Jim Collopy needed a double-up, and he got one. He three-bet all-in with for less than 25,000 and was called by the raiser with . The board ran to give the Melbourne resident some breathing space.
Bryan Ruiter is no longer in the tournament. The young Dutchman had huge swings all throughout the tournament and those just ended.
In a blind battle he raised to 4,000 and his neighbor opted to three-bet to 9,500 from the big blind. Ruiter put his opponent all-in for almost 50,000 and after some tanking he called. With pocket sixes he was up against tens and couldn't find a way out.
Ruiter had 50,000 chips left and bluffed some off before getting his final 30,000 into the pot with against . The flop gave his opponent two pair ending Ruiter's run.
Grant Levy opened the action from early position, at which point James Dempsey promptly three-bet to 8,500 directly to Levy's left. JC Tran was then sitting by Dempsey's side when he he moved all in for precisely 41,000. It was then back on Levy and he went into the tank, counting out his stack several times and even getting out of his seat. Eventually Levy got rid of his hand. A snap-call from Dempsey and the two players turned their hands over.
Dempsey:
Tran:
By the time the board had ran out , Tran was looking good to double. Of course, it's not always that easy and Dempsey can't seem to put a foot wrong as the on the river sent more chips his way and Tran out the door.
We happened by Igor Kurganov's former table and noticed he was not in his seat. A quick check with Maria Ho confirmed that he had been eliminated from the tournament. According to her, it happened when Kurganov shipped his stack of 8,200 from the hijack with and was called by the big blind's . We don't know how the board ran out, but we do know that the big blind pulled ahead and sent Kurganov to the rail.
You might want to know what we're doing today. We're just over halfway through the third level of the day, and there is a 75-minute dinner break scheduled after the fourth level — that's Level 11 on the structure sheet. After supper, we're slated to play three more levels, but there's at least a hint of a chance that we'll trim one level off at the end.
We anticipate they'll be paying out 72 players for this Main Event, and we should be down around 100 left by the end of the night. There or thereabouts.
There is just no way we are not going to see the biggest clash of the tournament over at table 30. The four players we mentioned before, Dwan, Grigg, Ylitalo and Lam, came to play. Grigg just raised from the hi-jack and Ylitalo didn't waste any time three-betting to 7,800. Action came back to Grigg who made it 24,400. Ylitalo is from Sweden and decided to put in the standard five-bet to 56,800 putting pressure back on Grigg. The Aussie was not impressed and decided to put it all in the middle. Ylitalo folded his cards and Grigg showed .
Nadal versus Federer will be played tomorrow and until then this will be the centre court!
Grant Levy opened the button to 3,300, and JC Tran shoved from the big blind. It was just a hair over 20,000, and Levy made the call with a chance at the knockout. But Tran had the goods.
Showdown
Levy:
Tran:
Tran's rockets were never in danger as the board ran out , and Tran has doubled his way back to 45,000 for the second time this level.
Just a little notice for anyone that's planning on stealing Phil Ivey's blinds: Make new plans. Phil Ivey is still crushing at his table, and after someone just raised to 7,500 from the small blind, he decided to three-bet to 20,000 from the big. The big raise didn't impress Ivey who seems to be locked in to go very deep in this tournament.
for less than 25,000 and was called by the raiser with 
. The board ran 
to give the Melbourne resident some breathing space.
against 
. The flop gave his opponent two pair ending Ruiter's run.
, and Tran has doubled his way back to 45,000 for the second time this level.
