Action folded around to Ted Lawson who moved his short stack all in. A few seats over Roman Emelyanov moved all in over the top of that. Everyone else folded so it was off to a showdown.
Lawson:
Emelyanov:
The flop came down giving Lawson a set. "Yes!" he cheered excitedly, upon seeing how far he had pulled ahead in the hand. The turn was the , sealing the hand as Emelyanov was now drawing dead. The river was the , but it didn't matter as Emelyanov was already counting out chips to send over to Lawson.
Christopher Lindh raised to 3,500 preflop, and Freddy Deeb three-bet to 11,000. Lindh thought for a minute, and as he was thinking, you could feel the intensity in the air. This was the first hand of the day, and play has a distinctly different aura than yesterday. Players are starting to think not only about making day 2 or 3, but making the money, appearing at the final table, and even winning the bracelet.
After a tense minute, Lindh four-bet to 27,500, and now Deeb took his time making his decision. After another tense minute, Deeb called, and the dealer brought for the flop. Lindh led out for 22,000, Deeb thought for a minute, then slid his cards to the dealer.
From the small blind Darren Elias opened to 3,600 only to have Damian Brusco three-bet the big blind to 9,000. Elias made the call and then checked a flop before Brusco bet out 7,500.
Elias took his time before calling as both players checked the on the turn. The river landed the and Elias tapped the table for a third time as Brusco bet out 17,000.
Taking about two minutes to find a decision, Elias would eventually make the call and table his to best Brusco's to move to 86,000 in chips.
We didn't see the action, but we did see Chris Johnson in the aftermath of an all in with on a board of . His opponent had and was covered, so Johnson collected all of his chips.
After what appeared a button raise by Daniel "jungleman12" Cates and a big blind call from Robert Mizrachi, there was a small pot in the middle when the dealer spread the flop . Mizrachi checked, and Cates bet 3,200. Mizrachi then check-raised to 7,100, and Cates didn't waste much time before calling.
The turn was the . This time Mizrachi bet 9,200, and once again Cates only took a couple of seconds before calling the bet.
The river brought the and Mizrachi patted the felt to check. Cates leaned forward to look at Mizrachi's remaining stack, then looked back at the board before setting out a stack of chips as a bet. Mizrachi sat quietly for about 30 seconds, then asked the dealer to clarify Cates's bet amount — 30,200.
Mizrachi tanked a while longer, then finally cut out the calling chips and set them forward. Cates quickly tabled his hand — for a Broadway straight — and Mizrachi shook his head disgustedly as he tossed his cards to the dealer.
Picking up the action in the midst of the preflop raises, we arrived at the table as Mark Kroon was facing a reraise.
He was in the big blind and had committed 12,100, while an opponent in early position had 34,100 in front of him committed to the pot. Kroon reraised all in, his opponent called all in for about 105,000, and Kroon tabled . His opponent was well behind with and Kroon had no sweat at all as the board ran out .
Michael Mizrachi has sat down at Day 3 and done what he's been doing all tournament: winning pots. He hadn't even finished stacking his chips before he got into a pot with Robert Voigt. We caught the action on the flop, which read . Voigt fired out 8,000, and Mizrachi quickly called. The turn was the , and Voigt continued to fire, this time for 12,000. Mizrachi quickly announced raise, and tossed out a bet of 28,000 total. Voight thought for a few moments before kicking it in, and Mizrachi got off to a good start.
Roman Shaposhnikov raised to 3,600 from under the gun, and Matt Jarvis was the only caller. The flop came , and Shaposhnikov led out for 5,800. Jarvis thought for a minute, then called. Both players checked the on the turn, and the river was a . Shaposhnikov bet 13,600, and Jarvis went into the tank. After four minutes, he pushed out a call, and Shaposhnikov turned over for a set. Jarvis mucked his cards, and Shaposhnikov took the pot.
giving Lawson a set. "Yes!" he cheered excitedly, upon seeing how far he had pulled ahead in the hand. The turn was the 
, sealing the hand as Emelyanov was now drawing dead. The river was the 
, but it didn't matter as Emelyanov was already counting out chips to send over to Lawson.
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for the flop. Lindh led out for 22,000, Deeb thought for a minute, then slid his cards to the dealer.
flop before Brusco bet out 7,500.
on the turn. The river landed the 
and Elias tapped the table for a third time as Brusco bet out 17,000.
to best Brusco's 
to move to 86,000 in chips.
. His opponent had 
. This time Mizrachi bet 9,200, and once again Cates only took a couple of seconds before calling the bet.
against Amritraj Singh's 
. His opponent was well behind with 
. Voigt fired out 8,000, and Mizrachi quickly called. The turn was the 
, and Shaposhnikov led out for 5,800. Jarvis thought for a minute, then called. Both players checked the 
. Shaposhnikov bet 13,600, and Jarvis went into the tank. After four minutes, he pushed out a call, and Shaposhnikov turned over 