WPT $25,000 Championship - Bellagio
WPT Championship Main Event
Day: 3
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and Hoyt turns over 
. Two spades and no Aces hit the board and Hoyt is gone.

against Bob Stupak who had 
. Stupak's Aces held up and he doubled through Elizondo who was crippled.

and was called by Grant Lang's 
. Gold dropped an F-bomb when Lang flipped over his hand. He was out so he didn't get a penalty. Jamie Gold has left the building.


and Gold bet 20K. Deeb moved all in. Gold thought for a few moments before folding. He said he had pocket Nines. Deeb showed 
.


, Josephy checked, Ligator bet 14,000, and Josephy called. The turn card was the
, and both players checked. The river card was the
, Josephy bet 26,000, Ligator moved all in, and Josephy called. Ligator showed pocket jacks (

) for top set, and Josephy showed pocket eights (
) for second set. The chips were counted down, and Josephy was left with just 1,200 in chips. The next hand, Josephy was forced all in from the big blind, and Ben Johnson raised to 8,500 from the cutoff. Everyone else folded, Johnson took the side pot, and they showed their cards. Johnson had

, and Josephy flipped over his cards, seeing them for the first time -- 
. The board came




, and Johnson won the pot with two pair to eliminate Cliff Josephy.


, Sammy Farha pushed all in. Praz Bansi went into the tank for a few minutes before he said, "If I fold, will you show?"Sammy Farha doesn't show his cards. Ever. So Bansi folded

face up.

. The only problem is that Storakers did not move all in.
A floorperson is called over, and explains that since Caldwell said he called, that action is binding. 58,000 is counted out from his stack, and Storakers gets to continue the hand knowing Caldwell's cards.
The flop comes


, and Storakers thinks for a moment before moving all in. Caldwell calls, and Storakers shows 
. The last two cards are 
, and Storakers' hand holds up to win the pot. After the hand, a few players discuss the action, with a few suggesting that Storakers should have checked it down to avoid risking his other chips, but others defended Storakers, saying he was a big favorite at that point, and it was worth the risk to get the rest of Caldwell's chips.