There were roughly 14,000 chips in the pot on J♦A♥J♠, Philip Sternheimer who was under the gun called a bet of 9,500 from Tyler Brown who was on the button.
Both players checked when the 7♠ hit the turn. Sternheimer decided to led out for 20,000 on the A♣ river, Brown clicked to 40,000 and to his surprise, Sternheimer clicked it back to 75,000, Brown folded.
Jonas Kronwitter raised to 7,000 from under the gun and saw calls from Matthew Wantman and Ilya Nikiforov in late positions. Jonathan Depa then moved all in from the big blind for his last 30,000. Kronwitter called and Wantman and Nikiforov folded.
Jonathan Depa: K♦Q♥9♣4♦
Jonas Kronwitter: J♠J♥10♠9♠
Thd board ran out 2♦10♥6♠4♠6♥ and Kronwitter's jack held to send him the pot and Depa to the rail.
There were roughly 47,000 chips in the pot on 8♦Q♥2♥, Tong Li who was on the button bet 22,000, Talal Shakerchi called in the big blind and Christopher Frank called in the hijack.
The turn came the 5♥, and Frank led for 60,000 when checked to, Li called and Shakerchi folded. Frank piled in 250,000 on the 10♣ river and Li quickly folded.
Sean Winter limped in from middle position, Alex Foxen did the same from the cutoff, as did Daniel Negreanu from the small blind and Christopher Frank from the big blind.
All four players checked on the 4♠A♥Q♥ flop.
Action checked to Winter on the 5♦ turn, who bet 6500, Foxen and Negreanu folded, Frank made the call.
The river card was the 5♠. Frank now led out for 25,500, which got Winter to muck his hand.
Najeem Ajez raised to 8,500 in the cutoff. Oliver Weis bumped it up to 28,000 in the small blind, which Ajez called. Weis slowed down on the 6♣4♠2♠ flop, check-calling Ajez's bet of 16,000.
The 7♠ turn was then checked by both, after which Weis fired 56,000 on the 2♦ river. Ajez instantly grabbed calling chips and put them into the middle.
Weis showed A♣K♠10♠9♣ for a king-high flush, and Ajez mucked his cards in defeat.
Twenty years ago, Scott Lazar doubled up eventual champion Joe Hachem and coolered Mike Matusow at one of the most entertaining and memorable World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event final tables ever.
Two decades later, the 2005 sixth-place finisher in poker's most prestigious event ran deep in another WSOP event. This one, Event #48: $1,000 Senior's No-Limit Hold'em Championship, a tournament that attracted 7,575 entrants. Lazar, who spoke to PokerNews on a Day 3 break, busted in 31st place for $21,950, his second-largest tournament cash since his televised $1.5 million score.
Philip Sternheimer raised to 7,000 in the cutoff, Andjelko Andrejevic flatted on the button, and Tyler Brown called in the big blind.
The flop came 7♣J♦A♠ and action checked through to the 6♦ turn. Brown led out for 18,000, Sternheimer used a timebank card before raising to 56,000, and Andrejevic got out of the way. Brown made the call.
The river landed the 3♣ and both players checked. Brown turned over K♣Q♦10♠7♦ for a pair of sevens and Sternheimer took a long look back at his cards before mucking.
In a pot of 16,000, Josh Greenly bet 10,000 from under the gun on the 8♥9♦K♥ flop. Lou Garza made it 45,000 to go in the hijack, and Greenly responded with a three-bet to 160,000.
Garza quickly moved all in, and Greenly called off his stack of 270,000.
Josh Greenly: A♥J♥10♥5♠
Lou Garza: K♠K♦Q♠7♦
The 10♠ turn did not help Greenly, and the 8♦ river made Garza a full house to lock up the pot and send Greenly to the rail.
Level: 5
Blinds: 1,000/2,500
Ante: 2,500
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