Event #56: $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em
Dia 3 Começado
Event #56: $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em
Dia 3 Começado
A record-setting 2,525 players entered this $1,000 no-limit hold'em event two days ago and the final 16 will return today to determine a winner.
Raymond Henson is chasing his first WSOP bracelet and leads the way having bagged up 897,000 chips at the close of play last night. Meanwhile Steve "gboro780" Gross is not too far behind with 859,000 and is looking to add a second bracelet to his name having won one in pot-limit Omaha last year. Just behind those two is Richard Milne of Scotland, a stalwart of the European Poker Tour, sitting in third place with 827,000.
Other notables in the field today include World Poker Tour champion and TV producer Matt Salsberg (494,000), Justin “Stelthmunk” Schwartz (354,000), Neo Hoang (237,000), and Bastian Fischer (219,000).
Follow all the action right here as they play down to a winner today with play resuming at 1 p.m. The PokerNews Live Reporting team will bring you details of every elimination including hand-for hand coverage starting from the final nine as one player seeks to place the coveted WSOP gold bracelet on his wrist and win a life-changing $403,483.
Yesterday we ran into Chris Moneymaker, and asked him why he was setting foot in the casino for the first time just now.
Nível: 22
Blinds: 8,000/16,000
Ante: 2,000
After a very cautious start at both tables full of hands ending preflop, we finally had some action. Jeff Blenkarn raised to 48,000 from late position and Michael Marckx moved all in from the button with the superior stack. Blenkarn called off for 296,000 total and it was a flip:
Blenkarn:
Marckx:
The board meant Blenkarn's nines were best, throwing Marckx to the bottom of the chip counts.
Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
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630,000
378,000
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378,000 |
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180,000
-330,000
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-330,000 |
The action folded to Michael Spegal in the cutoff and he tossed in two T25,000 chips for a raise. One seat over, Eric Shanks on the button asked Spegal how much he was playing in total and then raised all in. All players behind them folded and Spegal called off with a sigh that turned into frustration when they turned over their cards.
Spegal:
Shanks:
There was no help on the flop for Spegal, then the
turn saw him drawing dead. The meaningless
completed the board and Spegal headed to the payout desk to collect $14,407. All remaining players are now guaranteed at least $18,180.
Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
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680,000
230,000
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230,000 |
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Eliminado | |
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Robert Merulla opened to 37,000 and Steve Gross three-bet him to 100,000. This had happened in one of the early hands of play and Merulla had folded. This time, however, he moved all in, and Gross quickly called.
Merulla:
Gross:
The board ran out . The turn gave Merulla spade outs for a flush, but the river bricked and he was the second player to fall today.
Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
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1,300,000
441,000
|
441,000 |
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Eliminado |
The action folded to Justin Schwartz on the button and short stack Michael Marckx was in the big blind. Schwartz asked for his stack size before making his decision and then went all in. Marckx checked his cards twice and then announced call.
Marckx:
Schwartz:
Thrre was no help for Schwartz on the board, and the two players exchanged their roles of middle and short stack.
Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
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350,000
170,000
|
170,000 |
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190,000
-64,000
|
-64,000 |
Andrew Egan raised to 32,000 from the button and Justin Schwartz moved all in out of the big blind for 218,000 total. Egan didn't waste much time to announce "okay, I call" and turned over the . Schwartz was ahead with
, but the
flop was quite a blow, giving Egan a straight.
The turn changed nothing, and Schwartz needed a king to stay alive. The dealer fanned the
as final community card and Egan even got a flush on top of the already-made straight to score the knockout.
"That wasn't my day," said Schwartz before heading to the payout desk.
Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
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795,000
64,000
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64,000 |
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Eliminado |
Daniel Riley opened and Steve Gross thought for a short time before three-betting him from the small blind. Back around to Riley who sat still for a moment before moving all in. Gross snapped him off to put Riley at risk.
Gross showed and Riley had made his move with
.
All eyes were on the board as the cards ran out and Gross has busted two players on his table in the first level of the day.
Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
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1,800,000
500,000
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500,000 |
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Eliminado |