Sunday, June 5, 2011 3:49 PM Local Time
Mitch Schock pumped it up from middle position and was then three-bet by Craig Laben. Schock made the call and we were off to the flop.
The board read and Schock checked. Laben fired out a bet and Schock made the call. When the came on the turn, Schock made a bet which Laben called. The fell on the river and once again Schock bet out. After some pondering, Laben mucked his and and Schock scooped the pot. This pot has knocked Laben down to 100,000 in chips.
Sunday, June 5, 2011 3:47 PM Local Time
Sean Nguyen raised from the big blind and found a called in the small blind, Mitch Schock.
The flop ran out . Schock checked, Nguyen raised, and Schock flat called. The hit on the turn which induced the same action after the flop. After the came on the river both players check.
Schock took down the pot with .
Shortly after Nguyen was involved in another pot with the board showing . Nguyen showed and Davis showed to ship the pot.
These two hands have left Nguyen with 370,000 in chips.
Sunday, June 5, 2011 3:35 PM Local Time
Scott Clements raised it up from the hijack and was called by Timothy Chauser in the big blind. The flop came and Clements tossed out a bet, which Chauser quickly called. When the hit the turn, Clements bet once again. This time, Chauser raised and Clements made the call.
The river fell and Clements checked. Chauser threw his last chips all in and Clements made the call. Clements turned over which proved to be superior over Chauser's .
Timothy Chauser will take home $11,910 for his efforts. With this elimination our official final table is set! Stay tuned for updates as they happen!
Sunday, June 5, 2011 3:25 PM Local Time
Harrison wilder continues to grow his chip stack. Harrison raised from the cut off and Nguyen called in the big blind. The flop ran out .
Nguyen checked, Harrison bet, Nguyen raised, and Harrison called. The turn brought the . Nguyen bet and Harrison called.
The showed up on the river. Nguyen checked, Wilder bet, and Nguyen called. Wilder flipped up to win the pot.
Sunday, June 5, 2011 3:21 PM Local Time
The action opened with Sean Nguyen throwing out a raise, only to be three-bet by Scott Clements from the button. Bill Davis made the call from the big blind and Nguyen called as well.
The flop fell . David led out with a bet which was called by Nguyen. Clements got out of the way and we were off to the turn. The turned, causing another bet by Davis and another call by Nguyen. When the came on the river, the action went bet-call one more time and Davis tabled for ace high. Nguyen flipped up his for a pair of eights and enough to scoop the pot.
Nguyen is sitting with 570,000 after this hand.
Sunday, June 5, 2011 3:14 PM Local Time
Harrison Wilder has been active since the start of this table playing in most of the hands. He raised from the cut off position and found a caller in Sean Nguyen in the big blind. The flop ran out .
Nguyen checked, Wilder bet, Nguyen raised, and Wilder called. The turn brought the . Nguyen bet, Wilder raised, Nguyen re raised, and Wilder called.
The river was the . Nguyen led out with a bet and Wilder flat called. Nguyen showed and Wilder flipped up the for the flush.
Sunday, June 5, 2011 3:03 PM Local Time
Play has resumed with the final ten players. The button with start with Timothy Chauser in seat 8 .
Sunday, June 5, 2011 2:54 PM Local Time
The players have moved across the Amazon Room to the final table stage. One more elimination and the official final table will be set! Until then we are on a ten minute break.
Final Table Chip Counts
| Seat | Name | Chip Count |
| 1 | Mitch Schock | 314,000 |
| 2 | Sean Nguyen | 584,000 |
| 3 | Craig Laben | 253,000 |
| 4 | Scott Clements | 362,000 |
| 5 | Bill Davis | 529,000 |
| 6 | Thomas Jamieson | 159,000 |
| 7 | John Myung | 188,000 |
| 8 | Timothy Chauser | 155,000 |
| 9 | Harrison Wilder | 349,000 |
| 10 | Matthew Elsby | 174,000 |
Sunday, June 5, 2011 2:44 PM Local Time
The defending champion Matt Matros was sent to the rail after running into John Myung's Pocket Aces.
Matros raised and Myung re raised before the flop. Matros called. The flop ran out . Myung led out with a bet and Matros called. The came on the turn. Myung put Matros all in and he called.
Myung flipped up and Matros showed . The river came the sending Matros home in 11th place.
The players are now ten handed at one table but it will not be the official final table until they are down to nine players. The players have moved to the other side of the Amazon room to resume play.
Sunday, June 5, 2011 2:38 PM Local Time
| William Davis | 685,000 | 0  |
| Harrison Wilder | 360,000 | 115,000  |
| Mitch Schock | 305,000 | -45,000 |
| Craig Laben | 240,000 | -80,000 |
| Scott Clements | 220,000 | 22,000 |
| Matthew Elsby | 180,000 | 40,000 |
| Timothy Chauser | 150,000 | 0 |
| Thomas Jamieson | 150,000 | 0 |
| John Myung | 70,000 | -58,000 |
| Matt Matros | 67,000 | -63,000 |
| Sean Nguyen | 60,000 | -540,000 |
Sunday, June 5, 2011 2:15 PM Local Time
Chris Overgard managed to score a crucial double-up earlier in this blind level, but he's just busted in 12th place by Scott Clements, who is now well over 600,000 in chips.
