Smith Sirisakorn had the bring-in and Alex Luneau completed. Sirisakorn called and then led on fourth street with Luneau calling.
On fifth, Luneau bet 40,000 and Sirisakorn called before both players checked sixth.
Sirisakorn: / /
Luneau: / /
On seventh, Luneau bet his final 10,000 and Sirisakorn called.
Luneau tabled his for a pair of aces, but it would Sirisakorn's for sevens up that would see him scoop the pot and eliminate the Frenchman in ninth place for a $13,662 payday.
Naoya Kihara lost a big pot to Jameson Painter on the previous hand where he folded fifth street to a Painter bet and would be left with just one big bet.
After Painter brought it in, Larry Tull completed to 20,000 before Naoya Kihara raised all in for his last 36,000. Painter called, as did Tull. Tull bet fourth and fifth streets with Painter calling once, and then folding fifth.
Painter: / (folded on fifth)
Tull: /
Kihara: /
On sixth, Tull caught the and Kihara the to be left drawing dead.
On seventh, Tull found the and Kihara the , and he would be eliminated in 10th place for a $13,662 payday.
Alex Luneau had the bring-in and Chad Eveslage completed to 15,000. Larry Tull raised and Naoya Kihara called before Eveslage called all in for 21,000. Tull proceded to bet every street thereafter with Kihara calling him down.
Eveslage: / /
Tull: / /
Kihara: / /
On seventh after his bet was called, Tull revealed his and Kihara tabled his to see the side pot chopped.
Once Eveslage revealed his , he would be eliminated in 12th place for a $10,748 payday as Kihara and Tull chopped the main pot also.
From the hijack, Esther Taylor raised to 30,000 and both Alex Luneau and Larry Tull called from the button and big blind, respectively.
The flop fell and the action checked to Taylor who bet 15,000. Luneau folded but Tull check-raised to 30,000 and Taylor called.
The turn landed the and Tull bet 30,000 before Taylor moved all in for her last 35,000 with Tull calling.
Taylor:
Tull;
The river landed the and, with Taylor unable to improve to a full house, she would be eliminated in 13th place for a $8,650 payday as Tull climbs to 820,000 in chips.
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Bleznick close on chip leader Luneau's heels
Welcome back to the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino and the 2017 World Series of Poker for Day 3 of Event #57: $2,500 Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better/Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better Mix!
A total of 405 players took to the felt two days ago to create a prizepool of $911,250 that would see players such as Chris Geroge (58th), Brian Brubaker (51st), Josh Arieh (48th), Shaun Deeb (45th), Yuval Bronshtein (40th), Jeffrey Lisandro (32nd), Lawrence Berg (31st), Kyle Bowker (27th), Matt Grapenthien (23rd), and Jesse Martin (19th) all reach the money but fall by day's end as just 14 players survive into today.
Leading those 14 players is Frenchman Alex Luneau who bagged an impressive 783,000 after scooping a big pot at the end of the play on Day 2. Luneau will looking to use this chip lead as a spring board to capturing his maiden WSOP bracelet. Right on his heels is another player looking to grab his first piece of WSOP gold as Jared Bleznick enters today second in chips with 679,000. The next group of players are all fairly even on the leaderboard and include Barry Greenstein, Jameson Painter, Mikhail Semi, Ester Taylor, and Naoya Kihara.
Play is set to begin at 2 p.m. (PDT) with the PokerNews Live Reporting Team providing continuous live updates of all the Event #57 action. So stay tuned right here to catch every scoop, quarter, and elimination as we look to crown the Event #57 winner, and next 2017 WSOP bracelet winner!
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for a pair of aces, but it would Sirisakorn's 
for sevens up that would see him scoop the pot and eliminate the Frenchman in ninth place for a $13,662 payday.
(folded on fifth)
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and Kihara the 
to be left drawing dead.
and Kihara the 
, and he would be eliminated in 10th place for a $13,662 payday.
and Sirisakorn fired again. Semin put in all his chips, making it just 2,000 more. Sirisakorn threw in the extra pennies.
, hoping for another low card to chop the pot. The river 
/ 
to see the side pot chopped.
, he would be eliminated in 12th place for a $10,748 payday as Kihara and Tull chopped the main pot also.
