Event #62: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em Main Event Day 3 | 2013 World Series of Poker

07-11-2013 23:16 UTC-7

Kaplan Jack'd Up the Leader Board

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Level 15 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

Jon Turner opened under the gun to 8,500 only to have Jaime Kaplan three-bet to 25,000 next to act. The action folded to the small blind and he four-bet to 50,000 to push Turner out before Kaplan came along to see a flop fall.

The small blind led for 50,000 only to have Kaplan raise to 120,000. The small blind pushed all in and Kaplan immediately called for his 382,500-chip stack.

Kaplan:
Small Blind:

With Kaplan holding a strong advantage, the turn of the and river of the was enough to ensure him the double up to 880,000 in chips; which would be good for second place on the current chip leader board.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jaime Kaplan	880,000	616,100

Tags: Jaime Kaplan Jon Turner

07-11-2013 23:15 UTC-7

Chip Counts from Amazon Tan

Shamus

Level 15 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Bertrand Grospellier	455,000	78,500
Alan Keating	446,000	-37,000
Ivan Demidov	420,000
Brandon Meyers	410,000	54,000
Joseph McKeehen	320,000	109,500
Rep Porter	246,000	-184,000
Matt Marafioti	222,000	-8,000
Amit Makhija	188,000	25,000
Kristy Gazes	168,000	-43,500
Juha Helppi	138,000	23,000

07-11-2013 23:06 UTC-7

Chip Counts From the Final 10 Brasilia Gold Tables

MrCleverFox

Level 15 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Donald Swartz	781,000	-6,500
Chris Lindh	640,000	343,300
Annette Obrestad	510,000	-15,000
Ryan Hughes	470,000	28,000
Ryan Fair	315,000	92,900
Nicholas Verkaik	310,000	175,900
Andrew Brown	310,000	220,000
Brandon Steven	255,000	25,000
Vitaly Lunkin	182,000	-18,000
Lauren Kling	150,000	-90,000
Carlos Mortensen	125,000	71,000
Marcel Luske	110,000	4,000
Amanda Baker	100,000
Lisa Costello	100,000	-58,000
Allen Kessler	85,000	5,000
Humberto Brenes	84,000	2,000
Stacy Taylor	50,000	-20,000

07-11-2013 23:05 UTC-7

Benefield Wins a Flip

mnuwwarah

Level 15 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

David Benefield got all in with against an opponent with . His opponent flopped a pair of kings, but Benefield turned a set of jacks to seal the hand and continue his solid day.

Player	Chips	Progress
David Benefield	385,000	60,000

Tags: David Benefield

07-11-2013 23:04 UTC-7

Updated Chip Counts from Amazon Purple

[user80015]

Level 15 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Guillaume Rivet	795,000	115,000
Matthew Huey	780,000	-30,000
Kyle Julius	710,000	30,000
Benny Chen	680,000	80,000
Nick Schwarmann	590,000	-125,000
Victor Figueroa	540,000	28,500
Chun Chen	473,000	38,000
Tuan Le	420,000	-102,000
Brandon Guss	415,000	75,000
Steven Watts	401,500	-13,500
Eddie Blumenthal	390,000	90,000
Yann Dion	360,000	-70,000
Vivek Rajkumar	340,000	150,000
Bryn Kenney	320,000	-55,000
Byron Kaverman	280,000	-44,000
Tommy Hang	280,000	-85,000
Sarah Herzali	280,000
Mark Kroon	270,000	-60,000
Ravi Raghavan	220,000	-25,000
Christian Harder	210,000	-30,000
Adam Friedman	210,000	10,000
Alex Bolotin	205,000	35,000
Russell Crane	200,000	-18,000
Anton Wigg	200,000	7,000
Noah Bronstein	200,000	-20,000

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07-11-2013 23:01 UTC-7

Some Counts from Brasilia

mnuwwarah

Level 15 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Christopher Lindh	605,000	-70,000
Vitaly Lunkin	200,000	15,000
Steve Brecher	137,000	59,700
Ashley Mason	126,000	60,000
Humberto Brenes	82,000	-18,000
Carlos Mortensen	54,000	-1,000

07-11-2013 22:51 UTC-7

783 Remain

Shamus

Level 15 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

Players are back in their seats and the final two-hour level of the night is underway. The big board — which players are consulting more and more frequently as the day goes along — now says there are 783 players left. Again, the top 648 will make the money.

We've been noting today how the pace of eliminations for this year's Day 3 has been comparing to that of last year, as both years saw exactly 1,753 players survive the first two days of the Main Event. Last year the night ended with 720 players left to return for Day 4, whereas this year it appears there will surely be less than that making it to night's end.

Level: 15

Blinds: 2,000/4,000

Ante: 500

07-11-2013 22:25 UTC-7

Last Break of Day 3: Max Steinberg Eliminates Phil Ivey, Takes Chip Lead

[user153906]

Level 14 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante

We've reached the final 20-minute break here on Day 3 of the 2013 WSOP Main Event. The board is showing that 792 players are still alive, and with only 648 players making the money, the bubble is rapidly approaching. We're expecting to reach the money early on Day 4.

After starting the day with just 39,000, Max Steinberg is the new leader with just under 1 million in chips after finishing on the better end of a nasty cooler against Phil Ivey on the ESPN Stage. On an flop, Ivey got his 416,000-chip stack in with bottom set, and Steinberg called with middle set. The board bricked out, and just like that Ivey was eliminated from the tournament.

Dick van Luijk was the leader at the dinner break, and despite taking a hit to his stack is still among the leaders. Joining him near the top of the leader board are Somar Al-Darwich, Matthew Huey, Umang Dattani, Nick Schwarmann, Vladimir Geshkenbein and Kyle Julius.

Former champion Erik Seidel managed to double up twice to stay alive, while another former winner, Carlos Mortensen lost a big pot to dip to 55,000.

Joining Ivey on the rail during the past level were Dan Cates, Erika Sands, Philipp Gruissem, Haralabos Voulgaris, Tom McEvoy, Shannon Shorr, Andy Frankenberger and Tony Gregg, who was also seated at the ESPN feature table with Ivey.

We're off to grab some chip counts. See you in 20!

Tags: Anthony Gregg Carlos Mortensen Dick Van Luijk Max Steinberg Phil Ivey Tony Gregg

07-11-2013 22:24 UTC-7

Swartz Takes Large Pot Off Hughes

mnuwwarah

Level 14 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante

We caught up with Ryan Hughes and Donald Swartz as they battled for a very large pot. The board read , and Hughes checked. Swartz bet 120,000, and Hughes made the call. The river brought an innocuous , and Hughes checked again. Swartz announced all in, and Hughes quickly tossed the dealer his cards.

Player	Chips	Progress
Donald Swartz	787,500	187,500
Ryan Hughes	442,000	-388,000

Tags: Donald Swartz Ryan Hughes