Sexton: (8 8) 3 5 T 7 (J)
Viox: (2 6) 6 3 Q 8 (2)
Viox earned his first golden bracelet with two pairs in the following field:
In Event #26 $2,500 NLHE 6-max, 22 players resumed playing on Day 3, of whom six were eventually seated at the final table, including Chris Moorman and PCA Main Event 3rd finisher Anton Ionel. It was the latter to get to play heads-up with young Ukrainian Oleksii Kovalchuk; they went all-in preflop in the last hand:
Kovalchuk: 7 7
Ionel: A 6
Board: 9 5 7 T T
Oleksii Kovalchuk
14 players returned on Day 3 of Event #27 $10,000 Limit Hold'em to play it down to the 9-handed final table. With the elimination of Barry Greenstein, Matthew Gallin remained to play heads-up with Idema. In the last hand, the former called all-in on the J 7 3 flop:
Gallin: Q Q
Idema: J 3
Turn: 8
River: 5
The Canadian player finished 2nd in 2010 in the very same event; now he managed to win it. The payout was as seen below:
The 28 players to make it to Day 3 of WSOP Event #28 $1,500 NLHE included several of the notable names of poker. The 9-handed final table featured an accordingly strong set of grinders; eventually, WPT Player of the Year Andy Frankenberger was playing heads-up with Joshua Evans. On a flop of 5 7 J , Evans shoved his remaining 2,500,000:
Evans: J T
Frankenberger: J 7
Turn: 3
River: 2
Andy Frankenberger
Frankenberger won with two pairs, besting the following players in the finale:
Event #29 $2,500 10-Game Mix/6-Handed resumed on Day 4 with the 3-handed play, featuring Chris Lee, Brian Haveson and Travis Pearson battling for the golden bracelet. After eliminating Pearson and amassing a major lead, Lee did not ease the pressure on Haveson in the heads-up and enlarged his stack even more. Finally, the latter went all-in in 2-7 Triple Draw after the second change. Lee called and stood pat, Haveson changed one card.
Lee: T-9-8-4-2
Haveson: 8-7-5-2
Haveson got a K and so it was Chris Lee to win the event and the WSOP bracelet. The final table finishers were as follows:
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