After a , flop the player in the small blind checked and Joe Hachem bet 3,500. The small blind then check-raised to 8,800 and Hachem went into the tank for several minutes. He finally decided to bet enough to set his opponent all in, which was for about 80 percent of his remaining stack. The other player open-mucked his and Hachem showed . He pointed to his kicker and said that's what took him so long to decide. He's now up to 44,000.
Andy Griggs has just doubled up to 57,000. He was heads up with an opponent and the flop was out as before all the chips went in.
Griggs had to his opponent's . The aces held and Griggs is up to 57,000.
According to Lara Miller on the rail, this is Griggs's first live tournament. He is best known as a Country and Western singer who sang us in the first two days of play at this years Main Event.
He's got the backing of the team at Doyle's Room, though. They've spent the last week giving him pointers and specific instructions to follow. Seems to be working okay for now.
We missed the preflop action, but all of John Moore's chips were in the middle and he was facing Ryan Daut. Daut showed against Moore's . The board ran out to make trip jacks for Daut against two pair, aces and jacks, for Moore. Daut climbed to 32,000 on the hand, while Moore was eliminated.