We're not sure when the money went in the middle, but when we arrived at the table, Adam Friedman was all in and at risk against Mike Leah. The board was completed, and the hands looked like this:
Board:
Friedman:
Leah:
Leah won with a set of aces, chipping up to 845,000, while Friedman hit the rail.
We noticed the seat formerly occupied by Erik Sagstrom was empty. A quick check with Bryn Kenney confirmed that he had been eliminated.
According to Kenney, he was the one who did the deed. It happened when Sagstrom raised from early position and Kenney three-bet. Sagstrom proceeded to four-bet all in and Kenney made the call.
Kenney:
Sagstrom:
The flop was kind to Kenney as it paired his deuce and gave him the nut-flush draw, but Sagstrom actually took the lead when a turned. There were a lot of cards that could give Kenney the lead back on the river, and the was once of them. Kenney made his flush and Sagstrom was sent to the rail here in the last 40 minutes of Day 3.
David Chiu: / (FOLD)
Gary Benson: / /
Max Pescatori: / /
After pitching two downcards to the seven players at Table 353, the dealer then dealt seven spades face up, the , , , , , , and . At this point, the players at the table - who have well over a hundred years of playing under their belts collectively - went nuts. None of them had seen such a thing occur.
When things calmed down, Chiu brought it in, Benyamine completed, and both Pescatori and Chiu called.
Chiu checked on fourth street, Benyamine bet, and only Pescatori called. Benyamine bet enough to put himself all in on fifth, and Pescatori called.
Benyamine:
Pescatori:
Benyamine's hand improve with a on seventh, giving him a full house, and Pescatori flipped over a . The two chopped the pot.
From under the gun, Minh Ly raised before action folded to Huck Seed in the big blind. Seed called, and the flop came down . Seed checked, Ly bet, and Seed called.
The turn was the , and both players checked to see the land on the river. Seed led with a bet, and Ly raised. Seed thought for a minute, then folded, and Ly won the pot.
On the next hand, action folded to Seed in the small blind. He raised, and Ly called from the big blind. The flop came down , and Seed bet out. Ly raised, and See folded.
We saw Ofir Mor standing at his table and made our way over to discover that he was all in against Minh Ly. We're not sure when the money went in, but here are the cards were saw in front of each player.
Mor: / /
Ly: (Not in order as cards had been jumbled)
Ly had made a straight to put an end to Mor's 2013 WSOP $50,000 Poker Players' Championship.
Max Pescatori brought it in with a six, Smith completed, and Kenney raised. Chiu cold-called, and the action folded back to Smith, who called as well. On fourth street, Smith and Kenney checked, Chiu bet, Smith called, and Kenney check-raised. Only Chiu called.
Chiu check-called bets on fifth and sixth, then checked again on seventh. Kenney fired out a final bet, and Chiu went deep into the tank.
"You got rolled up queens?" Chiu asked, before finally calling.
"I got rolled up queens," Kenney responded, showing .
Chiu tabled for trip sevens, then mucked his other card.
Bryn Kenney raised from early position and David Chiu called off from the hijack. The rest of the players folded and both players proceeded to take one on each draw. Before they looked at the last one, they tabled their cards.
Chiu:
Kenney:
It was anyone's pot, but Chiu asked that Kenney show first so he knew what he had to beat. Kenney obliged and flipped over the . It was bad news for Chiu, who was drawing dead. He tabled the to complete his hand and then took his leave from the tournament with less than ten minutes left in the night.