Bertrand Grospellier got the action started during a recent hand by making it 22,000 from the button. Ryan Fair in the small blind then moved all in for about 180,000 and Andrew Lichtenberger in the large blind also moved all in for about 205,000. ElkY got out of the way and we had a heads up showdown.
Fair:
Lichtenberger:
Fair needed a jack in order to gain control of the hand. Unfortunately a board ran out and he was subsequently eliminated.
Eddie Blumenthal was first to act under the gun and made it 22,000 to anyone who wanted to see a flop. On his direct left was Alexander Nudin, who three-bet to 100,000. The table folded back to Blumenthal who moved all in on his short stacked opponent. A call was made and both players tabled their hole cards.
Blumenthal:
Nudin:
Blumenthal held a strong lead, and looked to be in great shape to deliver the knock out blow. A flop brought further a further sense of confidence in Blumenthal. A on the turn, and a on the river sealed the deal, and Nudin was sent packing
Craig Bergeron opened from early position, found one caller and was then moved all-in on from Thiago Nishijima from the big blind for his last 230,000. Bergeron called and hands were revealed.
Nishijima:
Bergeron:
The board ran out leaving Bergeron with a pair of aces and eliminating Nishijima.
Welcome back to the Amazon Room for Day 3 of Event 23: $3,000 No-Limit Hold’em Six-Handed! The plan for this final and glorious Day 3 is to have our remaining 18 players duke it out until just one – our champion – remains!
Leading the pack into today is Artem Metalidi, who managed to bag a staggering 1,505,000 yesterday. The only other player starting today who has a seven-figure stack is Luis Rodriguez Cruz with 1,005,000.
Our remaining field is, well, pretty sick. Some names still in contention include Eugene Katchalov, Bertrand Grospellier, Scott Montgomery, Andrew Lichtenberger and Freddy Deeb . Combined, those names alone have over $25 million in live-tournament winnings....yeah.
With so much talent remaining in a six-handed event, you can bet we won't be seeing much traditional ABC poker! Stick with us here at PokerNews as play is scheduled to begin at 1:00 PM local time.