Joe Bui completed from the small blind and WSOP-C Ring winner Drazen Ilich checked in the big. The flop fell and Bui led for 75,000. Ilich moved all in for 430,000 and Bui called.
Bui:
Ilich:
Ilich was ahead with a pair of nines, but Bui had an open-ended straight draw and could catch two pair. The on the turn did not improve Bui's hand however and neither did the on the river, dropping his stack to 380,000 chips.
Charles "Woody" Moore limped from the hijack seat before Jeff Gibralter popped it to 180,000 from his direct left. The action folded back to Moore who called and the dealer flopped .
Moore led for 300,000 and Gibralter raised to 1 million. Moore went into the tank, but eventually folded and Gibralter raked in the pot to push his stack to 3.4 million chips.
Moore is now below ten big blinds with just 440,000 chips.
John Loza chopped a pot right after break, but in the second hand the Austin, Texas native was eliminated from the tournament.
Huy Nguyen opened to 125,000 from the hijack seat and Loza called all in for 75,000 from the cutoff. Bobby "Shooter" Hempkins called from the small blind and the flop fell . Hempkins checked, Nguyen fired 225,000 and Hempkins folded. Loza and Nguyen opened their hands.
Nguyen:
Loza:
Loza was very much alive with two overs, a flush draw and a back-door straight draw, but the and the were both bricks and he was eliminated in 12th place.
Huy Nguyen raised to 95,000 from the small blind and John Loza three-bet to 500,000 from the big. Nguyen four-bet shoved for an additional 1.5 million and Loza called.
Nguyen:
Loza:
Loza was dominated and did not find a queen on the flop (), turn () or river (), crippling him to just 50,000 chips.
Nguyen now has a monster stack with just under four million chips.
Shallum Lynch opened to 100,000 from the hijack seat and the 2010 WSOP-C Southern Indiana Main Event champion Charles "Woody" Moore three-bet to 400,000 on the button. Lynch four-bet all in and Moore was forced to fold.
Lynch tabled and the entire burst into a ruckus.
"Catchin' cards?" Jeff Gibralter poked.
Lynch is now our chip leader with 2.55 million in his stack.
Neal Seiwert went from chip leader to busto in under an hour here on Day 3 of the WSOP-C Choctaw Main Event. He lost two major flips including this one.
Seiwert opened to 95,000 from under the gun and Victor Haynes moved all in for effectively 860,000 from the big blind. Seiwert called.
Seiwert:
Haynes:
The flop was safe for Seiwert, but the spiked on the turn and gave Haynes a leading pair of kings. Seiwert needed one of the two queens to survive, but failed to receive one when the fell on the river.
Seiwert, who hails from Wichita, Kansas, was eliminated in 13th place and will take home $14,369.
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