Alex Queen | 245,000 | 98,000 |
| Larry Ormson | 217,000 | -3,000 |
| Robert Campbell | 215,000 | -2,000 |
| Dan Buzgon | 200,000 | 58,000 |
| Steven Levy | 195,000 | 31,000 |
| Roland Israelashvili | 185,000 | 31,000 |
| Anthony Zinno | 135,000 | 9,000 |
| Brian Nadell | 46,000 | 46,000 |
| Jamie Armstrong | 45,000 | 45,000 |
| Tim Phan | 41,000 | 41,000 |
Thursday, July 10, 2014 8:48 PM Local Time
Moneymaker Can't Find a Fold
We found Chris Moneymaker considering a bet of 48,500 from an opponent in the cutoff. Moneymaker had checked the final board of from early position.
"Quad fives?" he said. "Pocket deuces? You've either got quads...a set of jacks...a set of twos...a draw..."
Moneymaker's voice trailed off, and he opted to look his opponent up. His first instinct was on: . Moneymaker shook his head and mucked face up.
"Nice hand," he said with resignation.
| Chris Moneymaker | 186,000 | -29,000 |
Thursday, July 10, 2014 8:48 PM Local Time
Tricky Business, Poker
The board read and with 50,000 in the pot a player bet 6,000 and Neil Farrell slid out a bet of 55,000. He then put his hoodie up to cover his face a rested his forehead on the table for good measure. This got a chuckle out of his opponent who still had a tricky decision to make. He decided to fold and Farrell came out of hiding to collect the pot.
After a bit of conversation beck and forth asking if Farrell really was chasing down that flush draw he responded that he had a straight draw too. Asked why he acted so nervous on the river Farrell replied, "I'm always nervous. Poker's a tricky business, and it's the main event."
| Niall Farrell | 215,000 | 40,000 |
Thursday, July 10, 2014 8:42 PM Local Time
Aron Heads Remnants of Brasilia Silver
Just a handful of tables remain in Brasilia Silver, but the ones that do house plenty of notables. Here are their stacks:
| Michael Aron | 675,000 | 160,000 |
| Roman Valerstein | 605,000 | 89,000 |
| Dan Sindelar | 340,000 | -20,000 |
| Andrey Zaichenko | 230,000 | -11,400 |
| Rep Porter | 216,000 | 66,000 |
| Leif Force | 172,000 | -37,000 |
| Kevin Eyster | 170,000 | 48,000 |
| Brian Hastings | 163,000 | -52,000 |
| Maxx Coleman | 140,500 | -104,000 |
| Assani Fisher | 124,000 | -57,000 |
| Jason Koon | 116,000 | 26,000 |
| Kenny Tran | 115,000 | -142,000 |
Thursday, July 10, 2014 8:39 PM Local Time
Down to Triple Digits
The tournament clock has now seen the players remaining tick down to triple digits as it reads 999; or 111 tables remaining.
Thursday, July 10, 2014 8:35 PM Local Time
More Counts from Purple
| Matthew Haugen | 665,000 | 95,000 |
| Nick Yunis | 587,000 | 433,700 |
| Timothy Reilly | 470,000 | 20,000 |
| Vinny Pahuja | 405,000 | 44,000 |
| Griffin Benger | 385,000 | 25,000 |
| Daniel Alaei | 245,000 | 0 |
| David Einhorn | 235,000 | 151,000 |
| Barry Hutter | 225,000 | -275,000 |
| Antonio Esfandiari | 207,000 | -18,000 |
| Anton Makiievskyi | 205,000 | 80,000 |
| Tony Hachem | 203,000 | -97,000 |
| David Tuthill | 160,000 | 160,000 |
| Steve Brecher | 150,000 | -12,000 |
| John Monnette | 114,000 | -36,000 |
| David Paredes | 110,000 | 5,000 |
| Garrett Greer | 65,000 | 0 |
Thursday, July 10, 2014 8:32 PM Local Time
A Few Amazon Chip Counts
| Martin Jacobson | 655,000 | 55,000 |
| Tony Ruberto | 550,000 | 170,000 |
| Timothy Reilly | 450,000 | 65,000 |
| Kevin MacPhee | 250,000 | 50,000 |
| Chris DeMaci | 250,000 | 40,000 |
| Antonio Esfandiari | 225,000 | -20,000 |
| Manig Loeser | 217,000 | -3,000 |
| Joseph McKeehen | 195,000 | -75,000 |
| Mike Gogliormella | 185,000 | 0 |
| Ariel Celestino | 180,000 | 180,000 |
| Ryan Tepen | 170,000 | -28,000 |
| Hasan Habib | 124,000 | 17,000 |
| David Paredes | 105,000 | -5,000 |
| Zach Hall | 100,000 | 8,500 |
| John Holley | 70,000 | 500 |
| Garrett Greer | 65,000 | 65,000 |
| Todd Brunson | 34,000 | -5,000 |