Welcome to PokerNews' Day 3 coverage of Event 39: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha. Following 20 levels of play, a field of 293 players is down to just 13 hopefuls, each with his eyes set on the first-place prize of $661,000, as well the coveted World Series of Poker bracelet.
Andrew Brown is the dominating chip leader entering today with 1,774,000, but he has a talented bunch hot his heels. Three-time bracelet winner Sammy Farha is second in chips 1,129,000 and is looking to win his fourth. Also still in the hunt is Jason Mercier. With two Pot-Limit Omaha bracelets on his résumé, Mercier is a threat despite being one of the short stacks.
Here is the Day 3 table and seat draw.
Table
Seat
Player
Chips
445
1
--empty--
--
445
2
John Kabbaj
210,000
445
3
Jason Mercier
408,000
445
4
--empty--
--
445
5
Andy Seth
569,000
445
6
Jan-Peter Jachtmann
895,000
445
7
Micah Smith
215,000
445
8
--empty--
--
445
9
Sammy Farha
1,129,000
446
1
Ville Wahlbeck
247,000
446
2
Nikolai Yakovenko
528,000
446
3
--empty--
--
446
4
Benjamin Sage
1,013,000
446
5
--empty--
--
446
6
Steven Silverman
668,000
446
7
Joe Kushner
571,000
446
8
Adam Kornuth
568,000
446
9
Andrew Brown
1,774,000
Play is set to begin at 1:00pm local time, about five minutes from now, so keep it here throughout the day as another WSOP champion is crowned.
Action folded to Sammy Farha on the button and he raised the pot and made it 56,000. In the small blind, John Kabbaj reraised the pot to 184,000. Action folded back to Farha and he called.
The flop came down and Kabbaj bet all in for 93,000. Farha called and the hands were tabled.
Kabbaj:
Farha:
The turn was the and river the . Farha backed into a heart flush and eliminated Kabbaj in 13th place.
On the , Adam Kornuth was all in for around 365,000 with the against the for Andrew Brown.
The turn was the and river the , keeping Brown's two pair in front and winning him the pot. Kornuth was eliminated in 12th place and earned over $43,000.
Brown also won the next pot and has a little over 2.5 million in chips.
Three-time World Series of Poker gold bracelet and one of the best Omaha players in the world, Sammy Farha, has just hit the rail.
Action started with Steven Silverman limping in from the hijack seat. Farha followed him into the pot from the cutoff seat and then Jason Mercier called from the button. Andy Seth completed from the small blind and Jan-Peter Jachtmann potted it to 120,000 from the big blind. Only Farha made the call.
The flop came down paired with the and Jachtmann checked. Farha bet 150,000 and Jachtmann made the call.
The turn was the and Jachtmann checked. Farha bet 600,000. Jachtmann reraised all in and Farha called it off for about 775,000 total.
Jachtmann:
Farha:
The river didn't give Farha a full house when the came and he was eliminated in 11th place. Jachtmann moved to about 2.35 million while the remaining 10 players are relocating up to the ESPN Main Stage.
Former World Series of Poker gold bracelet winner Ville Wahlbeck was all in preflop holding the against Steven Silverman's .
Silverman picked up a set of kings on the flop before turning a full house when the fell and leaving Wahlbeck drawing dead. The river completed the board with the .
Wahlbeck took home $43,076 for his 10th-place finish while the remaining nine players have made the official WSOP final table. Complete chip counts will be coming in just a few moments.
From early position, Andy Seth raised to 45,000. Joe Kushner called from the next seat and Andrew Brown called on the button. In the big blind, Benjamin Sage made the call to close the action and the flop came down .
On the flop, Sage checked and Seth bet 90,000. Kushner raised all in. Brown and Sage folded before Seth quickly made the call.
Seth tabled the for top set of aces. Kushner held middle set with the .
The turn left Kushner needing the case five on the river, but when the fell, he was all out of luck. He hit the rail in ninth place and took home $55,525.
Jason Mericer was short and all in preflop with the against the for Micah Smith.
The flop of gave Mercier the lead with two pair. The turn was the and then the river counterfeited Mercier when the hit. Smith's king and nines won the pot and sent the two-time gold bracelet winner to the rail in eighth place for $72,132.
Jan-Peter Jachtmann raised to 70,000 from the hijack seat and Nikolai Yakovenko reraised to 180,000 from the button. Play folded back to Jachtmann and he reraised the pot. Yakovenko called all in for around 320,000 and the cards were on their backs.
Yakovenko held the against the for Jachtmann.
After the board ran out , Jachtmann won the pot and eliminated Yakovenko in seventh place. For his finish, Yakovenko earned $94,442, which is the largest World Series of Poker score of his career.
Andrew Brown raised to 58,000 from the cutoff seat and Benjamin Sage potted it from the button. Brown reraised and Sage called all in for approximately 310,000.
Sage:
Brown:
The flop, turn and river ran out and Brown's three aces won the pot. Sage finished in sixth place and earned nearly $125,000.
After Andrew Brown raised to 65,000 from the cutoff, Andy Seth potted from the button to 240,000. Brown made the call and then led out for a pot-sized bet on the flop. Seth decided it was time and moved all in for right around 530,000, and Brown made the call.
Showdown
Seth:
Brown:
Seth was ahead with kings when the chips went in, but the turn delivered Brown two pair. Much to Seth's dismay, the river would give his opponent a full house and send him to the payout desk in fifth place, good for $165,665.
and Kabbaj bet all in for 93,000. Farha called and the hands were tabled.
and river the 
. Farha backed into a heart flush and eliminated Kabbaj in 13th place.
, Adam Kornuth was all in for around 365,000 with the 
against the 
, keeping Brown's two pair in front and winning him the pot. Kornuth was eliminated in 12th place and earned over $43,000.
and Jachtmann checked. Farha bet 600,000. Jachtmann reraised all in and Farha called it off for about 775,000 total.
came and he was eliminated in 11th place. Jachtmann moved to about 2.35 million while the remaining 10 players are relocating up to the ESPN Main Stage.
fell and leaving Wahlbeck drawing dead. The river completed the board with the 
.
for top set of aces. Kushner held middle set with the 
fell, he was all out of luck. He hit the rail in ninth place and took home $55,525.
and then the river counterfeited Mercier when the 
flop. Seth decided it was time and moved all in for right around 530,000, and Brown made the call.
