Nivel: 12
Ciegas: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 300
Nivel: 12
Ciegas: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 300
The first level of Day 3 has come and gone here in the Main Event with close to 300 players being eliminated in two hours of play. Approximately 1,566 players are remaining, and they are all now heading on a 20-minute break.
Once the cards hit the air it would be a slow first few orbits as players settled in for the day. Some short stacks doubled and were eliminated while some of the chip leaders began where they left off. WPT Champion Taylor von Kriegenbergh would soar up the leaderboard when he called an all-in holding second pair and a straight draw on the turn and got the on the river. NBA Superstar Paul Pierce then found a double holding on a against while a big pot for Isaac Baron saw a new chip leader emerge.
On a board, Baron and his opponent Anthony Denicco endured a raising war before Denicco was all in holding against Baron's . There would be no one-outer on the turn and river as Baron soared up to 674,000 in chips as Denicco hit the rail.
Joining Denicco on the rail included the likes of Dan Kelly, Humberto Brenes, James Calderaro, Nick DiVella, Nate Meyvis, Theo Jorgensen, and Daniel Negreanu. The 2013 WSOP Player of the Year chipped up early today, but then called a huge bet with on a queen-high board only to run into Jeffrey Chang's . Negreanu would then commit the remainder of his chips with two pair but would run into Chang's flopped flush to hit the rail just short of break.
As play ended for the level, it would be Baron still on top with 695,000 in chips, but start-of-day chip leader Phil Ivey — who made quads earlier — has seen his stack climb to 600,000 while Munir Shahin, Raul Mestre, Steve Tripp and Michael Aron are all among the top few counts as well.
Speaking of Aron, he knocked out Spanish footballer Gerard Piqué late yesterday, as he explained to our Caitlin Howe afterwards — take a look:
Raul Mestre had defended his big blind against a lone opponent, then reached the turn of a board reading . Both players checked and the dealer burned and turned the last community card, the .
Mestre’s opponent eyed his opponent warily, obviously aware that he could put his tournament at risk if he so wished, and that’s exactly what he did. Mestre casually slid out a tower of orange T5000 chips for a bet of 150,000.
The player looked skeptical but helpless and mucked his hand, shooting glances at Mestre while the Spaniard released his cards and stacked the chips. For his part Mestre let a little smile play across his face, which surely didn’t go unnoticed by his opponent.
Jugador | Fichas | Progreso |
---|---|---|
Raul Mestre |
528,000
50,100
|
50,100 |
On a flop, Paul Pierce checked out of the small blind in a multi-way pot, and a player in middle position made it 5,000 to go. Two players called behind, and Pierce came along. Everyone checked the turn, and Pierce checked the river, leading to a bet of 10,000 from the flop aggressor. Nobody looked him up.
Jugador | Fichas | Progreso |
---|---|---|
Paul Pierce |
34,000
-41,000
|
-41,000 |
We found Peter Neff putting shorter stack Ryan Drossel at risk on a flop. Neff held , crushing his opponent's . The turn was an , meaning Neff had some outs to dodge on the river as a non-diamond nine would give Drossel a straight. The river gave him a mere pair though, not enough to overcome the aces, and Drossel hits the rail.
Jugador | Fichas | Progreso |
---|---|---|
Peter Neff |
444,500
4,500
|
4,500 |
Ryan Drossel | Eliminado |
Jugador | Fichas | Progreso |
---|---|---|
Isaac Baron |
695,000
21,000
|
21,000 |
|
||
Julio Belluscio |
442,500
126,000
|
126,000 |
|
||
Daniel Wilson |
430,000
430,000
|
430,000 |
George Wolff |
380,000
74,100
|
74,100 |
Anders Fjellstrom |
330,000
1,600
|
1,600 |
Anthony Cicali |
320,000
-17,600
|
-17,600 |
Scott Palmer |
310,000
-15,000
|
-15,000 |
Ali Eslami |
282,000
-16,000
|
-16,000 |
|
||
Abe Mosseri |
245,000
-20,000
|
-20,000 |
|
||
John Hennigan |
225,000
-230,000
|
-230,000 |
|
||
Jesper Hougaard |
180,000
-10,000
|
-10,000 |
|
||
Phil Galfond |
170,000
-30,000
|
-30,000 |
|
||
Andrew Lichtenberger |
145,000
68,800
|
68,800 |
|
||
Joseph Hebda |
145,000
145,000
|
145,000 |
Dan Smith |
110,000
47,700
|
47,700 |
|
||
Matt Waxman |
77,000
-47,900
|
-47,900 |
|
||
Brigette Lau |
75,000
12,800
|
12,800 |
Barry Greenstein |
72,000
-41,500
|
-41,500 |
|
||
Aaron Massey |
70,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
Maria Ho |
70,000
20,700
|
20,700 |
JJ Liu |
40,000
-2,000
|
-2,000 |
Blair Rodman |
40,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
||
Ruth Graham |
9,000
9,000
|
9,000 |
Jugador | Fichas | Progreso |
---|---|---|
Michael Fitzgerald | Eliminado | |
Mark Radoja | Eliminado | |
|
||
Kelly Jones
|
Eliminado | |
Cylus Watson | Eliminado | |
Benedetto Bianco | Eliminado | |
Phillip Lee | Eliminado | |
Houman Nikbakht
|
Eliminado | |
Adrian Buckley | Eliminado | |
|
||
Steven Fox | Eliminado | |
Randy Hanley | Eliminado | |
Chris Bell | Eliminado | |
Bobby Pham | Eliminado |
Jugador | Fichas | Progreso |
---|---|---|
Brian Hastings |
189,500
32,400
|
32,400 |
|
||
Matthew Ashton |
150,300
24,800
|
24,800 |
|
||
Dan Buzgon |
142,000
142,000
|
142,000 |
Mike Watson |
111,000
6,800
|
6,800 |
|
||
Christian Pham |
51,000
51,000
|
51,000 |
|
||
Eric Wasserson |
25,200
-11,900
|
-11,900 |
Dustin Iannotti check-called a bet of 11,000 on the from Cong Pham. Then the completed the board on the river. Iannotti checked, and Pham bet 26,000. Iannotti gave it up, and Pham won the pot.
Jugador | Fichas | Progreso |
---|---|---|
Cong Pham |
205,000
-93,600
|
-93,600 |
Dustin Iannotti |
185,000
23,700
|
23,700 |
With the cameras rolling and boom mic hovering over top of him, Chris Moneymaker was heads-up on a board of . About 25,000 sat in the middle and after his opponent checked, Moneymaker tossed out a bet of 11,000 and took down the pot.
Jugador | Fichas | Progreso |
---|---|---|
Chris Moneymaker |
232,000
36,500
|
36,500 |
|