David Saab just took another hit in a hand versus Jason Su.
Saab raised to 25,000 from under the gun, and it folded back around to Su who called from the big blind. The flop came . Su checked, Saab bet 30,000, and Su called. The turn was the , and both players checked.
The river was the . Su bet 105,000, and Saab called. Su turned over for the nut flush, and Saab mucked. Su has 1.33 million now, and Saab has slipped to 950,000.
Alexander Kostritsyn on Day 3
Alexander Kostritsyn opened with a preflop raise to 25,000 and Jeremy Joseph flat-called on the button. Ed Aister then reraised to 60,000 from the big blind with both opponents making the call.
They took a flop of and Aister checked to Kostritsyn who fired 102,000 into the middle. Jospeh called and Aister let it go.
The turn and river was checked through with Kostritsyn showing down to take down the pot and move to over 900,000 chips.
Geoffrey Herzog made a preflop raise from UTG+1, the small blind called and Alana Morin called from the big blind. The flop was with two clubs. The action was checked to Herzog, who bet 75,000. The small blind folded, Morin raised to 175,000 and Herzog called. The turn was another club and both players checked. The river put a fourth club on the board. Herzog bet 300,000 and Morin made the call.
Herzog turned over for an ace-high flush. Morin, of course, held for the king-high flush and her stack was decimated.
After the hand, Herzog was up to 1,700,000 while Morin fell to 256,000.
Paulo Loureiro
Lanini raised to 45,000 before the flop and Loureiro, having recently lost a big chunk of his stack, moved in for 150,000. Davor called with to Loureiro's and won the race as the board came . Lanini is now up to 1.58 million and Loureiro has been eliminated.
Jason Riesenberg just doubled up when his pocket tens held up against Dale Hoy's pocket sixes. After that hand, Riesenberg moved up to 385,000, while Hoy still has 610,000.
Soon afterwards, Reisenberg was all in again versus Virgil Beddingfield. On a flop of , Reisenberg shoved and Beddingfield called. Reisenberg showed pocket fours for the flopped set, and Beddingfield for top pair and a flush draw. Reisenberg managed to dodge a club, and he's now up to 795,000. Beddingfield has 225,000.
Joe Bolnick opened the action with a raise from middle position to 24,000 and Charles Dolan made the call in the big blind.
The two players went to a flop of , and Dolan checked to Bolnick who made a continuation bet of 32,000. Dolan made the call.
The turn brought the and again Dolan checked to Bolnick who fired a second barrel worth 45,000. Dolan again called.
The river landed the and this time Dolan led out for 120,000 and Bolnick moved all in. Dolan quickly called and tabled for a running flush which was too good for the of Bolnick for the turned Broadway straight.
Bolnick heads to the rail as Dolan stacks up 754,000 worth of chips.
Rafael Caiaffa
The exact action is unclear but Rafael Caiaffa and Jerry Cusick played a big pot in which Caiaffa was all in before the flop for his last 226,000. The players showed:
Caiaffa:
Cusick:
The board ran out and Caiaffa got the checkmark. He chipped up to about 550,000 and left Cusick with roughly 225,000 chips.
William Soffin called a raise preflop from Mark Vos. Vos led the betting on every street of a board that came out . On the river, Vos bet 150,000 and, without looking at his stack, Soffin called. Vos had flopped a set of jacks against Soffin's top and bottom pair.
When the dealer counted down Soffin's call, it turned out that he was left with a single yellow (T1,000) chip. He was all in for the ante on the next hand. Andrew Brokos opened that pot with a raise to 28,000. He was reraised to 75,000 by Jose Baeza. After deliberating his options, Brokos reraised all in and Baeza called all in for less.
Soffin:
Brokos:
Baeza:
A crowd gathered around the table as the dealer burned and turned a flop of . Everyone at the table, rooting for Soffin's ridiculously short stack, started chanting, "Deuce! Deuce! Deuce!" Meanwhile, Brokos took the lead in the side pot and the main pot with a pair of aces. The turn and river didn't help anyone, coming . Both pots were shipped to Brokos, and Soffin and Baeza were eliminated.
For what it's worth, Daniel Buzgon seems to be having a great time at the table. A cry of "Cocktails!" at the table brought a laugh from all of its players.
. Su checked, Saab bet 30,000, and Su called. The turn was the 
, and both players checked.
. Su bet 105,000, and Saab called. Su turned over 
for the nut flush, and Saab mucked. Su has 1.33 million now, and Saab has slipped to 950,000.
and Aister checked to Kostritsyn who fired 102,000 into the middle. Jospeh called and Aister let it go.
and river 
was checked through with Kostritsyn showing down 
to take down the pot and move to over 900,000 chips.
. Marquis checked, Hellmuth bet 28,000, and Marquis called. 
. Marquis checked, and this time Hellmuth checked as well. Marquis showed 
with two clubs. The action was checked to Herzog, who bet 75,000. The small blind folded, Morin raised to 175,000 and Herzog called. The turn was another club and both players checked. The river put a fourth club on the board. Herzog bet 300,000 and Morin made the call. 
to Loureiro's 
and won the race as the board came 
. Lanini is now up to 1.58 million and Loureiro has been eliminated.
. The board ran out 
, and Dolan checked to Bolnick who made a continuation bet of 32,000. Dolan made the call.
for a running flush which was too good for the 
of Bolnick for the turned Broadway straight.
and Caiaffa got the checkmark. He chipped up to about 550,000 and left Cusick with roughly 225,000 chips.
