After both players limped in, the flop brought the and Carlos Mortenson fired a bet of 3,500, which Duthie called. The on the turn was an all-purpose card, completing straight and flush possibilities, so both players checked. An on the river inspired Carolos to roll two 5,000 chips into the pot, and Duthie paused for a few seconds before shrugging and making the call. Mortenson showed the for a nine-high flush, but Duthie's was one better and he took the pot.
Max Lykov opened to 3,500 from the button, and Matt Marafioti three-bet to something like 10,200. Lykov considered before shoving all in, and Marafioti double-checked his cards quickly before announcing the call. He slapped over , and Lykov's was in trouble.
The flop changed everything, then the turn changed it all back again. The river secured the pot for Marafioti, and Lykov pushed the rest of his first-bullet chips forward. He quickly cashed in his two buttons to take 200,000 chips, but he's still at a 2:1 disadvantage in the match.
Matt Marafioti has Maxim Lykov out of rebuy chips and hovering around 150,000. Marafioti drug another pot holding on a board of . He still has both his rebuys available should he need them.
We caught up with the action with a board reading and a pot of over 40,000 in the middle. Benyamine slowly counted out a bet of 48,800 and slid it forward. Guetti studied his opponent for a full two minutes before deciding to muck his hand. So far, Benyamine has won the majority of hands in this 3rd round match and has forced Guetti to cash in both of his 100,000 add-on lammers.
One of the most anticipated 3rd Round matches of this $25k Heads-Up World Championship pits internet phenom and high stakes regular Andrew Robl against legendary heads-up specialist Olivier Busquet. While many expected the chips to fly during this match, so far both players are playing very conservatively and most pots are being decided before the flop. In fact, both Robl and Busquet appear to be more interested in discussing "Black Friday" and its ramifications than defeating each other on the felt.
David Paredes and John Juanda had built a substantial pot after the flop of . The turn of saw Juanda move all in and table . Paredes showed Juanda bad news when flipped over . Juanda cashed in his last rebuy chip and is facing an uphill battle.
We caught up with the action as the board read and over 100,000 chips in the pot. Moorman had made a bet and was raised 21,500 more by Richard Lyndaker, which would force Moorman to go all-in. He thought it over for a minute or so before folding, leaving himself with only 20,000 remaining. On the next deal, Moorman open-shoved with the and was called by Lyndaker, who held . The final board read and Lyndaker's pair of Queens was good. Moorman flipped the dealer one of his 100,000 add-on lammers and returned to battle.