Xing He raised to 120,000 on the button, which Jack Moore called in the small blind. Yuhong Liu then three-bet to 480,000 from the big blind. He responded with a four-bet shove for 1,360,000, and Moore then put his own 545,000 into the pot. Having both players covered, Liu called.
Jack Moore: J♣9♦7♣5♦
Xing He: K♦K♣10♦8♣
Yuhong Liu: K♠K♥Q♥6♦
"I'd take your hand," one of the other players told Moore, and it would have been a wise choice, as the 5♣5♥7♥ flop gave Moore a full house.
The 10♠ turn and A♣ river completed the board, giving Moore a full triple up, while He and Liu chopped the side pot.
Qingyu Lu potted to 140,000 on the button. Pakinai Lisawad defended his big blind, after which Liu put in his remaining 185,000 on the Q♣4♣10♥ flop. After checking, Lisawad snap-called to put his opponent at risk.
Qingyu Lu: K♥J♠8♠8♣
Pakinai Lisawad: Q♥J♣7♦7♣
Lu turned a higher pair on the K♦, but the 3♣ river completed Lisawad's flush draw to send Lu to the rail on the first hand of the day.
A star-studded field returns to Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas at 1 p.m. local time today as the World Series of Poker (WSOP) prepares to award its 96th gold bracelet of the summer.
After two full days of play, the 892-player field in Event #96: $3,000 6-Handed Pot-Limit Omaha has been reduced to just 18 contenders. By the end of the day, one player will walk away with the bracelet and the top prize of $407,137 from the $2,381,640 prize pool.
Among the top five stacks returning, 2010 Poker Hall of Fame inductee Erik Seidel returns as the most accomplished player remaining in the field. The ten-time bracelet winner brings back 2,860,000 as he looks to capture bracelet number 11. Seidel will first need to reel in the three players ahead of him, led by Christopher Vitch, who enters the final day as the chip leader with 4,710,000.
Biao Ding sits second with 3,940,000 as he chases his first WSOP bracelet. In contrast, five-time bracelet winner Robert Mizrachi rounds out the top three with 3,515,000.
Top Ten Chip Counts
Rank
Player
Country
Chip Count
Big Blinds
1
Christopher Vitch
United States
4,710,000
118
2
Biao Ding
China
3,940,000
99
3
Robert Mizrachi
United States
3,515,000
88
4
Erik Seidel
United States
2,860,000
72
5
Andreas Hagen
Norway
2,855,000
71
6
Pakinai Lisawad
Thailand
2,465,000
62
7
Krasimir Yankov
Bulgaria
2,280,000
57
8
Alex Livingston
Canada
2,230,000
56
9
Joshua Wang
China
2,025,000
51
10
Octavian Vogele
Austria
1,775,000
44
Sam Soverel
Alex Livingston (2,230,000) and Sam Soverel (1,460,000) complete the list of 25K Fantasy Draft picks still in contention, while Xing He (1,280,000) and Robert Cowen (335,000) are the only other bracelet winners remaining in the field.
Day 3 gets underway at 1 p.m. local time, with play continuing until a champion is crowned. Action resumes on Level 23 with blinds of 20,000/40,000 and a 40,000 big blind ante. Each of the 18 returning players is guaranteed $17,319, but all are just 17 eliminations away from the WSOP gold bracelet and the $407,137 top prize.
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