With one of the shortest stacks at the final table, Jerome Makonen needed to make his move, and after action folded to him in late position, he took his to war.
Unfortunately for Makonen, Joe Mckeehen woke up with in the big blind, and he snapped the bet off in an instant.
The king-high, all-diamond flop brought a little for both players, as Makonen found a pair and Mckeehen a four-flush, and the on the turn improved both players as well. When the river came , however, Makonen's tournament came to an end.
Ryan Michael took a pretty good hand up against Abdul Amer, but his was still vulnerable to the .
When the flop came Michael stood in acknowledgement that his tournament life would soon be over, and sure enough, the turn () and river () failed to bring any miracles.
Michael earned $7,989 for his deep run here in Event 3, but it was clear that he expected to finish a bit higher after taking cowboys up against an ace-high hand.
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Chris Tryba remains in the H.O.R.S.E. tournament.
Less than 40 players remain in contention in the H.O.R.S.E. event, and players have gone on a 15-minute break. Chris Tryba remains in contention with a stack of 56,500, and Amnon Filippi is still in as well. The leader appears to be Shawn Ryan, who has 157,000. When the players return, the bets will be 4,000-8,000.
Andy Hwang decided to see a flop with his against Joe Mckeehen, and when the dealer fanned the across the felt, he checked the action hoping to induce a bet.
Mckeehen obliged with a c-bet, and Hwang sprung his trap by moving all in over the top. Unfortunately for the winner of last year's WPT Borgata Winter Poker Open Main Event, his chances at taking another title here in Atlantic City were dashed when Mckeehen snapped him off with just .
Hwang watched as the turn () and river () brought no further help, and with a smile on his face as he stood to make his exit, he told the table "that's why you don't play the jack-four of diamonds."
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Ray Ross Was Just Resurrected at the Final Table of Event 3
In a series of three hands, Ray Ross of the Team Kitten poker crew went from an average stack to the brink of elimination, and back again.
First, Ross three-bet shoved with his , only to run into the held by Dimitrious Goranitis. No fives arrived on board, and Ross shipped the majority of his chips across the table.
Left with just 200,000 or so, Ross' only move at that point was to get it in with whatever two cards he could find, and the seemed like a decent chance to have live cards. When he was called in two spots by Vladimir Peck - who held - and Abdul Amer - who tabled the , it turned out he was actually drawing pretty thin.
The flop came to complicate matters immensely, as the three players had all swapped outs, and even Ross' buddies from Team Kitten were left cheering for the wrong cards to come. No matter though, as the on the turn put Ross out in front with a pair. As chants of "King, king!" filled the room, Ross turned to his boisterous rail and quieted them immediately, obviously aware that a king would kill his hand and send the pot to Amer. The river fell , however, and Ross earned a desperately needed triple up.
In one of the very next hands, Ross got it all in once again, open-shoving under the gun with . Still holding a comfortable chip lead, Amer tried once more to take Ross out of the tournament, but the dealer delivered for Ross a third time, coming to move him back over the 1.6 million mark mere minutes after holding just a few big blinds to his name.
Ray Ross opened for a cool million chips and Abdul Amer announced a call thinking Ross was already all in. Ross still held a stack of grey T5000 chips, however, and so the dealer fanned a flop of across the felt.
Amer had already declared himself all in before the flop arrived, with Ross essentially committed to the pot via his preflop raise, and with reluctance evident in his splashy call, Ross put the rest of his chips at risk.
Showdown:
Amer:
Ross:
"Hold up one time..." Amer pleaded with the dealer, and when the arrived on the turn, he was one step closer to having that wish granted. Only a nine on the river would save Ross, but the provided no help, sending the Team Kitten member home to Pennsylvania with an additional $12,895 in his pocket.
Vladimir Peck got the last of his chips in the middle holding , but when Joe Mckeehen looked him up with , Peck needed to find paint or a straight to catch up.
A clean board ran out, however, and Mckeehen notched the elimination, sending Peck home in 5th place. Despite falling short of the win, Peck took home $15,698 for his final table appearance.
With the action coming fast and furious here at the final table of Event 3, we missed the bustout hand occur, but Jerry Maher was eliminated in 4th place for a $20,444 payday.
Abdul Amer was recently eliminated in 3rd place, falling to Joe Mckeehen in what appeared to all who observed the hand to be a bad beat on the river.
Mckeehen flopped top pair with on a jack-high flop, but a third jack on the river improved his hand immensely.
After Amer got his chips in the middle and discovered the bad news, he told Mckeehen that he needed to hit the fortunate river card, suggesting that he held an overpair to the board.
Despite being bounced from the tournament on a brutal river beat, Amer will likely be in good spirits soon, as he pocketed $25,230 for his deep run here at the Borgata.
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in the big blind, and he snapped the bet off in an instant.
on the turn improved both players as well. When the river came 
, however, Makonen's tournament came to an end.
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Michael stood in acknowledgement that his tournament life would soon be over, and sure enough, the turn (
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) failed to bring any miracles.
against Joe Mckeehen, and when the dealer fanned the 
across the felt, he checked the action hoping to induce a bet.
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) brought no further help, and with a smile on his face as he stood to make his exit, he told the table "that's why you don't play the jack-four of diamonds."
seemed like a decent chance to have live cards. When he was called in two spots by Vladimir Peck - who held 
- and Abdul Amer - who tabled the 
, it turned out he was actually drawing pretty thin.
to complicate matters immensely, as the three players had all swapped outs, and even Ross' buddies from Team Kitten were left cheering for the wrong cards to come. No matter though, as the 
arrived on the turn, he was one step closer to having that wish granted. Only a nine on the river would save Ross, but the 
, Peck needed to find paint or a straight to catch up.
