Brian Haveson raised from the button and Chris Lee three-bet it from the big blind. Haveson called and the flop came down . Lee bet and Haveson called.
After the fell on the turn, Lee bet out. Haveson mucked and was left very short.
Brian Haveson: (X)(X) - - fold
Chris Lee: (X)(X) -
Brian Haveson brought in and Chris Lee completed, with Haveson calling. On fourth, Lee fired and Haveson made the call. On fifth, Lee bet and Haveson folded.
On the second hand of play, Travis Pearson raised to 80,000 from the button. Chip leader, Chris "Genius28" Lee reraised from the small blind to 196,000. Action folded back to Pearson and he moved all in for 850,000. Lee made the call and the hands were tabled.
Lee:
Pearson:
The flop came down and Lee took the lead with a pair of aces. The turn was the , which left Pearson drawing to only two tens. The river card was the and that was it. Pearson had been eliminated by Lee and earned $101,258 for his third-place finish.
Welcome back for another unscheduled Day 4 here at the 2011 World Series of Poker. Due to a full ten levels of poker being played on Day 3, Event #29: $2,500 10-Game Mix / Six Handed is returning for an extra day with three players still left. Chris Lee is in the lead with 1.425 million in chips. Brian Haveson sits in second with 997,000 and Travis Pearson in third with 813,000.
First place is $254,955 and all three players left have locked up $101,258 in prize money. Shaun Deeb took fourth place ($67,146), Kendall Fukumoto took fifth ($45,839) and John D'Agostino scored sixth ($32,200) in yesterday's action.
The tournament is scheduled to resume at 4:00 PM PT and this time we're 99.9% assured to make it to a winner today. Who will that be? Be sure to stay tuned to PokerNews for all the live coverage from the 2011 WSOP.
While you're waiting for the event to kick off, you can check out our other live reporting going on. Also, be sure to catch up on what's happening at the WSOP with the June 19th update from the rockin' Sarah Grant.