Good afternoon, and welcome back to the 44th annual World Series of Poker.
Today, 19 players return for the third and final day of Event #10: $1,500 Limit Hold'em, and the chip leader is two-time bracelet winner Eric Froehlich. E-Fro was the only player to bag more than 300,000 chips after Day 2, and his closest competitors are Mark Mierkalns (266,000), Morgan Newman (242,000), and Aaron Ogus (233,000).
Froehlich is the only bracelet winner returning today, but Queen made the final table of this event last year and has plenty of experience as well.
Jeff Shulman also has tons of experience on the felt. The 2009 November Niner is still looking for his first career bracelet - both of his parents Barry and Allyn Jaffrey have earned one - and he'll need to do a lot of work today as he's only starting the day with a few big bets.
The cards will be in the air at 2 p.m. local time. Be sure to stay tuned for all of your up-to-the-minute live updates straight from the tournament floor.
We already have our first elimination of Day 3 of this limit hold'em tournament. Jeff Shulman raised from middle position, and Eric Froehlich reraised from the button. Shulman got the last of his very short stack in.
Froehlich:
Shulman:
The flop came , an airball for both and leaving Froehlich ahead with ace-high. A turn meant Froehlich needed to catch up, and that's exactly what he did when he spiked the on the river. Shulman, who final tabled the main event in 2009, has been eliminated from contention.
Thomas Blizniak raised from middle position, and Alex Queen bumped it to three bets from his immediate left. John Zipperer, in the small blind, called, as did Blizniak for the last of his chips.
The flop came , and Queen bet into the side pot, forcing Zipperer to fold.
Blizniak:
Queen:
No ten emerged to save Blizniak, eliminating him from the tournament.
A short-stacked Melanie Banfield raised in late position, Brian Nichols three-bet from the blinds, and Banfield went all in for less than four bets. Nichols snap-called.
Banfield:
Nichols:
The aces held as the board came , and Banfield was eliminated in 16th place.
Binh Ly raised on the button, Grayson Scoggin defended out of the big blind, and the flop came . Scoggin check-called a bet, and then check-raised Ly all in when the turned. Ly called.
Ly:
Scoggin:
The completed the board, and Ly was eliminated in 15th place.
We caught the action on fourth street, where Morgan Newman was all in holding two aces on a board of . Eric Froehlich was ahead with , however, and held when the bricked off on the river.
Newman was eliminated in 14th place, earning $9,160. Froehlich is back up to 355,000 chips.
Brent Wheeler raised from the button, and Jack Jiang reraised from the small blind. Wheeler called.
The flop came , and Wheeler called again. The turn was , and Jiang bet, leaving himself 8,000 behind. Wheeler raised, and the two turned their cards over.
Wheeler:
Jiang:
Jiang needed a non-spade king, queen or ten, but the river was the .
Mark Mierkalns led out on every street as the board came , and Aaron Ogus look him up every time. The Canadian ripped over after Ogus called the last bet, and Ogus tossed his cards into the muck.
"Livin' right!" Ahmed Mohamed said after the hand. "Go take a walk, Mark."
"I'm going to," Mierkalns told him, pointing the the secondary feature table. "I'm going to talk a walk over there."
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, an airball for both and leaving Froehlich ahead with ace-high. A 
turn meant Froehlich needed to catch up, and that's exactly what he did when he spiked the 
on the river. Shulman, who final tabled the main event in 2009, has been eliminated from contention.
, and Banfield was eliminated in 16th place.
turned. Ly called.
, however, and held when the 
bricked off on the river.
against the 
, and Jiang bet, leaving himself 8,000 behind. Wheeler raised, and the two turned their cards over.
after Ogus called the last bet, and Ogus tossed his cards into the muck.
