The players have been sent on the first break of the day.
2011 World Series of Poker
Christian Stricker Kohl raised it to 31,000 from the cutoff and Mazin Khoury re-raised all in for 325,000 from middle position. Kohl made the call and had Khoury seemingly dominated with 
to Khoury's 

The flop was kind to Khoury though as it came down 

to give Khoury a set of sixes. The turn and river were 
and Khoury doubled up to around 670,000.
One hand later, Michael Finstein moved all in for 262,000 on the button and Khoury made the call with 
. Finstein showed 

The flop again was kind to Khoury as it came 

to give him a pair of aces. The turn and river 
were no help to Finstein and he is out in 15th place. Khoury however moved up to 1,000,000 in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,000,000
685,000
|
685,000 |
|
|
200,000
730,000
|
730,000 |
|
|
Busted |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,640,000
460,000
|
460,000 |
|
|
1,025,000
375,000
|
375,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
1,000,000
120,000
|
120,000 |
|
|
980,000
471,000
|
471,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
810,000
290,000
|
290,000 |
|
|
540,000
330,000
|
330,000 |
|
|
385,000
33,000
|
33,000 |
|
|
350,000
22,000
|
22,000 |
|
|
315,000
59,000
|
59,000 |
|
|
270,000
72,000
|
72,000 |
|
|
230,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
|
225,000
65,000
|
65,000 |
|
|
205,000
123,000
|
123,000 |
Jesse Cohen and Christian Kohl went to the flop of
, Kohl checked, Cohen bet, Kohl shoved and Cohen called. Cohen held
and Kohl had
. The board completed with
and Cohen was eliminated.
The first hand after the re-draw, Rupert Elder pushed all in for his last 50,000 and got a call from Jesse Cohen
Elder had 
and Cohen had 

The board ran out 



and Elder left in 18th place.
One hand later on another table, Tyler Cornell raised it up to 26,000 preflop and our chip leader Anthony Ruberto re-raised it up to 77,000 from the big blind. Cornell re-raised to 160,000 and Ruberto moved all in, Cornell called.
It was a bit of a cooler for Cornell as his 
were dominated by the 
of Ruberto. The board ran out 



and Ruberto is now up to around 2,100,000 and has a dominating chip lead.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,100,000
550,000
|
550,000 |
|
|
450,000
78,000
|
78,000 |
|
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted | |
|
|
||
Level: 22
Blinds: 6,000/12,000
Ante: 2,000
Day 3 Action
Tim Finne and Tyler Cornell played back to back hands together that led to Finne's exit. The first hand saw them get it in preflop with Finne holding
and Cornell with
. The board ran
and Cornell doubled.
The very next hand they got it all in preflop again. This time Finne held
and Cornell had
. The board ran
and Finne was eliminated from the tournament.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
520,000
77,000
|
77,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
Busted | |
Peter Gilmore pushed his last 150,000 in preflop and Will "The Thrill" Failla made the call.
Failla had 
and Gilmore was ahead with 

Failla said, "Ace of diamonds dealer." The flop came down 

and Failla again said, "No, dealer, I said ace of diamonds come on."
The turn was the
and Failla said, "Ok, that'll do." The river was the
and Gilmore hits the rail. Failla has just around 500,000 after the hand
Dan O'Brien raised it up to 20,000 from the cutoff and Chris Moorman in the small blind re-raised to 56,000. O'Brien put in a fourth bet to make it 111,000 total. Moorman asked him how much he started the hand with and then eventually moved all in. O'Brien inst-called his 519,000 and flipped over 
and Moorman needed some help with 

The board ran out 



and O'Brien is building castles with his 1,100,000 chips. Moorman falls to 650,000 after the hand but still has plenty of chips to splash around.