With about 24,000 in the pot, on a board reading , Richard Gryko led out for 14,200 from the small blind. Rohan Dhawan was on the button and raised to 37,000. Gryko thought for a moment and then called.
The turn was the and Gryko checked. Dhawan wasted no time and fired out a bet of 42,000. Gryko paused again and eventually called.
The river was the and both players checked. Gryko tabled for top pair, top kicker and Dhawan mucked.
Gryko is off to a hot start early, adding to his massive mountain of chips.
Davide Suriano was among the early casualties of the day, bowing out on the table of Oleksii Khoroshenin.
One table over, there were two seat open in quick succession and Robert Sura was responsible for both of them. First he sent Greg Huffman to the rail and Eric Semel followed suit. Semel three-bet all in with the and Sura called with . The board of ended Semel's Main Event run early on Day 3 while someone at the table said "you are a killer, that's two already" over to Sura. The same table also features Kathy Liebert with an above-average stack.
Eddy Sabat moved all in for his last 19,700 and Mark Vanderloo called in the cutoff. From the button, Richard Ramos moved all in for nearly 100,000 and Vanderloo folded.
Sabat:
Ramos:
The board ran out and Sabat was eliminated while Ramos moved to 130,000 in chips.
With 2,572 players ready to start play today, WSOP Tournament Director Jack Effel announced players should be prepared to play into the money before bagging tonight. The top 1,084 players will receive at least $15,000.
WSOP Social Media "Czar" Kevin "Kevmath" Mathers has just announced the shuffle up and deal. Cards in the air on Day 3 of the 2017 WSOP Main Event.