After Andre Akkari raised in the cutoff, he was called by Jordan Siegel in the cutoff, Roberto Marin in the small blind, and Joseph Thomas in the big blind.
On the flop, action was checked to Akkari, who bet, and was then raised by Siegel. Marin called, Thomas folded, and Akkari called.
The turn brought the and after marin checked, Akkari bet again. Both Siegel and Marin called to see the river .
Marin checked and once more Akkari bet. Siegel opted to fold, but Marin called.
Akkari showed for a rivered wheel and Marin tossed his cards to the muck to send a large pot to Akkari to boost his stack over a million chips early in the day.
After being left short early in the day, Mauricio Ferreira Pais committed the last of his chips preflop versus Lawrence Brandt.
Mauricio Ferreira Pais:
Lawrence Brandt:
The flop came to negate any low possibilities and give Pais the lead with a pair of tens. However after the on the turn, the fell on the river to give Brandt a winning flush and make Pais the first elimination of the day.
Action started on the turn in a heads-up pot. Perry Friedman was in the small blind looking at a board of . He bet the street and was called by Roberto Marin in the big blind.
The river was the . With no low available, Friedman bet the final street. After some thought, Marin made the call.
"Ace-jack," said Friedman, turning over , good for the pot.
John Racener got his last 71,000 chips in from middle position against Jonathan Williams in the cutoff.
John Racener:
Jonathan Williams:
Racener was out-kicked with both players pairing their king on the flop, but the on the turn gave Racener an unlikely two pair, with the sealing a quick double-up for Racener.
Only 22 players remain in Event 84: $3,000 H.O.R.S.E. coming into Day 3 of the final mixed-game bracelet event at the World Series of Poker at its new home in Bally's and Paris Las Vegas. Today's action is set to begin at 2 p.m. local time.
Leading the field is David "Gunslinger" Bach, the only player with over one million chips in front of him. With over 20 big bets to work with, Bach will look to sling his way to a fourth gold bracelet today. He will face some stiff competition from plenty of talented mixed-game stars who look to stand in his way.
A slew of talented players are not far behind Bach. Tomasz Gluszko (982,000) has near a milion chips himself. Gluszko is hunting his maiden gold bracelet today. Mixed-game specialist Kevin Gerhart (778,000) looks to "save his summer" by adding a fifth bracelet to his collection.
Event #84: $3,000 H.O.R.S.E. Top 10 Chip Counts
Place
Player
Country
Chip Counts
1
David Bach
United States
1,094,000
2
Perry Friedman
United States
985,000
3
Tomasz Gluszko
Poland
982,000
4
Roberto Marin
United States
968,000
5
Mike Wattel
United States
843,000
6
Andrew Brown
United States
827,000
7
Joseph Thomas
United States
796,000
8
Kevin Gerhart
United States
778,000
9
Andre Akkari
Brazil
747,000
10
Richard Tatalovich
United States
738,000
Play will pick up today in level 21 with limits of 25,000/50,000. Levels remain 60 minutes long with 15-minute breaks after every two levels. Today's action will take place in Bally's Event Center in the gold section.
The plan is to play to a champion today, so strap in while PokerNews follows the ride down the stretch and across the bracelet-crowning finish line.