Isaac Haxton limped in from the small blind and Adrian Mateos raised to 250,000 in the big blind. Haxton ripped all in and Mateos instantly called off his stack of 1,060,000.
Adrian Mateos:
Isaac Haxton:
The flop came and Mateos was forced to sweat it out with Haxton holding a straight draw. The turn was the and the river was the , sending a double-up to Mateos.
Seth Davies completed in the small blind and Isaac Haxton raised to 255,000 from the big blind. Davies called.
Davies checked on the flop of and Haxton bet 150,000. Davies called. Davies checked again on the turn and Haxton used a time bank before checking back.
Davies checked a third time on the river and Haxton checked back. Davies showed and it was good to win the pot.
Seth Davies limped in from the small blind and Isaac Haxton checked his option. The flop came and Davies check-called a bet of 80,000 from Haxton.
Both players checked through on the turn and the river. Davies tabled for two pair and was awarded the pot.
A couple of hands later, Adrian Mateos raised to 175,000 on the button and Davies three-bet to 420,000 in the small blind. Mateos just called and the flop fell . Davies continued with a bet of 250,000 that was enough to force Mateos' cards to the muck.
You can chalk this one up in the "never seen that before" poker category. Pierre Kauert busted in sixth place in the WSOP Circuit Main Event at King's Casino on...get this...a heads-up chop pot.
Yes, that's right, he became the first player ever, at least on a live stream, to be eliminated from a tournament in a hand he didn't actually lose. No one, not even the announcers, caught the mistake, and by the time it was discovered the pot should have been chopped, it was too late.
"It does fall under player and dealer responsibility and cannot really do anything about it at this point. If it wasn’t live streamed it would never have been realized and so we just move on," World Poker Tour's Executive Tour Director Matt Savage, who was not associated with the event, explained to PokerNews when asked how he would have proceeded.
Isaac Haxton opened on the button and Seth Davies defended out of the big blind.
Davies checked on the flop of and Haxton continued for 115,000. Davies called. Davies checked again on the turn and Haxton checked back.
Davies then led out for 500,000 on the river and Haxton used a time bank before raising to 1,350,000. Davies gave it some thought and called. Haxton tabled for flopped trips and Davies mucked in defeat.
The remaining three players are going on their first 15-minute break of the day. When they return, the levels will be cut to just 30 minutes going forward.
Isaac Haxton raised to 130,000 on the button and Seth Davies called out of the big blind. The flop came and Davies check-called a bet of 85,000 from Haxton.
The turn brought the and both players checked to the on the river. Davies checked once more and Haxton fired out a bet of 260,000. Davies looked him up and Haxton tabled for a better flush than the board, scooping another pot.
Juan Pardo opened to 125,000 from the cutoff and Isaac Haxton three-bet to 305,000 from the small blind. Pardo responded with a four-bet jam with around 2,400,000 in his stack and Haxton called.
Juan Pardo:
Isaac Haxton:
Pardo found himself dominated and received no help from the runout of to mark his elimination. Pardo had a fantastic Day 3 start that saw him taking a big chip lead but the rest of the day was less kind and he found himself out in fourth for $522,900.
There's still hope for a Spaniard to take home the gold with Adrian Mateos in contention.