After suffering that hit to Jonathan Duhamel earlier, Jude Ainsworth managed to double up his stack shortly thereafter when his stood up against Russell Carson's .
However, Ainsworth was soon all in before the flop against Carson once more, this time with the less formidable , and found himself a dog against Carson's . The board came , and Ainsworth is out in 18th place. Carson has bounced back to about 360,000 now.
A short pause here as the last 17 are assigned new seats around the last three tables.
There was already 45,000 in the middle when we arrived at Table 292, and Shane Schleger moved all in from the big blind. Daniel Hirleman called on the button, and the hands were opened.
Schleger:
Hirleman:
The board ran out with a straight , but Hirleman's king gave him the superior hand, eliminating Schleger from the tournament.
Brendon Rubie opened with a raise to 21,000 from the button, then Grayson Ramage pushed all in for 80,000 total from the small blind. Russell Carson folded the BB, and Rubie thought for a moment.
"I don't have much," he said. He waited another few seconds, then nodded that he was calling. Ramage showed , and Rubie turned over , showing he wasn't lying.
Ramage was okay through the turn, the board coming . But the cruelly spiked on the river, pairing Rubie and sending Ramage out in 16th.
"Safe to say your button[-raising] range is 100%?" cracked Wesley Pantling afterwards. Rubie shrugged and stacked his chips. He has about 575,000 now.
The eliminations are coming quickly as we approach the end of the first one-hour level of Day 3. The latest one came in a three-way hand that developed between Jonathan Duhamel, Robert Merulla, and Wesley Pantling.
A preflop UTG raise from Duhamel resulted in both Pantling (SB) and Merulla (BB) calling, creating a 23,000 pot. The flop came , and Pantling led with a bet of 44,000. Merulla called the bet, then Duhamel raised all in for 427,000 total. Pantling called, and Merulla stepped aside.
Pantling
Duhamel
Duhamel was behind, but heart could change that quickly. But the turn was the and river the , and the 2010 WSOP Main Event champion hit the rail in 15th.
Pantling now sits with a handsome stack of 1.165 million.
Massimiliano Martinez opened to 25,000 on the button, Justin Filtz called in the small blind, and Dan O'Brien moved all in for 268,000 from the big. Martinez re-shoved, Filtz folded, and the hands were opened.
O'Brien:
Martinez:
"Hey!" O'Brien said excitedly. "Who's got the best hand? All you need is an ace in this game."
The flop came down , giving O'Brien two pair. The on the turn effectively ended the hand, and the on the river made it official.
"How's it feel to be the best, Dan O'Brien?" Haviz Khan needled him.
Among the final 14 we find the 21-year-old Brendon Rubie, one of the WSOP newcomers featured just before the start of this year's Series in PokerNews' "Rookie Roundup" (see here).
Prior to turning 21, the young Australian made his name online where he won over $1.8 million playing as "brendon1717" and "Brendooor." He's also had a chance to test the tourney waters outside of the U.S., having collected nearly a quarter million USD in live tourney winnings already.
His biggest live cash came at the Melbourne Poker Championship in May 2010 when he bested a field of 590 to win the $1K main event, good for a six-figure score (AU$118,000, or $104,465 USD).
As demonstrated by that earlier knockout by Rubie of Grayson Ramage -- in which Rubie opened with from the button, then called Ramage's eight-BB all-in shove from the blinds -- Rubie seems to possess that willingness to take risks often associated with the younger online player for whom short-handed and heads-up play is their bread-and-butter.
In a three-bet pot, Hafiz Khan and Justin Filtz were heads up with the board reading . Both players checked the river, and Khan tabled for a pair of kings. Filtz unhappily mucked, and Khan took down the pot.
stood up against Russell Carson's 
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, and found himself a dog against Carson's 
. The board came 
, and Ainsworth is out in 18th place. Carson has bounced back to about 360,000 now.![[user101598]](/img/avatars/avatar.svg){kind=avatar}
, but Hirleman's king gave him the superior hand, eliminating Schleger from the tournament.
, showing he wasn't lying.
. But the 
cruelly spiked on the river, pairing Rubie and sending Ramage out in 16th.
, and the 2010 WSOP Main Event champion hit the rail in 15th.
, Justin Filtz led out for 34,000 into Hafiz Khan. Khan called.
on the turn, but after the 
rivered, Filtz led again - this time for 150,000.
, giving O'Brien two pair. The 
on the turn effectively ended the hand, and the 
for a pair of kings. Filtz unhappily mucked, and Khan took down the pot.