Event #30 $3,000 buyin NLHE now has Day 3 !!

Event #30
$3,000 No-Limit Hold 'Em
Entries: 651
Prize Pool: $1,796,760

2:36 PM
Sica raises $70,000 from the big blind, and Kabbaj calls. The flop comes 2s 9s Js. Sica moves all in, Kabbaj calls. Sica shows Qc Qh, Kabbaj shows Kc 9h. The turn comes Jd, the river comes 6c. Kabbaj is eliminated in 2nd, and Sica wins the $3,000 No-Limit Hold 'Em bracelet.



2:30 PM
Chip Count (approximate):
Mike Sica $1,005,000
John Kabbaj $850,000

Event #30
$3,000 No-Limit Hold 'Em
Entries: 651
Prize Pool: $1,796,760

2:36 PM
Sica raises $70,000 from the big blind, and Kabbaj calls. The flop comes 2s 9s Js. Sica moves all in, Kabbaj calls. Sica shows Qc Qh, Kabbaj shows Kc 9h. The turn comes Jd, the river comes 6c. Kabbaj is eliminated in 2nd, and Sica wins the $3,000 No-Limit Hold 'Em bracelet.



2:30 PM
Chip Count (approximate):
Mike Sica $1,005,000
John Kabbaj $850,000

2:22 PM
Kabbaj folds from the button, Sica raises to $100,000, Vaswani reraises all in, and Sica calls. Vaswani shows 8-8, Sica shows Q-J. The board comes 9s 7h Qh 9h Kh. Sica makes queens on the flop and wins with a heart flush. Vaswani is eliminated in 3rd.

2:16 PM
Kabbaj raises to $90,000 from the button, Vaswani raises all in, and Kabbaj folds.

Shortly thereafter, Sica raises to $100,000 from the button, Vaswani raises all in, and Sica calls. Vaswani shows As 5s, Sica shows Kd 2h. The flop comes 3d 6d 7c. The turn comes Ad, pairing Vaswani's ace, but giving Sica a flush draw. The river spikes 4d. Sica catches runner-runner diamonds and wins with a flush. Vaswani is down to about $470,000, Sica has over $600,000.

2:00 PM
Play resumes.

3:45 AM
The players have elected to quit for the night. Play will resume tomorrow at 2:00 PM, with the blinds at $15,000-$30,000 ($5,000 ante).

Chip Count:
John Kabbaj $900,000
Ram Vaswani $655,000
Mike Sica $400,000

3:41 AM
Kelleher gets all in preflop with Qc Qh against Kabbaj's Kh Kd. The flop comes Qd 9d Kc, with both players making a set. Kelleher's only out is the fourth queen. The turn comes Ah, the river comes 4d. Kelleher is eliminated in 4th.

3:00 AM
Sica gets all in preflop with 9c 9s against Kabbaj's Jh Jd. Sica is facing elimination. The board comes 4h 9h 4d 5c 3s. Sica doubles up to about $400,000. Kabbaj is down to about $450,000.

2:40 AM
Persson gets all in preflop with 8s 8d against Vaswani's Ac Qh. The board comes Qc 3d 4d 3h Ah, and Persson is eliminated in 5th.

2:12 AM
Chip Count:
Mike Sica $469,000
John Kabbaj $450,000
Tobias Pressner $370,000
Ram Vaswani $346,000
Alan Kelleher $218,000

Blinds increase to $10,000-$20,000 ($3,000 ante).

1:53 AM
Sica raises $35,000 from the small blind, Phillips moves in for $112,000, and Sica calls. Phillips shows 4h 4c, Sica shows Kh Qd. The board comes Ks 9h 10s 8c 10c. Phillips is eliminated in 6th.
Sica is now the only remaining American.

1:24 AM
Phillips moves all in from under the gun for $75,000. Kabbaj calls. Phillips shows Ad 6d, Kabbaj shows As 9s. The board comes 6c 5s 2d Jc 7h. Phillips doubles through Kabbaj again, to about $190,000.

1:15 AM
Kabbaj raises to $60,000, Phillips moves all in from the big blind. Kabbaj shows 9d 9h, Phillips shows Kh 10s. The board comes 7s 3c 10h Qd 3s. Phillips rebuilds to about $100,000.

