John Farmakoulas limped in and then William Reynolds raised to 80,000. Farmakoulas called and the two saw the flop come down . Farmakoulas had checked in the dark and Reynolds fired 70,000. Farmakoulas called.
The turn brought the and Farmakoulas had checked in the dark again. Reynolds checked behind.
The river completed the board with the and Farmakoulas fired 300,000. Reynolds folded and Farmakoulas showed just the .
After William Reynolds raised to 72,000 from the cutoff seat, Josh Kay reraised all in from the small blind for about 600,000. Reynolds made the call and tabled the . Kay held the . Would we see ducks crack another overpair today?
The board ran out and Reynolds' queens held. He had the larger stack in the hand and sent Kay to the rail in 14th place.
William Reynolds raised to 72,000 to open the pot, and his neighbor Charles Wiper moved all in for 281,000 total. Next to him, chip leader Kurt Jewell tanked for a minute before making the call, and that sent the decision back to Reynolds. He took a moment of his own to think it over, finally sighing out a frustrated, "Fooooold," and flashing . Jewell hissed from across the table, turning up his own . Wiper liked the news; he was all in but well ahead with .
He would not like the next bit of news, however. The dealer ran a flop of , vaulting Jewell into a big lead. Wiper was looking for an ace or some running help cars, but the turn and river failed to provide him with any help. He has been sent off in 15th place, earning a pay bump up to
We saw Daniel Cohen limp into the pot from early position, and both blinds -- Casey Hayes in the big and Ross Keiser in the small -- came along to see a cheap flop.
We were distracted by another hand playing out at the adjacent table, so we'll fill in what we know. We're fairly certain the action checked around on the flop, and Hayes led out with a bet on the turn. Keiser called while Cohen ducked out, and the board read when we turned our attention back to the river card. Hayes fired again, 185,000 now, and Keiser moved all in after some consideration. Hayes snap-called.
"You got a boat?" Keiser asked, tabling his .
Indeed Hayes did, flipping up to take the pot and earn the knockout. Keiser is out as the first casualty of Day 2, pocketing more than $12,000 for his work.
Kurt Jewell raised to 64,000 and Josh Kay reraised to 159,000. Jewell made the call and the flop came down . Both players checked to see the fall on the turn. Both checked again and the river came the . Jewell checked and Kay fired 74,000. Jewell made the call and Kay announced just ace high. Jewell tabled the for fives and threes and won the pot.
Kevin Ammerman raised to 70,000 before Nadezhda Magnus reraised to 170,000. Ammerman made the call and the flop came down . Ammerman moved all in upon seeing the flop for 251,000 and Magnus called. Ammerman turned up the best hand with the , flopping a set of ducks. Magnus held the for an overpair.
The turn brought the and the river the , not helping Magnus retake the lead and she sent over the chips. She was knocked down to about 315,000 while Ammerman doubled to about 900,000.
Welcome back for Day 3 of the World Series of Poker Circuit Main Event here in Hammond, Indiana. Out of the 872 players that began the quest, only 16 remain. Leading the pack is Kurt Jewell with 3,102,000. He's the only player with over three million in chips.
Still remaining are William Reynolds with 1,596,000 and Bryan Devonshire with 1,192,000. Devonshire is going for his second WSOP Circuit Main Event title, having won the RIncon event last season.
Play is set to kick off at 2:00 p.m. local time, which may or may not be delayed a few minutes. Stay tuned right here to PokerNews for all the updates as we go from 16 down to a winner!