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Yevgeniy Timoshenko opened with a raise, and a player behind him moved all in for about 22,000. Action folded back to Timoshenkom, who made the call with 
. His opponent with 
was hoping for at least a race, and wasn't happy to see Yev's hand. He was even less pleased with the 
flop. The 
turn meant he was drawing dead, and he shook hands with the table on his way out. Timoshenko is back up to 175,000 after slipping a bit.
Joe Reitman was all in preflop for his last 15,000 or so holding 
and a player had him at risk with 
.
The board ran 
and Reitman doubled to 33,000 chips.
We've just received word about a rather remarkable WSOP story involving Belgian player Philip Goossens.
Goossens was an online qualifier who made it safely through to day three with 92,400 chips. The story that has been passed on to us, is that Goossens' package with the online poker site only extended until yesterday, and as such we would have to pay out of his own pocket to change his flights and book further accommodation to extend his stay.
Unfortunately Goossens couldn't afford to do that, so instead of seeking some financial assistance from perhaps some friends, family or fellow players, Goossens insted decided to head home, leaving his dead stack to fend for itself.
At the moment his stack is down to 58,900 and it doesn't look like it's going to survive the day.
Jason Somerville raised to 4,000 from middle position and the big blind called. The flop came down 
and the big blind check-called a bet of 5,700 from Somerville.
The turn brought the 
and both players checked. The river produced the and Somerville fired 10,000 after the big blind checked. The player made the call and his queens were the best hand. Somerville mucked without showing and dropped back to 375,000 in chips.
Daniel Negreanu, Hoyt Corkins and one other player were each part of a raised flop that came down 
. Action checked on that street and again when the turn fell 
. At the 
river, Corkins made a small bet of 2,000. It folded one player but Negreanu went for a raise to 8,500. Corkins tanked for about a minute, then dropped calling chips into the pot. Negreanu immediately tapped the table, "Good call." Corkins opened for a rivered pair of sevens and collected the pot.
With around 30,000 in the pot and the flop reading 
, we found both Jon Kalmar and Khamsy Nuanmanee checking the action over to their opponent on the button.
After a few moments of deliberation, he moved all in for 22,900 and Kalmar made the call from the small blind as Nuanmanee folded.
Kalmar:
Opponent: 
The turn of the put Kalmar in the lead, but the 
on the river would be the re-suck that Kalmar didn't want to see as he slipped to 133,000 in chips.
Sergey Serafimov opened for 3,500 in early position and the player on the button reraised to 9,500. The player in the small blind flat-called, and it was back on Serafimov, who went all in. The button re-shoved, the small blind folded (he later claimed that he had folded pocket kings) and they were on their backs.
Serafimov: 
Button gentleman: 
Flop: 
- uh oh...
Turn: - we can only imagine that the guy who folded kings kicked himself, very briefly...
River: wait for it...
...
... 
!
Serafimov rivered a Broadway straight to stay in the game, and he went a bits nuts in the aisle with the shouting and the running around. He was issued with a one round penalty for excessive celebration, but when he returns it will be to a very healthy 160,000 stack.
The table folded around to the blind, and both of them had less than ten big blinds apiece. As such, they agreed to just get it in there in the dark. The small blind moved in without looking, and Joe Reitman called dark from the big blind. There was a long pause to wait for the ESPN cameras, but it turns out they weren't interested, and they motioned for the dealer to continue with the hand.
The small blind rolled over his meager 
, and Reitman slowly tabled his inferior 
, needing to catch a card to stay alive. He caught five of them instead. The dealer spread out , and both players play the board. They'll chop it up, both still down under ten bigs now.
Reitman was all smiles after the chips were pulled back. "The sad thing is that's the fourth best hand I've seen so far today," Reitman quipped.
With the board reading 
, Ernst Hermans led out for 14,200. His neighbor and opponent fingered his chips and stroked his handlebar mustache before making the call.
The river was the , and after a long pause, Hermans fired again, this time to the tune of 23,200. Again, Mr. Handlebar made the call and showed , but Hermans had him pipped with . He now has over 200,000.
With the board reading 
, Johnny Lodden bet 32,600 and an opponent in Seat 7 made the call.
Lodden tabled 
for two pair and his opponent slammed his cards face-down in the muck, complaining that he had a lower two pair.
The Norwegian genius is now up to 148,000 chips.
