The cards are back in the air! The remaining 1,149 players have taken their seats and we're now playing one more hour of Level 13 (blinds 1,200-2,400, ante of 300).
2011 World Series of Poker
Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
---|---|---|
Guillaume Darcourt |
948,400
-600
|
-600 |
Daryl Jace
|
927,000 | |
Christopher Bonita
|
887,100 | |
Patrick Poirier |
824,000
1,000
|
1,000 |
Action from the floor Main Event day 3
The excitement is at fever pitch here in the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino, with the viewers at home being given plenty to whet their appetite in this last hour of play.
Max Heinzelmann, who only turned 21 more than one week ago, is already making his presence felt at the ESPN feature table, all but stacking Shaun Deeb just before the previous break to move up to more than 500,000 in chips. He’ll still have a long way to go if he’s going to catch Guillaume Darcourt (948,400) followed by Daryl Jace (927,000), Chris Bonita (887,100), and Patrick Poirier (824,000)
Phil Hellmuth’s still fighting on, but unfortunately Mike Caro, Noah Boeken and Jason Alexander have all been amongst the pre-dinner break casualties.
Speaking of dinner, it’s time for all of us to get out of here and rustle up some grub! Play will resume at 7.25pm PST (GMT -7). See you in two hours!
Chris Bonita is going to enjoy his dinner break much more now.
On the last hand before the players exited for dinner, Bonita picked up and three-bet Don Nguyen. A four-bet came from Nguyen, though, and Bonita called to see the flop come down . Another series of raises came, culminating with Nguyen being all in and at risk for roughly 400,000 with .
It was a huge sweat for Bonita, but he held through the turn and river to move to third in chips at the dinner break.
Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
---|---|---|
Chris Bonita
|
887,100
422,100
|
422,100 |
Don Nguyen | Eliminado |
Young Pham was all in for 36,700 before the flop with , and he was racing for salvation against the of Don Nguyen.
The board ran out , and Nguyen's set of threes gives him the knockout. With it comes a chip increase to 415,000 as well, just in time for the dinner break.
Jason Alexander got his last 5,300 chips into the middle before the flop with , and he was racing for his tournament life against the of an opponent.
The board ran out , and that's the end of the road for Alexander. Unable to keep his baby pair safe, he has been sent to the rail here on Day 3.
We came on this one at the turn with the board showing and about 90,000 in the middle. Jake Cody had shoved all in from the cutoff, and Lee Childs was tanking from the button. Finally Childs folded, and Cody showed as he took the pot.
Cody chips up to 157,000, while Childs slips back to 98,000.
Sorel Mizzi opened for 5,500 and got one caller in the small blind. The flop came . The small blind checked, Mizzi continued for 6,500, and his opponent called. The turn brought the and a bet of 15,000 from Mizzi's opponent. Mizzi considered for a few seconds, then called
The river came the . Mizzi's opponent fired again, once more for 15,000, and Mizzi smiled in response. "I actually have something this time," he said. Finally after a half-minute of thought, he made the call.
Mizzi showed , good enough versus his foe's . He has about 178,000 as we near the dinner break.
A player opened to 5,600 and received one call. Action then folded to Thomas Luce who three-bet to 20,600. The player to Luce's immediate left made the call and the two original players in the pot made the call as well.
The flop fell and action checked to Luce. Luce fired out a bet of 40,000 and every other player in the pot folded like clockwork. Luce is now well over the 600,000 mark.