In a recent hand, Eriquezzo raised to 3,200 from early position and was called by Roland Israelashvili in middle position. Both blinds came along for the ride, and it was four-way action to the flop. The blinds checked to Eriquezzo, who bet 7,800. Israelashvili and the small blind were the only ones to make the call, and it was off to the turn.
After the small blind checked, Eriquezzo slid out 25,000, which only Israelashvili called after a brief amount of time in the tank. The saw Eriquezzo move all in for right around 45,000, and Israelashvili snap-called with .
With that, the National Champion mucked his hand and exited the tournament floor. Interestingly, Eriquezzo stopped by our desk a short time later and informed us that he had in fact held .
There was about 17,500 in the middle by the time the flop arrived , at the sight of which Thanh dat Tran fired 12,100 from the big blind. Amit Makhija, Tran's lone opponent sitting in middle position, called the bet. The turn then brought the , and Tran was pushing out chips again, this time 22,400 of them. Tran called once more.
The river was the . Tran tried again, betting 21,500, and after a two-minute pause to think, Makhija called one last time. Tran showed for tens and fours, while Makhija's gave him the better two pair.
Playing his second World Series of Poker Main Event, Andrew Moreno opened with a raise to 3,700 from the cutoff seat after the action folded to him. Marc Karam made the call on the button and everyone else folded.
The heads-up flop came down and Moreno bet 4,300. Karam put in a raise to 12,200 and Moreno called to see the turn.
Fourth street was the and Moreno passed the action to Karam, who fired a bet of 22,800. Moreno stood strong and made the call to see the complete the board on the river. Moreno checked and Karam checked behind, opting not to fire another bullet.
Moreno tabled the for a pair of aces. Karam mucked his hand and Moreno won the pot to push towards 200,000 in chips.
Pokerstars Pro Liv Boeree came into today with 104,300, and as we near the end of this level, she has nearly tripled that stack.
The latest hand to help her out came on a board that read . Boeree was in the small blind, and she put out a pot sized bet of 20,000. Her opponent, Eric Haddad, was on the button, and he thought for about 30 seconds before moving all in for about 65,000.
Boeree nodded her head and announced call, and flipped over for sevens full. Haddad tabled for rivered trips which was no good. Haddad never declared himself all in, and after sliding his chips over to Boeree, he noticed that he had one T100 chip covering his cards. That chip went in on the next hand, and he was eliminated.
Level 11 is in the books, which means it's time for the first 20-minute break of the day. It was quite the level, and here are a few of the highlights:
It was a lot of action for one level, and there's still four more to be played here on Day 3. Level 12 will begin in just 20 minutes, so check back then as the 2012 WSOP rolls on.
And while you wait, check out some Day 3 advice from 2011 WSOP November Niner Sam Holden. Hint: He may know a thing or two about going deep in the Main Event.
Jack Effel just presented Ryan Eriquezzo the last bracelet, outside of the Main Event, of the 2012 World Series of Poker in the last bracelet ceremony of the summer. With that, the cards are back in the air.
Here's a look at the top five counts at the start of Level 12:
Not long ago, the table had folded around to Jeremy Allen in the big blind. "That's the first walk I've gotten all tournament," he said with a note of surprise, turning over his and grabbing the small pot.
"This guy yesterday was raising me every single time it was just me and him," Allen continued, tipping the brim of his cowboy hat upwards. "I mean every time, he would just fire away. And I'd call him, too. I don't think he realized just how big a game this really is. I mean that's what you do in your buddy's basement, but not here."
Allen has continued to maintain his big stack thus far today, as well as the banter at the table.
flop. The blinds checked to Eriquezzo, who bet 7,800. Israelashvili and the small blind were the only ones to make the call, and it was off to the 
turn.
saw Eriquezzo move all in for right around 45,000, and Israelashvili snap-called with 
.
, at the sight of which Thanh dat Tran fired 12,100 from the big blind. Amit Makhija, Tran's lone opponent sitting in middle position, called the bet. The turn then brought the 
, and Tran was pushing out chips again, this time 22,400 of them. Tran called once more.
. Tran tried again, betting 21,500, and after a two-minute pause to think, Makhija called one last time. Tran showed 
gave him the better two pair.
complete the board on the river. Moreno checked and Karam checked behind, opting not to fire another bullet.
for sevens full. Haddad tabled 
and grabbing the small pot.