From middle position, Kyle Bowker raised to 6,000. Dana Kellstrom made the call from the cutoff seat and then action folded to D.J. Blanchard in the big blind. He three-bet to 22,400. Bowker gave it a minute and then folded. Kellstrom followed suit and Blanchard won the pot. He's up to 231,000 in chips now.
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Todd Terry was getting quite short on chips when he got the rest of his money in with 
. Tim West looked him up with 
, and the race was on.
West's horse ran faster as the board came 
, and Terry was unable to catch up. He's been knocked off in 17th place, exiting the room quickly with a bit of a scowl on his face.
On the board of 
, Kyle Bowker checked to Dana Kellstrom. He checked it back and the river came down the 
. Bowker fired 18,000 and Kellstrom folded his hand.
Bowker picked up the pot and increased to 118,000 in chips. Kellstrom dropped back to 138,000.
Level: 17
Blinds: 1,500/3,000
Ante: 400
A big pot brewed up between Romik Vartzar and Ali Eslami on the flop of 
. Vartzar bet 10,000 and Eslami made the call to see the fall on the turn. Vartzar checked and Eslami bet 22,000. Vartzar quickly moved all in for about 75,000 and Eslami made the call.
Eslami: 
Vartzar: 
As you can see, Vartzar's top pair was dominated and he was drawing to one of the two remaining jacks in the deck. The river completed the board with the 
and Vartzar was eliminated. Eslami won the pot and moved into the chip lead.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
395,000
167,500
|
167,500 |
|
||
|
Busted | |
Action folded to Dwyte Pilgrim in the small blind and he raised. D.J. Blanchard called from the big blind and the flop came down 
. Pilgrim checked and Blanchard checked.
The turn brought the 
and both players checked again to see the 
fall on the river. Pilgrim bet 5,500 and Blanchard made the call.
Pilgrim tabled the 
, but Blanchard held the and won the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
200,000
59,300
|
59,300 |
|
180,000
-32,000
|
-32,000 |
|
||
Dwyte Pilgrim held the and Jesse Martin held the in all-in-preflop action. This was the battle of the two short stacks and Martin was the player at risk.
The flop, turn and river ran out 
and Martin won the hand. He was all in for 18,100 and now has 43,400 after winning that pot.
There are 44 minutes left in Level 16, and the cards are in the air. We're playing down to the final nine players today, a goal we'd expect to take about six levels.
Level: 16
Blinds: 1,200/2,400
Ante: 400
We're back inside the comfy Bordeaux Room here at the World Series of Poker Circuit Harrah's Rincon.
Today is Day 3, the second-to-last day of the West Regional Championship. From our starting field of 98 players, just 18 are left here to duke it out for a spot at the final table.
It's Kwinsee Tran with the big stack, but his lead is by no means secure. There are sharks in the water below him, including the second-place stack of Dwyte Pilgrim. Day 1 chip leader Ali Eslami is in third place, followed by recent tourney winner Tim "Tmay420" West. Also in the mix is Daniel Negreanu's middling stack, trailed by Kyle Bowker, Steve Brecher, Todd Terry, and Scott Montgomery.
Jesse Martin made it to this Day 3 as well, but he's got some work to do. Martin begins this penultimate day with the short stack of 18,500.
Here's the way the field stacks up:
| Table | Seat | Player | Chips |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14 | 1 | Kyle Bowker | 168,100 |
| 14 | 2 | Scott Montgomery | 103,100 |
| 14 | 3 | Steve Brecher | 157,900 |
| 14 | 4 | Dana Kellstrom | 164,600 |
| 14 | 5 | Joe Parker | 200,000 |
| 14 | 6 | Dwyte Pilgrim | 236,500 |
| 14 | 7 | D.J. Blanchard | 140,700 |
| 14 | 8 | David Peters | 200,500 |
| 14 | 9 | Jesse Martin | 18,500 |
| 15 | 1 | Ali Eslami | 227,500 |
| 15 | 2 | Tim West | 216,900 |
| 15 | 3 | Miller Dao | 186,600 |
| 15 | 4 | Romik Vartzar | 139,000 |
| 15 | 5 | Daniel Negreanu | 173,800 |
| 15 | 6 | Kwinsee Tran | 269,100 |
| 15 | 7 | Dylan Wilkerson | 166,000 |
| 15 | 8 | Todd Terry | 108,600 |
| 15 | 9 | Alejandro Garcia | 59,000 |
Day 3 gets rolling at noon local time, just about ten minutes from now. Don't wander off!
