We missed the hand but according to John D'Agostino, he held with two diamonds and Brendan Taylor had on a flop of with two diamonds. The chips went in and another nine on the turn would give D'Agostino trips. The river was a six to send Taylor out in 16th place.
A short-stacked Justin Bonomo was in the big blind and forced all in for his final 7,000. Action folded around to Steve Lustig who raised the cutoff. The button and small blind folded, allowing the hands to be tabled for Bonomo's tournament life.
Lustig:
Bonomo:
The board fell , sealing Bonomo's fate and sending him to the rail. He collected $11,191 for his finish.
We didn't catch the action but a short-stacked Tony Merksick was eliminated when his was bested by Justin Bonomo's when the board ran out to give Bonomo a set of queens. Merksick was eliminated in 20th place for $8,957.
Welcome back to our ongoing coverage of the 2014 World Series of Poker. Day 3 of Event #59: $3,000 Omaha Hi-Low is set to begin with none other than WSOP bracelet winner David Williams leading the charge. Williams bagged up exactly 500,000 on Day 2 and will look for his second career bracelet on Day 3
While Williams bagged up the top stack in the room, he'll be joined by several other familiar faces. Other notable names returning with a chance for the 59th bracelet of the 2014 WSOP include Matt Glantz (396,000), Brett Richey (249,000), Ismael Bojang (238,000), John D'Agostino (209,000), Justin Bonomo (137,000), Jordan Morgan (115,000), and Mike Leah (36,000).
Also returning is Melissa Burr, who continued her stellar run this summer by bagging up 189,000 in chips. Burr has locked up her fifth cash of the summer and looks to make her fourth final table.
Yesterday's play saw dozens of familiar names return to the felt only to be eliminated by the end of play. Some of those to fall during Day 2 but in the money include Chino Rheem, Sergey Rybachenko, Amnon Filippi, Greg Jamison, Brandon Shack-Harris, Stephen Chidwick, and Brian Rast.
Play kicks off at 2 p.m. local time, so be sure to keep your browsers locked to PokerNews for all of the latest from the tournament felt!