It did take Clements two bites of the cherry in order to do it though - earlier in the level, on a flop that read , Clements and Overgard got their money into the middle after some heavy post-flop action. Clements showed for the gut-shot, but trailed Overgards' all the way as the turn and river was spread , .
However, that double-up was short-lived. A few hands later, the action folded to Overgard who raised from the button before Clements three-bet it from the blinds. Overgard called, then they got all their money into the middle after the flop of .
Clements
Overgard:
Neither the turn of the nor the river were of any help to Overgard and he was given his marching orders. If it was any consolation (which we're pretty sure it would be), Overgard was the first player to make five figures in this year's event. Well played, sir!
Sunday, June 5, 2011 2:02 PM Local Time
Scott Clements has been tearing it up on his table, now up to 590,000 in chips after taking a big pot off Bill Davis before eliminating Bryan Pimlott.
Earlier, Clements came in with a raise and the action folded around to Davis who called from the small blind to go heads-up to a flop of . Davis check-called Clements after the flop, then did the same on the turn of the and the river . Clements' were more than enough to take that pot down and become the first person to move past the magical 500K chip mark.
A short time later, the action folded around to Pimlott who came in with a button raise; Clements three-bet it, but Pimlott shot back with the four bet. Not to be deterred, Clements five-bet it, so Pimlott opted to just call, leaving himself with just 2,000 as they went to the flop of .
Both players elected to just stick the chips in and table their cards:
Clements:
Pimlott:
The turn and river ran out , and Pimlott was no more. If it was any consolation, Pimlott was the first player to bank
Sunday, June 5, 2011 1:59 PM Local Time
Jeff Williams has followed Paul Schumer to the rail in 14th place after being busted at the hands of Harrison Wilder.
The action folded to Thomas Jamieson who raised from early position; Wilder reraised from middle position but Williams four-bet it. Jamieson got out of the way as Wilder called to go heads-up to a flop that read .
Wilder checked, Williams bet all-in and Wilder called, tabling for the nut flush draw against Williams' . Despite having "got it in good", Wilder binked the on the turn, and with the river nothing more than a formality, Williams headed out of the Amazon Room to collect $9,467 for his efforts.
Sunday, June 5, 2011 1:52 PM Local Time
Despite having doubled up in one of the first hands of the day, overall short stack Paul Schumer has bowed out in 15th place.
Earlier, Schumer committed his last 26,000 chips into the middle before the flop with , ahead of Bryan Pimlott's , pairing his ace on the flop to double up.
A short time later though, Schumer's fate was sealed. The action folded around to Scott Clements who came in with a raise and then Schumer reraised all-in for just 7,000 more. Bill Davis called from late position, as did Clements before they checked down the board of .
Davis showed , which was good against the of Clements and the of Schumer. Schumer collects $9,467. Not bad for 15 minutes' work in one day!
Sunday, June 5, 2011 1:33 PM Local Time
The remaining 15 players have taken their seats and unbagged their chips, and after a brief delay from the bracelet presentations in the Pavillion Room, the action is now underway!
Here are the table allocations and starting chip counts of all 15 players:
Table 280
| Seat | Name | Chip Count |
| 1 | Thomas Jamieson | 221,000 |
| 2 | Craig Laben | 108,000 |
| 3 | Harrison Wilder | 142,000 |
| 4 | Jeff Williams | 286,000 |
| 5 | Matt Elsby | 125,000 |
| 6 | Mitch Schock | 171,000 |
| 7 | Matt Matros | 171,000 |
| 8 | Empty | N/A |
| 9 | John Myung | 205,000 |
Table 286
| Seat | Name | Chip Count |
| 1 | Tim Chauser | 371,000 |
| 2 | Sean Nguyen | 327,000 |
| 3 | Bill Davis | 416,000 |
| 4 | Empty | N/A |
| 5 | Bryan Pimlott | 208,000 |
| 6 | Chris Overgard | 186,000 |
| 7 | Scott Clements | 259,000 |
| 8 | Paul Schumer | 26,000 |
| 9 | Empty | N/A |
Sunday, June 5, 2011 1:06 PM Local Time
We're back in the Amazon Room for Day 3 of Event #6: $1,500 Limit Hold'em. 15 players remain, and at the end of the day only one will walk away with the bracelet.
Bill Davis is our tournament chip leader going into day with 416,000 chips in front of him, but he'll have to watch out for defending champion Matt Matros, who's still well in contention. Rounding out the top three in chips are Tim Chauser with 371,000 and Sean Nguyen with 327,000.
With the stack average starting at 10 big bets, we're in for some fireworks early. Be sure to stay with us for every flop, turn and river as PokerNews will be on deck from 2.30pm PST (GMT -7) with live updates throughout the day. Let's crush some souls!