The player under the gun plus one opened to 4,600, and found four callers, including Glen Chorny on the button. The flop came down as the action checked around to Chorny. He threw out a bet of 11,500, and was only called by the player in the big blind.
Both players then checked, as the fell on the river. Another quick check saw Chorny think about his decision, before betting out 30,100.
“How much do you have behind?” asked Chorny’s opponent. He then made the call, only to muck his hand, when Chorny showed for trip queens.
“There you go, you got them back,” added Chorny’s opponent.
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We arrived at the table on the flop with the board reading . Damian Salas bet 20,100 from the small blind position, and Freddy Deeb called on the button. The turn was the , and Salas bet all in for 64,900. Deeb tanked for about two minutes, then called and turned over . Salas, however, held a higher overpair, . The river was the , and Salas doubled up on the hand.
A player under the gun raised it up to 4,000, and Allen Cunningham was the lone caller from the big blind. The dealer fanned out a flop, and Cunningham check-called a bet of 7,200. The came on the turn, and Cunningham check-called again, this time for 15,800. The came on the river, and this time, both players checked.
Cunningham rolled over for two pair, and his opponent kicked his hand in. After taking down that pot, Cunningham jumped up to 168,000.
Eddie Blumenthal opened to 4,400 from middle position and Simon Charette called from the cutoff before the small blind tossed in five orange 5,000-denomination chips amounting to a raise of 25,000.
With the action back on Blumenthal, he moved all in for roughly 210,000 to force Charette to fold as the action returned to the small blind who stood up to contemplate his decision.
After speaking to himself about hands Blumenthal had, he stated, "there is no way you have pocket tens!"
About a minute went by and the small blind open-mucked his to see Blumenthal pushed the pot.
Art Koren raised to 5,000 under the gun, and everyone folded around to John Scaife in the big blind. Scaife three-bet to 20,000. Koren thought for a minute and re-raised to 45,000. Scaife looked to see how many chips Koren had left, and then pushed out a call. The flop came , and Scaife checked. Koren pushed out a bet of what looked like 35,000, and without even asking how much the bet was, Scaife immediately announced he was all in. Koren quickly called and turned over , and he was in good shape against Scaife's . The turn and river were both bricks, and Koren won the pot to double up.
After the hand, Koren was up to 320,000, and the big-stacked Scaife dropped to 367,000.
Tony Dunst battled with a short stack through three-and-a-half hours' worth of play here today before finally losing the last of his chips to David Mei to join the march railward.
The big board shows 1,240 players remain, meaning more than 500 have seen their WSOP Main Event dreams conclude for this year during the first two levels of Day 3.
Brandon Meyers has been steadily accumulating chips through the first two levels today, having just recently claimed another pot to push his stack up closer to the 400,000-chip mark.
We arrived on the end to see all five community cards having been dealt — — a pot-sized bet of 25,000 sitting in front of Meyers, and the clock having been called on Meyers's tanking opponent. With the final seconds being counted down, Meyers's opponent finally folded, conceding to him the pot.
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as the action checked around to Chorny. He threw out a bet of 11,500, and was only called by the player in the big blind.
fell on the river. Another quick check saw Chorny think about his decision, before betting out 30,100.
for trip queens.
. Damian Salas bet 20,100 from the small blind position, and Freddy Deeb called on the button. The turn was the 
, and Salas bet all in for 64,900. Deeb tanked for about two minutes, then called and turned over 
. Salas, however, held a higher overpair, 
. The river was the 
, and Salas doubled up on the hand.
flop, and Cunningham check-called a bet of 7,200. The 
came on the turn, and Cunningham check-called again, this time for 15,800. The 
came on the river, and this time, both players checked.
for two pair, and his opponent kicked his hand in. After taking down that pot, Cunningham jumped up to 168,000.
, and Scaife checked. Koren pushed out a bet of what looked like 35,000, and without even asking how much the bet was, Scaife immediately announced he was all in. Koren quickly called and turned over 
— a pot-sized bet of 25,000 sitting in front of Meyers, and the clock having been called on Meyers's tanking opponent. With the final seconds being counted down, Meyers's opponent finally folded, conceding to him the pot.
