Brian Yoon opened for a raise to 18,000 from the hijack, Tony Dunst defended his big blind, and the flop fell . The host of the WPT's Raw Deal segment check-called a bet of 14,000, both players checked on the turn (), and the river was the .
Dunst tapped the felt with one finger, Yoon plopped 55,000 in front of him, and Dunst called.
She Lok Wong limped in from under the gun and watched as Curt Kohlberg did the same from the cutoff.
Jeff Madsen was on the button and he looked down to see a sight to behold: . With two rockets in the hole and two limpers trying to play the pot on the cheap, Madsen raised it up to 25,000, before seeing exactly what he wanted.
Wong three-bet ripped for his last 130,000 and Kohlberg got out of the way, leaving Madsen to snap the bet off with his bullets. Madsen's hand was crushing Wong's and a lady-less board ran out clean to leave Wong on the outside looking in.
Madsen, meanwhile, moved into the upper echelon of the chip counts, and flush with a replenished arsenal with which to work, he will no doubt be one of the more active players as Day 3 rolls on.
Maurice Hawkins isn't one to shy away from table talk and he's letting his table know this. Recently a hand against Nick Schulman went to the river and Hawkins made a 20,000 bet. Schulman was thinking about what to do and Hawkins told him "you shove, I'll fold."
Apparently, Schulman didn't believe him as he opted not to shove, and instead chose to fold. Hawkins peeked at his cards and it was clear that he would have folded if Schulman had shoved. Instead, he scooped the pot and is slowly moving up in chip counts.
After he opened to 16,000 from late position Phil Hellmuth watched the next player to act slide out a three-bet to 60,000.
When the action folded back around to him, Hellmuth went into the routine which made him a superstar, talking his way through a brief tank-fold.
"I mean, you just did that so smooth..." he said to the three-bettor. "I know how to lay this hand down though."
Hellmuth flashed his to the table, showing the restraint which defines his inimitable style of poker (on the felt at least, as restraint is something he rarely shows during his trademark rants). After entering Day 3 with one of the shortest stacks in the room, Hellmuth has picked his spots wisely and worked his way back to the realm of respectability, showing why he considers himself to be the best poker player to ever grace the planet with his presence.
Glenn Lafay opened for 18,000 holding the button and Jeff Gross flatted from the small blind. With a short stack and chips already in the pot, David Tuthill three-bet jammed for his last 56,000, before retreating to the safety of his hoodie.
Lafaye flatted the three-bet to put Tuthill at risk, and Gross did the same to build a sizable pot before the flop.
After the dealer fanned the across the felt Gross tapped the table slowly. Lafaye was not slow to act and he moved a stack forward for a bet of 115,000. This represented just under half of Gross' remaining stack, and he rightfully dove deep into the tank to figure things out. The deliberation took several minutes and all the while Tuthill sat in agony, knowing the big action brewing between those two likely meant trouble for him.
Finally, after a few minutes had elapsed Gross went for the pump fake, assembling his remaining 245,000 or so as if to make the shove, and even sliding them nearer to his cards, but the stack remained behind his hand. After all of that, Gross declined to make the call, laying his hand down and telling Lafaye he folded pocket nines.
Lafaye:
Tuthill:
Lafaye held the other two nines in the deck, and the board bricked out coming and on the turn and river. Tuthill headed for the exits while Gross and Lafaye immediately began analyzing the hand as pros are wont to do.
The deep run of NFL Wide Receiver Miles Austin has come to an end after he was part of a three way all-in pre-flop confrontation that involved Loni Harwood and George Kelly as well. Here were the hands when they were turned over:
Austin
Harwood
Kelly
The board would give Harwood a small sliver of hope when it came but the turn of and river of meant the entire pot would go Kelly's way.
Austin was gracious in his departure, wishing everyone good luck and telling them that he enjoyed himself.