Anthony Maio raised to 26,000 from under the gun and Ryan Welch three-bet all in for 108,000 from UTG+2. Joe Kuether called on the button before Maio eventually reraised all in for a little bit more. Kuether called.
Maio:
Kuether:
Welch:
The flop came down , giving Kuther a comfortable lead. However, he lost out on the double elimination as the turn gave Welch a set to win the main pot. Adding insult to injury, the river fell to give Maio two pair to survive.
As this Day 3 progresses at a torrid pace, the players have been pushing their chips around the table early and often. Matthew Goldman was the latest to get his stack into the middle, but his was crushed by the held by Dan Kelly.
A flop of appeared to be quite safe for Kelly's overpair, but the presence of connected low cards must have been a bit disconcerting. The on the turn confirmed those fears, offering Goldman a lifeline in the form of an open-ended straight draw.
River:
Just like that, Goldman had doubled his stack of 240,000 through the dangerous Kelly, and he now sits with an average stack.
Benny Chen continued his ascent towards the top of the leaderboard, winning another hand recently with .
Chen opened for 24,000 from under the gun, and was three-bet to 56,000 by an opponent holding the button. Chen called and a flop of was spread across the felt.
After checking to his opponent, Chen flat called a bet of 58,000, and the arrived on the turn. Chen again check-called a bet, this time for 72,000.
On the river, both players opted to tap the table, and when the cards were revealed Chen's trip kings took the pot down.
Sitting on 220,000 chips and holding , David Windmiller charged valiantly ahead with an all-in bet before the flop. Unfortunately, Benny Chen woke up with and looked him up, which meant Windmiller was dominated with his tournament life on the line.
Flop:
Turn:
River:
No tens or straights arrived for Windmiller, and with a sudden gust, his chips were scattered in Chen's direction.
Two fortunate hands have moved Joe Kuether from the bottom of our chip counts into the realm of respectability.
First, Kuether got it all-in for his last 142,000 with against an opponent's , and he was racing for his tournament life. Kuether found a flush draw on the flop of , and he hit the turn of for the nut flush. Facing a set of nines now, Kuether needed to fade the board pairing to double-up, and the did the trick.
Next, Kuether shipped his still short stack into the middle with , but was crushed by Ryan Welch and his .
Flop:
Kuether's run good continued as he spiked a set on the flop, and two harmless cards on fourth and fifth street saw him move from 100,000+ to 600,000+ in just two hands.
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David Windmiller began the day with just an ante chip of 1,000. An early exit on the day was likely, but Windmiller has run it up and is still in the hunt with 60 players remaining. He is currently sitting on a stack of about 210,000.
, giving Kuther a comfortable lead. However, he lost out on the double elimination as the 
turn gave Welch a set to win the main pot. Adding insult to injury, the 
river fell to give Maio two pair to survive.
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was crushed by the 
held by Dan Kelly.
on the turn confirmed those fears, offering Goldman a lifeline in the form of an open-ended straight draw.
was spread across the felt.
arrived on the turn. Chen again check-called a bet, this time for 72,000.
river, both players opted to tap the table, and when the cards were revealed Chen's trip kings took the pot down.
, David Windmiller charged valiantly ahead with an all-in bet before the flop. Unfortunately, Benny Chen woke up with 
against an opponent's 
, and he was racing for his tournament life. Kuether found a flush draw on the flop of 
, and he hit the turn of 
for the nut flush. Facing a set of nines now, Kuether needed to fade the board pairing to double-up, and the 
