Joe Mitchell and David Williams both checked on a flop of , and Mitchell check-called a bet from Williams on the turn ().
The river was the , Mitchell checked again, and Williams tossed out a bet. Mitchell called, and Williams showed for another bluff. Mitchell revealed for trip fours and dragged the pot.
David Williams raised in the cutoff, Jordan Morgan defended his big blind, and the two took a flop of . Morgan check-called a bet, both players knuckled on the turn () and the completed the board.
Morgan checked, Williams bet, and Morgan called.
"Jack-high," Williams said with a wry smile.
Morgan showed for a pair of queens and scooped the pot.
Scott Abrams opened for a raise and Michael Bees called from the small blind. David Williams joined in by calling from the big blind. The flop came and Bees checked. Williams bet and both Abrams and Bees called.
The turn was the and Bees checked, Williams bet, and Abrams raised. Bees and Williams called.
The river was the and Bees led out. A frustrated Williams quickly folded and Abrams made the call. Bees turned over for the nut low with a five high flush. Abrams folded and Williams told Bees that he had flopped a set of kings.
A short-stacked Melissa Burr would get her last 51,000 in chips preflop against Jordan Morgan. Their hands were revealed:
Burr:
Morgan:
The flop came , giving Morgan a low and a pair of sixes to go with a baby flush draw. Burr had an open-ended straight draw to go with a pair of sevens which was in the lead. The turn was the which changed nothing. The river, however, was the to give Morgan trip sixes, good enough to knock Burr out in 13th place. Everyone at the table congratulated Burr who was gracious in her departure.
Melissa Burr was all in and at risk preflop against Scott Abrams for a very short stack, and the hands were tabled.
Burr:
Abrams:
Burr received a full double as the board rolled out with a simple pair of fives.
At the same time, Steve Lustig is also very short, but he found two doubles.
The first was with against the of Zack Milchman. The flop, turn, and river came , bringing Lustig to around 50,000. He then picked up the blinds a few times, then was at risk once more with against Don Zewin's .
Lustig scooped when the board came , and is now over 130,000 chips.
Brett Richey would get all but a few of his chips in preflop when he four-bet Don Zewin. The last of them would find their way into the middle on the flop.
"Got anything," asked Richey as he turned over .
"Just a jack and a draw," answered Zewin as he revealed .
The turn would give Zewin two pair as it was the . The river was the which changed nothing and Zewin delivered the knock out blow to Richey, who was eliminated in 14th place for $14,122.
Matt Glantz raised from under the gun, Ismael Bojang called out of the small blind, and the flop came . Bojang check-raised Glantz, who called, and the turn was the . Bojang led out, and Glantz called.
The river was the , Bojang fired out another bet, and Glantz folded.
A few hands later, Bojang raised in the hijack seat and Steve Lustig and Zack Milchman called out of the blinds. Both players check-called a bet from Bojang on a flop of , and the turn was the . All three players checked.
The action checked to Bojang once again on the river (), and he dragged the pot with an uncontested bet.
After being crippled down to his last 25,000 in a pot against John D'Agostino, Sun Kwak would get chips in against Scott Abrams holding with Abrams having .
The board would run out to give Abrams trip kings which was good enough to eliminate Kwak in 15th place.
David Williams joins the PokerNews Podcast before the start of Day 3 of Event #59 to discuss Daniel Colman winning the BIG ONE for ONE DROP, his disregard for the media, and more. Jason, Donnie, and Rich continue the discussion in the second half of the show, and also talk about the "dispute" that lead to the Macau-based players skipping the $1 million tournament.