With the board reading and more than 130,000 in the pot, Scott Seiver checked from the big blind and Antoine Saout bet 63,000 in early position.
Seiver went into the tank, and the tournament director announced that all dealers were to stand up after their current hand was complete so they could start hand-for-hand play. Seiver stayed in the tank for several minutes and then said, "This is so weird!"
He thought for a couple more minutes, and then he flicked his cards into the muck and pounded the table to tell Saout "Good hand."
Saout showed for jack-high and Seiver nodded his head. Several seconds later, Seiver told Saout he was planning on calling the river before Saout bet.
There were four "all in and a call" situations at four separate tables in the first hand on the money bubble.
Hand 1
Dario Sammartino raised from late position and Tex Barch moved all in for 23,000 from the cutoff, which Sammartino called. Once all other tables were finished, it was the first showdown to go ahead.
Tex Barch:
Dario Sammartino:
The board ran out and Barch doubled with a flush, triggering boo's on the tables nearby.
Hand 2
The flop showed and Faraz Jaka had Jason Funke at risk of elimination. The cards were turned over and Funke in the big blind only had to fear running cards.
Jason Funke:
Faraz Jaka:
Funke locked up the double on the turn, making the river a formality.
On the bubble two away from the money, Kenny Shih raised to 15,000 in early position and Roger Campbell called in the big blind. The flop came , and Campbell bet out 15,000. Shih raised to 65,000 and then Campbell moved all in for 225,000. Shih called and Campbell was at risk.
Action was paused and the players kept their cards face down. There were four all-in and calls.
In the first two hands, the shorter stack doubled up, and it was time for Campbell's and Shih's hands to be revealed.
Campbell had for the nut flush draw against Shih's for a flush. Campbell needed a heart to stay alive in the tournament, but he didn't find it on the turn or the river.
Campbell finished in 1086th place with one more all-in and call yet to show down.
Davidi Kitai, three-time bracelet winner and a regular on the European (High Roller) poker circuit, opened under the gun for 14,000 with blinds at 3,000 and 6,000. Quan Zhou, a Chinese high stakes regular who frequents the games in Europe as well, three-bet to 32,000 two spots down the table. Action folded back around to Kitai and he called.
The flop came and Kitai carefully tapped the table to indicate a check. Zhou checked behind rather quickly.
The hit the turn and Kitai bet 27,000. Without giving himself much time to think, Zhou raised to 70,000. Kitai called.
As the completed the board, Kitai checked. Zhou shoved all in for 376,000 and Kitai instantly called, and showed his for the rivered full house. Zhou tabled for the failed bluff.
Both their hands were quickly turned over again by the dealer as there were more all ins to wait for. After three more all in and calls had been played out (in two the short stacks won, in the third the short stack lost), it was finally time for the moment to show the cards to the public. Tournament Director Jack Effel came over and asked the two players to reveal their hands. Kitai was first and showed his full house. Zhou casually threw open his failed bluff and waved to the crowd, while players began celebrating the fact they had just cashed.
Quan Zhou and Roger Campbell played a single hand to determine who finished in 1,086th and 1,085th, a hand won by Zhou. With that win, Zhou officially finished in 1,085th place, earning himself a ticket for the 2018 WSOP, worth $10,000.
Le Jour 3 s'est tenu la nuit dernière au Rio. L'heure de la grande réunification pour les 2572 survivants du Main Event des World Series of Poker 2017. 14 heures plus tard, les rescapés du tournoi entraient finalement dans l'argent pour un min-cash de 15.000$.
Quan Zhou s'incline dans un pot 3 bet où il a essayé de bluff le Team Pro WinamaxDavidi Kitai. Le Belge avait Full House et n'a pas hésité une seconde quand son adversaire a fait tapis avec hauteur . Il termine la journée avec plus d'un million de jetons.
Les survivants du tournoi pouvaient eux laisser exploser de joie avant d'emballer leurs jetons. Alors que Zhou a overbet rivière pour lâcher ses 75 blindes, Jeff Del Castilho a passé l'obstacle avec moins d'une blinde !
Saout dans les hauteurs du classement
Le patron du tournoi à l'issue du Jour 3 se nomma Patrick Lavecchia (1,552,000). Pawel Brzeski (1,546,000) est juste derrière tout comme l'ancien finaliste tricolore, Antoine Saout (1,529,000) ! Ce dernier avait frôlé l'élimination quelques heures plus tôt mais avait été chanceux contre Scott Seiver.
In the money with 1,529 million! Avg is 333k. bb6k. Won a sick KK>AA to stay alive then some grind.
— Antoine Saout (@tonio292)
Le Breton devance Jeremiah Fitzpatrick (1,523,000), Derek Bowers (1,376,000) ou encore Mickey Craft. (1,345,000) et le chipleader à l'issue du Jour 2, le Britannique Artan Dedusha (1,288,000).
Place
Joueur
Pays
Chipcount
1
Patrick Lavecchia
United States
1,552,000
2
Pawel Brzeski
Poland
1,546,000
3
Antoine Saout
France
1,529,000
4
Jeremiah Fitzpatrick
United States
1,523,000
5
Derek Bowers
United States
1,376,000
6
Ibrahim Nasief
Mexico
1,350,000
7
Mickey Craft
United States
1,345,000
8
Scott Blumstein
United States
1,340,000
9
Artan Dedusha
United Kingdom
1,288,000
10
Greg Dyer
United States
1,276,000
Une soixantaine de joueurs tricolores étaient présents à l'entame du Jour 3, 27 joueurs français ont fait l'argent et seront au Jour 4 avec la fierté d'avoir atteint au moins l'argent sur le plus prestigieux tournoi du monde.
Pas de place payée en revanche pour Brian Rast, Cary Katz, Mike Matusow, Sam Greenwood, Adrian Mateos, Jason Mercier, Joe Hachem, Johnny Chan, Greg Raymer et Tom McEvoy.
Il y a eu de la casse et des regrets côté français avec une trentaine de ressortissants qui chutent à quelques encablures de l'argent : Estelle Denis, Michel Abécassis, Giuseppe Zarbo, David Benyamine, Eric Sfez, Edouard Mignot, François Pelletant, Richard Dromzee, Romain Lefebvre de Rieux, Adrien Favrefelix, Adriano Di Fatta, Romain Nardin, Louis Linard, Nicolas Le Floch, Jérémie Sarda, Fabrice Soulier, Clément Richez, François Tosques, Benjamin Nicolas-[Removed:372], Jean Montury, Benoît Albiges, Yann Brosolo, Sayed Moussavi Nameghi, Arnaud Mattern, Alexandre Viard, Anthony Kazgandjian, Vincent Dupuy, Anthony Apicelia, Grégory Benac et Alexandre Amiel repartent les mains vides.
Les survivants reviennent à 20 heures avec 60 minutes à jouer sur les blindes 3000-6000 (1000), cela devrait sauter comme du pop-corn à la reprise. L'action est à suivre en direct sur PokerNews.