Event 61: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em Main Event Day 3 | 2012 World Series of Poker

07-13-2012 00:08 UTC-6

Small One For Buch

[user162117]

Over on Shawn Buchanan's table, he was involved in a hand against one opponent on a {7-Diamonds} {3-Spades} {10-Clubs} flop. Buchanan was first to act and opted to lead for 12,500 here. His opponent made the call and then both players checked the {a-Spades} turn. Another couple of checks on the {4-Hearts} river would see us head to showdown.

"Ace," said Buchanan before he tabled {a-Clubs} {5-Clubs} . His hand was enough to win the pot and increase to sit above the chip-stack average.

Player	Chips	Progress
Shawn Buchanan	240,000	40,000

Tags: Shawn Buchanan

07-13-2012 00:06 UTC-6

Milliron Eliminates Saffari On Feature Table

Josh_Cahlik

Gregory Milliron opened the action to 8,500 only to have Sebastion Saffari move all in for 64,500 total. Action came all the way back to Milliron who announced a call.

Milliron: {K-Diamonds} {K-Hearts}
Saffari: {J-Diamonds} {J-Clubs}

The board ran out {6-Diamonds} {10-Diamonds} {8-Spades} {A-Clubs} {10-Hearts} and Saffari was sent to the rail. Milliron has now increased his lead as biggest stack in the ESPN mothership.

Player	Chips	Progress
Gregory Milliron	410,000	102,400
Sebastion Saffari	Busted

Tags: Gregory Milliron Sebastion Saffari

07-12-2012 23:59 UTC-6

Boeree Down to 200k

tayke2

There was 40,000 in the middle when the flop came down {6-Hearts} {5-Hearts} {k-Clubs} . Michael Ferrell bet out 20,000 from the big blind, and Liv Boeree, who was under the gun, made the call. The turn brought the {8-Spades} , and Ferrell checked to Boeree, who fired out 32,000. Ferrell came along, and they both checked when the {2-Diamonds} hit the river.

Ferrell tabled {j-Spades} {j-Clubs} , and Boeree mucked her hand. After that hand, Ferrell jumps up to 625,000, while Boeree falls down to 200,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Liv Boeree	200,000	-110,000

Tags: Liv Boeree Michael Ferrell

07-12-2012 23:52 UTC-6

Back In Action

[user196975]

Level 15 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

Cards are in the air for the last level of the night.

Level: 15

Blinds: 2,000/4,000

Ante: 500

07-12-2012 23:21 UTC-6

The End of Level 14 Brings About the Last Break of the Night

Chad Holloway

Level 14 : 1,500/3,000, 400 ante

The fourth level of the day is done, which means it's time for the last 20-minute break of the night. Less than 900 players remain, and it's a real possibility that we could get near the money bubble of 666 yet tonight. One thing's for sure, if we don't quite get there, we'll come close.

Here's a look at some of the highlights from Level 14:

- Benjamin Alcober adds his name to the list of top chip counts.
- Last year's Main Event third-place finisher and Player of the Year, Ben Lamb, is eliminated.
- Selbst sucks out to score big double.
- Faraz Jaka is sent to the rail.

During the break the tournament staff will be racing off the T100 chips, which will leave just the purple T500, yellow T1,000, and orange T5,000 chips in play. Join us in about 20 minutes for the last level of Day 3 at the 2012 World Series of Poker.

07-12-2012 23:20 UTC-6

Counts From The Tan Section

Dan O'Hair

Player	Chips	Progress
Ben Greenberg	930,000
Gregory Merson	550,000	-160,000
Brian Meinders	410,000	-40,000
Jeremy Ausmus	270,000	-5,000
Kosei Ichinose	210,000	90,000
Brett Richey	165,000	-32,000
Bob Slezak	152,000	-8,000
Eddie Blumenthal	130,000	-60,000
Daniel Negreanu	90,000	-85,000

07-12-2012 23:20 UTC-6

A Milli

[user101598]

Nolan Dalla just announced that Benjamin Alcober is our first player to surpass the million-chip mark. Alcober and an opponent were heads up on a board of {5-Clubs} {9-Diamonds} {a-Spades} {q-Spades} , and Alcober fired 14,700. His opponent called.

The {j-Diamonds} completed the board, and Alcober's opponent checked. Alcober tossed out 28,000, and his opponent called.

"Two pair," Alcober announced, tabling {q-Hearts} {9-Spades} .

His opponent mucked, and Alcober is our million-chip man.

Player	Chips	Progress
Benjamin Alcober	1,050,000	90,000

Tags: Benjamin Alcober

07-12-2012 23:19 UTC-6

Every Moment Matters

Shamus

As we approach the last break of the evening, Marcel Luske is currently telling his table a story about a hand he played back in the 2004 World Series of Poker Main Event versus Greg Raymer. It's a hand that Raymer has spoken of since as one of his favorites from that year, and a crucial one that helped lead to his eventually going on to win the Main Event bracelet that year.

"It was just before the break," Luske said. "And I was the chip leader. I had ace-king and raised to 30,000, and then he just suddenly moved all in for 300,000." The other players at the table leaned in a little closer to hear the story better.

"I looked at those glasses," said Luske, pointing to his own eyes as he spoke. He was referring of course to the crazy lizard-eye glasses Raymer famously wore during his 2004 Main Event run. "And I just said forget it and I called. I wasn't thinking. And he had aces."

Raymer would go on to win that hand, and as Luske explained grab the momentum that eventually carried him to the title. (Luske would finish 10th.)

"It's just that one moment," said Luske, holding up his fingers as if to measure something very small. The conversation broke off, however, as players turned their attention to the dealer dealing the next hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Marcel Luske	322,000	-6,000

Tags: Marcel Luske

07-12-2012 23:19 UTC-6

Updated Chip Counts from the Amazon Purple Section

Shamus

Player	Chips	Progress
Erik Hellman	796,000	-14,000
Dane Lomas	683,000	-22,000
Armando Fernandez	618,000	-37,000
Jeremy Allen	615,000	188,000
Michael Hack	598,000	271,000
Thanh dat Tran	582,000	179,200
Sorel Mizzi	580,000	298,000
David Randall	555,000	26,000
Amritraj Singh	540,000	89,000
Jake Balsiger	539,000	-126,000
Vivek Rajkumar	538,000	10,000
Mark Demirdjian	530,000	120,000
Antonio Esfandiari	495,000	35,000
Fabrizio Gonzalez	470,000	-37,000
Michael Shelton	458,000
Jonathan Fountain	428,000	-117,000
Matt Woodward	392,000	-28,000
Jeffrey Gross	350,000	-13,000
Marco Bognanni	345,000	79,000
James Mitchell	337,000	7,000
Marcel Luske	328,000	212,000
Eric Cloutier	318,000	100,000
Amit Makhija	313,000	61,000
David Diaz	277,000	-81,000
Bryan Paris	264,000	120,000

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