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Stud-8
Matthew Ashton: 
/ 
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Mike Wattel: / 
/
We caught the action on fifth street, where Ashton led out for a bet. Wattel called. Wattel called another bet on sixth, both players checked on seventh, and Ashton showed 
for two pair. Wattel mucked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,100,000 | 90,000 |
|
620,000 | -220,000 |
Stud
Mike Leah: () / 
— FOLD
Bryn Kenney: () / 
/ ()
Joe Cassidy: () / 
— FOLD
Erick Lindgren: () / 
/ ()
Mike Leah brought in with the showing before Bryn Kenney completed the bet. Joe Cassidy called, then action folded to Erick Lindgren and he raised. Leah folded, Kenney called, and Cassidy called.
On fourth street, Lindgren led with the best hand, and both Kenney and Cassidy called. Then on fifth, Kenney picked up a pair of fours and bet out. Cassidy folded, but Lindgren called.
On sixth, Kenney fired another bet, and Lindgren called. Kenney then checked seventh, Lindgren bet, and Kenney called. Lindgren showed the 
from the hole for two pair, aces and aces. Kenney shook his head and mucked.
"Did you get that on the end?" asked Kenney about Lindgren's two pair. "Or did you have it?"
Lindgren just smiled with his head down while stacking his chips and didn't respond.
"Nah, you would've raised me on sixth," added Kenney, thinking out loud, and sort of prying for more tips about how Lindgren played the hand.
"I'll tell you how to play stud when you tell me how to play no-limit [hold'em]," Lindgren joked, to which the whole table got a good laugh out of.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
350,000 | 160,000 |
|
350,000 | -60,000 |
|
235,000 | 30,000 |
|
190,000 | -200,000 |
Stud-8
Scott Bohlman: / 
/
Andrey Zaichenko: / 
/
Bohlman completed, Zaichenko raised, and Bohlman called. Bohlman check-called a bet on fourth, then check-called all in on fifth.
Bohlman: 
Zaichenko:
Sixth street gave Bohlman the lead with fours and deuces, but Zaichenko made a low on sixth. He then ripped over a second three - the 
- to give him a better two pair, and Bohlman was unable to make a better two pair or full house when he turned over the 
on seventh.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
240,000 | 156,000 |
|
Busted |
Stud-8
John Juanda: / 
/
Lamar Wilkinson: / 
/
We caught the action on fourth street, where Juanda fired out a bet and Wilkinson called. On fifth, Juanda bet again, and Wilkinson called all in.
Juanda: 
Wilkinson: 
Juanda was rolled up, but Wilkinson made two pair on sixth street, and was drawing to a full house. Juanda turned over a brick (
) on seventh, leaving Wilkinson drawing live, but the 
changed nothing, and he was eliminated.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
800,000 | 120,000 |
|
|
Busted |
No-Limit Hold'em
In the last hand of no-limit hold'em at Table 354, there was around 60,000 in the pot and a flop reading 
when Erick Lindgren and Mike Leah checked from the small and big blind respectively. John Hennigan took the opportunity to bet 16,500 from the button, Lindgren folded and Leah made the call.
After the dealer burned and turned the , Leah check-called a bet of 36,000 and the completed the board on the river. Leah checked for a third time and Hennigan kept the pressure on with a bet of 117,000. Leah gave it some thought and then ditched his hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
620,000 | 55,000 |
|
|
410,000 | -130,000 |
No-Limit Hold'em
Bryn Kenney raised in early position, Joe Cassidy called on his direct left, and John Hennigan called on the button. The dealer fanned , Kenney continued for 27,500, and only Cassidy called. The turn was the , Kenney led out again - this time for 61,500 - and Cassidy folded.
The very next hand, Erick Lindgren raised to 12,000 on the button, Mike Leah three-bet to 30,500 out of the small blind, and Lindgren called. The flop came , and Leah continued for 25,000. Lindgren folded.
"Pick one," Leah asked Lindgren. "The right or the left?"
Lindgren chose the left, and Leah showed the .
"F***in yeah!" Lindgren exclaimed, jokingly.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
565,000 | 10,000 |
|
|
540,000 | 85,000 |
|
|
390,000 | 40,000 |
|
|
205,000 | -115,000 |
|
|
190,000 | -45,000 |
Pot Limit Omaha
Jonathan Duhamel opened to 15,000 from the button, and was called by Matthew Ashton from the big blind. The flop came down , before Ashton check called a 24,000 continuation bet. The fell on the turn, and both players were happy to check their option, before the completed the board.
Ashton checked once more, before Duhamel reached for his chips, betting out another 45,000. Ashton sat motionless in his seat, staring down both the board and his opponent. Over a minute passed, before he looked down at his cards one last time, before tossing them into the muck.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,010,000 | -120,000 |
Pot-Limit Omaha
Tommy Hand opened for 15,000 under the gun and received a call from Justin "Boosted J" Smith in the hijack. Ofir Mor came along from the big blind and three players saw a flop of . Two checks put action on Smith and he fired out 32,000. Mor called, Hang got out of the way and the dealer burned and turned the , which both players checked.
Mor checked for a third time on the river and then snap-folded when Smith bet approximately 75,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
900,000 | 50,000 |
|
790,000 | -25,000 |
The plan for today is to either play three more 100-minute levels or play down to 24 players, whichever comes first. Last year, with fewer players registered, Day 3 ended with 26 survivors.
Level: 14
Triple Draw 2-7 - Limit Hold'em - Omaha-8 - blinds 6,000-12,000; limits 12,000-24,000
Razz - Stud - Stud-8 - ante 3,000; bring-in 3,000; complete 12,000; limits 12,000-24,000
No-Limit Hold'em - Pot-Limit Omaha - ante (NLHE only) 1,500; blinds 3,000-6,000
