Brandon Shack-Harris, Daniel Negreanu, and Richard Ashby had all been eliminated from this tournament, which left George Danzer with a freeroll to extend his 2014 World Series of Poker Player of the Year lead. Unfortunately for the German, any chance of that happening just came to an end courtesy of Michael Wang.
We missed the hand, but Danzer was kind enough to provide us some details after the fact. According to him, it was a "classic PLO" hand. A raising war left him with a pot-sized bet behind, and he got it in on a flop against Wang.
Wang:
Danzer:
Danzer had two pair with his double-suited hand, which matched two of the same suit on the flop. On the other hand, Wang just had the aces... that is until a on the turn gave him two pair to counterfeit Danzer. The river was a blank, and that was all she wrote for Danzer in Event #3.
Daniel Negreanu registered this event late, and he didn't stay long.
Negreanu grew short and opened a pot for 300. After two others limped, Scott Davies raised the size of the pot to 1,500. Negreanu committed for 1,600 total, the player on the button called, and Davies called the additional 100.
The flop saw Davies bet, and his opponent on the button folded. Davies tabled for flopped quads, which of course had Negreanu's drawing dead.
A short-stacked Brandon Shack-Harris opened for 325 from middle position only to have Jordan Kilner, who was seated to his immediate left, three-bet to 700. Action folded back to Shack-Harris, who called off for 575 total.
Shack-Harris:
Kilner:
Shack-Harris was in need of some help, but the flop was dry as could be. Shack-Harris needed running cards to stay alive, but the turn took away any chance of that happening.
"Good luck," Shack-Harris offered even before the river made his elimination official.
Meanwhile, Daniel Negreanu, who is also contending for the 2014 WSOP POY title, has entered the tournament. He has a chance to catch Shack-Harris, though the current leader, George Danzer, is still alive here in Event #3.
Earlier in the day, Jan Suchanek played an interesting hand that resulted in him getting a lot of chips. The problem is he's not exactly sure how he got them. Did he miss a flush? Was it a dealer error? He tries to sort it out in the latest PokerNews Impromptu.
With 900 in the pot and a flop of , a player in early position checked to George Danzer, who bet 600. Jordan Kilner called from the hijack, and then Richard Ashby raised to 3,300 from the cutoff. The early-position player folded, Danzer did the same, and Kilner thought for a moment before moving all in for 5,450. Ashby called and the cards were turned up.
Ashby:
Kilner:
Kilner held top set, while Ashby was drawing to a straight and flush. Neither the turn nor river helped Ashby, and Kilner doubled through.
George Danzer recently entered the tournament, and as fate would have it he was seated to the immediate right of Brandon Shack-Harris. The two are currently locked in a heated race for the 2014 World Series of Poker Player of the Year, and just yesterday Danzer took the lead by a couple points.
In a recent hand, a player opened for 150 and Danzer called. Ami Barer came along from the button, the small blind called, and four players saw a flop of . Two checks saw Danzer bet 550, and it did the trick as all three of his opponents folded.
Danzer has gotten off to a fast start, while Shack-Harris is on the short side of things.
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flop against Wang.
flop saw Davies bet, and his opponent on the button folded. Davies tabled 
flop was dry as could be. Shack-Harris needed running cards to stay alive, but the 
turn took away any chance of that happening.
river made his elimination official.
, a player in early position checked to George Danzer, who bet 600. Jordan Kilner called from the hijack, and then Richard Ashby raised to 3,300 from the cutoff. The early-position player folded, Danzer did the same, and Kilner thought for a moment before moving all in for 5,450. Ashby called and the cards were turned up.
turn nor 
river helped Ashby, and Kilner doubled through.