1:05 AM
Phillips makes it $50,000 to go, Kabbaj raises to $150,000, Phillips reraises all in, and Kabbaj calls. Phillips has Qs Qh, Kabbaj has 7s 7d. The board comes 9d 10c 8d Kc 6s. The six spikes on the river, giving Kabbaj a straight (a jack would have given Phillips the higher straight). Phillips is down to about $40,000. Kabbaj becomes chip leader with over $700,000.

12:46 AM
Kelleher opens for $60,000, Phillips reraises all in for $187,000 from the big blind, and Kelleher folds.

12:29 AM
Vaswani raises, and Mills raises all in for $75,000 more. Vaswani calls. Mills has Ks Qs, Vaswani has A-10. The board comes 3s 2c 6c 7s 3h. Mills makes a flush draw on the turn but misses on the river. Mills is eliminated in 7th. Vaswani becomes chip leader with about $450,000.

12:20 AM
Chip Count:
Alan Kelleher $430,000
Mike Sica $392,000
John Kabbaj $333,000
Paul Phillips $242,000
Ram Vaswani $237,000
Tobias Persson $196,000
Mickey "Mouse" Mills $123,000

Blinds increase to $8,000-$16,000 ($3,000 ante).

11:36 PM
Miami John moves all in with Q-10 and Kabbaj calls with A-A. The board comes 8c 5h 6c 4d 4c. Miami John is eliminated in 8th.

11:22 PM
Under the gun, Phillips makes it $35,000 to go. Vaswani raises all in for about $106,000. Phillips calls. Vaswani has Kd Kc, Phillips has 10h 8h. The board comes 10c 9d 2s 7h Qs. Vaswani doubles up to about $250,000. Phillips's loss puts Kelleher back in the chip lead.

Next hand, Vaswani makes it $35,000 to go, Persson moves all in for $92,000, and Vaswani folds.

10:56 PM
Miami John doubles up through Mills to about $100,000.

10:30 PM
Chip Count:
Paul Phillips $488,000
Mike Sica $373,000
Mickey "Mouse" Mills $259,000
Ram Vaswani $220,000
John Kabbaj $208,000
Tobias Persson $176,000
Alan Kelleher $159,000
"Miami" John Cernuto $70,000

Blinds increase to $6,000-$12,000 ($2,000 ante).

Vaswani has been forced to give up several pots in which he invested a large preflop raise.
Short stack Miami John survived an earlier all in, but continues to struggle.

9:38 PM
Kurt moves all in from under the gun. Phillips calls from the small blind, Miami John calls from the big blind. The board comes Kc 2s Kh 10h Ks. Phillips and Miami John check it all the way down. Phillips wins the pot with Q-J. I believe that Kurt had 6d 9d. Kurt is eliminated in 9th.

9:28 PM
Sica doubles up through Persson.

9:06 PM
Kelleher wins a nearly $200,000 pot after Vaswani folds to Kelleher's $75,000 bet on the river.

8:50 PM
Play begins.

Final Table
Seat 7. Paul Phillips $411,000
Seat 3. Ram Vaswani $370,000
Seat 4. Tobias Persson $261,000
Seat 2. Alan Kelleher $239,000
Seat 6. Mike Sica $227,000
Seat 1. John Kabbaj $161,000
Seat 8. "Miami" John Cernuto $117,000
Seat 5. Mickey "Mouse" Mills $99,000
Seat 9. Yusuf Kurt $68,000

Blinds start at $5,000-$10,000, $1,000 ante.

6:35 PM
Break for ESPN interviews. Play will resume at 8:30 PM.

5:45 PM
Chip Count (Table 93, approximate):
Tobias Persson $210,000
Mike Sica $200,000
John Kabbaj $140,000
Mickey "Mouse" Mills $120,000
"Miami" John Cernuto $70,000
Amir Vahedi $70,000

5:36 PM
Chip Count (Table 94, approximate):
Alan Kelleher $230,000
Paul Phillips $200,000
Bob Armstrong $200,000
Ram Vaswani $190,000
Yusuf Kurt $140,000
Michael Keiner $90,000
Jon Friedburg $50,000

4:40 PM
Chip Count (Table 93):
Frank Callaghan $27,000
Mickey "Mouse" Mills $69,000
John Kabbaj $63,000
"Miami" John Cernuto $140,000
Amir Vahedi $195,000
Tobias Persson $235,000
Mike Sica $124,000

