Over at the featured TV table, Gus Hansen might have won the largest pot of the WSOPE main event. He doubled through chipleader Janne Lamsa in the first hand that Lamsa played since he was moved the the table.
I caught the action on the flop of with about 50,000 in the pot. Gus Hansen fired out 50,000 and Janne Lamsa moved all in. Hansen called.
Hansen:
Lamsa:
Hansen was ahead with two pair against Lamsa's flush draw (and second pair). The turn was the and Lamsa was drawing dead after The Great Dane boated up. The river was the and Hansen doubled through Lamsa and took over the chiplead. Hansen increased his stack to 465,000. Lamsa slipped to 150,000.
Somewhere in the UK, Johnny Rotten just said, "Wow, that's a big @#$^% pot."
Today could be a short day as we've lost yet another table, leaving just the two up here on the balcony area.
One table looks particularly menacing with a highly eclectic range of old and new school players with the likes of Dwan and Obrestad locking horns with Joe Beevers and Dave Colclough.
Johannes Korsar -- 115,700
Ian Frazer -- 37,100
Jeff Buffenbarger -- 53,200
Joe Beevers -- 47,500
Annette Obrestad -- 162,500
Aleksander Vathne -- 275,200
Thomas Dwan -- 87,500
Dave Colclough -- 99,400
Kenny Tran, slapped silly with bad beats on Day 2, got a nice boost to start the day today, picking up against Henrik Waltersson's , all the money going in on the flop. Though Johnny Chan offered the table 20-1 against the aces holding, he got no customers, and the on the turn sealed the double-up for Tran and left Waltersson drawing dead.
Ovyind Riisem took his up against Pat Scanlon's and came out on top in the race situation, the board giving him the double-up through one of the largest-stacked Day 3 starters.
Krzysztof Gluszko moved all in before the flop and got a call from James Keys, who tabled the to Gluszko's . The flop was , but the turn was the , making Gluszko a set that was no longer good against Keys' Broadway straight. The river was the and Gluszko was eliminated, while Keys' stack continues to climb.
Joe Beevers is out after entering a pre-flop raising war with Thomas Dwan. By the looks of it, Dwan raised it up from mid position, only for the Hendon Mobber to repop from the small blind. Dwan pushed all-in, putting Joe to a decision for his remaining chips, which totalled around 35k.
Joe ultimately decided to make a stand and called with but was understandably disappointed to be greeted by the sight of the American Airlines, .
The board was a helpless one and Joe was done. As he collected his belongings and went to leave, Annie Duke said "don't forget your sticker" pointing at his little hendonmob badge on the felt, but something tells me that was the least of his worries.
On his way out, I kind of got in the way a little and Joe and I jockeyed from side to side momentarily before Joe was able to pass. "Get me out of here," were Joe's parting words, so I don't think he was too chuffed when the camera crew and interviewer ambushed him.
I think I have a tell on Jamie Gold, everytime he bluffs he turns round and winks at me on the rail. This time three people limp into his big blind and he raises them, turns round and winks at me. They all pass and Gold shows and tells the table "More Poker for you".
Vicky Coren quickly tells him "You think that's a bluff? I dream of getting ."
Over at the featured TV table, Gus Hansen and Daniel Negreanu rumbled. Hansen raised to 6,600 and Negreanu called. The flop was . Both players checked. The turn was the and Negreanu bet 9,600. Hansen called. The river was the . Negreanu bet 25,000 and Hansen tanked for two minutes before he called.
Negreanu:
Hansen:
Hansen's set of Aces lost to Negreanu's flush. Negreanu increased his stack to 150,000. Hansen took a hit, but still retains the chiplead with 390,000.