Charles Sylvestre raised to 16,000 from the hijack, and only Nam Le on the button called. The flop came , and Le called Sylvestre's bet of 17,000. The turn brought the , and Sylvestre fired again, this time for 31,000.
Le went into the tank for a couple of minutes, and Sylvestre called the clock on him. As soon as the floor director came over, Le folded.
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We just caught a hand that resulted in the elimination of Garrick Lau as well as the near triple up of Dmitrii Valouev. We got to the table on the flop of . Valouev and Lau were both already all in, and Geshkenbein made the call with a covering stack.
Geshkenbein:
Lau:
Valouev:
"I can't believe I'm in the lead," Geshkenbein said.
But that didn't last for long as the fell on the turn giving Valouev the lead. The river was the sealing the knock out and double up for Valouev who vaulted to over 300,000 chips.
Geshkenbein was left crippled after the hand and was eliminated shortly after when his was outrun by
We rushed over to the table as soon as we saw Jonathan Tamayo all in. He had moved in with and was called by Makoto Yoshimichi who had him covered.Yoshimichi was holding the and it held up through the board.
Tamayo was sent to the rail collecting $14,067 for his efforts.
Seth Berger had opened for a raise to 18,000, and David Olmsted reraised all in for 145,000 from the small blind. The big blind folded, and Berger called after some banter with Olmsted.
Berger:
Olmsted
A flop did Berger no good, and neither did a turn. The fell on the river though, and Berger continues to pull away from the field.
Preflop, William Guerrero moved all in for 118,000 chips. Action folded to Nam Le in the cutoff who moved all in over the top. All the other players folded and the players showed their hands.
Le:
Guerrero:
The flop was brutal to Le as it brought his opponent a set and left him looking for runner runner which he would not find on the turn or river.
Le was left with just 60,000 after the hand while Guerrero is up to 260,000
We have a new chipleader in Event #3. Everyone folded to Seth Berger in the small blind, who raised it up and was called by Ping Liu in the big blind. The flop came , and Berger continuation-bet 25,000. Liu made the call, and we went to the turn.
A fell, and Berger checked. Liu bet 45,000, and Berger raised to 115,000. Liu called to see a river. Berger slowed down with a check. Liu fired 145,000. Berger thought for about a minute before calling. Liu tabled for trips, and scooped the pot to become the new big stack.
Charles Sylvestre raised it up on the button, and Ryan Tepen called in the big blind. A flop of led Teppen to check-call a 25,000 bet. Sylvestre fired 55,000 after it was checked to him on a turn, and Tepen again called. Tepen checked a final time after the river, and Sylvestre checked behind him.
Neither player showed down much: Tepen tabled , but it was inferior to Sylvestre's .
Nam Le put his last 35,000 all in before the flop. He was called by the player in the small blind and the player in the big blind.
Both players checked the flop, as well as the turn. On the river though, the player in the big blind bet out 30,000 chips. The small blind player mucked and the player in the big blind showed for a rivered two pair.
Le showed though for the flopped nuts and he was able to triple back to over 100,000.
, and Le called Sylvestre's bet of 17,000. The turn brought the 
, and Sylvestre fired again, this time for 31,000.
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. Valouev and Lau were both already all in, and Geshkenbein made the call with a covering stack.
fell on the turn giving Valouev the lead. The river was the 
sealing the knock out and double up for Valouev who vaulted to over 300,000 chips.
was outrun by 
and was called by Makoto Yoshimichi who had him covered.Yoshimichi was holding the 
and it held up through the 
board.
flop did Berger no good, and neither did a 
fell on the river though, and Berger continues to pull away from the field.
fell, and Berger checked. Liu bet 45,000, and Berger raised to 115,000. Liu called to see a 
river. Berger slowed down with a check. Liu fired 145,000. Berger thought for about a minute before calling. Liu tabled 
turn, and Tepen again called. Tepen checked a final time after the 
river, and Sylvestre checked behind him.
, but it was inferior to Sylvestre's 
flop, as well as the 
turn. On the 
river though, the player in the big blind bet out 30,000 chips. The small blind player mucked and the player in the big blind showed 
for a rivered two pair.