PPC Aruba World Championship

$2,500 Main Event
Day: 3
Event Info

PPC Aruba World Championship

Final Results
Winner
[Removed:65]
Prize
$59,139
Event Info
Buy-in
$2,250
Prize Pool
$200,000
Entries
88
Level Info
Level
25
Blinds
8,000 / 16,000
Ante
2,000

[Removed:72] Shoves on Serock

Level 23 : 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante

After Joe Serock check-called a bet of 72,000 on the {5-Clubs}{4-Hearts}{2-Diamonds}{J-Diamonds} board from [Removed:65], the {Q-Hearts} completed the board on the river. Serock checked again, and this time [Removed:72] fired all in. Serock had approximately 310,000 in chips behind and went into the tank for a couple long minutes. Eventually, Serock folded his hand, and [Removed:72] won the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Joe Ebanks us
Joe Ebanks
WSOP 1X Winner
1,225,000 40,000
[Removed:65]
[Removed:65]
665,000 100,000
Joe Serock us
Joe Serock
WSOP 1X Winner
310,000 -140,000

Tags: Joe Serock

Serock Shoves

Level 23 : 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante

From the button, defending champion Joe Serock raised to 27,000. [Removed:65] reraised from the small blind to 85,000, and Joe Ebanks folded from the big blind. Serock studied for a bit when action got back to him, and then four-bet jammed for 347,000. [Removed:72] tanked, then folded, and Serock picked up the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Joe Ebanks us
Joe Ebanks
WSOP 1X Winner
1,185,000 -92,000
[Removed:65]
[Removed:65]
565,000 13,000
Joe Serock us
Joe Serock
WSOP 1X Winner
450,000 79,000

Tags: Joe EbanksJoe Serock

Level: 23

Blinds: 6,000/12,000

Ante: 2,000

Dinner Break

Level 22 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante

The players are now on dinner break and will return to action at 9 p.m. local time, which is roughly 90 minutes from now. The chip counts at the dinner break for the final three players are posted below.

Player Chips Progress
Joe Ebanks us
Joe Ebanks
WSOP 1X Winner
1,277,000 -15,000
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[Removed:65]
552,000 40,000
Joe Serock us
Joe Serock
WSOP 1X Winner
371,000 -25,000

Big Double for Ebanks into Chip Lead

Level 22 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante
Joe Ebanks
Joe Ebanks

On the {J-Spades}{5-Hearts}{2-Spades} flop, [Removed:65] led into Joe Ebanks with a bet of 45,000. Ebanks put in a raise to 100,000, and [Removed:72] made the call. Then, the {5-Clubs} paired the board on the turn. [Removed:72] checked, and Ebanks double-fisted 250,000 into the middle with 191,000 behind. [Removed:72] announced that he was all in, an Ebanks snap-called.

[Removed:72] tabled the {J-Diamonds}{10-Clubs} for jacks and fives, but he was behind Ebanks' {K-Hearts}{K-Clubs} for kings and fives. The river completed the board with the {3-Hearts}, and Ebanks successfully doubled up to 1.15 million. [Removed:72] was knocked back to 610,000.

Player Chips Progress
Joe Ebanks us
Joe Ebanks
WSOP 1X Winner
1,150,000 515,000
[Removed:65]
[Removed:65]
610,000 -560,000
Joe Serock us
Joe Serock
WSOP 1X Winner
440,000 45,000

Tags: Joe Ebanks

Trading Three-Bets

Level 22 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante

From the button, Joe Serock raised to 23,000. [Removed:65] three-bet from the small blind to 90,000, and his opponents folded.

On the next hand, [Removed:72] opened on the button to 25,000. This time, Serock three-bet him to 70,000 out of the big blind. [Removed:72] folded, and Serock won the pot.

Tags: Joe Serock

Ebanks Over 600K

Level 22 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante

From the button, Joe Ebanks raised to 20,000. Robin K. made the call from the big blind, and the flop came down {10-Clubs}{8-Clubs}{7-Spades}. After Robin checked, Ebanks bet 26,000. Robin check-raised to 76,000, and Ebanks made the call.

The turn was the {J-Spades}, and Robin bet 75,000. Ebanks fired 75,000, and Robin folded.

Player Chips Progress
[Removed:65]
[Removed:65]
1,170,000 -90,000
Joe Ebanks us
Joe Ebanks
WSOP 1X Winner
635,000 63,000
Joe Serock us
Joe Serock
WSOP 1X Winner
395,000 36,000

Ebanks Doubles Through Serock

Level 22 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante
Joe Ebanks
Joe Ebanks

Robin K. raised to 23,000 on the button, and Joe Ebanks flat-called from the small blind. Defending champion Joe Serock reraised to 66,000 from the big blind, and Robin folded. Ebanks tanked long and hard, and then moved all in for 273,000. Serock called.

Ebanks tabled a dominated {K-Clubs}{10-Clubs} to Serock's powerful {A-Spades}{K-Diamonds}. The board ran out {10-Spades}{5-Spades}{4-Clubs}{3-Diamonds}{K-Spades}, and Ebanks doubled up.

Player Chips Progress
Joe Ebanks us
Joe Ebanks
WSOP 1X Winner
572,000 288,000
Joe Serock us
Joe Serock
WSOP 1X Winner
359,000 -297,000

Tags: Joe EbanksJoe Serock