Three-time World Series of Poker gold bracelet and one of the best Omaha players in the world, Sammy Farha, has just hit the rail.
Action started with Steven Silverman limping in from the hijack seat. Farha followed him into the pot from the cutoff seat and then Jason Mercier called from the button. Andy Seth completed from the small blind and Jan-Peter Jachtmann potted it to 120,000 from the big blind. Only Farha made the call.
The flop came down paired with the and Jachtmann checked. Farha bet 150,000 and Jachtmann made the call.
The turn was the and Jachtmann checked. Farha bet 600,000. Jachtmann reraised all in and Farha called it off for about 775,000 total.
Jachtmann:
Farha:
The river didn't give Farha a full house when the came and he was eliminated in 11th place. Jachtmann moved to about 2.35 million while the remaining 10 players are relocating up to the ESPN Main Stage.
On the , Adam Kornuth was all in for around 365,000 with the against the for Andrew Brown.
The turn was the and river the , keeping Brown's two pair in front and winning him the pot. Kornuth was eliminated in 12th place and earned over $43,000.
Brown also won the next pot and has a little over 2.5 million in chips.
Action folded to Sammy Farha on the button and he raised the pot and made it 56,000. In the small blind, John Kabbaj reraised the pot to 184,000. Action folded back to Farha and he called.
The flop came down and Kabbaj bet all in for 93,000. Farha called and the hands were tabled.
Kabbaj:
Farha:
The turn was the and river the . Farha backed into a heart flush and eliminated Kabbaj in 13th place.
Welcome to PokerNews' Day 3 coverage of Event 39: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha. Following 20 levels of play, a field of 293 players is down to just 13 hopefuls, each with his eyes set on the first-place prize of $661,000, as well the coveted World Series of Poker bracelet.
Andrew Brown is the dominating chip leader entering today with 1,774,000, but he has a talented bunch hot his heels. Three-time bracelet winner Sammy Farha is second in chips 1,129,000 and is looking to win his fourth. Also still in the hunt is Jason Mercier. With two Pot-Limit Omaha bracelets on his résumé, Mercier is a threat despite being one of the short stacks.
Here is the Day 3 table and seat draw.
Table
Seat
Player
Chips
445
1
--empty--
--
445
2
John Kabbaj
210,000
445
3
Jason Mercier
408,000
445
4
--empty--
--
445
5
Andy Seth
569,000
445
6
Jan-Peter Jachtmann
895,000
445
7
Micah Smith
215,000
445
8
--empty--
--
445
9
Sammy Farha
1,129,000
446
1
Ville Wahlbeck
247,000
446
2
Nikolai Yakovenko
528,000
446
3
--empty--
--
446
4
Benjamin Sage
1,013,000
446
5
--empty--
--
446
6
Steven Silverman
668,000
446
7
Joe Kushner
571,000
446
8
Adam Kornuth
568,000
446
9
Andrew Brown
1,774,000
Play is set to begin at 1:00pm local time, about five minutes from now, so keep it here throughout the day as another WSOP champion is crowned.
and Jachtmann checked. Farha bet 150,000 and Jachtmann made the call.
and Jachtmann checked. Farha bet 600,000. Jachtmann reraised all in and Farha called it off for about 775,000 total.
came and he was eliminated in 11th place. Jachtmann moved to about 2.35 million while the remaining 10 players are relocating up to the ESPN Main Stage.
, keeping Brown's two pair in front and winning him the pot. Kornuth was eliminated in 12th place and earned over $43,000.
and river the 
