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Anton Wigg during Event #3 with a blurry JP Kelly in the background
First into the pot, Marius Torbergsen opened to 3,800, and JP Kelly called right next door. All the way around in the small blind, Anton Wigg stacked out a reraise, and he made it 14,300 total. Torbergsen took his pause before adding another seven red chips to his own bet to make it a reraise to 38,800 straight. That sent JP Kelly fairly deep into the think tank, though he reluctantly folded after some time. Wigg announced an all in for 61,700, and Torbergsen quickly called the remainder to put his man at risk. Cards up, gents:
Wigg:
Torbergsen:
Phil Ivey asked JP Kelly, "Queens?" A nod of confirmation from Kelly satisfied Ivey's curiosity as Wigg stood up to sweat his fate.
The flop was clean, coming . The turn was an awfully out-y card as it gave Torbergsen another twelve outs to the knockout. The river was safe (and ugly for Kelly), though, and that's a big double up for the Swede. He's all the way up to about 130,000 now.
Daniel Negreanu reached the river of a board where he led out of position for 6,000. JC Tran mulled over his options for a minute before raising to 21,000.
Clearly perplexed by the raise, Negreanu was visibily frustrated and fidgeted in his seat like a fish out of water as he tried to recall the hand.
"Why would you check the turn? I don't get it, JC," he mused. "I can't figure out a hand where you'd check the turn."
"I'm going to need a minute here," he warned. "I've changed my mind seven times."
In the end, he settled on a fold, but was unsure as to whether or not he'd made the right move. "I'm not gonna sleep," he concluded.
Nick Schulman opened to 3,700 from UTG and got one caller before McLean Karr reraised to 14,700 from late position. Schulman asked Karr how much he had behind, which was roughly 40,000 more.
Schulman made it 36,500 and the caller folded. Karr sighed and put his stack in, flipping against Schulman's
The board came and Schulman now has 280,000, a stack to rival Ivey's.
Arnaud Mattern opened to 4,000 from early position, and Stephen Elias three-bet to 9,200 in position. Mattern took a long peek at his opponents's remaining stack (it looked like 37,100 to our eyes) and flicked the call into the pot.
The flop came , and Mattern check-shoved after Elias bet away 8,000 more of his chips. He took a long look at things, but he eventually surrendered, and the crafty Mattern is stacking more chips. We'll count him down in a minute, but we'll guess he's got about 180,000 now.
Tyron Krost's stack is up to 102,000 at the expense of neighbor Adam Fletcher who is down to 26,500 after making a bigger full-house than him. Fletcher raised to 3,600 from the button and was called by Krost in the SB to go to a flop. Fletcher c-bet for 6,000 and was called before both checked through the turn. The river came and Krost led for 6,000 and was called quickly. Krost tabled for a bigger house than Fletcher's .
Daniel Negreanu's running so hot now you could fry an egg on his forehead! After barely having his starting stack during the break, he's now above average with 126,000.
You can tell by the relief on his face when he doubled up after dinner just how much this event means to him. Last year, he was desperately close to toppling Barry Shulman heads-up to become the 2009 WSOPE Champion, but he was ultimately forced to settle for second after an epic battle.
Only the title can improve on last year's showing, and after his recent surge, first is the only position he'll be eying up.
Arnaud Mattern opened preflop to 3,800 before Brian Powell made it 10,700 next to him. Mattern then cold 4-bet to 26,500 and Powell made the call.
The flop was and Mattern fired out 23,500 resulting in a quick call from his opponent. On the turn, Mattern now bet 36,500 and Powell tanked before eventually folding. Mattern showed him the .
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"I know i shouldn't've did that, I know its gon' come right back"
From middle position, Bojan Gledovic raised to 4,000 and Phil Ivey called from the button. These were the only two players to see the flop and it came down . Both checked.
The turn brought the and both checked again as the dealer placed the on the river. Gledovic fired 8,000 and Ivey tossed his hand away, falling a bit more to 260,000.
Yevegniy Timoshenko raised to 4,000 before Chris Moorman reraised to 10,000. Hoyt Corkins four-bet to 25,000 and won the pot to get himself back to 130,000 in chips.
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. The turn 
was an awfully out-y card as it gave Torbergsen another twelve outs to the knockout. The river 
was safe (and ugly for Kelly), though, and that's a big double up for the Swede. He's all the way up to about 130,000 now.
board where he led out of position for 6,000. JC Tran mulled over his options for a minute before raising to 21,000.
against Schulman's 
and Schulman now has 280,000, a stack to rival Ivey's.
, and Mattern check-shoved after Elias bet away 8,000 more of his chips. He took a long look at things, but he eventually surrendered, and the crafty Mattern is stacking more chips. We'll count him down in a minute, but we'll guess he's got about 180,000 now.
turn. The river came 
and Krost led for 6,000 and was called quickly. Krost tabled 
and Mattern fired out 23,500 resulting in a quick call from his opponent. On the 
turn, Mattern now bet 36,500 and Powell tanked before eventually folding. Mattern showed him the 
.
. Both checked.
and both checked again as the dealer placed the 
on the river. Gledovic fired 8,000 and Ivey tossed his hand away, falling a bit more to 260,000.