Event #58: $1,111 Little One for One Drop No-Limit Hold'em
Day 3 Started
Event #58: $1,111 Little One for One Drop No-Limit Hold'em
Day 3 Started
Welcome to PokerNews' Day 3 coverage of Event #58: $1,111 Little One for One Drop No-Limit Hold'em. The starting field of 4,756 entries is down to just 67 hopefuls, each looking to capture a coveted World Series of Poker gold bracelet, as well as the $663,727 first-place prize. Leading the way into Day 3 is Joseph Wilson with 983,000. Following him in the chip counts are Nghi "Henry" Tran (803,000), Roberto Romanello (781,000), and Mikolaj Zawadzki (715,000).
Others still in the field include Andrey Pateychuk (552,000), Roland Israelashvili (407,000), Allyn Jaffrey Shulman (360,000), Justin Zaki (254,000), Mike Sowers (217,000), Grayson Ramage (166,000), Bryn Kenney (164,000), Joel Micka (125,000) Chris Bjorin (111,000), and Adam Geyer (90,000).
The plan for Day 3 is to play down to a winner, although that will be difficult to reach. So expect 11 levels to be played and the survivors to return tomorrow to play down to a winner. The cards will be in the air at 1 p.m. local time, about 45 minutes from now, so be sure to keep it here throughout the day as the quest towards crowning one of the final bracelet winners of the 2013 WSOP continues!
The tournament dealer has announced that all tables should shuffle up and deal.
Level: 20
Blinds: 5,000/10,000
Ante: 1,000
Aaron Bowser shipped it under the gun, and action folded to Rahul Byrraju, who reraised. Everyone else folded.
Byrraju:
Bowser:
The flop came , giving Boswer a straight draw but Byrraju a flush draw. The turn was the , leaving Bowser drawing to a straight. He got an eight on the river, but it was the , completing Byrraju's flush.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Rahul Byrraju |
385,000
136,000
|
136,000 |
Aaron Bowser | Busted |
Grayson Ramage opened to 20,000 in early position. and Spencer Taylor jammed from late position. Ramage thought for a bit before calling.
Ramage:
Taylor:
Taylor seemed poised to double up after the flop. The turn was a , giving Ramage a flush draw. The dealer burned and turned a for the river, and Ramage's tiniest of flushes was enough to eliminate Taylor.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Grayson Ramage |
290,000
124,000
|
124,000 |
Spencer Taylor | Busted |
Action folded to Phillip Schechter in middle position and he shoved for 149,000. Dmitry Ivanov three-bet shoved from the small blind, only to see Joel Micka call all in for about 120,000 from the big blind.
Schechter:
Ivanov:
Micka:
The board ran out , giving Ivanov a full house to score the double elimination.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Dmitry Ivanov |
690,000
327,000
|
327,000 |
Joel Micka | Busted | |
Phillip Schechter | Busted |
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
David Katalan | Busted | |
Chris Bjorin | Busted | |
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John Myung | Busted | |
Robert Choi | Busted |
Action folded to Bryn Kenney in the small blind, who shoved all in. Mike Sowers called from the big blind.
Kenney:
Sowers:
The flop came down . The turn was the , and Kenney was drawing dead.
The next hand, Sowers continued his blind-battle-winning ways, as he got all in with and made trip jacks against Bradley Wolf, who had ace-high in the big blind.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Mike Sowers |
450,000
233,000
|
233,000 |
Bradley Wolf | Busted | |
Bryn Kenney | Busted | |
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Player | Chips | Progress |
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Adam Geyer | Busted | |
Stephen Bokor | Busted | |
Cory Wood | Busted | |
Richard Dubini | Busted |