Martins Kleins raised from the button and called when short stacks Edward Hislop in the small blind and big blind Jeffrey Silverstein got their chips in.
Martins Kleins:
Edward Hislop:
Jeffrey Silverstein:
The board ran out . Silverstein, who has been riding the short stack for most of the tournament, made queens and sixes and earned a triple-up. Silverstein has vowed to use his prize money to enter the Main Event for the first time.
Michael Rocco opened and small blind Yunsheng Sun three-bet. Sean Hegarty then moved all in from the small blind for 690,000 and both Rocco and Sun called.
The flop was , and after Sun moved all in, Rocco stepped aside.
Sean Hegarty:
Yunsheng Sun:
The turn was the and the river the , eliminating Hegarty.
Welcome to Day 3 of Event #63: $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em at the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino.
Patrick Truong starts the day as chip leader with 1,130,000 while Michael Amato is second with 1,111,000 and Ryan Hughes third with 1,040,000. The three Americans are the only players out of 20 remaining with more than 1 million currently, but there is a long way to go and a very talented collection of players still in for a $1K event.
The final group includes three multiple bracelet winners. John Monnette has three to his name while Ryan Hughes and Andy Frankenberger have two apiece.
One of the other players in the field hungry for their first taste of ultimate WSOP glory is Eddy Sabat. He has already notched up four cashes so far this summer, with his biggest score a fourth place in Event #29, the $2,500 NLHE event for $143,148.
From an original field of 1,750 and after 21 hours of live poker so far, the survivors are set to play down to a winner today. When two players have been eliminated there will be a full redraw for two tables, then a final redraw for the final 10 players.
Cards are in the air at 12 noon and PokerNews will be on hand to bring you exclusive coverage including hand-for-hand reporting starting from the official final table of nine. Stay tuned to follow along as the World Series of Poker crowns a new champion who will wrap the famous gold bracelet around their wrist and pocket $262,501.
. Silverstein, who has been riding the short stack for most of the tournament, made queens and sixes and earned a triple-up. Silverstein has vowed to use his prize money to enter the Main Event for the first time.
and Frankenburger doubled with a flush.
. Randal Sklar couldn’t get any help from the deck and he was the next to fall.
and Sabat got a double-up.
and Rocco flopped a straight to eliminate Koss.
, eliminating Hegarty.
