Franklin Grigsby is one name you may have heard before as he came into Day 3 with a huge stack of over 400,000. Just a few minutes into play though, Grigsby is already moving in the wrong direction.
We caught up with the action on the turn with about 40,000 chips in the pot already, and the board showing . In a battle of the blinds, Richard Washinsky led out with a bet of 30,000. Grigsby was in the big, and he mulled it over for a bit before making the call.
On the river, the drew another bet from Washinsky. He pushed out 50,000 this time, and Grigsby tanked for a good while before making the call. Washinsky showed , and his straight to the six was the winner. He and Grigsby now have virtually even chip stacks, both men sitting right under 300,000.
Lee Watkinson raised from early position to 3,500 and found himself three callers.
The flop landed and play folded to a player in late position, who fired 7,000. Watkinson was the lone caller. The turn was the and Watkinson checked to his opponent, who this time fired 13,000 into the middle.
Watkinson decided to release and after the hand slips to 67,000. Watkinson knows what it's like to reach a WSOP Main Event final table, finishing in 8th place in 2007. He's got some work ahead of him if he's to repeat that feat again this year.
Dan Harrington raised to 3,200 from the cutoff and was called by Jordan Rich on the button.
Harrington bet 4,000 on the flop before check-calling bets of 8,000 and 12,000 on the turn and river. The former main event winner folded when Rich showed him
When a player in middle position made it 3,000 to play, Lou Diamond Phillips came along.
The original raiser bet 6,500 on a flop of and Phillips called again. The turn brought the , a bet of 13,500 and another call. Phillips finally gave up the hand when his opponent led for 16,000 more at the on the river. He's slipped to 170,000.
Catching the action with the board reading , Bryan Colin slid out a bet of 25,000 into an already healthy pot of 55,000.
His only opponent in the hand mulled over the decision for quite a while before eventually making the call.
Colin turned over his for a flopped set, and his opponent mucked. Colin raked in the pot and is now over 150,000 - just over double what he began the day with.
Kara Scott called her opponent's all-in bet in preflop action holding big slick, . Her opponent held pocket kings. An ace landed on the turn, giving Scott the winning hand and the elimination of her opponent. She now has 140,000 chips.
Jeff "mrrain" Banghart raised to 3,000 preflop and was called by one player in late position. The two were heads up to the flop and saw the first three cards come down . Banghart bet 5,000 and his opponent flatted.
The turn was the and Banghart fired 10,000. His opponent raised to 30,300. "Call," said Banghart.
The river was the and Banghart checked. His opponent fired 35,300. "I call," announced Banghart once more. His opponent then flipped up a set of fives with pocket to win the hand.
After taking a pot with with a three-bet from the big blind, Tim "luckyshades" Horan once again defended the very next hand in the small blind, against a raiser in the cutoff after Richard Fohrenbach opened to 3,200.
The two took a flop of and Horan checked to Fohrenbach, who fired 3,600. Horan made the call.
Both players checked the and the peeled on the river. Horan checked and then insta-called the 7,000 chip bet of Fohrenbach.
Fohrenbach tabled a creative for trip threes to take it down and leave Horan shaking his head.
First in from the button, Erik Seidel came in with a raise. The small blind folded, but Aaron Coulthard reraised from the big blind. Seidel moved all in for just less than 50,000, and Coulthard instantly called.
Showdown
Seidel:
Coulthard:
Seidel was in bad shape, and the board would give him no stay of execution. It ran down , and that's the end of Seidel.