donpeters
After a player under the gun plus one raised to 6,500, JC Tran made the call followed by four others. Patrick Hanoteau was one of those players and in the cutoff seat.
"Aight, no bluffing." said Tran. The flop was then checked by all five players after it came .
On the turn of the , the first player checked and Tran bet out 17,000. The next player folded and then Hanoteau called. The button player folded and the preflop raised followed suit.
Heads up to the river, the two remaining players saw the hit the felt. Tran and Hanoteau both checked.
"King high." announced Tran, but Hanoteau tabled two sixes, . He now has 350,000 chips up from the 200,000 he began the day with.
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Jason Alexander
Jason Alexander opened the action with a raise from the hijack position to 7,500, before Christian Heich three-bet to 22,000 on the button. The blinds folded and Alexander made a quick call.
The flop landed and Alexander grabbed four 5,000-denomination chips and splashed them towards the pot. Heich then calmly removed his headphones, cut down a raise and made it 56,000 to go.
By this stage the ESPN cameras and other media outlets had swarmed around the table to catch Alexander in the middle of the big pot.
"You rolling?" Alexander turned to the cameras, "I may be going home...I'm all in!"
Alexander stood, arms folded defiantly and stared down his opponent as Heich went into the tank with a huge decision to grab some TV time as the man to eliminate Seinfeld's "George Costanza".
It was 131,600 more to Heich and after several minutes of deep thought, Heich eventually found a fold and Alexander raked in the pot.
A couple on the rail got the applause going with a shout out of "Good one Jason!", that if you closed your eyes and replaced the name, it eerily resembled Mrs.Costanza cheering on her boy. Alexander is now up towards 300,000 chips.
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Saar Wilf raised from the button and Brandon Demes in the big blind fancied a spin and called.
Both players checked the flop, but everything went crazy on the turn. Demes bet out 11,000 and Wilf made it 30,000. Demes now made it 75,000 and Wilf four-bet all in for another 313,000. Demes called, and it was looking pretty good for Wilf.
Wilf: for a set
Demes: for two pair
River:
Wilf is up to 785,000, while Demes drops right down to a below-average 170,000.
[user46392]
Look at me!
The gentleman in the cutoff and Antonio Esfandiari on the button saw a flop. It checked to Esfandiari who bet 22,500, only for the cutoff tp check-raise another 37,500. Back to Esfandiari, who min-raised another 37,500 -- and a fold from the cutoff. To the delight of the TV crew, Esfandiari showed .
Shamus
The "Players Remaining" number just went from four to three digits -- 999 players are left. A little under two-thirds of those left in the field will be cashing in this year's Main Event.
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Elky tending to his newfound chips
We just caught the tail end of a sleeper pot that developed over on Table 150. With the board already spread in the middle of the table, the community cards showed and there were about 40,000 chips in the pot.
It was heads up with Jerry Wong first to speak, and he bet 33,000. His opponent, Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier, came back with a raise to 133,300. After taking some time to consider, Wong moved all in for an additional ~250,000 on top. ElkY was clearly pained by the decision he faced. After carefully considering his predicament though, he did indeed make the call, having Wong slightly covered.
ElkY tabled for middle set. Wong had been caught with his hand in the cookie jar, sheepishly turning over for just second pair. After spending most of the day riding a huge stack, Jerry Wong has been snapped off by Grospellier, headed out the door here toward the latter stages of Day 3.
ElkY, on the other hand, has become the second player to cross the million-chip mark. He's right around 1,100,000 now, though it'll be nearly impossible to get a perfect count until the floor colors up the Great Wall of Chips sitting in front of him.
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Jason Alexander's stacks are bigger then they look. Really.
When action got raised to 6,800 by a player in middle position, Jason Alexander came along from the small blind.
Alexander then check-called a bet of 10,600 after a flop of . Both players checked the on the turn and, when Alexander checked again at the on the river, his opponent bet 21,200. Alexander quickly mucked and his stack shrunk - just a little - to 230,000.
donpeters
Alexander Kostritsyn raised again to 6,000 preflop. The play is becoming a rather common occurrence over at table 44 in blue. Josh Arieh called before the player on the button reraised to 22,000. Action got back over to Kostritsyn and he announced another raise. He made it 59,000 to go.
Arieh mucked his hand with a disgusted look on his face. The button then tanked with about 175,000 chips behind. In the end, he gave up his hand and let Kostritsyn rake in the pot.
[user66118]
Josh Arieh was all in before the flop for about 48,000 with . He found action from a single opponent who looked him up with . A dry board of was just what Dr. Arieh ordered. His jacks held to double him up to right around 100,000.
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, the first player checked and Tran bet out 17,000. The next player folded and then Hanoteau called. The button player folded and the preflop raised followed suit.
hit the felt. Tran and Hanoteau both checked.
. He now has 350,000 chips up from the 200,000 he began the day with.
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and Alexander grabbed four 5,000-denomination chips and splashed them towards the pot. Heich then calmly removed his headphones, cut down a raise and made it 56,000 to go.
flop, but everything went crazy on the 
turn. Demes bet out 11,000 and Wilf made it 30,000. Demes now made it 75,000 and Wilf four-bet all in for another 313,000. Demes called, and it was looking pretty good for Wilf.
for a set
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and there were about 40,000 chips in the pot.
for middle set. Wong had been caught with his hand in the cookie jar, sheepishly turning over 
for just second pair. After spending most of the day riding a huge stack, Jerry Wong has been snapped off by Grospellier, headed out the door here toward the latter stages of Day 3.
. Both players checked the 
on the river, his opponent bet 21,200. Alexander quickly mucked and his stack shrunk - just a little - to 230,000.
with two players involved.
