There was a raise UTG to 600, called by UTG+1, UTG+2 and the small blind Manig Loeser. Kevin Williams couldn't help himself and moved all-in for his recently doubled up stack.
The first players passed but the third pushed all-in behind and Loeser also folded.
Williams sheepishly turned over in a world of hurt against .
But the board came and Williams made a house so small it would have to be a bungalow.
Almost on cue James Dempsey turned up to sweat his friends, "All-in with four-high Kev? You've narrowed your range."
On the flop of , Ramsey Ajram checked to Martin Hansen, who bet out 900. Ajram made the call and the two saw the turn come the . Both players checked to see the fall on the river. Ajram fired 6,300 and Hansen went into the tank. He found the guts to make the call, despite the large overbet of the pot. He was right in doing so as his beat the of Ajram.
Hansen moved to 25,000 in chips and Ajram dropped to 12,300.
Ali Sarkeshik reached a flop of before moving all in for shrapnel with . His opponent, however, had spiked a pair with , which held up on a turn and river.
Martin Hansen raised to 525 and was called by two opponents, one on the button and one in the big blind. The flop came down and the big blind checked. Hansen fired a continuation bet worth 850. The player on the button moved all in for about 3,000 and the big blind folded. Hansen quickly called as soon as action got back to him.
Hansen held the and was ahead of his opponent's . The turn and river came the , and the board made a straight, causing a chopped pot. So much for more chips for Hansen for the time being. He still has a little over 25,000 though and looks to be leading the way so far.
A player in early position came in raising to 525, and John Tabatabai moved all in for 4,525 a couple seats over. Around the other side of the table, big blind Manig Loeser re-shoved all in over the top, and that sent the initial raiser deep into the tank. He would take several long minutes to decide before open-mucking and letting the other two duke it out.
Showdown
Tabatabai:
Loeser:
"That's all right," Tabatabai said. "I most certainly still have my 'one time' left." But it wasn't going to be this time. The board ran , and that's the end of the day for "Tabs".
Much like the first event here at the 2010 WSOP Europe, the players are dropping very quickly here in Event #3. The antes have kicked into play, but the structure isn't too blame for the massive dropoff of players we've seen through the first few levels. If you've managed to hang onto your starting stack, you'd still have 15 big blinds to work with. From the 202 that began the day, the field is now down to 70. The tournament staff has begun moving players around in order to get all of the tables down to nine players instead of ten. That should also help to pick pace up a slight bit.
The plan is to play a full ten levels today or down to 15% of the starting field so that there is no scare of reaching the money. That 15% would be just about 30 players, so if we get down that low, play will be ending for the night.
JP Kelly opened to 450 from early position but the big blind moved all-in for just over 3,000. Kelly called fairly speedily but was crestfallen to see his dominated badly by the big blind's .
The was a sweat on the flop but the turn and river were blanks that could provide the Englishman with the miracle outdraw he needed.
With just two tables remaining, there's not too much happening on the upper deck of the Empire. Early pace-setter Matt Nieberg has taken his foot off the gas a tad, but he still boasts more than double the average with 19,000.
His last encounter saw him open from UTG+1 to 550, before being called by the button. He then followed up with a continuation bet of 825 on the flop, but folded to his opponent's raise to 2,900.
The button went to show, but seemed to change his mind. "You were going to show me then," pointed out Nieberg, which triggered his opponent to reach across the felt and flip a .
He didn't seem too fussed as to which one he turned over, so it didn't take Columbo to figure out that he'd flopped a set.
in a world of hurt against 
.
and Williams made a house so small it would have to be a bungalow.
, Ramsey Ajram checked to Martin Hansen, who bet out 900. Ajram made the call and the two saw the turn come the 
. Both players checked to see the 
beat the 
of Ajram.
before moving all in for shrapnel with 
. His opponent, however, had spiked a pair with 
, which held up on a 
river.
and was ahead of his opponent's 
. The turn and river came the 
and letting the other two duke it out.
connected rather better than her opponent's 
dominated badly by the big blind's 
.
river were blanks that could provide the Englishman with the miracle outdraw he needed.
flop, but folded to his opponent's raise to 2,900.
