First Break of the Day
Two hours of play are in the books here on Day 3, and that means it's time for the first ten-minute break of the day.
Two hours of play are in the books here on Day 3, and that means it's time for the first ten-minute break of the day.
The cards are now back in the air with 60 minutes remaining of this level.
John Hoang began the day with 20,900. Unfortunately for the Vietnamese player, he now has no chips.
However it wasn't the standard tournament bust out of aces against kings, or a missed flush draw, but he was blinded and anted out from the start of play.
On one of the final hands of play last night, Hoang found himself involved in a three-way all-in which pitted aces against kings against a smaller pocket pair. The smaller pair spiked a set and sent one player to the rail and Hoang to less than his starting stack.
Not wanting to return to his dismal stack, Hoang just let his chips blind out, and for the remaining players they are thankful that Hoang chose to do this as the tournament is now down another player.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
John Hoang | Busted |
The action folded round to Darian Tan in the small blind and he raised to 7,700 with Randy Lew defending his big blind.
Tan continued for 8,700 on the flop before Lew moved all in for 57,600. Tan re-checked his hole cards and then made the call.
Lew:
Tan:
With Lew drawing to a spade or nine, the on the turn would see him lock the double as the completed the board on the river. As Lew moved to 130,000, Tan was left with just 10,000 in chips.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Randy Lew |
130,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
Darian Tan |
10,000
-55,000
|
-55,000 |
It appears as though we have been slightly incorrect about John Hoang deciding to abandon his Day 3 chip stack.
Hoang recently just arrived to the tournament area believing it was a 5:00 p.m. restart following Day 2's 5:00 p.m. start, but since we did start at 3:00 p.m. and his stack was on the low side, it still didn't save him from being blinded out.
Tyrone Kwong Lun Liu opened for 3,000 from the hijack and was met by a three-bet to 7,200 by Akira Ohyama in the cutoff. Chenxiang Miao, who has been on fire here on Day 3, flatted from the big blind, Liu shoved all in for roughly 38,000, and Ohyama got out of the way. Miao made the call and discovered he was way behind.
Miao:
Liu:
Earlier in the day, Miao won a massive pot and scored a double elimination when his pocket tens cracked both aces and kings, and lightening struck twice as the flop delivered him another set of tens.
Liu was clearly disgusted and watched helplessly as the blanked on the turn followed by the on the river.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Chenxiang Miao |
380,000
80,000
|
80,000 |
Tyrone Kwong Lun Liu
|
Busted |
We missed the preflop action, but we do know that David Ewing got his last 30,000 or so all in holding the and was primed to double against the of Yoshitaka Okawa. That all changed when the flop delivered Okawa a pair of aces and the lead.
Ewing rolled his eyes a bit and then made a beeline for the exit when the blanked on the turn followed by the on the river.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Yoshitaka Okawa |
185,000
65,000
|
65,000 |
David Ewing
|
Busted |
Eugene Katchalov was just one of three Team PokerStars Pros returning for Day 3, and unfortunately he was the first to go.
We missed the elimination hand, but Keith Ferrera was kind enough to fill us in on some of the details. According to him, an under-the-gun player opened for 3,000 and Katchalov shoved all in from the small blind for 26,000. The original raiser called with , but it was no good as Katchalov held . The Team Pro was primed for a double, but instead a river jack sent him to the rail.
Ran pretty sour today, first lost KK to JT then KK to JJ to bust...both on the river :(. Time to regroup then High roller in couple daysFollow @EugeneKatchalov
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Eugene Katchalov | Busted | |
Devan Tang opened to 2,800 only to have Cheryl Peng three-bet next to act to 5,900. Tang called, and on a flop check-called a 4,100-chip bet from Peng.
The turn of the saw Tang check and Peng fire once again, this time for 7,400. Tang however responded by check-raising to 21,700 to put Peng into the tank for nearly two minutes before she released her hand to slip below 100,000 in chips.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Devan Tang |
205,000
-5,000
|
-5,000 |
Cheryl Peng |
95,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
Level: 12
Blinds: 900/1,800
Ante: 200