Glantz was all in preflop against Sami Kelopuro. Kelopuro held the . Glantz held the .
The flop came down and Kelopuro flopped a straight. The turn added the and the river the . After getting out-flopped, Glantz couldn't come from behind and was eliminated in tenth place. He earned over $53,000 for his finish.
Matt Glantz reraised all in over the top of a Ben Lamb open. Lamb made the call with the and Glantz held the . The board ran out and the two players chopped up the pot.
John Kabbaj raised from the hijack seat to 125,000. Sami Kelopuro was in the cutoff seat and reraised to 450,000 -- the maximum amount he could reraise. Action folded back around to Kabbaj and he reraised all in for 640,000. Kelopuro called.
Kelopuro:
Kabbaj:
The flop came down and Kabbaj stayed in front. The turn was the and the river completed the board with the . Kelopuro sent over the chips and Kabbaj was able to double up.
Here's the seating assignments for our 'unofficial' final table. Once one more player is lost, the official World Series of Poker final table will be reached.
John Shipley opened the hand with a raise to 120,000 and it folded around to Benjamin Kaupp in the big blind. He moved all in for 410,000 and Shipley decided to call.
Shipley:
Kaupp:
The flop was which left Kaupp drawing to six outs, twice. The turn was the and the river was the , both bricks for Kaupp.
With that elimination, we have now reached our unofficial final table with under three hours still left to play on Day 3.
Sami Kelopuro has been fighting way back to one million in chips recently and is almost there. First, after Dario Alioto raised to 80,000 from the button and Hans Winzeler called from the small blind, Kelopuro potted it to 320,000 from the big blind to win the hand.
On the next hand, Christopher King limped under the gun and Kelopuro potted it from the small blind to 160,000. King called the the flop came down . Kelopuro and King both checked.
The turn card was the . Kelopuro bet 140,000 and won the pot.
With 180,000 chips in the middle, Sami Kelopuro bet 100,000 and Dario Alioto raised all in. Kelopuro called with the for top two pair and a gutshot straight draw. Alioto tabled the for top and bottom pair along with a flush draw.
The turn was the to fill up Alioto. The river was the . Kelopuro sent over the chips and Alioto doubled.