Event #65: $10,000 Main Event Day 3 | 2014 World Series of Poker

07-10-2014 20:47 UTC-8

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Finstein	725,000 725,000	725,000
Jason Deutsch	625,000 245,000	245,000
Oscar Kemps	605,000 11,000	11,000
Munir Shahin	600,000 20,000	20,000
Steve Chanthabouasy	575,000 90,000	90,000
Rasmus Larsen	550,000 550,000	550,000
Ola Amundsgard	515,000 90,000	90,000
Maria Mayrinck	370,000 76,000	76,000
Roland Israelashvili	245,000 60,000	60,000

Alex Queen	225,000 20,000	20,000
Anthony Zinno	75,000 60,000	60,000

Tom Marchese	30,000 94,000	94,000

Smith Takes Hennigan's Stack

Remko Rinkema

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

Throughout today everything seemed to be going John Hennigan's way, but things turned around quickly and all his chips now belong to Dan Smith.

Smith started the day with just 60,000 chips but as of right now he's sitting on about 567,000. The WPT winner stepped aside from his table for a minute to tell us how he got a hold of Hennigan's chips.

First Hennigan raised from the cutoff to 7,000 and the small blind called after which Smith three-bet from the big blind to 27,000. Hennigan called and on a board the action was checked tot he river. Smith bet 81,000 on the river and Hennigan folded.

"We were still talking about that hand when, two hands later, Hennigan raised three seats from the button," Smith said.

Smith three-bet from the button to 22,000 and Hennigan called. The flop came down and Hennigan checked to Smith who bet 25,000. Hennigan called and the turn was the on which Hennigan checked again. Smith bet 50,000 this time around and Hennigan proceeded to move all in for an additional 120,000.

Smith snap-called.

Smith:
Hennigan:

Smith had turned the nut straight while Hennigan had a pair and a straight draw. The river was the and Hennigan hit the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dan Smith	567,000 312,000	312,000

John Hennigan	Busted

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07-10-2014 20:50 UTC-8

Ivey Makes a Flush

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Remko Rinkema

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

Phil Ivey just knocked out another player but his stack has been fairly stable for the last little while.

The lady to Ivey's right moved all in for 37,500 and Ivey called from the cutoff. The other players folded and the showdown went as following.

Ivey:
Lady:

The board ran out and Ivey raked in this pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Phil Ivey	440,000

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07-10-2014 20:54 UTC-8

JJ Liu Doubles

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Mickey Doft

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

JJ Liu was all in for 71,500 with , racing with an opponent's . The board ran out , giving Liu a set of eights to double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
JJ Liu	152,000 10,500	10,500

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07-10-2014 20:57 UTC-8

Ivey Raps

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

Phil Ivey called a raise from the player in first position and the big blind came along for the ride. Three went to the flop and the dealer spread .It was checked to the raiser and he continued for 10,000. Ivey was the only caller and the turn card was the . The bet this time was 17,000 and Ivey looked at his opponent, who was studiously avoiding his gaze, and after some thought tossed out the call.

The river was the and this time it was checked to Ivey. No moves though as he checked behind and when he got shown Ivey rapped the table once and tossed his cards to the dealer.

Player	Chips	Progress
Phil Ivey	390,000 50,000	50,000

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07-10-2014 20:57 UTC-8

Morris Back Over 200,000

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Mohammed Nuwwarah

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

Arthur Morris saw a short stack shove from the hijack for 51,500, and Morris reshoved in the cutoff. Everyone else folded.

Morris:
Opponent:

The board ran out , giving Morris the knockout.

Player	Chips	Progress
Arthur Morris	203,500 37,500	37,500

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07-10-2014 21:01 UTC-8

Barausova Gets Paid

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

On a board of and about 65,000 in the centre. Brian Roberts slid out a stack of orange chips amounting to 70,000, enought to put Barausova all in.

Barasouva quickly called. Roberts tabled and Barausova flipped up for a flopped full house and scored the double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Brian Roberts	276,000 104,000	104,000
Tatiana Barausova	177,000 137,000	137,000

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07-10-2014 21:04 UTC-8

Top Two for Greer

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

Garrett Greer raised to 6,000 from under the gun, Taylor von Kriegenbergh called on his direct left, and Tom Cannuli called in the hijack. The trio all checked on a flop of , and the turn was a repeat seven - the .

Greer led out for 7,500, only Cannuli called, and the completed the board. Greer check-called a bet of 18,500 on the river (), and Cannuli quickly flashed his hand. It went into the muck when Greer showed , however, and he was awarded the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tom Cannuli	260,000 55,000	55,000
Garrett Greer	100,000 35,000	35,000

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07-10-2014 21:08 UTC-8

It's A Secret

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

With approximately 95,000 in the pot, Roman Valerstein was facing a bet of 36,000 on a board of . He raised it up to 100,000 causing his opponent to lean back instantly in his chair, his hands over his head.

He leaned forward, staring at Valerstein, while shuffling a stack of chips clumsily in his right hand. He muttered something under his breath to his neighbor and went back to staring at his foe. Valerstein sat there, quiet, looking straight ahead. After nearly five minutes in the tank, Valerstein's opponent folded and showed .

"What'd you have?" he asked Valerstein.

"I can't tell you," was the response. "Maybe at the end of the night." Valerstein was up to 740,000 after taking down that pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Roman Valerstein	740,000 105,000	105,000

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07-10-2014 21:10 UTC-8

Turner Snaps Off Torelli

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Mohammed Nuwwarah

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

Jon Turner was on the button against Alec Torelli in the big blind, and he bet 20,500 on a flop after Torelli checked. Torelli called, and a hit the turn. Torelli checked once more, and "PearlJammer" bet 27,000 this time. Torelli pushed all in, and Turner instantly called.