Brian Hastings has just secured his place in the fourth round beating Emil Patel for all his chips. Hastings told us he raised the button to 4,000 and Patel three-bet to 9,000. Hastings called with off suit and the flop came down with two diamonds and one heart. Patel bet 8,000 and Hastings put him all in for right around 32,000. Patel called with and was looking for runner runner help. The turn was the opening up a flush draw possibility, but the river was a ending Patel's tournament.
Hastings moves on to the fourth round in which he will play Tommy Vedes.
Daniel Negreanu limp called a bet of 5,700 from his opponent, Jonathan Jaffe. A flop brought a bet of 5,200 from Jaffe and an instant all in from Negreanu. Jaffe quickly made the call and turned over , while Negreanu flipped over an inferior .
The turn came the and the river ended it with a . Negreanu was sent packing and will have to continue his bracelet hunt elsewhere.
The 2010 World Series of Poker Player of the Year Frank Kassela has just been eliminated by Richard Lyndaker. We caught the action on the flop, , with 8,000 chips in the pot and Lyndaker bet 5,500. Kassela opted to raise to 16,000 and Lyndaker put the pressure back on making it 35,000. Kassela announced he was all in and Lyndaker snap-called.
Lyndaker showed for a flopped straight and Kassela turned over . Kassela needed running cards to make a full house or a jack to split the pot. The turn was the and the river the putting Lyndaker in the fourth round.
Tommy Vedes has just made the fourth round busting Melanie Weisner. Vedes will return tomorrow to play against the winner of the match between Emil Patel and Brian Hastings.
Scott Baumstein limped from the button only to find himself facing a bet of 7,200 from Victor Ilyukhin. Baumstein moved all in and was snap called by Ilyukhin.
Baumstein:
Ilyukhin:
With a board reading Ilyukhin was eliminated as his pair of tens weren't up to snuff to Baumstein's pair of aces.
Daniel Negreanu was just on the losing end of a full-house-over-full-house confrontation against Jonathan Jaffe that left him with 10,200 in chips from the 40,000 he started with.
We picked up the action on the board as Jaffe bet 4,200. Negreanu called and the turn was the . Jaffe bet 10,000 and Negreanu called again. The river paired the board with the and Jaffe moved all in for 57,200. Negreanu called.
Jaffe showed the for a full house, kings full of nines. Negreanu showed pocket sixes with the for sixes full of kings and lost the pot.