Marco Traniello raised it up before Ian Gordon put in a three-bet. Traniello made the call and they took a flop of . Traniello bet, Gordon raised before Traniello re-raised all in. Gordon made the call.
Traniello:
Gordon:
Gordon had the overpair but Traniello had straight, flush and low outs. The on the turn changed nothing but the on the river was the perfect card as Traniello made the nut flush to go with his nut low.
Scoop for Traniello doubled him up to 325,000 with Gordon back to 690,000.
As the players took their seats for the final table, the tournament director announced to the players that in order to prevent this final table from going until 8am (a realistic possibility), that they would play until we lost one more player, then we would stop, bag, tag and return to play it out tomorrow.
However, the players were not particularly thrilled by this with Carlos Mortensen and Richard Ashby particularly vocal. They insisted that the "blinds were huge" and that it was a three-day tournament, so it should be played out tonight.
Nick Shulman commented that he didn't sleep last night (we won't question his preparation for day three of a WSOP event!) and wouldn't mind going home and coming back tomorrow.
The decision was then put to the players, however if they couldn't agree to a unanimous decision, then play would stop for the night at eight players.
It appeared that no-one was game to speak up against the pack, and so they all agreed to play it out! Grab your sleeping bags folks!
After a quick pause, the players are now back at the table and the cards are back in the air. We'll be playing until we lose one more player, then taking a dinner break, before moving over to the ESPN feature table to play it out!
Scott Fischman raised from the cutoff, and on the button, Brian Townsend reraised. Matt Glantz folded the small blind, and Carlos Mortensen made it four-bets in the big blind. Fischman snap-folded, and Townsend called. The flop fell , and Mortensen bet out. Townsend put in his last chips, giving Mortensen a few more to call. Townsend turned up and was going to need to improve against Mortensen's . The on the turn didn't help, and the river was equally useless. Townsend shook hands with everyone and made his exit. At least his girlfriend, Kara Scott, was on the rail to give him a hug.
Catching the action on a flop of , Brian Townsend bet and Matt Glantz made the call. The turn was the and Townsend fired and with Glantz making the call.
The river brought the and Townsend released a third barrel, but Glantz responded with a raise. Townsend folded as Glantz took it down uncontested. Townsend slips to 150,000.
Well, whatever these guys took at the break has done the trick, as we've lost another player to now be on the verge of our unofficial final table.
The latest to go was Steve Billirakis who had his last chips in on sixth street against Ian Gordon.
Gordon: () / / ()
Billirakis: () / / ()
Both players tabled full houses as Gordon's sevens full of aces took it down against Billirakis' fives full of eights. A bit of a cooler sees Billirakis departs in 11th place for $39,078.
Cuong Do was all in for his last 11,000 on third street, before Brian Townsend announced a raise. Matt Glantz was showing the as he sighed, "I can see he wants me out," before folding.
The boards ran out as follows:
Do: () / / (X)
Townsend: () / / ()
Townsend made a straight and with no low for either player, Townsend scooped the pot to eliminate Do from the tournament in 12th place.
Michael Chow completed before Marco Johnson raised it up. Chow made the call. On fourth, Chow led out with a bet, before the action was bet, raise, re-raise all in on fifth street.
Chow: () / / ()
Johnson: () / / ()
Johnson made trips and Chow couldn't improve his aces as he departed in 13th place for a payday of $31,851.
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