Andreas Hole has rocketed to the top of the chip counts as the remaining 47 players have gone on break, with 43 of them making the money when they return.
2021 World Series of Poker
Hal Rotholz raised from middle position and Michael Wagner called from the big blind.
Both players drew two cards.
Wagner led with a bet and Rotholz raised. Wagner fired back and raised to three bets. Rotholz went into the tank.
After a moment of thought, Rotholz got away from it.
"Do you have trip twos?" asked Rotholz.
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"I had trip threes. I was making the same move!"
Matt Grapenthien has joined Adam Owen over 300,000 chips after dragging a recent pot.
Grapenthien raised the button and was three-bet by Ziya Rahim in the big blind. Grapenthien called and drew two, while Rahim drew one.
Rahim bet out with the lead and Grapenthien called. Both players each drew one card, then checked the next round of betting.
They each drew one again, and Rahim checked once more.
Grapenthien bet and Rahim folded.
Matt Grapenthien's stack has been steadily growing on Day 2, but recently took a small hit courtesy of Ian Feller.
Feller raised in the cutoff and Grapenthien defended his big blind.
Both players drew two, and Grapenthien led out with a bet which Feller called.
On the second draw, Grapenthien drew two and Feller took one.
Grapenthien then check-called a bet and drew one again, while Feller stood pat.
Action on the end was checked through and Feller turned over ![]()
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for the winning hand.
Matthew Schwagler raised under the gun and action folded to Matthew Schultz on the button for another raise to three bets. Schwagler called.
Schwagler drew two cards and Schultz took one.
Schwagler check-called a bet from Schultz after the first draw. Schultz stood pat and Schwagler took two cards.
Schwagler check-called another bet from Schultz after the second draw. Both players stood pat for the third draw.
Schwagler check-called one more bet from Schultz after the third draw and turned over ![]()
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as the losing hand.
Adam Owen continues to grow his chip lead, with no other player in the field yet to cross the 300,000 chip mark.
Niveau: 17
Limites: 5,000/10,000
Ante: 0
Ahmed Amin raised from the cutoff and Conrad Simpson called from the big blind.
Amin stood pat and Simpson drew three cards.
Simpson check-called a bet from Amin after the draw.
Simpson took one card on the second draw and Amin remained pat.
Simpson check-called another bet from Amin after the draw and both players stood pat for the third draw.
Both players checked the third draw and Simpson turned over ![]()
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. Amin mucked the losing hand.
After taking a large chunk of his chips earlier, Adam Owen recently eliminated Steven Gurney-Goldman.
Before the final round of draws, Owen led into his opponent, who called, leaving himself just 1,500 behind.
Owen patted his hand and Gurney-Goldman drew one.
Owen then bet, and Gurney-Goldman smiled and shrugged before tossing in the last of his chips.
Owen showed ![]()
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After falling in the previous pot, John Esposito just got his chips back and then some in a three-way pot with Matt Grapenthien and Ian Feller.
After the final round of draws, Keller checked to Esposito who bet, and got called by both Grapenthien and Feller.
Esposito proudly turned over a wheel to vault his stack over 100,000.