Hale Leads Final Six After Day 3 of Event #85: $3,000 Pot-Limit Omaha 6-Handed
Day 3 of Event #85: $3,000 Pot-Limit Omaha 6-Handed has been completed and at the end of the day six players remain with a chance to win the bracelet.
Millard Hale ended the day in pole position with a chip count of 5,410,000. He gathered most of those chips in one of the last hands of the day as he eliminated Joao Vieira in 7th place and destroyed most of Joseph Cheong’s stack in one fell swoop as his aces held to surge to a huge chip stack as the day came to an end.
The start of day chip leader, John Richards finished 2nd in chips with 4,800,000, coming off a fairly steady day that saw him maintain a large stack throughout.
Alan Sternberg (2,625,000) and Evangelos Kokkalis (2,525,000) ended the day as the middling chip counts, Kokkalis having been short at the beginning of the day but chipped up as play wore on.
Ka Kwan Lau joined the aforementioned Cheong as the two super short stacks left as play concluded, having just 695,000 in chips. Meanwhile Cheong finished with 650,000 which is the shortest stack left but may actually seem like a boon for him as he was down to one big blind with 50,000 after the critical hand vs Hale.
The day began with 24 players and began very fast, with the elimination of Caleb King on the very first hand of the day. More eliminations were to follow in quick succession as half the field was trimmed swiftly. What was a speedy day turned into a slow affair. It took just over two hours for the field to be cut from 24 to 11 but it took two and a half hours before Juha Helppi was eliminated in 11th to reduce the field from 11 to 10. The eliminations would come spaced out after that to reduce the field to the final six.
The final six will return on July 15th at 12 p.m. local time with play at level 26 with blinds at 25,000/50,000 and will continue until a winner is determined. PokerNews will as always bring the action live as it happens.
| Room | Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon | 1 | 1 | Joseph Cheong | United States | 650,000 | 11 |
| Amazon | 1 | 2 | Ka Kwan Lau | Hong Kong | 695,000 | 12 |
| Amazon | 1 | 3 | Evangelos Kokkalis | Greece | 2,525,000 | 42 |
| Amazon | 1 | 4 | Millard Hale | United States | 5,400,000 | 90 |
| Amazon | 1 | 5 | John Richards | United States | 4,800,000 | 80 |
| Amazon | 1 | 6 | Alan Sternberg | United States | 2,625,000 | 44 |
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to give Hale the winning hand, eliminate Vieira and leave Cheong with a small nub for a stack.
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to finish Helppi's tournament.
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