George St. Lawrence has emerged as one of the chip leaders while Frederic Breton was sent to the rail. In the meanwhile, three players entered to bring the field up to 56 entries.
George St. Lawrence has emerged as one of the chip leaders while Frederic Breton was sent to the rail. In the meanwhile, three players entered to bring the field up to 56 entries.
David Olshan raised to 1,000 and Emily Sun called. On the button, Jordan Glazer three-bet to 4,000 and picked up two calls.
On the A♣10♥7♠ flop, only Sun check-called for 3,500 and checked again the 8♣ on the turn. Glazer now bet 11,000 and that won the pot right there.
Kat Khaterzai raised to 3,500 preflop in late position and then faced the shove by Andrew Porter for only 10,300 on the button. All other players behind folded and Khaterzai asked for an exact count before she reluctantly called.
"I always lose against queen-jack," Porter said and Khaterzai replied "I don't have queen-jack" before the cards were exposed.
Andrew Porter: 9♥9♦
Kat Khaterzai: A♦2♣
Porter would have lost against his nemesis hand on the Q♥7♠5♣8♦10♣ board but his pocket pair held up to stay in contention.
In the meanwhile, Gregory Bauer sent another player to the rail when his 7♦5♦ hit two pair versus 9♠8♥ for one pair and he soared to six figures one table over.
Following a min-raise to 1,000 and a call by the small blind, Benedetto Bianco in the big blind called and jokingly declared "no freebies" before they headed to the K♦K♣J♠ flop. When checked to, Bianco bet 1,000 and that won the pot right there. Bianco flashed the J♥ for at least two pair before raking in the pot.
Since his reentry on another table, Bianco has spun it up to six figures and appears to be near the top of the leaderboard.
Three ways to the J♥6♦5♥5♠Q♠ river, Andrea Salamone checked over to Colin Moll who bet 12,000 for more than the pot. Matthew Zambanini folded after brief consideration and Salamone followed suit. Both were shown the A♥8♣ for a successful bluff by Moll.
Just before the blinds had gone up, Peter Xu was all-in and at risk for 25,700 on the Q♣J♥10♣ flop and when the cards were turned over, he had a near lock on the double.
Xu's A♠K♦ were up against K♠9♠ and he only needed to avoid an ace for the chop, which he did thanks to the 5♥ turn and 4♣ river.
Level: 4
Blinds: 300/500
Ante: 500
Two short stacks got their chips into the middle and Andrew Porter was the effective stack for only 6,900 against Jason Kluska.
Andrew Porter: K♥K♦
Jason Kluska: 5♥5♦
The superior pair held up on the J♥9♥7♥3♠6♣ runout and left Kluska in the danger zone. He had around eleven blinds after the hand and lost those a few minutes later.
Towards the end of level three, the clock shows a total of 52 entries and half a dozen players have been eliminated so far. Another three hopefuls jumped in lately but haven't made any impact on their respective tables yet.
In the meanwhile, Kat Khaterzai continues to surge back from the full house versus full house setup not long ago and was involved in a three-bet pot to the Q♠7♥6♣9♣ turn. The action checked to her and she bet 8,000 into around 12,000 in order to win the next pot this time without showdown.
On a flop of Q♠Q♥5♠, Kat Khaterzai check-called a bet of 2,000 by Emily Sun and then did so again for 6,000 on the 8♥ turn. The river brought the A♦ and Khaterzai checked once more. Sun pushed all-in for 23,400 and was snap-called by the larger stack of Khaterzai to show her A♣A♥ for aces full of queens, which happened to be a one-outer as Khaterzai had flopped trips queens with A♠Q♦.
Khaterzai won the next three pots in a row to make up for some of the losses. The third hand was the largest when Andrew Porter and Jason Kluska called her raise to 1,000. They checked the 10♥9♠3♠ flop to the 9♦ turn on which Porter check-folded to a bet of 1,500 by Kluska and a call by Khaterzai.
Kluska bet the J♦ river for 3,000 and called a raise to 8,000, Khaterzai showed 8♦7♠ and won with a straight.