Artem Metalidi just loves to squeeze out a three-bet. We have noticed the move time and time again and here is yet another example of its use.
Brian Green raised to 13,000 in the hijack, Tom McCormick called on the button and Metalidi shut down the action with a 32,500 three-bet from the small blind.
Gavin Smith is out after a blind battle gone wrong
When Gavin Smith is eliminated from a tournament you notice. We asked around the table and Ryan Fair told us that the action was Donkey on Donkey - small blind versus big blind. Smith held and Fair and the better hand held up.
Then Fair immediately got embroiled in a pot with Damien Lhommeau. Lhommeau raised to 13,000 in the small blind and it got an immediate reaction from Fair.
"Oi…you limp Gavin's and raise mine? I see how you're gonna play," Said Fair before making the call.
The action checked through to the turn on a board of and Lhommeau bet 15,500; a bet which Fair called. The was checked through and Lhommeau won the hand holding .
Intrepid reporter OHairDJ has just told you about the deathly quiet on the Will The Thrill table. Well that table has just broke, but not before Eugene Katchalov decided to leap into action and take a few players out of the equation.
Katchalov told us that Tom Franklin moved all-in for 56,000, Katchalov called on the button, Will Failla moved all-in from the small blind and Katchalov called.
Katchalov
Failla
Franklin
Board: .
Failla must have been thinking it was Christmas and then Christmas again until the ten turned up on the river. Katchalov eliminated both Failla and Franklin and now has 330,000 chips.
We've been eyeing one of the more juicy tables featuring Bertrand Grospellier, Eugene Katchalov, Freddy Deeb and Will "The Thrill" Failla expecting to catch a fun or eventful hand sooner or later. However, the players appear to be content with most pots going the route of "raise it and take it." Whether it's out of respect or just lack of playable hands - play has been rather calm with no big pots brewing.
The World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet holder, Scott Montgomery, has just eliminated Craig McCorkell in a 400,000 flip. Montgomery was holding pockets jacks and McCorkell the ace-queen that never hit. Montgomery, who was as low as 45,000 just a few short hands ago, now has 435,000 chips and becomes one of our top dogs in this tournament. Combine that chip stack with his WSOP big game experience and the rest of the field have a real threat on their hands.
Jason Senti has had a torrid turn of events since the dinner break. He lost the majority of his stack when he ran his pocket kings into the ace-queen of Eddie Blumenthal earlier, and he has just been eliminated against the very same man.
Matt Berkey raised to 8,000 in the hijack seat and Jason Senti moved all-in from the cutoff for a little over 60,000. Blumenthal then shoved from the button and Berkey folded leaving the pair to have another private dance.
Blumenthal
Senti
Board:
Blumenthal doing the damage, once again with ace-queen. Jason Senti moves onto the next event.
Scott Horowitz raised to 10,000 in the hijack seat, Joseph Urgo called on the button and Artem Metalidi three-bet from the big blind making it 35,500 to play. Back to Horowitz and he four-bet to 85,000 and it was scary enough to take down the pot.
Brian Green raised to 11,000 in the hijack seat, Daniel Alaei three-bet to 26,000 from the big blind and Green made the call. The flop was and Alaei pushed 24,000 over the line.
"All-In," said Green.
Alaei mucked quicker than the Road Runner.
Tom McCormick is also seated at the table and he tells us that he holds the records for the most World Series of Poker (WSOP) final tables WITHOUT a bracelet. Our fingers are crossed for him in this event.
We caught up with the action on a flop. Garrett Garvin had a 30,000 bet in front of him already and Toan Trinh responded from the button by raising to 64,000. Garvin mulled it over and announced, "One 'o' four," for a 104,000 bet. Trinh didn't take long to announce, "all in," and Garvin quickly mucked. Trinh mucked without showing.
Fellow tablemate Simon Charette couldn't help but say, "Two aces. He has to aces...and he played them perfectly," referring to Trinh's hand.
In any case, Trinh is up to 430,000 while Garvin has slipped to 230,000.
and Fair 
and the better hand held up.
and Lhommeau bet 15,500; a bet which Fair called. The 
was checked through and Lhommeau won the hand holding 
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and Alaei pushed 24,000 over the line.
flop. Garrett Garvin had a 30,000 bet in front of him already and Toan Trinh responded from the button by raising to 64,000. Garvin mulled it over and announced, "One 'o' four," for a 104,000 bet. Trinh didn't take long to announce, "all in," and Garvin quickly mucked. Trinh mucked without showing.