Results thus far:
1st Mike Sica $503,160
2nd John Kabbaj $260,520
3rd Ram Vaswani $143,740
4th Alan Kelleher $125,780
5th Tobias Persson $107,800
6th Paul Phillips $89,840
7th Mickey "Mouse" Mills $71,860
8th "Miami" John Cernuto $53,900
9th Yusuf Kurt $35,940
10th Bob Armstrong $19,760
11th Michael Keiner $19,760
12th Jon Friedberg $19,760
13th Amir Vahedi $16,180
14th Frank Callaghan $16,180
15th John Juanda $16,180
16th Jonathan Fhal $12,580
17th Tony Cousineau $12,580
18th Steven Suh $12,580
19th Gerald Cheatam $8,980
20th Bernd Stadlbauer $8,980
21st Hilbert Shirey $8,980
22nd Annie Duke $8,980
23rd J.D. Higgins $8,980
24th Don Mosley $8,980
25th Gavin Griffin $8,980
26th Kevin Song $8,980
27th Martin De Knijff $8,980
28th Stan Goldstein $6,280
29th Johnny Chan $6,280
30th Charles Wight $6,280
31st Reggie Cardiel $6,280
32nd Scott Mayfield $6,280
33rd Kevin Lazzard $6,280
34th Barny Boatman $6,280
35th Claus Nielsen $6,280
36th Allan Stonum $6,280
37th Shawn Buchman $5,380
38th Surinder Sunar $5,380
39th Carlos Fuentes $5,380
40th Kristy Gazes $5,380
41st Randy McKay $5,380
42nd Kathy Kolberg $5,380
43rd Raul Oliveira $5,380
44th Greg Wynn $5,380
45th Johan Storakers $5,380
46th Mike Guttman $4,500
47th Chuc Hoang $4,500
48th Ronnie De Beaux-Lox $4,500
49th Milton Meyers $4,500
50th William Blanda $4,500
51st "Captain" Tom Franklin $4,500
52nd Nils Paulsen $4,500
53rd Anthony Tran $4,500
54th Sam Grizzle $4,500
55th Galen Kester $3,600
56th Abraham Tannous $3,600
57th Blair Rodman $3,600
58th Ralph Levine $3,600
59th Flan Pilkington $3,600
60th Kostantin Anastasyadis $3,600
61st Bradley Louder $3,600
62nd Vladimir Kovalchuk $3,600
63rd Shai Agassi $3,600

Start List for Today (25 players start)
Table, Seat, Name (Hometown) Chips
T92, S3, Gavin Griffin (Darien, IL) $125,500
T92, S5, Ram Vaswani (Hendon, England) $98,500
T92, S4, Tobias Persson (Malmo, Sweden) $96,000
T92, S6, Michael Keiner (Braunfelt) $75,000
T92, S1, Frank Callaghan (Dublin, Ireland) $45,500
T92, S7, Tony Cousineau (Daytona Beach, FL) $39,000
T92, S2, Jon Friedberg (Las Vegas, NV) $22,500
T92, S9, Hilbert Shirey (Winter Haven, FL) $18,500

T94, S5, "Miami" John Cernuto (Las Vegas, NV) $181,000
T94, S9, Bob Armstrong (Oaklyn, NJ) $108,500
T94, S2, Yusuf Kurt (Austria) $101,500
T94, S1, John Kabbaj (London, England) $64,500
T94, S8, Bernd Stadlbauer (Vienna, Austria) $64,000
T94, S7, Don Moseley (Houston, TX) $51,000
T94, S3, Steven Suh (Aliso Viejo, CA) $43,500
T94, S6, J.D. Higgins (Ireland) $15,000

T93, S1, Alan Kelleher (Ireland) $257,500
T93, S4, Paul Phillips (Las Vegas, NV) $116,500
T93, S9, Amir Vahedi (Sherman Oaks, CA) $89,000
T93, S6, Jonathan Fhal (unknown) $88,500
T93, S3, Gerald Cheatam (unknown) $75,000
T93, S5, John Juanda (Marina Del Rey, CA) $50,500
T93, S7, Mickey "Mouse" Mills (Ocean Beach, CA) $43,000
T93, S8, Annie Duke (Portland, OR) $23,500