Level: 5
Blinds: 1,200/2,400
Ante: 0
Level: 5
Blinds: 1,200/2,400
Ante: 0


to make Smith the winning trip threes. Boosted J is moving on; William Thorson is not.
against the
of Michael Pesek.
, giving Mercier trip queens and the pot.
and both players checked.
and Thorson led out for 7,600. Smith called.
and Thorson bet out again, this time for 8,000. Smith moved all in having Thorson cover.
against the
of Benjamin Sprengers.
. After making the opening raise, Leo Wolpert called Pham's shove with
.
, and Wolpert's three pair was good enough to take down the pot and punch his ticket to Round 4.
Level: 4
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 0
, and action was on Albert Iversen. He bet out 5,000, and Steven Crawford raised to 10,000. Iversen three-bet it up to 35,000, and Crawford moved all in for just about 100,000. Iversen quickly called.


was safe, and the
that filled out the board locked up the pot for Iversen. He'll move on to Round 2 without Steven Crawford.