Dan Martin opened to 3,500, Jason Koon three bet to 11,000, Mikiyo Aoki four bet to 25,000, Martin folded, and Koon made the call.
The flop came and Koon check-called a bet of 35,000. The turn was the and Koon checked. Aoki announced all in and Koon went into the tank.
Koon agonized over his decision for a minute or two, talking to himself and trying to figure out what Aoki could be shoving with. The call would but Koon at risk, and after cutting down all his chips, Koon said fold and flicked his cards into the muck.
Ryan Riess shoved a few times from late position, which went uncalled, before opening for 4,000 in middle position. The small blind called, and the flop came . The small blind check-called 4,500, and Riess checked back the turn. Both players checked again on the river, and the small blind turned over . Riess had it beat with for a pair of aces on the river.
We last encountered Bodo Sbrzesny carefully playing his adequate but vulnerable stack. There comes a time however when you need to throw caution to the wind and as good a time as any is when you get dealt .
Sbrzesny was all in and had been called with the final board showing . Sbrzesny’s cards were the winning ticket and his opponent’s cards were in the muck.
While all the attention might be on Isaac Baron and his 850K+ chip stack, we do have three players in Amazon Orange that have topped the 500K mark in chips including John Hennigan who had 570,000 at last count.
A few days before the 2014 World Series of Poker Main Event, actor Kevin Pollak, who finished 134th in this event back in 2012, sent out an interesting tweet. You see, in year's past the comedian had been sponsored by Hollywood Poker, but that deal had expired. As such, Pollak wanted to inquire if any other outlets were interested in putting him in the Main Event in exchange for some publicity.
Enter Chuck Fried, president of TxMQ, a Buffalo, New York company, that jumped on the opportunity. It was a strange and well-timed tale, which ESPN's Andrew Feldman explored in depth. With a newfound sponsor, Pollak was back in action and he made the most of it making it here to Day 3. Unfortunately that is where is adventure will end.
Pollak had been nursing a short stack all day when he finally decided to shove his last 36,100 from the hijack over the top of a 4,500 raise from Patrick Coughlin. Action folded back to Coughlin, who made a quick call.
Coughlin:
Pollak:
"I'm done," Pollak said as he got up out of his chair. The ESPN cameras were swarming the table as Pollak put his hand on his head. "Ah, I'm dead," Pollak exclaimed when the flop failed to provide any glimmer of hope.
The turn actually left him drawing dead, and after the was put out on the river, Pollak's 2014 WSOP Main Event came to an end.
"What timing," Pollak said as he shook hands with everyone at the table. "They were the only good-looking cards I've seen in two hours. Good luck everybody."
With that, the celebrity took the long lonely walk out of the Brasilia Room.
Table 445 once housed two-time World Champion Johnny Chan, but unfortunately his seat is now empty courtesy of Rocky McNatt.
Speaking to McNatt, he informed us that both he and Chan checked a flop before Chan bet 20,000 when the turn landed the . McNatt made the call, and when Chan checked the on the river, McNatt moved all in.
Chan went deep into the tank for several minutes before showing McNatt the and calling.
McNatt tabled his for the nut flush and Chan departed to the rail ending his run at being the third player to become a three-time Main Event Champion.
Maxx Coleman is trying to replicate his deep run in last year's Main Event, when he cashed for $285,000 in 21st place. He's still drawing live after a recent turn of good fortune helped him stay in the tournament.
We found him all in before the flop with for his last 47,000 and change, and he was against a player holding . The first four cards came , leaving Coleman halfway out the door, but a river saved him.
David Paredes was in the cutoff and facing a three-bet to 12,000 from a player on the button. Paredes made it 23,800, and his opponent thought for awhile before announcing 65,000. Paredes mucked after deliberating for a bit, smiling and asking if he had been bluffed.