Well, Jason Taus' bid for an incredible Day 3 comeback has finally come to an end.
Simon Watt opened the pot with a raise to 47,000, and Venkatesh Gupta three-bet all in from the cutoff seat. In the big blind, Jason Taus made the call to put himself all in, and Watt folded out of the way to let the two short stack duke it out.
Showdown
Gupta:
Taus:
The flop was a pretty decent miss for Taus as the gave him four more outs to the gutterball. The turn was a total brick, though, and Taus pleaded for his cards.
"Jack! Queen! Ace!"
But his cries fell on deaf ears. The dealer slammed the down on the river, and that was not one of the good cards for Taus.
After quite a remarkable run, Jason Taus is out in 17th place, and he seems absolutely thrilled to have made this latest pay jump. "Good job, guys. Good luck." He shook hands with his entire table, and even a few people on the rail as he gathered his belongings.
"It was a blast," Taus said as he headed for the cashier.
Scott Hamilton opened the pot to 52,000 from early position, and a player smooth called before Tom Dwan squeezed them both up to 136,000. Hamilton moved all in for about 740,000 total, and that was enough to quickly fold the monkey in the middle. Dwan didn't waste any time making the call, though, putting Hamilton at risk and putting a huge pot up for grabs.
Showdown
Hamilton:
Dwan:
Let's flip a coin for, oh, 1.5 million chips, shall we?
The flop came out , and that was a fine sight indeed for Hamilton, taking a big lead with two to come.
The that turned on fourth street was a fantastically exciting card, giving Dwan his two-out set, but keeping Hamilton in the lead with Broadway.
River: (bink!)
Dwan improves to the runner-runner full house, drawing a big reaction from the players and spectators huddled around the table. In fact, the only person who didn't react was Dwan, sitting statuesquely still throughout that entire hand.
Unable to win that dramatic race, Scott Hamilton has been eliminated in 16th place, and Dwan once again has a commanding chip lead with 1.76 million.
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Michael Smith opened to 57,000 from middle position and the action folded to Nicholas "ISpewChips" Phillips in the big blind who made the call.
Both players checked the flop, and after the turned Phillips led for 99,000. Smith called.
The turn brought the and Phillips checked to Smith who bet 150,000. Phillips called and Smith rolled over for a pair of kings. Phillips tabled for the same pair but with a better kicker. He raked in the pot to increase his stack to 1,260,000 chips.
Marvin Rettenmaier opened to 57,000 from middle position and the action folded to Alex Bolotin who moved all in for 349,000 total. Rettenmaier called, and it was race time:
Showdown
Rettenmaier:
Bolotin:
Bolotin didn't receive any help from the board and was eliminated in 13th place.
With the knockout Rettenmaier is up to 1,420,000 chips.
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gave him four more outs to the gutterball. The turn 
was a total brick, though, and Taus pleaded for his cards.
down on the river, and that was not one of the good cards for Taus.
, and that was a fine sight indeed for Hamilton, taking a big lead with two to come.
that turned on fourth street was a fantastically exciting card, giving Dwan his two-out set, but keeping Hamilton in the lead with Broadway.
and Phillips' queens held pushing his stack to 955,000 chips.
and Phillips checked to Smith who bet 150,000. Phillips called and Smith rolled over 
for a pair of kings. Phillips tabled 
, 
respectively and Young won the pot chipping up to 1,580,000 chips.
