Welcome to Day 3 of Event #63: $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em at the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino.
Patrick Truong starts the day as chip leader with 1,130,000 while Michael Amato is second with 1,111,000 and Ryan Hughes third with 1,040,000. The three Americans are the only players out of 20 remaining with more than 1 million currently, but there is a long way to go and a very talented collection of players still in for a $1K event.
The final group includes three multiple bracelet winners. John Monnette has three to his name while Ryan Hughes and Andy Frankenberger have two apiece.
One of the other players in the field hungry for their first taste of ultimate WSOP glory is Eddy Sabat. He has already notched up four cashes so far this summer, with his biggest score a fourth place in Event #29, the $2,500 NLHE event for $143,148.
From an original field of 1,750 and after 21 hours of live poker so far, the survivors are set to play down to a winner today. When two players have been eliminated there will be a full redraw for two tables, then a final redraw for the final 10 players.
Cards are in the air at 12 noon and PokerNews will be on hand to bring you exclusive coverage including hand-for-hand reporting starting from the official final table of nine. Stay tuned to follow along as the World Series of Poker crowns a new champion who will wrap the famous gold bracelet around their wrist and pocket $262,501.
Michael Rocco opened and small blind Yunsheng Sun three-bet. Sean Hegarty then moved all in from the small blind for 690,000 and both Rocco and Sun called.
The flop was , and after Sun moved all in, Rocco stepped aside.
Sean Hegarty:
Yunsheng Sun:
The turn was the and the river the , eliminating Hegarty.
Martins Kleins raised, Yunsheng Sun called, and Michael Rocco made it 115,000 from the small blind. Kleins moved all in, Sun called and Rocco folded face up.
Martins Kleins:
Yunsheng Sun:
The board ran out , meaning Rocco would've made a flush. He yelled for the board to pair on the river, and it did with the . Kleins was eliminated.
Action folded to Edward Hislop on the button who shoved his remaining stack and got called by small blind Jeffrey Silverstein. There was a bit of sweat after that as the player in the big blind eyed both up before eventually folding, and the players' cards went on their backs.
Edward Hislop:
Jeffrey Silverstein:
The board ran out . Silverstein held to accumulate a few more chips and eliminate Hislop.