After a bet of 1,400, Ryan Laplante had made a reraise to 3,500 on a board of . After some thought his opponent moved all in and Laplante called.
Laplante:
Opponent:
The turn came the keeping Laplante ahead with his set for the high and giving him a low draw as well. The river was the though, giving his opponent a straight, and the nut low. Laplante received zero percent of the pot and was knocked down to just 3,000 chips after the hand.
Kyle Bowker is up to 17,300 chips, which keeps him in touch with the chip leaders.
Bowker is a regular on the live tournament circuit around the United States of America, with him willing to play any tournament, in any format with buy-ins from $200 up to $10,000 — he's a true grinder. Bowker finished 16th in this very tournament last year and will have his fingers crossed that he finishes 15 places higher in 2013.
Another big stack is that of Andy Frankenberger, a man who is looking to add to his brace of bracelets. There's still a long way to go in this event, but now that Frankenberger finds himself with 11,800 chips during only the third level, he must be confident of a deep run.
Meanwhile, "The Poker Brat" Phil Hellmuth finds himself down to 4,275 chips after almost three levels of play.
Mike Matusow has doubled to 11,350 after scooping both the high and low of a hand that went down moments ago.
Matusow was all-in and at risk of elimination on a flop, where he held to the fo his opponent. The turn improved Matusow's opponent to a set of aces, but also Matusow to the wheel straight. Matusow needed to avoid the board pair or an ace in order to win both parts of the pot, and he did just that as the river was the .
"It's such a crazy game, " said Matusow as he stacked his new chips.
Before the flop there was a raise to 2,000 and four callers, one of those callers was Allyn Jaffrey Shulman.
On the flop of Shulman found herself all in against two other players. She was holding and was behind one opponent who had flopped two pair. The board ran out putting no low on the board and scooping the huge pot for Shulman without having to chop.
"Scooopy doopy dooo," Shulman sung to her opponents after the hand.
A trio of talented players have exchanged $3,000 for 9,000 tournament chips and the chance to become a WSOP champion. Ari Engel, Jon "PearlJammer" Turner and Chad Brown are all seated and riffling chips.
Things have taken an interesting turn at Jeff Madsen and Gavin Smith's table. Now almost everyone at the table is betting on one person at the tables weight, with the winner collecting $20 from each person involved in the bet. One gentleman, who's name we did not catch, managed to guess two of the last questions in a row, netting himself close to $240.
"We've gotta stop letting this kid get in here," Smith said after the bet.
Jeff Lisandro, fresh from finishing fourth in the $10,000 No Limit 2-7 Draw Lowball event this evening, has flicked in the $3,000 required to participate in this event and is vying for another WSOP final table appearance.
Lisandro is seated three seats away from Mel Judah, a player he will know extremely well. Although Lisandro prefers to be known as Italian, he is Australian-born and will have clashed with Judah on numerous occasions in Australia and around the world.
Mike Leah's tournament is over after his opponent's high hand held to scoop the full pot.
The chips went in on a flop, Leah holding for a low draw, while his opponent held for top set. The turn was the and the river the , making no low possible and busting Leah.
"Have fun everyone," said Leah as he gathered his belongings and headed to the exits.