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Thursday, June 24, 2010 3:29 PM Local Time
Jeffrey Baker limped from under the gun and Joel Ettedgi bet the pot (72,000) in middle position. Baker called.
The flop came out and both players checked. The card was a and they both checked again. The river brought a to the felt and baker check-folded to a 75,000-chip bet from Ettedgi.
Ettedgi is now up to 360,000 chips.
Thursday, June 24, 2010 3:19 PM Local Time
Michael Chappus limped in and Ben Lamb bet the pot (72,000). Chappus eventually called.
When the flop hit the felt, Chappus checked and Lamb fired a 117,000-chip bet.
Chappus had to call all in but eventually folded. Pot for Lamb, is now up to 325,000 chips.
Thursday, June 24, 2010 3:07 PM Local Time
Action folded to Jeffrey Baker in the small blind and he raised to 45,000. Anders Taylor reraised the pot to 135,000 and Baker quickly released.
Thursday, June 24, 2010 3:03 PM Local Time
John Gottlieb opened the pot with a 30,000-chip raise and was called by Ryan Karp.
The flop came out and Karp bet the pot. Gottlieb moved all in and Karp snapped.
Showdown
Gottlieb:
Karp:
The turn card was a , but the river was a and they chopped the pot.
Thursday, June 24, 2010 2:49 PM Local Time
Three players saw the flop of and Joel Ettedgi was first to act. He checked, Ryan Karp checked and then Phil Hellmuth checked.
The turn brought the and Ettedgi checked before Karp fired 34,000. Hellmuth folded and then Ettedgi also mucked, giving Karp the pot.
Thursday, June 24, 2010 2:44 PM Local Time
Jeffrey Baker opened the pot with a 30,000-chip raise in the small blind, and Anders Taylor called in the big.
The flop came out and Baker fired a 55,000-chip bet. Taylor bet the pot and Baker folded.
Thursday, June 24, 2010 2:34 PM Local Time
Here's the seating assignments for the final ten-handed table.
Seat 1: Joel Ettedgi
Seat 2: John Gottlieb
Seat 3: Steve Jelinek
Seat 4: Michael Chappus
Seat 5: Mandy Thomas
Seat 6: Ryan Karp
Seat 7: Phil Hellmuth
Seat 8: Ben Lamb
Seat 9: Jeffrey Baker
Seat 10: Anders Taylor
Thursday, June 24, 2010 2:23 PM Local Time
Mandy Thomas moved all in from middle position and then Michael Chappus called behind her. Darren Sprengers was in the small blind and called, but he only thought it was him and Thomas in the pot.
"Oh my god, we've got a live misclick!" yelled out Phil Hellmuth when Sprengers revealed that he didn't know Chappus was in the pot.
Here's what was revealed as the hands were turned up for the three-way showdown. Chappus had the most chips, while Thomas had the least.
Showdown
Thomas:
Chappus:
Sprengers:
The board ran out to give both Chappus and Thomas two pair for the high, aces and kings. Sprengers couldn't beat that and there was no low forcing him to exit to the rail in 11th place.
We're now down to our final ten players and they are moving over to the feature table.
Thursday, June 24, 2010 2:17 PM Local Time
Jeffrey Baker raised to 26,000 and then Barry Greenstein reraised the pot. Baker went all in and Greenstein called.
Greenstein held the while Baker held the .
The flop was and Baker picked up a pair of deuces to take the lead. The turn brought the and then the river completed the board with the . Without a qualifying board for the low, Baker made queens and deuces to scoop the pot.
Thursday, June 24, 2010 2:12 PM Local Time
Bryan Andrews was eliminated from the tournament shortly after Tony Cousineau hit the rail. Andrews took home $11,731 in prize money for his effort.
Thursday, June 24, 2010 2:11 PM Local Time
Joel Ettedgi called Tony Cousineau's all-in bet preflop holding the . Cousineau held the and was at risk for his tournament life.
The flop came down to give Ettedgi a diamond flush draw as well as keep him in the lead. Cousineau did have a gutshot now.
The turn was the and that gave Ettedgi a pair of queens while making Cousineau's draw a double-gutter now.
The river completed the board with the and Ettedgi was able to eliminate Cousineau with two pair, queens and sixes. Cousineau left in 14th place.
Thursday, June 24, 2010 1:50 PM Local Time
Just a few hands into play today, the 15th-place finisher has been found. His name is Igor Gotz from Germany, who began the day with 105,000 in chips. Gotz lost to the of his opponent on the board of . We missed the hand Gotz held, as the dealer had mucked it before we got to the table. He took home $11,731 in prize money for his finish.
Thursday, June 24, 2010 1:45 PM Local Time
Phil Hellmuth showed up a few minutes late to this final day of play and thus forfeited his hand from the big blind. Tony Cousineau took advantage and raised all in for 22,000 from middle position and said, "Don't tell Phil I did this." Darren Sprengers called from the small blind.
Cousineau held the and Sprengers the .
The board ran out and Cousineau more than doubled to 56,000 in chips.
Thursday, June 24, 2010 1:32 PM Local Time
It's time to crown another champion and wrap a bracelet around his or her wrist. Let's get the cards in the air!
Thursday, June 24, 2010 1:14 PM Local Time
Welcome back for Day 3 of Event No. 41: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-low Split-8 or Better. The field was whittled down to just 15 players who will returned today to finish things out. We've got some big names still left in the field including Phil Hellmuth who already holds 11 bracelets and Barry Greenstein who holds three bracelets.
Get ready for some great action, which is set to kick off at 2:30 p.m. local time. We'll see you then.
Thursday, June 24, 2010 1:14 PM Local Time
Table 262
Seat 1: Jeffrey Baker
Seat 2: --empty--
Seat 3: Michael Chappus
Seat 4: Anthony Cousineau
Seat 5: Joel Ettedgi
Seat 6: Ryan Karp
Seat 7: Darren Sprengers
Seat 8: Phil Hellmuth
Seat 9: Mandy Thomas
Table 267
Seat 1: John Gottlieb
Seat 2: Anders Taylor
Seat 3: --empty--
Seat 4: Bryan Andrews
Seat 5: Igor Gotz
Seat 6: --empty--
Seat 7: Barry Greenstein
Seat 8: Ben Lamb
Seat 9: Steve Jelinek