Level: 16
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 500
Level: 16
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 500
The action folded to Travis Klein, who moved all in for effectively 45,000 from the small blind. Grayson Ramage quickly called.
Klein:
Ramage:
The flop gave Klein a pair, the on the turn have him trips, and the completed the board.
Ramage, who had his kings cracked by two eights two years ago on the penultimate day of the PCA Main Event, was once again eliminated in brutal fashion.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Travis Klein |
205,000
12,800
|
12,800 |
Grayson Ramage | Busted |
Thanks to Joe Giron for the amazing photos.
Shawn Buchanan was all in for about 50,000 with , racing with Michael Lipman's .
Buchanan was safe through the flop, but the turn gave Lipman the lead. The completed the board, ending Buchanan's Main Event just shy of the money.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Michael Lipman |
230,000
9,500
|
9,500 |
Shawn Buchanan | Busted | |
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With 146 players remaining, hand-for-hand play will begin. The top 144 players will bank a minimum of $15,000, while the next two players eliminated will receive nothing.
It's bubble time.
Eddy Sabat opened to 8,000 under the gun and Grffin Benger called from the hijack.
The flop came down and Sabat check-called 11,000 from Benger to see the turn. Both checked through to the river where Sabat checked again. Benger bet 27,500 and after a few moments Sabat called.
Benger tabled for the nut straight to take down the pot.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Eddy Sabat |
530,000
-20,000
|
-20,000 |
Griffin Benger |
243,000
46,000
|
46,000 |
Marcel Luske last night beat Chris Moneymaker and Naoya 'nkeyno' Kihara to the HORSE trophy at the PCA. Read about it on the PokerStars Blog.
Anthony Borde opened for 8,000 from the cutoff and Govert Metaal defended from the big blind. The latter proceeded to check-call a bet of 9,000 on the , and then both players checked the turn. When the appeared on the river, Metaal seized the opportunity to bet 25,000, and that inspired a snap-fold from Borde.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Anthony Borde |
455,000
-55,000
|
-55,000 |
Govert Metaal |
113,000
33,000
|
33,000 |
The money bubble will pop here on Day 3 of the 2013 PCA Main Event. You don't want to miss any of the action, so stay tuned in to PokerNews!
Stefano Rossomando open-shipped all in for his last 27,000 from under the gun plus one. It folded around to Lisa Hamilton who called from the small blind. The hands were turned over to find the two racing:
Rossomando:
Hamilton:
Rossomando struck gold when he flopped a set on . The on fourth street ensured him a double up and the meaningless hit the river.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Stefano Rossomando |
60,000
-100
|
-100 |