Ravi Raghavan opened from early position with a raise to 48,000. From the big blind, Matt Berkey called. The flop came down and Berkey checked to Raghavan who put out a bet of 55,000. Berkey called.
The turn card was the and Berkey decided to lead out with a bet of 150,000. With action back on Raghavan he moved all in. Berkey called after thinking about it briefly and the two tabled their hands.
Berkey:
Raghavan:
Berkey was in the lead with two pair but Raghavan could still catch up if the board paired on the river, not pairing one of Berkey's cards, or if he caught a diamond for a flush. Unluckily for him, the river was the , giving Berkey the winning hand and eliminated Raghavan in 13th place.
The action folded around to Thomas Muehloecker in the small blind, who asked Olivier Busquet how much he had, before placing out a bet of 110,000, which had his opponent covered. Busquet snap called, and rolled over his only to be shocked, when Muehloecker tabled his .
The board ran out to see Busquet unable to improve his hand, as he exited the tournament area, shaking his head in disbelief.
Matt Berkey limped in from the button, before Philipp Gruissem moved all in for his last 275,000 from the small blind. Matt Perrins was in the big blind, and quickly moved all in over the top, forcing Berkey out of the hand.
Perrins:
Gruissem:
The board ran out to see Perrins flop top pair to extend his lead, eliminating Gruissem one short of the unofficial final table.
In the final hand of the day, Antonio Buonanno limped in from the small blind, as Matt Schulte checked his option from the big blind. The flop came down , as Buonanno placed out a bet of 35,000 which was called. The fell on the turn, and Buonanno put out another bet of 75,000, before Schulte moved all in over the top, for not much more. The bet was called, as both players tabled their cards.
Buonanno:
Schulte:
Schulte was at rick, committing the remainder of his stack in with a pair of tens, but running into Buonanno’s turned two-pair. He wouldn’t find a ten on the river that he needed, as the completed the board, sending him home in 10th place.
Only 31 players began the day at the start of Day 3 in Event #57: $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em. Just five and a half hours later players were already down to final table. In the first two hours of play, 13 players dropped extremely quickly, one after another, bringing the tables down to the final two tables right away. The first player to drop out of the tournament today was Sam Trickett, who ended his day quickly by losing a race to Jeff Papola. Next to go was Giuseppe Pantaleo, who lost a bunch of Carter Swidler early, then got turned by Grant Levy to exit te tournament.
With that the final nine players were set to bag and tag, ready to return for the final table tomorrow at 12:45 p.m. local time. Play will begin in the middle of level 25 with the blinds at 1,2000/2,4000 with a 4,000 chip ante. PokerNews.com will be here all day tomorrow with all the coverage so make sure to come back and make sure you see who is crowned as the next World Series of Poker champion.