Jenkins from Day 1b
On the turn, with the board showing , Ron Jenkins bet 40,000 and a player in late position made the call. On the river of the , Jenkins checked and his opponent bet out 80,000. Jenkins made the call.
Jenkins showed for top two pair, while his opponent showed for the nut straight.
After the hand, Jenkins has only 22,300 remaining.
On a flop of with five players, Dave Saab bets 10,000 and Frankie O'Dell raises to 28,000. Everyone else folds and Saab pops it up to 67,000. O'Dell calls.
The turn is and Saab checks. Frankie bets all in and Saab folds.
O'Dell now has 330,000 and Saab is down to 140,000.
We have at least two unclaimed stacks in the room today, one of which belongs to Vimy Ha. His chips reside at Table Blue 16, but he has not touched them today, and it is now clear that they will be unused for the duration of the Main Event.
PokerNews received word today that Vimy's young niece and nephew, one and three years old, respectively, tragically drowned in their pool in Coppell, Texas yesterday evening. Vimy flew out from Las Vegas first thing this morning to be with his family, and he has not returned to play Day 3.
Vimy Ha's overnight chip count was 190,600, and right now there are still 99,100 of them in front of his empty chair. With each round of play costing 8,100 chips, it is actually feasible that Ha could cash despite his absence, though that is no matter to him at the present.
Every now and then, we receive an unfortunate reminder of what is really important in life, and poker is certainly not at the top of the list. PokerNews offers our sincerest condolences to Ha and his family.
Donnie Peters
Matthew Jensen raised to 14,000 and a player called from middle position. Action folded to Jason Gray in the small blind and he reraised to 50,000. Both Jensen and the other player folded, allowing Gray to squeeze his way up to 180,000.
Karle Wilson, known far and wide for coming back from 60,300 to start the day, raises to 9,000 to start the hand, under the gun. Stefan Mattsson reraises to 32,300 in middle position. Wilson calls.
The flop is and Wilson checks. Mattsson bets 25,000 and Wilson raises to 75,000. Wilson calls.
They check the turn and river of -x. Wilson turns over and Mattsson turns over .
Wilson's hand wins and he climbs to 715,000 -- good for third in chips and not far from the chip lead. Mattsson falls to 201,000.
King of the Castle
A big preflop battle has occurred between Jon Friedberg, Christopher Olson, and one other player where all the chips ended up in the middle.
Friedberg revealed to Olson's and their opponent's .
The board ran sending the monster 448,000 pot Friedberg's way. Olson was knocked back down to 156,000 and the other player was busted.
Preflop, James Maltz raised to 9,000 and a middle-position player reraised to 24,500. Tommy Brown called all in from the button. He had only 15,700 behind. Maltz also called the raise.
On the flop of , Maltz check-folded to a bet from the middle-position player. Brown was all in for his tournament life with and his opponent held .
The turn fell the and river the and Brown tripled up to around 60,000 in chips.
After the hand, another player said, "The last time I saw Tommy play a hand, he had aces."
, Ron Jenkins bet 40,000 and a player in late position made the call. On the river of the 
, Jenkins checked and his opponent bet out 80,000. Jenkins made the call. 
for top two pair, while his opponent showed 
for the nut straight.
with five players, Dave Saab bets 10,000 and Frankie O'Dell raises to 28,000. Everyone else folds and Saab pops it up to 67,000. O'Dell calls.
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. He failed to avoid the three-outer but is still looking good on 480,000.
and Wilson checks. Mattsson bets 25,000 and Wilson raises to 75,000. Wilson calls.
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, Maltz check-folded to a bet from the middle-position player. Brown was all in for his tournament life with 
and river the 
