Event 3: 8th Place – John DePersio ($1,836)

$560 No Limit Hold’em Deep Stack (Re-Entry)
Blinds: 5k/10k/1k ante

Just one hand after Felger’s elimination, Paul Balzano put John DePersio all-in with a three-bet of his own. DePersio had little choice but to call with QcJc only to see he was up against QdQh.

DePersio picked up some needed outs on the KhTs4d flop but was unable to miracle a comeback when the turn/river came 3s/Jd to quickly drop the field to 7 players.

John DePersio
John DePersio

Event 3: 9th Place – David Felger ($1,271)

$560 No Limit Hold’em Deep Stack (Re-Entry)
Blinds: 5k/10k/1k ante

Just three hands later and it was David Felger at risk this time. The short stacks weren’t getting much action but his 56,000 three-bet over Oleg Vayman was met with a call.

Felger was ahead with AhKd against QcJh but Vayman grabbed the lead on the Qh5h4d flop. The 2s turn changed nothing and Felger was sent out in 9th place for $1,271.

14COCO Event 3 David Felger

Event 3: 10th Place – Nigel Murray ($989)

$560 No Limit Hold’em Deep Stack (Re-Entry)
Blinds: 5k/10k/1k ante

Nigel Murray began the final table still sporting a short stack and was able to pick up some chips with early shoves. He moved all-in against from under the gun for 83,000 and found a caller in Michael Goldfarb on the button.

Murray was behind with KhJd versus KdQd and the dealer ran out a drama-free board 7s5d4hKc6c to send the energetic Murray out in 10th place for $989.

Nigel Murray
Nigel Murray

 

Event 3: Final Table

$560 No Limit Hold’em Deep Stack (Re-Entry)
Blinds: 5k/10k/1k ante

Final table seat assignments with chip counts shortly.

SeatPlayer
1Larry Klur
2Richard Leger
3Howard Darnold
4David Felger
5John DePersio
6Paul Balzano
7Michael Goldfarb
8Oleg Vayman
9Chris Bolek
10Nigel Murray

Event 3: 12th Place – Jorge Gomez ($989)

$560 No Limit Hold’em Deep Stack (Re-Entry)
Blinds: 5k/10k/1k ante

Players came back from the short break and immediately got active again. One of the first hands back saw Jorge Gomez all-in with the flop reading Tc8d2s and Chris Bolek called behind after a small tank.

Bolek’s call was correct with Th7h against Jh8h and Gomez found nothing good when the board completed 4h and 2d to send him out in 12th place for $989.

Event 3: In the Money

$560 No Limit Hold’em Deep Stack (Re-Entry)
Blinds: 4k/8k/500 ante

The bubble finally burst but not before Nigel Murray made some noise. The boistrous local has been quiet over the first week but got a little frisky on the bubble.

He was all-in versus Oleg Vayman but looking like the bubble boy with AcJs against KcKh. He stood up, but quickly sat back down when the flop came AhJc5d then stayed that way on the Td turn and boat-friendly Jh.

That stretched hand-for-hand play for more than 30 minutes and they were just about to go on a color up break when Trey Hamel was all-in with Tc8c versus Larry Krul holding AdQc. Hamel was in trouble but found help right off the bat when the flop came Td4d4s but Krul picked up the first part of a backdoor flush draw on the Kd turn.

Krul celebrated when the 7d hit the river while Hamel quickly packed up and hit the rail in 13th with 12 paying.

1st – $18,644
2nd – $10,735
3rd – $7,063
4th – $4,803
5th – $3,814
6th – $2,966
7th – $2,401
8th – $1,836
9th – $1,271
10th – $989
11th – $989
12th – $989

Event 3: Bubble Time

$560 No Limit Hold’em Deep Stack (Re-Entry)
Blinds: 3k/6k/500 ante

It was a quick end for Haim Toorgeman, even after his big double up hand with Quads. He lost a few pots after the redraw and found himself all-in for 70,500 after the Jd6h4c flop. Trey Hamel considered his options and finally called after saying he liked the flop.

Hamel was wrong when he saw his KcJc was in trouble against AdJh but didn’t have to wait long when the dealer dropped the Ks on the turn. No love on the 8d river and Toorgeman was gone in 18th.

Daniel Pearlman, Matthew Mendez, Alfonso Perez, and Igor Skochilo quickly followed Toorgeman out the door to put the tournament on the money bubble.

Event 3: Two Tables

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Blinds: 3k/6k/500 ante

Haim Toorgeman and Alfonso Perez got involved in a hand that played itself. Toorgeman was all-in and in trouble with QcQh against Perez and AsAc.

Toorgeman was happy to see the KsQs9c flop and sat back down in his seat. Perez needed an Ace for the knockout but instead saw Toorgeman hit the overkill Quad Qd to move over 160,000.

While that was going on at Table 3, Alex Bolotin was sent out at Table 6.

Gregory Marcus was sitting comfortably until he doubled up Richard Leger when his 7d7h couldn’t out race As8s. He was gone shortly afterwards along with Ross Fischer and Yuan Shen to get the field down to 18.

Tournament staff are redrawing seats with 12 of them making the money.

TableSeatPlayer
31Haim Toogerman
32Matthew Mendez
33Trey Hamel
34Larry Klur
35Oleg Vayman
36Jorge Gomez
37Daniel Pearlman
38Chris Bolek
39Richard Leger
51John DePersio
52Igor Skochilo
53James Sutherland
54David Felger
55Howard Darnold
56Michael Goldfarb
57Nigel Murray
58Alfonso Perez
59Paul Balzano

Event 3: Color Break

$560 No Limit Hold’em Deep Stack (Re-Entry)
Blinds: 2k/4k/400 ante

Player are on a short 10-minute break as staff race off the black chips with 22 players remaining. Steve Miller was the last to drop out but Michael Goldfarb is moving in the other direction.

He was all-in for 68,000 with Qx3x and Harold Darnold called behind with the better AxKx. They both his the KhQc7d flop and Goldfard called for the trey. He got it with the 3h turn and Darnold responded with “how about an Ace-ball, since we’re calling out cards.”

The river was a blank to get Goldfarb back in the game.