Action folded around to Shirley Williams on the button, who raised to 13,000. Christian Togsverd, who had Williams well covered, re-raised all in from the big blind. Williams made the call for her remaining 71,000 and the players showed...
Williams:
Togsverd:
The pocket Jacks of Shirley Williams held up and she doubled up to about 170,000. Christian Togsverd slips to 244,000.
Raj Verma raises and Carlos Mortensen re-raises in the small blind. Verma re-pops all in for 69,000 and Mortensen calls, turning over . Verma has and it holds up. Mortensen is down to 420,000 and Verma has 155,000.
PokerNews grabbed Kirk Morrison on break from day 3 of the Main Event as we approach the bubble here at the Main Event. We chatted with Kirk about a big hand that set him up for a run into the money after being down to 7k in chips early in the tournament and how he adjusts his bubble play specifically for the Main Event. Kirk's first TV appearance (his final table in the $5k Mixed Hold'em event) aired Tuesday, so we got his thoughts on how it turned out and about media attention for poker players in general.
Three players, including Humberto Brenes limped in and saw a flop of . The big blind bet 15,000 and only Brenes called. The turn was the . The big blind bet 38,500, the exact amount remaining in Brenes' stack, and Brenes called instantly.
"You got me" said the big blind, showing .
Brenes turned over and starting waving his famous "Chark" around, saying something about how the shark might be hungry as the ESPN cameras swarmed.
The river was the , and Brenes doubled up to 153,000.
Both Shirley Williams, and Jane Gold outlasted their poker pro sons David and Jamie. It leads one to wonder, were there any last-longer bets in the Williams and Gold households.
After losing most of his stack in a recent hand, Shawn Chaconas took a stand moving all in with . One player called and showed . Chaconas couldn't improve and headed to the rail.
Bob Lauria pushed all-in on the flop against a single opponent. His opponent called and showed pocket tens while Lauria showed . The turn was the and the river was the , giving Lauria the flush. The other player was eliminated and Lauria became overly excited. He began yelling and cheering at the top of his lungs until Nolan announced over the speakers, "Someone get that man a Milwaukee's Best. And make it a cold one."
Kenny Tran raised 17,000. Darrell "Gigabet" Dicken called. The flop was . Gigabet check-called a 50,000 bet from Tran. The turn was the and both players checked. The river was the . Gigabet checked and Tran bet 80,000. Gigabet went into the tank for a few minutes before he called. He showed and Tran mucked.
PokerNews snagged Sorel ‘Imper1um’ Mizzi on first break of day 3 as we approach the bubble to chat about some bubble play strategy, his re-raise-fest yesterday with Dario Minieri, and his plans on staying aggressive throughout the bubble and after.
We caught up to this hand on the flop. The board read . Matthew Hilger moved all in for 205,000 and Shawn Chaconas made the call. The players showed...
Chaconas:
Hilger:
Hilger caught the on the river to complete his flush and win the pot. He is now at 495,000 while Chaconas slips to 50,000 chips.