Smith Sirisakorn scooped a pot against Abdel Hamid and took down another in the next hand, facing Barry Greenstein in a blind-versus-blind battle.
Sirisakorn raised preflop and then barreled flop and turn. Greenstein called on each occasion before the river went check-check with the board showing .
Sirisakorn opened his for top two pairs and raked in the pot.
Samoeun Mon had the bring-in and Larry Tull completed. Esther Taylor called, as did Mon. Tull bet out on every street with Taylor calling him down as Mon dropped out on fourth.
Mon: / (folded on fourth)
Tull: / /
Taylor: / /
After Tull's bet was called on seventh, he tabled his for a full house, and Taylor mucked while dropping to 55,000. Tull is now up to 560,000.
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Bleznick close on chip leader Luneau's heels
Welcome back to the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino and the 2017 World Series of Poker for Day 3 of Event #57: $2,500 Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better/Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better Mix!
A total of 405 players took to the felt two days ago to create a prizepool of $911,250 that would see players such as Chris Geroge (58th), Brian Brubaker (51st), Josh Arieh (48th), Shaun Deeb (45th), Yuval Bronshtein (40th), Jeffrey Lisandro (32nd), Lawrence Berg (31st), Kyle Bowker (27th), Matt Grapenthien (23rd), and Jesse Martin (19th) all reach the money but fall by day's end as just 14 players survive into today.
Leading those 14 players is Frenchman Alex Luneau who bagged an impressive 783,000 after scooping a big pot at the end of the play on Day 2. Luneau will looking to use this chip lead as a spring board to capturing his maiden WSOP bracelet. Right on his heels is another player looking to grab his first piece of WSOP gold as Jared Bleznick enters today second in chips with 679,000. The next group of players are all fairly even on the leaderboard and include Barry Greenstein, Jameson Painter, Mikhail Semi, Ester Taylor, and Naoya Kihara.
Play is set to begin at 2 p.m. (PDT) with the PokerNews Live Reporting Team providing continuous live updates of all the Event #57 action. So stay tuned right here to catch every scoop, quarter, and elimination as we look to crown the Event #57 winner, and next 2017 WSOP bracelet winner!
Table
Seat
Player
Country
Chip Count
713
1
John Sorgen
United States
295,000
713
2
--empty--
--
--
713
3
Abdel Hamid
United States
121,000
713
4
Mikhail Semin
Russia
249,000
713
5
Smith Sirisakorn
United States
548,000
713
6
Barry Greenstein
United States
417,000
713
7
Jared Bleznick
United States
679,000
713
8
Bonnie Rossi
United States
365,000
714
1
Chad Eveslage
United States
414,000
714
2
--empty--
--
--
714
3
Larry Tull
United States
418,000
714
4
Naoya Kihara
Japan
185,000
714
5
Jameson Painter
United States
257,000
714
6
Esther Taylor
United States
189,000
714
7
Samoeun Mon
United States
165,000
714
8
Alex Luneau
France
783,000
Event #57: $2,500 Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better/Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better Mix
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for top two pairs and raked in the pot.
(folded on fourth)
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