We caught bracelet winner Andrew Brown in a hand with the small blind player while he was in the big. The small blind had raised to 4,000 and Brown moved all in over the top. When we got to the table the small blind was in the tank. Eventually he called Brown's shove and the two went to a showdown.
Brown:
Small Blind:
It was a race situation but Brown stayed ahead on the flop, as well as the turn and the river. With that, Brown was able to notch a much needed double up here on Day 3 of the Main Event.
Following an early position raise to 3,600, Ronnie Bardah made the call from the hi-jack as the big blind came along also.
The flop was checked round before Bardah bet out 4,600 when the turn of the was checked to him.
Only the big blind called, and when the landed on the river the big blind led for 8,800. Bardah counted out his chip stack, shuffle a few chips and then made the call tabling his .
The big blind flashed his and mucked as Bardah pushed his stack to roughly 210,000.
Kind of a unique situation arose over at David Paredes's table just now in a hand involving him and a lone opponent, Julien Jolivet.
Facing a decision in the hand, Jolivet had taken long enough for someone to call the clock on him, and we arrived just as the tournament director was nearing the end of the one-minute countdown. Time finally running out, the TD declared Jolivet's hand dead and went to take it from him, at which moment Jolivet expressed some surprise. That's when several at the table — including Paredes — pointed out that Jolivet had been listening to his earbuds and was in fact unaware that the clock had been called.
Even though he'd won the pot, Paredes noted how Jolivet hadn't even shown recognition that the TD had arrived, going on to suggest that the TD might have at least confirmed with Joliet what was happening once the clock was called. But in the end the onus was on Jolivet to listen and be aware.
Max Steinberg came into today with a realitively short stack of 39,000 after getting caught in a huge bluff last night. Well he came in today on a mission as he tweeted this an hour ago.
Steinberg is making good on that promise as we pegged his stack at a whopping 280,000 last time we walked by the table. Steinberg came oh so close to a bracelet earlier this summer in the $3,000 Mixed Max event, as well as finishing runner-up in the National Championship in May. Momentum is clearly on his side today, and we will keep track of him as the day goes on.
When we approached Vivek Rajkumar's table he had moved all in with a covering stack after a check from James Rubenstein. The board read and there was roughly 100,000 chips in the pot.
"Will you show me if I fold?" Rubenstein asked. Rajkumar didn't say anything. Camera crews began to swarm around the table to film the hand. Eventually Rubenstein turned up the and he folded his hand. The dealer put it aside to be taped for the broadcast.
Rajkumar made it easy for the camera's though, he proudly turned up his for a stone bluff and took down the pot. Rubenstein could only shake his head.
With an early position raise to 3,500 and two calls before him, Greg Merson three-bet to 11,5000 on the button. The early-position raiser folded, the players in middle position and the cutoff called, and the flop came down .
Action checked to Merson and he bet 17,000, which both opponents called. The turn fell and action was once again checked to Merson and he bet 28,500 this time. The player in middle position check-raised to 64,000, forcing a fold from the player in the cutoff. Merson went into the tank about about three minutes, but ultimately folded.
Juan Pena began Day 3 with one of the larger stacks among the 1,753 returners, and he's managed to add to it considerably during the first level of the day.
Just now we saw him winning a small pot in a hand that saw him defend his blind versus an early position raise, then check call a bet of 6,000 following a flop. The turn then brought and a bet of 12,000 from Pena, good enough to earn a fold from his opponent.
As the end of Level 11 nears, Pena now is edging close to the 400,000-chip mark.
Christian Harder bet 15,000 on a board of after two players checked to him on the button. The first player, who was in the big blind, called, and the other player folded. The river was the , and the big blind checked. Harder checked behind him.
"Nine," the big blind announced, turning over , the hand sometimes called "Montana Banana." His trips were good, and he took the pot, but Harder continues to rise in the chip counts despite the setback.
Lauren Kling raised to 3,200 from middle position, and the button three-bet to 8,200. Kling quickly called, and the flop came . Kling checked, and the button bet 8,500. Kling called, and then checked again when the came on the turn. The button moved all in, and Kling immediately asked for a count. After breaking down the stacks, the dealer informed her the bet was for 46,700. Kling counted out chips for a call, counted how much she'd have left if she called and lost, though for a minute, then put her chips in the middle. The button turned over for top pair, but Kling showed for bottom set on the flop. The river was the , a complete brick. Kling gathered in the chips, and her opponent hit the rail.
flop, as well as the 
turn and the 
river. With that, Brown was able to notch a much needed double up here on Day 3 of the Main Event.
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flop was checked round before Bardah bet out 4,600 when the turn of the 
was checked to him.
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and there was roughly 100,000 chips in the pot.
for a stone bluff and took down the pot. Rubenstein could only shake his head.
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turn fell and action was once again checked to Merson and he bet 28,500 this time. The player in middle position check-raised to 64,000, forcing a fold from the player in the cutoff. Merson went into the tank about about three minutes, but ultimately folded.
and a bet of 12,000 from Pena, good enough to earn a fold from his opponent.
after two players checked to him on the button. The first player, who was in the big blind, called, and the other player folded. The river was the 
, and the big blind checked. Harder checked behind him.
, the hand sometimes called "Montana Banana." His trips were good, and he took the pot, but Harder continues to rise in the chip counts despite the setback.
for top pair, but Kling showed 
, a complete brick. Kling gathered in the chips, and her opponent hit the rail.