Mauro Gomez opened to 250,000 from middle position and David Sebesfi made the call next to act. Romain Kowalczyk three-bet to 755,000 and Gomez moved all in for close to 3,000,000. Sebesfi got out of the way and Kowalczyk quickly called.
Mauro Gomez: 10♠10♦
Romain Kowalczyk: K♠K♦
The board ran out no help to the tens on a Q♣J♦8♣8♥3♠ and Gomez was eliminated in 27th place.
Action folded to Dominic Cabuhat in late position who open jammed for his tournament life. It folded to Julian Pineda in the big blind who woke up with a hand and called. The players were off to a full board, heads up, with Cabuhat at risk.
Dominic Cabuhat: K♠J♠
Julian Pineda: A♠Q♣
The Q♦6♥10♦ flop gave Pineda top pair but also gave Cabuhat an open ender. The 8♦ brought no help and the Q♠ river sealed the deal sending Cabuhat to the rail.
Steven Stolzenfeld opened to 200,000 from middle position and it folded around to Nicholas Lee who made the call in the big blind.
The flop fanned out 10♠8♠6♦ and both players checked to the 6♥ turn. Lee took the lead with a bet of 375,000 and Stolzenfeld came along to the Q♥ river.
Lee took a few seconds before cutting out a bet of 875,000, and without much thought, Stolzenfeld made the call. Lee turned over 7♦5♥ for a missed straight draw and seven-high, while Stolzenfeld scored the pot with K♠Q♠ for top pair.
"You're the only person who bluffs rivers in this whole tournament, I respect it," said Stolzenfeld to Lee while he collected the pot.
The penultimate day of Event #64: $600 Deep Stack Championship No-Limit Hold'em is set to start at 10 a.m. local time at the 2023 World Series of Poker at Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas.
After Day 1 whittled the starting field down from 4,303 competitors to just 543 who made it through to Day 2, that second day of action thinned the field out to just 44 competitors left vying for the elusive WSOP gold bracelet and first place payday of $270,972 out of the total prize pool of $2,194,530
Atlanta native Cade Lautenbacher bagged the top stack with an impressive 7,205,000. Close on his heels were Jonathan Fhima (6,665,000) and Julian Pineda (5,860,000) who round out the top three.
Also still in the running are bracelet winners Joe Ebanks (5,355,000), Howard Mash (3,940,000), and Erik Cajelais (2,660,000), who will all look to add to their already impressive poker resumes.
Erik Cajelais
Day 3 Top Ten Chip Counts
Rank
Player
Country
Chip Count
Big Blinds
1
Cade Lautenbacher
United States
7,205,000
72
2
Jonathan Fhima
France
6,665,000
67
3
Julian Pineda
Columbia
5,860,000
59
4
Joe Ebanks
United States
5,355,000
54
5
Will Thysell
United States
5,100,000
51
6
Ahmed Karrim
South Africa
5,075,000
51
7
Romain Kowalczyk
France
4,550,000
46
8
Mauro Gomez
Chile
4,425,000
44
9
Dominic Cabuhat
United States
4,425,000
44
10
Nicholas Lee
Canada
4,195,000
42
The remaining 44 players have locked up a minimum payday of $6,861, but will have their work cut out for them to make it down to an ultimate winner on Saturday.
Play today will continue until just five players remain. They will begin at Level 28 with 50,000/100,000 blinds and a big blind ante of 100,000. Levels will last for one hour, with a 15-minute break scheduled for after every other level and a 60-minute dinner break after Level 33, expected to be around 4:30 p.m. local time. The five remaining players at the end of the day will bag their chips and return Saturday, July 1st, for the final day when a champion will be crowned.
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