Week three is underway at the 2014 World Series of Poker, and the crew is back to talk about the Venetian and Sheldon Adelson, some of the new bracelet winners, and more. The 2012 Main Event champion, Greg Merson, then joins the program to talk about his series thus far and play a game of Multiple Bracelet Winner vs. World Cup Footballer against Jason Somerville.
Domimik Nitsche has moved into top spot on the leaderboard with some aggressive plays and a little run-good sauce.
It was no surprise to see him defend his big blind against a short stack shoving for just 11,500. What was rather shocking was to see his make a comback against when they both flopped a pair and Nitsche made trip deuces on the river.
Phil Delaney opened for 5,500 in the cutoff, and James Mackey shipped it for about 35,000 on the button. Delaney thought for a bit then dropped in calling chips.
Mackey:
Delaney:
Mackey slid back in his seat even though the dealer gave him some additional outs on the flop. The turn was a brick, and Delaney was the one to improve on the river.
Soi Nguyen opened for a raise from the cutoff, and Jason Senti shipped it for about 22,000. Nguyen made what sounded like a reluctant call, and his fellow former November Niner turned over .
"You've got me crushed," Nguyen said, turning over .
Dave D'Alesandro had just been moved to a new table when he found the kind of action he'd been missing all day.
He bumped it 3,500 and Timothy Emmerton, starting the hand with about 135,000, three-bet, making it 7,500. D'Alesandro four-bet to 19,500 and Emmerton called.
D'Alesandro then fired 24,000 at the flop, Emmerton shoved and D'Alesandro called immediately with .
Emmerton held and he was drawing pretty thin with his tournament life and a huge pot on the line. The turn brought the and the river was the , ending Emmerton's run and putting D'Alesandro above 300k and back into the lead in with the biggest hand of the tournament so far.
Start-of-day chip leader Dave D'Alesandro has had a busy couple of levels, but you wouldn't know it from the size of his stack.
We've watched him weave his way in and out of half a dozen small pots so far today and with his table next to break, he's sitting on about the same 156,000 with which he started the day.
Today's draw had him starting at a table with very few chips on it and he should be happy to find a new home where he can try to start building again as the afternoon plays out.
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