Event 23: $3,000 No-Limit Hold'em - Six-Handed
Day 3 Started
Event 23: $3,000 No-Limit Hold'em - Six-Handed
Day 3 Started
Welcome back to the Amazon Room for Day 3 of Event 23: $3,000 No-Limit Hold’em Six-Handed! The plan for this final and glorious Day 3 is to have our remaining 18 players duke it out until just one – our champion – remains!
Leading the pack into today is Artem Metalidi, who managed to bag a staggering 1,505,000 yesterday. The only other player starting today who has a seven-figure stack is Luis Rodriguez Cruz with 1,005,000.
Our remaining field is, well, pretty sick. Some names still in contention include Eugene Katchalov, Bertrand Grospellier, Scott Montgomery, Andrew Lichtenberger and Freddy Deeb . Combined, those names alone have over $25 million in live-tournament winnings....yeah.
With so much talent remaining in a six-handed event, you can bet we won't be seeing much traditional ABC poker! Stick with us here at PokerNews as play is scheduled to begin at 1:00 PM local time.
Level: 21
Blinds: 5,000/10,000
Ante: 1,000
Play has just begun for the day.
Craig Bergeron opened from early position, found one caller and was then moved all-in on from Thiago Nishijima from the big blind for his last 230,000. Bergeron called and hands were revealed.
Nishijima:
Bergeron:
The board ran out leaving Bergeron with a pair of aces and eliminating Nishijima.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Craig Bergeron | 600,000 | 225,000 |
Thiago Nishijima
|
Busted |
A very short-stacked Eugene Katchalov went all in for his last 70,000 and Eddie Blumenthal called from the big blind to put Katchalov at risk.
Blumenthal:
Katchalov:
The board gave Blumenthal an ace-on-the-river to deliver the finishing blow to Katchalov, who will take home $21,189 for his efforts.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Eddie Blumenthal | 470,000 | 75,000 |
Eugene Katchalov | Busted |
Eddie Blumenthal was first to act under the gun and made it 22,000 to anyone who wanted to see a flop. On his direct left was Alexander Nudin, who three-bet to 100,000. The table folded back to Blumenthal who moved all in on his short stacked opponent. A call was made and both players tabled their hole cards.
Blumenthal:
Nudin:
Blumenthal held a strong lead, and looked to be in great shape to deliver the knock out blow. A flop brought further a further sense of confidence in Blumenthal. A on the turn, and a on the river sealed the deal, and Nudin was sent packing
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Alexander Nudin | Busted |
Bertrand Grospellier got the action started during a recent hand by making it 22,000 from the button. Ryan Fair in the small blind then moved all in for about 180,000 and Andrew Lichtenberger in the large blind also moved all in for about 205,000. ElkY got out of the way and we had a heads up showdown.
Fair:
Lichtenberger:
Fair needed a jack in order to gain control of the hand. Unfortunately a board ran out and he was subsequently eliminated.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Ryan Fair | Busted |
Artem Metalidi and Toan Trinh started out a recent hand by getting into a raising match that ended with the shorter stacked Trinh getting all in and called.
Trinh:
Metalidi:
Trinh was dominated by and needed to improve. A board ran out and Trinh was eliminated when his kicker wasn't up to snuff.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Toan Trinh | Busted |
Action began with Foster Hays, who opened to 22,000. Directly behind him, Taylor Paur three-bet to 48,000. Hays mulled it over and three-bet to 125,000. Not backing down, Paur announced he was all in and Hays quickly announced, "Call."
Hays:
Paur:
Paur was dominated going into the flop and received no help as the board ran out , eliminating him in 13th place.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Foster Hays
|
1,100,000 | 421,000 |
Taylor Paur
|
Busted |