Say goodbye to Ryan "g0lfa" D'Angelo. David Fox opened with a standard raise from middle position. Scott Seiver, who has been playing lots of pots with a sizable stack, made a three-bet from the button. D'Angelo shoved the small blind, inducing a fold from Fox but not from Seiver. Seiver called with and was up against D'Angelo's . The board bricked out, and in a snap D'Angelo's tournament was over.
Seiver appears to be the chip leader now with approximately 2,050,000 chips. A few moments after the hand, Todd Terry showed up to take D'Angelo's seat. "Ah, prime re-steal position," remarked Terry upon seeing Seiver's stack.
"Yeah, that worked out so well for the last guy," quipped Seiver.
We'll never know what Vanessa Rousso would have done if Travis Klein had bet the river. He bet the flop and Rousso called. He bet 78,000 on the turn and again Rousso called. When the river fell , however, Klein slowed down and checked. Rousso quickly checked behind. Her pair of sixes, , was enough to beat Klein's busted draw, , to collect the pot.
"Where's your river bet?" Vanessa Selbst asked Klein.
58 - Tarun Ravi, USA
59 - Eric Froehlich, USA
60 - Michael Genovese, USA
61 - Alexander Deutsch, USA
62 - Salvatore Tamburello, Canada
63 - Chantal Gagnon, Canada
64 - Joseph Nemeth, USA
65 - Jason Conforti, Canada
66 - Alexander Queen, USA
67 - Paul Zito, USA
68 - Francis Vizza, USA
69 - Daniel Santoro, USA
70 - Dennis Frederick, USA
71 - Vincent Rubianes, USA
72 - Nicholas Verkaik, Canada
Jordan Morgan started Day 3 as the chip leader and then proceeded to trend steadily downwards. He's back up to about 600,000 thanks to a very lucky river card. With the whole board out, , Morgan checked to Elijah Berg. Berg bet about 100,000, then snap-called Morgan's shove of 244,000. Morgan turned up for a rivered set of 7s. Berg looked physically ill, throwing his flopped two pair into the air.
Once Berg counted off the chips required to pay Morgan he was left with just 45,000.
James Casement Sr. bet the flop of for 32,000 and Brandon Hall raised to 82,000. Vanessa Rousso was next to act in the hand and folded. Casement quickly made the call.
The turn card was the and Casement instantly shipped it all in for 307,000. Hall made the call with a set of tens -- . Casement held the for a straight and flush draw.
The river was the and nailed the diamond flush for Casement. He scooped in the massive pot to double up and now has 900,000 chips. Hall dropped back to 530,000.
Not the first time someone has shipped into Rousso's pocket pair today. Vinny Pahuja moved all in with pocket fours, and Vanessa Rousso called with . The board ran out , giving Rousso a set for good measure and relegating Pahuja to the rail.
Scott Seiver is always a talkative player. He had plenty to say after Ryan D'Angelo eliminated an opponent with pocket threes. D'Angelo opened under the gun for 20,000, then called when a short stack moved all in for a total of 80,000. He was up against and won the race, . That's when Seiver offered his opinions.
"How did threes hold on 9-9-8?" he asked. Then a few moments later: "That's Ryan D'Angelo. Open with that trash U.T.G. and it holds. There's just no justice in tournament poker."