Sim completed, Paez raised, and Leah, who brought it in, called. Sim called as well, and Paez led out on fourth street. Both players called, and Paez led again on fifth. Leah folded, Sim moved all in, and Paez called.
Paez:
Sim:
Only a nine would save Sim, and hge flipped over a brick (the ) on seventh, hitting the rail in 12th place.
Issa Tadros got the last of his chips in on fourth street in a heads-up pot against Mike Leah. Tadros had a pair of queens, but Leah's rolled up eights were well in front. Tadros couldn't catch up, and he was out in 13th.
Jose Paz-Gutierrez: / /
Matt Vengrin: / (FOLD)
Linda Johnson: / /
The action checked to Vengrin on fourth street, and he bet. Johnson raised, Paz-Gutierrez re-raised, Vengrin folded, and Johnson made it four bets. Paz-Gutierrez capped it, moving all in, and Johnson called.
Paz-Gutierrez:
Johnson:
Johnson improved to tens and sevens by sixth street, turning over the on seventh, and Paz-Gutierrez needed to flip over a five, jack, or queen on seventh to survive. The was not one of those cards though, and he was eliminated in 14th place.
Action folded to Layne Flack, and he completed with the .
"Let's dance," he said.
Daniel Idema got his two-step on and hopped in the pot, and everyone else folded. Flack tossed the rest of his chips in on fourth, and Idema made the call.
Idema: /
Flack: /
Idema picked up an ideal fifth street: , giving him four to a straight and a low. Flack got basically a brick with the . Flack's prospects picked up on sixth when the gave him a pair of aces, while Idema also improved with . Idema's final card was the , however, and his straight and low combo left Flack drawing dead in 15th place.
Young Phan got Richard Tatalovich all in on fourth street after betting another player out of the pot.
"Alright, protection," Tatalovich said.
Phan: /
Tatalovich: /
Phan was well ahead of his hand though, with four to a straight and a low, as well as the potential for higher pairs. Phan received not one, but two sevens from the dealer on his next two cards, and he made a club flush on the end for good measure. Tatalovich was done in 16th.
On the very first hand of the day, prior to Kristy Gazes' bust and the two-table redraw, Layne Flack received a full double.
"If I'm the bring in," he said as the dealer began to pitch. "I'm not even f***in' lookin'."
Sure enough, the plopped right in front of "Back-to-Back" Flack, and with a grin on his face he completed to 6,000. Matt Vengrin called with the showing, the cards were tabled, and the boards ran out like this:
Flack: () / /
Vengrin: () / /
Vengrin turned over the on seventh for a brick, whileFlack flipped over the on seventh, giving him the entire pot.
"I've accomplished three of my goals today," Flack said later. "Win a purple (T5,000) chip, finish my meal, and make the two-table redraw."
Kristy Gazes, showing a completed with half of her remaining chips, and Issa Tadros and Ying Chu gave her action. Chu fired out on fourth when he caught his second baby, and Gazes got the last of it in. Tadros and Chu called. The two active players chcked fifth.
Gazes:
Tadros:
Chu:
Gazes voiced her approval after catching the ace on fifth, but Chu bet into the side pot on sixth despite Tadros showing a strong board. Tadros called, and he called another bet on the end. Chu showed for a wheel, and he scooped the pot.
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Matt Vengrin leads a host of notables
The third and final day of Event #39: $1,500 Seven-Card Stud Hi-Low 8-or-Better is set to begin in an hour's time. and leading the way with over 20 percent of the chips in play is American Matt Vengrin. No other player bagged more than a quarter of a million chips, while Vengrin will start today with over half of a million and his eyes set on what would be his first career bracelet. His closest competitors are Tony Gill and Joseph Hertzog, who both bagged 249,500.
Mike Leah and Daniel Idema, who both have final tables under their belt at the 2013 World Series of Poker, enter Day 3 fourth and fifth in chips respectively. If either player wins, it would mark the eighth bracelet for Canada this summer, and the ninth of the year if you include Daniel Negreanu's win in the WSOP Asia-Pacific Main Event. It would also be Idema's second career bracelet.
Poker Hall of Famer Linda Johnson bagged the sixth largest chip stack after Day 2, and is looking for her second career WSOP bracelet, while WSOP legend Artie Cobb is looking for bracelet number five and Layne Flack number seven. If Flack achieves this feat it would be a hell of a comeback story - he will start the day with less than a big bet.
The cards will be in the are at 2 p.m. We hope to see you then!
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) on seventh, hitting the rail in 12th place.
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. Flack's prospects picked up on sixth when the 
gave him a pair of aces, while Idema also improved with 
. Idema's final card was the 
, however, and his straight and low combo left Flack drawing dead in 15th place.
showing, the cards were tabled, and the boards ran out like this:
on seventh for a brick, whileFlack flipped over the 
for a wheel, and he scooped the pot.
