Michael Amato raise to 23,000 from the cutoff and Eddy Sabat defended his small blind.
The flop came and both players checked to the on the turn. Sabat reached into his stack and bet 30,000. Amato confirmed the bet and called.
The river was the . Sabat paused for a moment and led out for 46,000 this time. Amato tanked for about a minute before deciding to call. Sabat tabled for a pair of tens, but he was up against the of Amato for a pair of jacks to take it down.
Mark Khaitman opened form under the gun for 20,000 and called a three-bet to 43,000 from John Green in the big blind.
The flop was and Green bet 50,000 and Khaitman called.
The turn was the and Green moved all in. Khaitman puffed out his cheeks, steeled himself and called for his tournament life.
John Green:
Mark Khaitman:
The tablke praised the call after the hand but the river delivered the best hand to Green and a killer blow to Khaitman’s chances as the tournament went to 3 tables.
Eddy Sabat dragged another pot to add to his growing stack and got a little bit of teasing from John Monnette, who said he could see by the way Sabat had reacted what hand he had.
“I told you I’m just learning,” Sabat said to Monnette, “I’m learning, always learning.”
Sabat has four cashes so far this summer, not including this one, with his biggest score being his fourth-place run in Event #29, the $2,500 No-Limit Hold'em, for $143,148.
Monnette, though, has notched 10 WSOP cashes this summer, along with his third-career bracelet.
Ryan Hughes is making yet another run with 875,000 chips and the clear lead. Michael Rocco has over half-million chips, with Eddy Sabat (450,000), Andy Frankenberger (335,000), John Monnette (275,000), and Thomas Fuller (125,000) holding stacks, as well.