Event 50: $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em Day 3 | 2012 World Series of Poker

06-30-2012 16:45 UTC-6

Dato's Straight Good Against Vedes

Chad Holloway

Action folded to Tommy Vedes in the cutoff and he raised to 35,000. Andrea Dato was in the big blind and opted to defend, which lead to both players checking the {9-Diamonds} {K-Hearts} {5-Hearts} flop. When the {J-Hearts} turned, Dato took the initiative and led out for 46,000, Vedes called, and the {K-Clubs} was put out on the river.

This time Dato came out with a bet of 105,000, which Vedes called. Dato rolled over {Q-Spades} {10-Spades} for a straight, and it was good as Vedes simply mucked.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andrea Dato	550,000 167,000	167,000
Tommy Vedes	260,000 116,000	116,000

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06-30-2012 16:48 UTC-6

Conway Eliminates Garcia

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Dan O'Hair

Jason Wheeler opened to 34,000 from early position and directly behind him, Andres Garcia moved all in for his last 300,000. Action folded around to Thomas Conway on the button, who moved all in himself. Everyone else, including Wheeler, got out of the way and hands were revealed.

Conway: {A-Diamonds} {Q-Diamonds}
Garcia: {A-Hearts} {K-Diamonds}

Garcia was primed to double; however, the {10-Hearts} {3-Diamonds} {6-Diamonds} {J-Diamonds} {3-Clubs} board left Conway with the nut-flush and Garcia was sent to the rail.

Conway is up to 1,070,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Thomas Conway	1,070,000 301,000	301,000
Andres Garcia	Busted

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06-30-2012 16:51 UTC-6

Vedes Takes Another Hit; Doubles Ngai

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Chad Holloway

After action folded to him in the small blind, Sam Ngai raised to 32,000 only to have Tommy Vedes move all in from the big. Ngai snap-called off for 182,000 total and was in great shape to double.

Showdown
Ngai: {A-Diamonds} {A-Hearts}
Vedes: {A-Spades} {Q-Hearts}

The {6-Spades} {10-Spades} {7-Diamonds} flop was lackluster, and the {6-Clubs} turn left Vedes drawing dead. The {5-Hearts} was put out on the river, and Ngai was pushed the 380,000 pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sam Ngai	380,000 168,000	168,000
Tommy Vedes	106,000 154,000	154,000

Tags: Tommy Vedes Sam Ngai

06-30-2012 16:54 UTC-6

Conway Eliminates Another; Raskin Latest Victim

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Dan O'Hair

Thomas Conway opened to 34,000 from early position and action folded around to Micah Raskin in the big blind, who moved all in for his last 250,000. Conway snap-called and hands were revealed.

Conway: {Q-Clubs} {Q-Diamonds}
Raskin: {A-Spades} {7-Diamonds}

The board ran out {10-Hearts} {2-Spades} {Q-Hearts} {3-Hearts} {9-Spades} and Conway sent Raskin to the rail with a set of queens.

Conway is now up to 1,320,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Thomas Conway	1,320,000 250,000	250,000
Micah Raskin	Busted

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06-30-2012 17:00 UTC-6

Vedes Doubles Through the Decano

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Chad Holloway

Tommy Vedes, who has taken a couple of hits as of late, moved all in from the hijack for 100,000, which Thiago "xTHEDECANOx" Nishijima called from the big blind after tanking for a bit.

Showdown
Vedes: {A-Hearts} {3-Hearts}
Nishijima: {K-Spades} {8-Clubs}

Vedes was ahead with ace high, and the {9-Clubs} {6-Hearts} {4-Hearts} flop kept him there. The {9-Diamonds} turn meant Nishijima needed either a king or eight on the river to dispatch his foe, but it wasn't in the cards as the {3-Diamonds} peeled off on the river. With that, Vedes is up to 224,000 while Nishijima dropped to 170,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tommy Vedes	224,000 118,000	118,000
Thiago Nishijima	170,000 60,000	60,000

