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Joep van den Bijgaart searching for WSOP final table #3
When Holland's own Joep van den Bijgaart cashes in a World Series of Poker (WSOP) event then you had better watch out. His two previous WSOP cashes have both resulted in appearances on the final table. With just 6 players remaining between him and another cash van den Bijgaart will be hoping to make it three out of three. Here is van den Bijgaart in action.
We caught the action on a flop of and three players in the hand. Van den Bijgaart came into the action with a check-raise and both players called. The turn card was the and once again it was van den Bijgaart who bet; only Ayman Qutami made the call. The river card was the and Bijgaart got another bet out of Qutami. He turned over and Qutami mucked his hand.
Then Frank Major put his last 3,000 into the middle on the button and van den Bijgaart isolated from the small blind. Major turned over pockets aces and it held against the of van den Bijgaart.
Harrison Wilder and Terrence Chan have just had a double heads-up encounter with both pots going the way of Chan. Here they are.
Wilder opened the betting from the button and Chan called in the big blind. The flop was and Chan check-called a Wilder bet. The was checked through before Wilder called a Chan bet on the river. Chan turned over for the winning hand.
Then Wilder tried again, this time from the cutoff, and Chan called in the small blind. The board ran out and Chan gained three streets of value holding .
After fighting valiantly with a short stack for much of the last couple of hours, Andre Akkari has been eliminated, leaving 38 players left to battle. Such is poker, he tweeted to his followers just now, thanking them for the support:
aakkari andre akkariCaimos em 39th, segue o jogo, valeu tds as msgs galera!June 22 2012
With two more players to go before we have thirty-six very happy punters, we have a straight for Maria Ho and a missed opportunity for Jeff Lisandro.
Lisandro raised on the button, Yosuke Sekiya made the three-bet from the small blind, the big blind called as did Lisandro. The flop was , Sekiya bet, the big blind folded and Lisandro just called. The turn went the same way before Lisandro raised the river. As expected Sekiya made the call and the two players turned their cards over.
Lisandro
Sekiya
So Lisandro had flopped the nuts before allowing Sekiya to catch up for a share of the spoils, "If I had raised that flop he couldn't have called," Lisandro told himself.
Then Maria Ho pulled a nice chunk from the stack of Jacob Petersen. Petersen raised on the button and Ho called. The flair shared a flop of and Petersen called a check-raise from Ho. The board then ran out and and Petersen called two streets of value from Ho. She confidently flipped on their backs and Petersen folded.
We approached the cash bubble, and within just a couple hands it went pop without much deliberation with two more short stacks losing their last chips.
The final 36 have now settled around six six-handed tables, now setting to work on how they will be dividing up that $687,050 prize pool.
"Eleven hundred," said Jason Manger, somewhat wearily, when Maria Ho asked him what he had left. The board read , and Ho was first to act.
Hearing his answer, Ho bet, Manger called all in, and Ho turned over for deuces. Manger stood up from his chair as he tabled his , readying himself to leave. Then came the river... the !
Manger smiled and sat back down, still alive as one of the final 36.
With 36 left, we're updating counts on all of the remaining players. Here's how the stacks look at tables 430, 432, and 433 at the moment. We'll have the other 18 players updated in just a moment.
Terrence Chan is like a pig rolling around in his own…well you get the picture. With 2 World Series of Poker (WSOP) final table appearances in Limit Hold'em pencilled on his resume, Chan knows hat he is doing. In fact if he gets anymore laid back he is going to fall off his chair. But every know and then, even the very best have to lose a pot or two, and Ben Lazer was on hand to do just that.
Lazer fixed his sights on Chan and fired off a bet from the button; Chan called from the large. The flop was and Chan tried to take it down, there and then, with a check-raise. Lazer wasn't going to be shifted though, and he made the call. Chan continued to batter Lazer when he bet at the sight of the turn, but Lazer once again called. Chan finally gave up on the river. Both players checked, Chan showed for the missed draw and Lazer picked up the pot with a stubborn looking .
Benjamin Lazer just claimed the last of Richard Lewis' stack over on Table 432 to reduce the field by one. As the first to cash, Lewis earns a $4,046 payday.
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and three players in the hand. Van den Bijgaart came into the action with a check-raise and both players called. The turn card was the 
and once again it was van den Bijgaart who bet; only Ayman Qutami made the call. The river card was the 
and Bijgaart got another bet out of Qutami. He turned over 
and Qutami mucked his hand.
of van den Bijgaart.
and Chan check-called a Wilder bet. The 
was checked through before Wilder called a Chan bet on the 
for the winning hand.
and Chan gained three streets of value holding 
, Sekiya bet, the big blind folded and Lisandro just called. The turn 
river. As expected Sekiya made the call and the two players turned their cards over.
and 
and Petersen called two streets of value from Ho. She confidently flipped 
, and Ho was first to act.
for deuces. Manger stood up from his chair as he tabled his 
!
river. Both players checked, Chan showed