Basil Lombardo moved all in for his last 290,000 from under the gun and the action folded to Robert Cheung who called with the button. The blinds released and the hands were tabled.
Lombardo:
Cheung:
Lombardo was dominated and could not improve as the board ran . The Austin, Texas native will have to settle with a 14th place finish for $14,369.
Joe Bui opened from under the gun and Jeff Gibralter called in the big blind. The flop fell and Gibralter checked to Bui who continued for 175,000. Gibralter check-raised to 525,000 and Bui called.
The turn was the and Gibralter moved all in. Bui went into the tank.
"My wife's not here yet," he finally said, flashing the before folding.
Gibralter showed the and shipped a massive pot to push his stack to 2.3 million chips.
Huy Nguyen opened for a raise on Table 81 and after a few folds he thought the action was completed so he exposed his hand. Basil Lombardo still had a live hand however, so Nguyen quickly flipped his cards back over.
The floor ruled that Lombardo could still act, and he went into the tank trying to recollect what the two cards were. He eventually folded, and Nguyen was given a one-round penalty for illegally exposing his hand.
Victor Haynes recently left the table, folding before the action was on him.
"Sir," the dealer said. "You can't abandon your hand."
Haynes just kept walking and didn't take notice. A tournament director stopped him however and warned him not to do it again. Haynes gave him a thumbs up and continued off the feature table stage.
Norman, Oklahoma native Victor Haynes moved all in for 395,000 from early position and Wichita, Kansas native Neal Seiwert made the call.
Haynes:
Seiwert:
The eights held as the board ran and Haynes doubled to 885,000 chips. Seiwert on the other hand is spiraling and has now lost almost half his stack in a half of a level.
Shallum Lynch raised to 100,000 on the button and Neal Seiwert popped it to 245,000 from the big blind.
Lynch called and the flop came down . Seiwert fired 165,000, but was met with a quick raise to 375,000 by Lynch. After a few moments, Seiwert gave it up.
Lynch: Up to about 2,240,000
Seiwert: Down to about 1,500,000
Welcome to Day 3 of the World Series of Poker Circuit Main Event here at Choctaw Casino Resort in Durant, Oklahoma. A field of 808 players started and after 16 levels on Day 1, 174 were left. Another 11 levels were played on Day 2 and now the field is down to just 14, all with their eyes on the first-place prize of $232,706.
The remaining field is not short of accomplishments, as a WSOP bracelet (Robert Cheung), two WSOP Circuit gold rings (Drazen Ilich), and a WSOP Circuit Main Event Title (2010 WSOP-C Southern Indiana - Charles "Woody" Moore) are all represented here in the final two tables. No doubt, an exciting day of poker awaits.
Here is table and seat draw:
Table 81
Seat 1
Bobby "Shooter" Hempkins (Fairview, TX)
705,000
Seat 2
--empty--
Seat 3
--empty--
Seat 4
Robert Cheung (Vancouver, British Columbia)
890,000
Seat 5
Traci Brown (Austin, TX)
585,000
Seat 6
Huy Nguyen (Norman, OK)
1,095,000
Seat 7
John Loza (Irving, TX)
1,390,000
Seat 8
Basil Lombardo (Austin, TX)
915,000
Seat 9
Andrew Watson (Tulsa, OK)
1,620,000
Table 55
Seat 1
Joe Bui (Gainesville, TX)
1,500,000
Seat 2
Drazen Ilich (Lincoln, NE)
835,000
Seat 3
Shallum Lynch (Lewisville, TX)
1,800,000
Seat 4
--empty--
Seat 5
Victor Haynes (Norman, OK)
535,000
Seat 6
Neal Seiwert (Wichita, KS)
1,920,000
Seat 7
--empty--
Seat 8
Charles "Woody" Moore (Las Vegas, NV)
1,035,000
Seat 9
Jeff Gibralter (Rockwall, TX)
1,530,000
Play starts at noon local time, about half an hour from now, so be sure to keep it here at PokerNews for all the action!
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. The Austin, Texas native will have to settle with a 14th place finish for $14,369.
and shipped a massive pot to push his stack to 2.3 million chips.
and Haynes doubled to 885,000 chips. Seiwert on the other hand is spiraling and has now lost almost half his stack in a half of a level.
. Seiwert fired 165,000, but was met with a quick raise to 375,000 by Lynch. After a few moments, Seiwert gave it up.