Event #65: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em MAIN EVENT - World Championship

Adam Owen has dressed up for Independence Day and might be rocking the best outfit in the room. His stack trend, however, isn't in party mode as the colorful Brit is down to 17,950 in the third level of the day.

Owen lost some of his stack in a recent three-way pot. On a      board, Owen was in the small blind and bet 2,500. Two players in late position called, including Kenneth Barkoff on the button.

The river   got checked to Barkoff, who bet 6,200. Owen was the only caller and had to muck when Barkoff tabled a flush with   .

Kenneth Barkoff	59,000
Adam Owen	17,950	-11,050

The board read    , Taylor Black checked from the big blind position to a late position opponent who bet 1,500, another opponent in the hijack called and so did Black.

The   fell on the turn and all three players checked. The   came on the river, Black led out for 3,500 and only the opponent in late position called.

Black turned over    for kings over fours and his opponent mucked his hand.

Taylor Black

66,500

9,500

On a board showing     , around 11,000 chips were already in the middle when Ryan Laplante situated in the under the gun position bet 10,500. After some consideration, Martin Malone made the call and the dealer showed a   on the river. Laplante chose to check, and so did Malone.

Laplante tabled    for the flush and Malone mucked his cards.

Ryan Laplante	73,000	17,000
Martin Malone	47,000

In a three-bet pot between Akin Tuna in the cutoff and Daria Feshchenko on the button, the     was checked to the latter. Feshchenko bet 2,100 and Tuna called before both players checked the   turn.

Tuna bet 2,500 on the   river, a quarter of his remaining stack, and Feshchenko quickly called it off.

Akin Tuna:   
Daria Feshchenko:   

Tuna's top pair was no good against Feshchenko's rivered straight, leaving Tuna with fewer than 25 big blinds.

Daria Feshchenko	47,000	10,000
Akin Tuna	7,000	-4,000

Under the gun, Mike McDonald raised to 700 and a series of folds followed until the action stopped at big blind Andjelko Andrejevic, who defended with a call.

Andrejevic checked the     and called when McDonald bet 600. Then he checked again with the turn showing  . McDonald placed in a second barrel, firing 1,800. Andrejevic paused for a moment and then tossed in 6,000, prompting a fast fold from McDonald.

Andjelko Andrejevic	80,000
Mike McDonald	49,000	2,000

With the board reading     , a 5k chip from both Matt Savage and Stefan Ivanov went in on the turn. On the   river, Savage quickly bet 6,000 and received a swift call from Ivanov.

Matt Savage:   
Stefan Ivanov:   

Savage lost the hand and slipped to 20,000.

Stefan Ivanov	140,000	140,000
Matt Savage	20,000	-28,000

Lara Eisenberg bet 5,500, about half of the pot, on      from the big blind. Griffin Benger made the call from middle position and the river brought a  . Eisenberg checked and Benger fired in 15,000. Eisenberg didn't take long before folding.

Griffin Benger

62,000

25,000

We didn't catch when the money went in but Steffen Sontheimer and Mack Lee ended up all in for Sontheimer's 26,000.

The board read       and Sontheimer had rolled over    by the time we arrived, beating Lee's   . Sontheimer, who started well but dropped below par, is now back above the starting line as he continued with around 56,000 or so.

Steffen Sontheimer	56,000	-29,000
Mack Lee	30,800	-26,200