Dietrich Fast got his final 25,000 chips in the middle preflop and Brandon Lee made the call.
Dietrich Fast: 8♥8♣
Brandon Lee: K♣J♣
Lee sprung into the lead on the J♦9♣6♦ flop, and Fast packed up his stuff as the Q♦ turn and 10♥ river upgraded both players to a straight, with Lee having the better end of it.
In the meantime, Milen Stefanov and Manny Olszynko have also departed from this table in a flurry of early Day 3 eliminations, while Bart Hanson has chipped up a bit from the start of day.
Bill Klein raised under the gun to 6,000, the player in middle position called, as did Haewan Bae in the small blind and Francisco Angel in the big.
Four ways to a flop of 10♠4♥6♠. The action checked to Klein who bet out for 22,000, the player in middle position folded, Bae called and Angel raised all in for his last 50,000. Klein responded by moving all in himself and Bae called it off for his remaining 148,500.
Francisco Angel: 5♠4♠
Haewan Bae: 8♠7♠
Bill Klein: A♣A♥
The turn and river came the Q♥ and 9♦ respectively. Bae rivers one of his gutshot draws to eliminate Angel and cracks Klein's aces for a huge pot.
Giyeon Han opened 5,500 in early position and Alex Foxen three-bet to 16,500 next to act. The action folded back around to Han and he made the call.
The dealer spread a flop of Q♠8♥6♦, and Han check-called a continuation bet of 13,000 from Foxen.
The 4♥ turn was checked through to see the 8♠ river. Han led out for 35,000 before Foxen announced all-in.
Han went into the blender, taking about three minutes before asking how much Foxen had. Foxen counted it for him and let him know he had 329,500, which covered Han's 165,000. Han tanked another 30 seconds before dropping a stack of chips across the line to make the call. Foxen rolled over 9♣8♣ for trip eights, and Han showed A♣Q♦ as he exited the tournament.
Alexandra Botez and Anthony Kennedy built a pot of around 90,000 heading to the turn on a board of A♦9♣J♠Q♠ when Kennedy bet 55,000 from early position.
Botez called and the K♥ fell on the river, where Kennedy then bet 100,000. Botez, with around 75,000 remaining, tanked for several minutes as tablemates snapped photos of the board.
She eventually called all in and Kennedy turned over 9♠7♠ for a pair of nines. "Oh, my God," Botez said as she got up from her seat and showed A♥K♠ to win the pot.
Kennedy told the table his birthday is today following the hand. "That's why I played it," he said with a smile despite taking that beat.
Botez later knocked out Anatoly Filatov from this table after Filatov moved all in for around 30,000 with two eights, but Botez woke up with aces to send him to the rail.
After celebrating his friend's wedding, rapper Steven "Hoodie Allen" Markowitz took the first flight from New York to Las Vegas this morning to make it in time for the start of Day 3. Unfortunately for Markowitz, his tournament journey was short-lived as recounted by Arthur Souza De Campos, the player who busted him.
Markowitz raised under the gun to 5,000, Campos to his direct left three-bet to 15,000 and Markowitz four-bet to 26,000. Campos put him to the test for his tournament life, five-bet shoving all in for Markowitz's last 120,000. Markowitz called.
Steven Markowitz: A♥A♦
Arthur Souza De Campos: A♣K♥
The board ran out in sickening fashion as it came J♦3♥Q♣2♠10♠. Campos rivered a straight to crack Markowitz's aces, sending him to the rail.
Chris Moneymaker, Viktar Horbach, and Jan Jacobs were three-way to a turn on 9♦3♥8♦Q♦. Moneymaker checked from the small blind and so did Horbach from middle position. Jacobs then bet 6,000 into the pot of 25,000 from the hijack before Moneymaker raised it up to 22,000.
Horbach quickly folded with his shorter stack but Horbach stuck around for a call. The 7♠ river completed the board and Moneymaker bet for another 37,500 chips.
Jacobs thought about it for a few seconds but ended up letting his hand go, shipping the pot to the champion of the historic 2003 Main Event Champion.
Sergi Reixach opened to 5,000 in early position and Blair Hinkle three-bet to 17,000 on the button. It came back to Reixach who made the call.
The flop showed 2♦3♠Q♠ and Reixach check-called Hinkle for 12,000. Both checked on the 7♣ turn.
A Q♦ came on the river and Reixach led out for 45,000. Hinkle thought about his move for some time and raised it to 130,000. Reixach went deep into the tank and eventually folded.
Daniel DiPasquale raised from early position preflop and Allen Kesller called from the small blind. The pair then saw a 2♦4♦K♥ flop, where Kessler checked and DiPasquale bet out 6,000. Kessler made the call and the 8♥ turn showed its face.
Kessler promptly led out for 15,000 and DiPasquale thought for a little while before putting in the call. The 3♦ river fell and Kessler bet again, this time for 20,000.
This time, DiPasquale responded with a raise to 85,000. "Really? Coolered on the first hand?" Kessler asked. He mulled it over for a bit longer before eventually folding, granting the pot to his opponent.
Welcome to Day 3 of Event #76: $10,000 WSOP Main Event World Championship here at the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas. Yesterday was the end of late registration and when all was said and done, it turned out that this year’s Main Event drew a record-setting 10,043 players – shattering the old record of 8,773 set way back in 2006. Today, the remaining 3,538 players from Days 2abc and 2d will combine into a single field.
Leading the pack is Maurice Hawkins, who took the overall chip lead after bagging 941,000 last night. Not far behind him is Nicholas Rigby, who was responsible for busting Phil Hellmuth on stream yesterday en route to ending Day 2d with 921,500.
Hawkins has yet to win a bracelet, but he is the current World Series of Poker (WSOP) Circuit ring leader after winning his 15th earlier this year at Harrah's Cherokee. Hawkins only has three modest cashes from this year's WSOP, but he is now in prime position to make a deep run in the Main Event and add to his $4.7 million in career tournament winnings.
Start of Day 3 Top Ten Chip Counts
Rank
Player
Country
Chip Count
Big Blinds
1
Maurice Hawkins
United States
941,000
376
2
Nicholas Rigby
United States
921,500
369
3
Christopher Brammer
United Kingdom
879,000
351
4
Jeffrey Shapiro
United States
878,000
351
5
Julio Belluscio
Argentina
825,500
330
6
Beqir Salihu
United States
801,000
320
7
John Sofillas
United States
780,000
312
8
Nick Marchington
United Kingdom
716,000
286
9
Heitor Saraiva
United States
665,500
266
10
Jacob Mitich
United States
660,000
264
Some other notables still in the hunt with big stacks include Patrik Antonius (584,500), Shota Nakanishi (500,500), Kathy Liebert (477,00), Stephen Chidwick (472,500), Chris Brewer (467,000), Chance Kornuth (449,500), and Tom Dwan (426,500).
Tom Dwan
The remaining players will all be looking to take a piece of the staggering $93,399,900 prize pool. A total of 1,507 players will take home at least $15,000 for their efforts and the eventual winner will receive $12,100,000 in addition to the coveted Main Event bracelet.
Play is set to begin at 12 p.m. and continue for five two-hour levels. Day 3 will begin on Level 11, which features 1,000/2,500 blinds with an 2,500 big blind ante. As with previous days, players will get a 20-minute break after each level and a 75-minute dinner break will be held after Level 13 (~6:40 p.m.).
Be sure to stick with PokerNews as we continue to bring you all the action from this historic, record-setting World Series of Poker Main Event!
