Luke Graham opened to 120,000 on the button, William Looper three-bet to 305,000 from the big blind, and Graham responded with a four-bet all in. Looper quickly called the 900,000-chip bet, and the hands were tabled.
Graham:
Looper:
The flop fell , giving Looper backdoor straight and flush draws, and the turn was the , keeping both draws and taking away Graham's jack outs. The bricked on the river, and Graham was eliminated.
Looper is now our overwhelming chip leader with around 4.4 million chips.
David Grandieri entered Day 3 as the chip leader. Unfortunately for the one-time big stack, he has officially run out of chips.
Jonathan Tamayo opened to 105,000 and Mark Rose flatted from the next seat over. It folded to Grandieri who moved all in for about 800,000 total. Tomayo folded and Rose announced a call.
Rose:
Grandieri:
Grandieri was crushed and needed help to survive. Unfortunately for him, the board ran out and he was forced to settle for a 7th place finish and the $30,974 that accompanies it. Rose, on the other hand, is sitting on a solid stack of 2.05 million.
Chris Hyden opened to 80,000 in the cutoff seat, Luke Graham three-bet shoved for 405,000 in the big blind, and the action was back on Hyden. He sat quietly for 90 seconds or so, then announced, "call."
Hyden:
Graham:
Hyden's hand was crushed, and Graham doubled as the board ran out .
Jonathan Tamayo opened to 85,000 in middle position, David Grandieri three-bet to 170,000 on the button, Tamayo made the call.
Tamayo checked after the dealer fanned , Grandieri fired 155,000, and Tamayo check-raised to 325,000. Grandieri tanked for a but, then folded.
Grandieri, who had just won a nice-sized pot off of Clint Tolbert, dropped down to around 1.05 million chips, while Tamayo now sits with roughly 2.7 million.
The flop read and David Grandieri checked. William Looper tossed out 95,000 only to have Grandieri check-raise to 235,000.
Looper would not be deterred, though, as he came right back over the top for 675,000 total. Grandieri quickly released and Looper took down the pot. Looper has roughly 3.45 million to Grandieri's 950,000.
Chris Hyden opened to 80,000 from under the gun, Jonathan Tamayo called on his direct left, David Grandieri called on the button, and Clint Tolbert three-bet to 250,000 from the small blind.
Hyden tanked for the better part of two minutes, then moved all in for around 1.7 million. The action folded back to Tolbert, who folded as well.