2010 PokerStars.net NAPT Mohegan Sun Main Event Day 3 | 2010 PokerStars.net NAPT Mohegan Sun

04-09-2010 09:51 UTC-12

Rousso Rising

Mickey Doft

Brandon Hall opened to 18,000 in the cutoff and Vanessa Rousso made it 50,000 to play from the button. The blinds folded and Hall made the call.

The flop ran out {J-Clubs}

and Hall checked. Rousso bet 60,000 and Hall took his time before putting in a raise to 140,000. Rousso thought for about two minutes before moving all in. Hall quickly folded and Rousso took the pot.

She's up to 790,000 while Hall slips to 965,000.

Tags: Brandon Hall Vaneesa Rousso

04-09-2010 09:46 UTC-12

Aguiar Out-Pips Pahuja

[user75032]

Ship the double up to Jonathan Aguiar. He got all in pre-flop with {J-Diamonds}

for 157,000 after Vanessa Selbst opened with a raise. Vinny Pahuja was on the button with {10-Spades}

and was Aguiar's only customer. He didn't improve, {2-Clubs}

. That loss dropped him to 90,000 chips. Aguiar, meanwhile, is up to about 350,000.

Tags: Jonathan Aguiar Vinny Pahuja

04-09-2010 09:36 UTC-12

Bustin' Outta Here

[user140525]

The eliminations have come so fast in the last 10 minutes that there's a line to get paid, oddly snaking through the middle of the tournament tables. Patti Reade, who won her seat to the Main Event in a PokerStars freeroll, was one of the recent casualties. She moved all in for her last 40,000 under-the-gun with {Q-Diamonds}

, and Cliff Josephy called with {Q-Spades}

. JohnnyBax held up to send her home.

George Kalaitzis was all in with {K-Hearts}

but couldn't improve to beat Dale Jamison's {A-Spades}

, giving Jamison even more chips.

04-09-2010 09:31 UTC-12

Terry Releases Aces

[user75032]

We walked up to Todd Terry's table just as he was making a bet of 50,000 on the turn of a {k-Clubs}

board. There were already roughly 80,000 chips in the pot.

Terry's opponent, Travis Klein, check-raised all in for about 450,000. Terry did not look pleased by this turn. He puzzled things out for about thirty seconds.

"These can't possibly be good," he said, flashing {A-Spades}

. He mucked.

"I would pay you a lot of money to show a bluff," table mate Jonathan Aguair said to Klein. Klein chose to muck his cards as he raked in the pot.

Chip leader Vanessa Selbst, who joined the table just prior to the start of the hand, looked over at Terry in surprise after he folded. "Is it that easy to get you off aces?" she asked.

"I probably wouldn't fold them to you," Terry replied. He preserved his stack at 285,000.

Tags: Todd Terry Travis Klein Vanessa Selbst

04-09-2010 09:22 UTC-12

E-Fro Busts

Mickey Doft

Eric Froehlich shoved for 90,000 under the gun and was called by Elijah Berg on the button.

Berg: {A-Hearts}

Froehlich: {K-Clubs}

The board ran out {A-Clubs}

and Froehlich was sent to the rail. Berg is up to 385,000.

04-09-2010 09:17 UTC-12

Froehlich Runs into Aces

[user75032]

Food-poisoning victim Eric Froehlich hasn't been feeling well today. He may be feeling worse after losing 80% of his stack to Clint Keown.

Keown opened pre-flop to 21,000. Froehlich, with {A-Spades}

, popped it back to 57,000. Keown four-bet to 97,000 and then snap-called all in after Froehlich shoved. Keown had the aces, {A-Diamonds}

, putting Froehlich in a pretty terrible spot. The board ran out {9-Hearts}

to cut Froehlich down to about 100,000 chips.

Keown is up to almost 800,000.

Tags: Clint Keown Eric Froehlich

04-09-2010 09:06 UTC-12

Play Resumes

[user75032]

Cards are back in the air. That break went a little long while the staff were coloring up the purple (500) chips.

Level: 18

Blinds: 4,000/8,000

Ante: 1,000

04-09-2010 08:45 UTC-12

Jamison Rocking the Pink

[user140525]

At the beginning of the last level, Dale Jamison called a three-bet all in for 100 big blinds with pocket eights - and was somehow in great shape against a pair of fives - to win a 1,000,000-chip pot. In one fell-swoop, he accumulated enough chips to merit the introduction of the pink T25,000 chip. And he's been putting his full 20-stack of them to good use bullying his table. He raised preflop on the button, and Mike Beasley defended his big blind.

Flop: {10-Hearts}

- Beasley checked, and Jamison bet 25,000. Beasley called.

Turn: {4-Clubs}

- Both players checked.

River: {A-Spades}

- Beasley bet out 26,000, and Jamison raised to 76,000 with those scary pink chips. Beasley took a long time to make the call but not very long to muck once Jamison showed {A-Hearts}