Joe Hachem entered the pot from middle position with a raise to 1,500. Tom Dwan and Tony Guoga made the call from the button and small blind respectively as the flop landed .
Hachem pushed out a small continuation-bet of 3,000 with only Dwan making the call as the was delivered on the turn.
Hachem continued for 7,500 and Dwan made the call as the river landed the . Hachem fired out his third barrel - this time amounting to 21,000 - to force a fold from Dwan as he slipped to roughly 75,000 in chips.
Erik Seidel opened his button with a min-raise to 1,000 and both Tom Dwan and Tony Guoga made the call from the blinds as the flop fell .
Seidel continued for 2,000 after the action was checked to him as Dwan was the lone caller before the landed on the turn. Dwan checked and Seidel fired out 5,000.
Dwan paused momentarily before making the call as the landed on the river and he checked for a third time.
Seidel dropped in a bet of 11,500, and as Dwan contemplated his decision, the clock would down.
"5, 4, 3 . . ." stated the dealer before Dwan kicked his cards to the muck.
Sam Trickett raised to 1,500 and was called by the two players in the blinds. Wang Qiang called from the small blind and Patrik Antonius from the big blind to see the flop come down . Qiang checked as did Antonius. Trickett bet 2,500 and only Antonius came along to see the turn.
The turn card was the . Antonius led for 8,000 and Trickett called to see the fall on the river. After Antonius fired 18,000, Trickett raised to 48,000. Antonius thought for a bit and then mucked his hand.
Antonius slipped down to 67,000 while Trickett increased to 140,000.
After the hand, Antonius asked Trickett, "You play every hand so far?"
"Why not?" responded Trickett. "I'm here to play!"
Then, John Juanda chimed in and asked Antonius, "How much we start with? You lose one hand and you're already down to 50K!"
Catching the action on the flop, Joe Hachem led out for 3,000 with David Oppenheim being his lone caller from the button.
Seated in the cutoff, Hachem continued for 7,500 when the turn landed the . Oppenheim made the call as the rolled off on the river.
Hachem checked and Oppenheim pushed out a bet of 19,000 as the time began to tick down on Hachem.
His thirty-second time bank counted right down into the last few seconds before he folded to see last night's Full Tilt Poker $25,000 Shootout Invitational Champion pushed the pot.
Erick Lindgren raised to 1,000 on the button. Masa Kagawa called from the big blind and the flop came down . Kagawa checked and Lindgren fired 1,500. Kagawa made the call.
The turn card was the and completed some straight draws. Kagawa led into his opponent for 2,500. Lindgren made the call.
The fell on the river and Kagawa checked. Lindgren bet 8,000. Kagawa mucked his hand and Lindgren won the pot, moving to 105,000. Kagawa dropped to 95,000.
As the title suggest, we finally have some action in Studio 3.
It does involve cards, but of the Chinese poker kind as Gus Hansen and David Oppenheim currently playing on one of the tables.
Their rail consists of a bunch of fellow poker professionals along with more then fifteen onlookers who are seated in the stadium, and standing around the tables.