Bradley Beetz was in late position and shoved over an open and a three-bet by Blake Jakel. It was about 30,000, and Jakel made the call, though he wasn't excited about it. He was happy to be flipping with 
against 
, and he paired up on the window card to send Beetz out.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
153,000 | 28,000 |
|
Busted |
PokerNews is in town to live report the $1,700 Main Event here at the World Series of Poker Circuit Ameristar St. Charles, but that is just on gold ring event that will have played out by the end of the series.
In Event #3: $400 No-Limit Hold’em Double Stack, 181 entrants created a $59,730 prize pool that was paid out to the top 28 players including Martin Kinder (4th - $4,572), Frank Covich (7th - $1,943), Steven Wills (14th - $877), Al Fallahi (22nd - $640), “Michael Schaper (25th - $610), and Austin McCormick (28th - $600).
Coming out on top was Lucas Tae, who claimed his first gold ring and a $14,675 first-place prize.
Tae, 36, was one of the shortest stacks at the final table but was able to recover quick.
“The final table went in my favor,” Tae explained. The entire final table only lasted two hours and when Tae made it to heads up he had a dominating chip lead. It only took four hands before Tae eliminated his final opponent, runner-up Everett Lawrence.
“I normally play at Hollywood on weekends,” Tae said. “I will play all of the events until the end.”
Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Hometown | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lucas Tae | St. Charles, Missouri | $14,675 |
| 2 | Everett Lawrence | Marshall, Illinois | $9,071 |
| 3 | Jerry Paskert | Shiloh, Illinois | $6,369 |
| 4 | Martin Kinder | Imperial, Missouri | $4,572 |
| 5 | Brian Nguyen | O Fallon, Missouri | $3,358 |
| 6 | Jack Armstrong | St/ Paul, Nebraska | $2,524 |
| 7 | Frank Covich | Murfreesboro, Tennessee | $1,943 |
| 8 | Jeffrey Copeland | St. Peters, Missouri | $1,533 |
| 9 | Richard Gum | Granite City, Illinois | $1,240 |
A player under the gun shoved for 13,500 and Tim Rystrom called in the next seat. Everyone else folded.
Rystrom: 
Under the gun: 
The 
board left Rystrom needing an eight but that's exactly what he got when the 
river hit. Another player claimed to have folded .
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
82,000 | 10,000 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
250,000 | 250,000 |
|
90,000 | -20,000 |
|
70,000 | 13,000 |
|
65,000 | 49,200 |
|
60,000 | 17,000 |
|
44,000 | -73,000 |
|
35,000 | 6,800 |
|
34,000 | -31,000 |
|
32,000 | -8,000 |
|
|
29,500 | 19,700 |
Level: 11
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 1,200
Nam Phan raised early and called a three-bet from Ravi Raghavan on his left. They took in an 
flop and Phan led out with 5,200 into about 15,000. Raghavan pushed in about 23,000 and Phan quickly shoved for 45,100. Raghavan called with 
but was way behind 
. The 
turn and 
river kept Phan best for a double.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
105,000 | |
|
24,200 | -30,800 |
Hamid Izadi opened for 2,200 in middle position and Will Berry made it 6,000 on his left. They went heads up to an 
flop and Izadi check-called 8,000. Berry tried again for 13,000 on the 
turn but Izadi stuffed it in his face for about 50,000 and Berry quickly tossed in his cards.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
80,000 | 67,700 |
|
59,000 | 13,500 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
170,000 | 84,000 |
|
155,000 | 100,000 |
|
146,000 | 133,700 |
|
141,000 | 87,000 |
|
130,000 | -2,000 |
|
111,000 | 65,000 |
|
74,000 | 28,000 |
|
65,000 | 51,400 |
|
59,300 | 13,200 |
Kelvin Douglas got his last 2,400 in on an 
flop with 
and was up against an opponent with 
. The board bricked out on the turn and river, so Douglas survived for the time being but remains short.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
9,800 | -51,700 |
| Tournament | Entries | Prize Pool | Winner | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Event #1: $400 NLH Double Stack | 202 | $66,660 | Charlie Dawson | $15,920 |
| Event #2: $400 NLH Multi-Flight | 612 | $201,960 | Brad Bocke | $36,662 |
| Event #3: $400 NLH Double Stack | 181 | $59,730 | Lucas Tae | $14,675 |
| Event #4: $400 NLH 6-Handed | 142 | $46,860 | Jeff Sauer | $12,566 |
| Event #5: $400 Pot-Limit Omaha | 85 | $28,050 | Jason Simon | $8,563 |
| Event #6: $400 NLH Bounty | 136 | $31,280 | Craig Welko | $8,336 |
| Event #7: $250 NLH | 120 | $24,000 | John Gallaher | $6,682 |
| Event #8: $400 NLH Monster Stack | 214 | $70,260 | Chris Audrain | $16,585 |
| Event #9: $600 NLH | 137 | $70,555 | Cory Bogert | $18,806 |
| Event #11: $400 NLH | 123 | $40,590 | Eric Salazar | $11,117 |
