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turn, Lyudmil Ivanov and Ricardo Graells both invested 20,500 each and Ivanov then checked the
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for a pair of jacks and that won the pot.
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Gus Hansen has already more than quadrupled his stack during Day 3. Hansen first doubled up in a flip when his pocket sevens held against ace-ten.
Another huge addition saw him rise through the provisional standing when Gregory Kary opened to 5,200 in middle position and Hansen flatted in the cutoff. Todd Comeens squeezed to 21,700 out of the small blind and Kary called. Hansen thought about the situation for a while and then he decided to join them to the flop.
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and Comeens didn't waste a second before pushing forward his remaining 165,000 or so. Kary quickly folded but Hansen said, "Alright," and flicked in a chip.
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and
and Hansen eliminated Comeens, improving to 425,000.
Paul Volpe raised to 5,100 from mid-position and Geffrey Klein three-bet to 18,500 from the hijack. Action folded back to Volpe who tanked for a while. In the end, Volpe shoved with the bigger stack and Klein took a few seconds before making the call.
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for Volpe to hold with the bigger pocket pair to eliminate Klein during the first few minutes of Day 3.
Franklin Azevedo opened the action with a raise to 6,500 from early position and Adam White jammed his short stack for around 33,000 from two seats over. Once all other players at the table folded, Azevedo snap-called.
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board left White drawing dead on the turn and he was out of his seat as soon as the ace fell.
After an under-the-gun open to 6,000 and a three-bet to 18,000 by Carlos Alvarado a few seats over, Mitch Garshofsky shoved all in from the hijack for 105,500. Action folded back to Alvarado, who called with ![]()
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In a single raised pot, a bet of 5,500 went in on an ![]()
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flop between Talesh Patel and Bryan Shay. On the
turn, it was Patel who bet 3,300 and Shay called in position.
The river was the
and Patel now bet 4,000. Shay raised to 15,000 and Patel paid it off, only to get shown ![]()
for the rivered Broadway.
Meanwhile, Kenneth Jones, who started the day with 11 big blinds, was among the first players to bust out today. His seat has been taken by Larry Hoffman.
Tim Gray and Alex Livingston clashed in a pot that saw around 62,000 in the middle to the ![]()
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turn, on which Gray bet 30,000 for nearly half the pot. Livingston folded and conceded the pot.
One table over, William Romaine opened to 5,200 in the hijack and Lars Bonding three-bet to 18,200 in the small blind. Romaine four-bet all in for 69,600 and Bonding folded.
As the Main Event continues on and gets deeper and deeper, players may or may not be tempted to use their "one time." A poker staple of mythical proportions, only God knows the power it can have in swaying the fate of the cards.
However, Adam Friedman is dishing out some advice to players early on Day 3 on if and when to use your "one time."
"Don't use it," he said, quite adamantly. "You might need to use it two or three days from now."
"You get one per day though I thought," said Jeffrey Chang.
"No?!" said Friedman incredulously. "In any case, I haven't used my one time in seven years."
Elizabeth Montizanti just doubled up from the button through William Hill who was sitting in the cutoff.
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for Montizanti to find a pair of treys on the flop and improve to two pair to stay alive.
Kelly Minkin, last year's Last Woman Standing (50th for $156,265,) was up on the Amazon stage to give the "Shuffle Up and Deal". She did so in her own special way; with a little rap. Almost the whole Amazon room clapped along to give her a beat.
With the button in Seat 9, the cards are now in the air for Day 3 of the 2019 World Series of Poker Main Event!