Main Event
Day 3 Started
Main Event
Day 3 Started
After two long days at the WSOP Circuit Harrah's Atlantic City Main Event, 20 players return to battle for a WSOP-C ring, a seat at the National Championship and $188,830. Leading the charge is Tuan Phan, who has a slight chiplead over Mike Devinsky.
A long day is in store for the remaining players — they will have to play down to a winner, no matter how long it takes. The short stacks will have their work cut out for them, as the bottom five players are all under 20 big blinds.
Five-figure payouts start at 15th place and a final-table finish guarantees $17,516 just in time for the holidays. A fifth-place finish could provide Lexus commercial Christmas with $47,684. The top two finishers will return home with a six-figure prize.
One thing is for sure, we'll crown a first-time ring winner later tonight or sometime tomorrow morning. Follow all the WSOP-C action live on Pokernews kicking off shortly!
Level: 24
Blinds: 8,000/16,000
Ante: 2,000
Cards are in the air for Day 3. We won't stop until we crown a winner.
Two of the top three chipstacks are currently unattended. Tuan Phan and Manh Nguyen have not made it to the tournament area yet, which accounts for nearly 2,000,000 chips not in play.
Tuan Phan and Manh Nguyen have taken their seats.
Danny Rohde moved all in preflop from late position and Blake Mason called from the small blind.
Rohde:
Mason:
The board ran and Mason's day was done.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Danny Rohde |
546,000
194,000
|
194,000 |
Blake Mason | Busted |
In a limped pot pre flop, the board read . After a series of raises and re-raises, Jeff Fielder was all in for an astounding 718,000, and Hao Le had him at risk with a flush draw.
Showdown
Fielder:
Le:
"Diamond!" someone yelled on the rail. "Diamond!"
The wasn't a diamond, but it gave Le extra outs. Fielder was one card away from a massive double up, but it wasn't to be. The slammed on the river, giving Le a winning flush, and eliminating Fielder from the tournament. While the dealer was counting out the stacks to verify the knockout, Fielder was taking pictures with his phone - he wanted to document the crazy hand that eliminated him from the Main Event.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Hao Le |
1,450,000
745,000
|
745,000 |
Jeff Fielder | Busted |
Table 63
Seat | Player | Count |
---|---|---|
1 | Ken Taylor | 760,000 |
2 | Anthony Zinno | 900,000 |
3 | Jimmy Born | 480,000 |
4 | Hung Truong | 940,000 |
5 | Jason Steinhorn | 420,000 |
6 | Manh Nguyen | 500,000 |
7 | Marc Andre Roy | 740,000 |
8 | Denis Gnidash | 560,000 |
9 | Steve Karp | 250,000 |
Table 62
Seat | Player | Count |
---|---|---|
1 | Danny Rohde | 450,000 |
2 | Avdo Djokovic | 600,000 |
3 | Mike Devinsky | 1,000,000 |
4 | Kevin Kaikko | 250,000 |
5 | Hao Le | 1,130,000 |
6 | Tuan Phan | 1,020,000 |
7 | Richard Logue | 130,000 |
8 | Larry Riggs | 460,000 |
9 | Spiro Stathakis | 510,000 |
Kevin Kaikko moved all in preflop and action passed to Larry Riggs in late position. Riggs called and the hands were turned up.
Kaikko:
Riggs:
The board ran and Keikko doubled up.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Larry Riggs |
600,000
140,000
|
140,000 |
Kevin Kaikko |
500,000
250,000
|
250,000 |