Brian Tate made it 7,500 to go from the button and Matt Glantz came over the top for 21,500 from the small blind. The big blind got out of the way and Tate announced a four-bet to 52,000 total. Glantz thought for about 30 seconds before putting out a call.
The dealer fanned a flop that read and and Glantz checked to the raiser. Tate continued out for 75,000 and Glantz came over the top with a check-raise to 150,000. Tate thought for a brief moment before dropping his cards into the muck. Glantz dragged in this sizable pot and now has about 840,000 in chips.
Elior "Crazy Elior" Zion opened for 7,500 from the hijack and was met by a three-bet to 20,000 from Andy Bloch in the small blind. Sion responded with a four-bet to 45,000 and Bloch thought for a few moments before making the call.
The flop saw Bloch check and then hit the tank hard after Sion bet a modest 40,000. Bloch spent over five minutes in the tank before Chun Lei Zhou called the clock, and then he took another 45 seconds before announcing that he was all in. Sion snap-folded.
Jonathan Duhamel led out for 16,000 on a flop of and Calvin Anderson made the call. The 2010 WSOP Main Event champ tossed out another 26,000 on the turn (), Anderson again called, and the completed the board.
Both players checked.
Duhamel showed for a pair of sevens, and Anderson took the pot with for a pair of tens.
The very next hand, Duhamel raised to 7,500 in early position, and he was called by Anderson (direct left), Bryce Yockey (hijack), and Lyle Berman (big blind). The dealer fanned , the action checked to Anderson, and he bet 14,000. Only Berman called.
The turn was the , Berman check-folded to a bet of 18,000 and Anderson dragged a second pot.
"Do you wear the sunglasses in just no-limit?" Eric Wasserson asked Anderson after the hand.
"Sometimes in PLO," the 2014 bracelet winner responded.
"What about stud hi?" Wasserson followed up, gently ribbing Anderson.
Dylan Linde: / /
Richard Ashby: / /
Eli Elezra: / /
Ashby checked on fifth street, Elezra tossed out a bet, and Linde tank-called. Ashby put in a check-raise, and Elezra and Linde both called.
Ashby led out on sixth, his two opponents called, and the trio all checked on seventh. Ashby showed for the low, Linde showed for trip threes, and Elezra was chopped up.
We arrived at the table in time to find Andy Bloch all in on fifth street against Phil Ivey. Ivey was open-ended with three to a flush against Bloch's ace-king high and four to a low. By the end of the hand, Bloch made a pair of threes and a better low to scoop against Ivey who bricked on the high. Bloch now has about 96,000 in chips while Ivey has dropped to around 135,000.
Brandon Shack-Harris: / /
Matt Glantz: / /
David Oppenheim: / — Folded
Shack-Harris checked on fourth street, Glantz bet, and only Shack-Harris called. The 2014 WSOP bracelet winner led out on fifth, Glantz raised, and Shack-Harris called.
Glantz made a better board on sixth, led out, and Shack-Harris tanked for a considerable time before folding what looked like a .
"Wow," Glantz said. "Nice fold. Most people can't make that fold."
David Bach won this event back in 2009, and he began Day 3 as the only former champ remaining in the field. Unfortunately he did so on an extremely short stack.
He got the last of his chips all in on a hand of limit hold'em and found himself racing against Daniel Alaei. Bach held pocket nines while Alaei was sitting with . Long story short, the nines failed to hold and Bach took his leave from the tournament.
That means a first-time champion is guaranteed in this year's $50,000 Poker Players' Championship.