Tags: Thiago Nishijima Tommy Vedes

06-30-2012 17:03 UTC-6

Five in a Row for Julius

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Chad Holloway

Kyle Julius, who began the day as out chip leader, recently strung together five wins in consecutive hands. They were huge hands, but at this point in the tournament the blinds and antes, as well as any limped/raised chips, certainly add up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kyle Julius	1,100,000 400,000	400,000

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06-30-2012 17:14 UTC-6

Lichtenberger Crippled; Then Eliminated

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Dan O'Hair

In the first hand, Andrew Lichtenberger opened from the button and was met with an all-in shove by Jason Wheeler in the big blind for just under 400,000. Lichtenberger thought it over and opted to call.

Lichtenberger: {5-Spades} {5-Clubs}
Wheeler: {Q-Spades} {10-Spades}

The board ran out {7-Clubs} {10-Clubs} {9-Diamonds} {Q-Hearts} {8-Clubs} , giving Wheeler the double up with a pair of queens and knocking Lichtenberger down to his last 130,000.

On the very next hand, Joseph Cheong opened from under-the-gun and it was folded around to Lichtenberger in the cutoff, who went all in. It was folded back to Cheong, who called to put Lichtenberger at risk.

Cheong: {10-Diamonds} {7-Diamonds}
Lichtenberger: {A-Diamonds} {J-Clubs}

The {K-Diamonds} {Q-Spades} {9-Diamonds} {4-Spades} {Q-Diamonds} board gave Cheong a winning flush on the river and knocked Lichtenberger out of the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Joseph Cheong	1,250,000 116,000	116,000

Jason Wheeler	800,000 200,000	200,000

Andrew Lichtenberger	Busted

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06-30-2012 17:16 UTC-6

Oh, Mann!

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Chad Holloway

Action folded to Jason Mann in the cutoff and he open-shipped for 240,000. The button got out of the way, but Tommy Vedes made the call from the small blind, putting most of his stack at risk in the process.

Showdown
Mann: {A-Hearts} {6-Diamonds}
Vedes: {5-Diamonds} {5-Hearts}

It was a classic race, but according to our PokerNews Odds Calculator, Vedes has a 55.7% chance of winning the hand.

The {7-Spades} {9-Clubs} {8-Diamonds} flop actually delivered Mann an open-ended straight to go with his overs, but because Vedes killed two of his outs his odds of winning were just 32.83%. That dropped even further to 20.45% on the {4-Diamonds} turn, while the {7-Diamonds} river put an end to Mann's deep run.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tommy Vedes	470,000 246,000	246,000
Jason Mann	Busted

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06-30-2012 17:21 UTC-6

Former November Niner Eliminates Ausmus

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Chad Holloway

Matt Giannetti, who if you recall finish fourth in last year's Main Event, opened for 35,000 from early position and cleared the field all the way to Jeremy Ausmus in the big blind. A call was made, the flop fell {J-Hearts} {K-Spades} {Q-Hearts} , and Ausmus proceeded to check-raise all in for 175,000 after Giannetti had bet 46,000. The former November Niner made the call and showed the nuts.

Showdown
Giannetti: {A-Spades} {10-Spades}
Ausmus: {10-Hearts} {6-Hearts}

Despite running into the nuts, Ausmus held a flush draw and could still chop with an ace. Unfortunately for him, both the turn and river would blank and he was eliminated from the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Matt Giannetti	840,000 280,000	280,000
Jeremy Ausmus	Busted

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06-30-2012 17:22 UTC-6

Lee Runs Into Rockets; Eliminated

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Dan O'Hair

Joseph Cheong opened from the cutoff and directly behind him, Thomas Conway announced a three-bet to 72,000. Directly behind *him,* Ronald Lee announced he was all in for his last 300,000 from the small blind. Panayote Vilandos then announced he was also all in from the big blind. Cheong and Conway got out of the way and hands were revealed.

Lee: {Q-Clubs} {Q-Spades}
Vilandos: {A-Hearts} {A-Spades}

The board ran out {K-} {K-} {K-} {2-} {10-} and Vilandos' aces held to knock Lee out.