Ciaran Begley-Carter moved all in for 27,100 and was called by Victor Ramdin and Jacobo Fernandez. The flop came down and Ramdin checked. Fernandez bet 35,000 and Ramdin raised all in. Fernandez made the call.
Begley-Carter:
Fernandez:
Ramdin:
The turn brought the and the river the . Fernandez beat Ramdin in the big side pot to just about double up while Begley-Carter won the main pot and tripled his stack with a club flush.
From under the gun, David Stefanski raised to 8,200. Sukh Sandhu reraised to 24,000 from the cutoff seat and Andrew Weisner moved all in from the big blind. After Stefanski folded, Sandhu made the call and was all in for about 110,000.
Sandhu:
Weisner:
The board ran out to give Sandhu the win and double him up.
Adam Junglen raised to 9,500 from the hijack seat and Tim Sullivan reraised all in from the cutoff seat for 47,100. Junglen made the call when play got back to him and tabled the . Sullivan held the .
The board ran out and Sullivan doubled to over 100,000. Junglen dropped back to 131,000.
Dan O'Brien certainly isn't looking to get off to a slow start here on Day 3 and has been involved in the first two hands at his table.
On the first hand, Dave Whalen opened with a raise to 9,000 from middle position. Philippe Plouffe made the call from the hijack seat and then Dan O'Brien reraised to 25,100 from the button. Ronnie Bardah tanked for a bit from the small blind before folding. Everyone else quickly folded after that.
On the next hand, O'Brien raised to 8,000 from the cutoff seat and Michael Quibble called from the big blind to see the flop come down . Quibble checked and O'Brien bet 6,800. Quibble came back with a check-raise to 18,000, but O'Brien didn't back down. He reraised to 31,200. Quibble gave it up and O'Brien scooped the pot.
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and Ramdin checked. Fernandez bet 35,000 and Ramdin raised all in. Fernandez made the call.
and the river the 
. Fernandez beat Ramdin in the big side pot to just about double up while Begley-Carter won the main pot and tripled his stack with a club flush.
to give Sandhu the win and double him up.
. Sullivan held the 
.
and Sullivan doubled to over 100,000. Junglen dropped back to 131,000.
. Quibble checked and O'Brien bet 6,800. Quibble came back with a check-raise to 18,000, but O'Brien didn't back down. He reraised to 31,200. Quibble gave it up and O'Brien scooped the pot.