Several hands occurred prior to the shove. Renato Puertas García raised from early position to 115,000, and William Patterson three-bet to 400,000 from the cutoff. Garcia thought for a while and then folded 9♠9♣ face up. Patterson, one of the chip leaders, showed A♣K♦.
On the other hand, Timothy Frasure moved all in from early position for 600,000, and everyone folded. Frasure stated, "I had the same hand as you," speaking to Patterson, and flipped over A♠K♠
Larry Broers shoved in the following hand; Gary Benson raised from the button to 60,000, and Broers three-bet all in for 180,000. Benson called.
Larry Broers: Q♠10♥
Gary Benson: 9♥9♦
The board had many ups and downs with 3♥9♠8♠10♠J♦, as Benson hit a set, then Broers hit a straight on the river.
One of the players offered some sage advice: "Don't get it in ahead."
Christopher Bell in middle position opened for 55,000 and Rambo Halpern called on the button.
The flop came 7♠3♦6♣ and both players checked all the way through the 2♣ turn.
On the river J♥, Bell checked and Halpern fired 35,000. Bell thought about it for a few seconds before calling just to muck his hand after seeing Halpern's Q♣J♠.
Sridhar Sangannagari opened to 45,000 on the button. Da Lu then moved all in for 465,000 from the big blind, and Sangannagari had a think about his options. Eventually, he put in the call.
Da Lu: A♠10♠
Sridhar Sangannagari: 6♠6♥
It was a flip, and Sangannagari kept the lead on the K♠3♦8♣ flop, until the A♣ turn gave his the opponent the best hand, as he was demoted to just two outs. The 4♦ river secured Lu's double, as he sat back down in his chair.
The hand was joined just as Renato Puertas Garcia pushed his 125,000-chip stack all in from the small blind.
William Patterson and James Traber each called.
The flop hit J♠7♦2♠. Patterson bet 25,000. Traber folded.
Renato Puertas Garcia: 10♦10♠
William Patterson: K♠J♥
Patterson had the lead with a pair of jacks on the flop, and the K♥ on the turn gave him two pair, but the 10♣ on the river was just what Garcia needed. Trips took the hand.
Craig Koblis moved all in with is last 45,000 chips from the small blind. Bao Dao, in the big blind, tossed in the call.
Craig Koblis: K♦Q♥
Bao Dao: 3♦2♣
Dao paired his three on the flop and it looked like Koblis was headed home, but in the full runout 3♣8♦10♦8♣K♥, Koblis spiked a king on the river to double-up.
Fred Goldberg, a fixture at WSOP events since bubbling the final table to finish 10th in the 2006 Main Event, holds down that spot in chips heading into Day 3 of Event #46: $1,000 Seniors Championship at Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas.
Goldberg is among 239 players from two flights with a total of 7,538 entries who are vying for the $660,000 winner's share of a massive $6,633,440 prize pool.
The South Floridian, who picked up his lone bracelet in 2007 in a mixed $1,500 Limit/No-Limit Hold'em event, is no stranger to deep runs, having made 15 final tables and 67 cashes in his WSOP career.
Sridhar Sangannagari emerged from Day 2b as the overall chip leader, but there is a lot of poker to be played with two more days on the schedule.
Top 10 Chip Counts
Rank
Player
Country
Chip Count
Big Blinds
1
Sridhar Sangannagari
United States
2,625,000
131
2
Peter Kamaras
Hungary
2,245,000
112
3
Adam Agaev
United States
2,190,000
110
4
Scott Ruegsegger
United States
2,150,000
108
5
Marco Cavallaro
United States
2,000,000
100
6
Todd Brown
United States
1,955,000
98
7
Duy Ho
United States
1,750,000
88
8
Bryan Hyden
United States
1,710,000
86
9
James Traber
United States
1,700,000
85
10
Fred Goldberg
United States
1,645,000
82
In a talented field lacking in big-name star power, there are just seven bracelet winners left. Four-time bracelet winner Farzad Bonyadi (1,425,00000), Joseph Roh (1,160,000), who won a bracelet three years ago in the $600 Ultra Stack, and Christopher Bell (1,000,000) join Goldberg as bracelet winners with more than a million chips.
A year ago, Hall of Famers Scotty Nguyen and Barbara Enright, and seven-time bracelet winner Men "The Master" Nguyen were still battling on Day 3.
Joseph Roh
All players are guaranteed $4,300, but the top seven finishers will take home a six-figure haul.
Remaining Payouts
Place
Prize
Place
Prize
Place
Prize
1
$660,000
9
$70,030
54-62
$12,700
2
$450,000
10-11
$54,600
63-71
$10,600
3
$337,000
12-13
$43,400
72-80
$9,000
4
$254,000
14-17
$34,600
81-89
$7,600
5
$193,000
18-26
$28,000
90-98
$6,500
6
$148,000
27-35
$2,600
99-161
$5,700
7
$114,000
36-44
$18,500
162-224
$5,000
8
$88,000
45-53
$15,200
225-239
$4,300
Cards will fly at 11 a.m. in the Paris Yellow section. Play will begin on Level 21, with blinds at 10,000/20,000 and a 20,000 big blind ante. The schedule calls for ten 60-minute levels, with 15-minute breaks every two levels and a one-hour dinner break after Level 26, which should be around 5:30 p.m.
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