(Amanda Rosenfeld reporting)

We have a new champion in the Amazon room:

	Champ Angel Guillen

Mika Paasonen raised preflop and Angel Guillen called. The flop came 3  4  K and Guillen bet 250,000. Paasonen instantly announced that he was all in. Guillen called just as quick. Paasonen had K  T for top pair. Guillen had him beat as he held 3  3  for bottom set. The turn and river would brick coming an A  2 . Paasonen fought his way through the match but was never able to overcome Guillen during heads up.

Mika Paasonen is the second place finisher and earns $326,203.

Angel Guillen, within one week at the series had a second place finish and now a first place finish. He takes home $530,548 for his accomplishment.

Congratulations Angel on a great tournament and on a great win!

(Amanda Rosenfeld reporting)

Level: Ante; 10,000
            SB:   60,00
            BB:   120,000

Angel Guillen won a huge pot when he was called on all 3 streets by Paasonen and Guillen held pocket aces. They were the best hand and Paasonen was down to around 980,000 in chips.

He would then double up: Mika Paasonen raised all in on the button. Angel Guillen tanked before he announced that he called. Paasonen turned over AK offsuit and Guillen held Q7. The board would lay out K7954 and Paasonen would double up.

Here are the updated chip counts:

Angel Guillen 7,100,000
Mika Paasonen 2,000,000

Action continues....

(Amanda Rosenfeld reporting)

Level: Ante; 10,000
       SB:   50,000
       BB:   100,000

On a board of KTTAK Mika Paasonen bets 300,000 and Angel Guillen called. Paasonen showed T2 for a full house and Guillen mucked his cards in disgust.

Angel Guillen raised to 100,000 on the button. Mika Paasonen reraised an additional 250,000 and Guillen called. The flop came T  K  Q and Mika reached his bet out and Guillen insta mucked his cards.

On a board of A3354, Guillen bet the river and Paasonen called. Guillen showed K2 offsuit for a straight and Paasonen mucked his cards.

Here are the updated chip counts:

Angel Guillen 6,000,000
Mika Paasonen 3,100,000

Play continues....

(Amanda Rosenfeld reporting)

Level: Ante; 10,000
           SB:   40,000
           BB:   80,000

On a board of 37524 Mika Paasonen bets and Angel Guillen folded.

Angel Guillen is the chipleader and is going for the win. He recently came in second place to Kevin Stammen in Event 13,  which was $2500 No Limit Holdem.

There are some famous railbirds amongst us. Adam Levy, Nam Le, and JC Alvarado are leading the chants for Angel Guillen.

They have already been warned once that they are not allowed to speak to the player in spanish during the final table.

Mika Paasonen was seen moving all in after Angel Guillen raised to 95,000 preflop. Angel thought about the call before folding,

On a board of 4 9  5 2 J , both players checked and Mika Paasonen was seen taking down the pot with T  4 , which was a pair of fours.

Action has slowed. Here is a look at the current chip counts:

Angel Guillen 7,350,000
Mika Paasonen 1,775,000

The players are on a 20 minute break.

(Amanda Rosenfeld reporting)

Level: Ante; 5,000
           SB:   30,000
           BB:   60,000

There have been very few big pots. It has been a lot of raising and folding. It seems as if the players are going to wait it out until a big one.

The one big hand this hour came when Angel Guillen raises preflop and Mika Paasonen called. The flop came 8  K  7 and both players checked. The turn was a 6  and Mika Paasonen bet 200,000. Angel Guillen called. The river was a 9 and Paasonen bet 600,000. Guillen called. Paasonen turned over K5 for a pair of kings. However, Guillen tabled 8 T for a straight and takes down the pot.

Toward the end of the hour, we have been seeing a lot of three betting. In fact, Angel Guillen has chipped away at Paasonen and also one the bigger pots. Here are how the chips look now:

Angel Guillen -- 6,700,000
Mika Paasonen -- 2,400,000

(Amanda Rosenfeld reporting)

Jason Boyes eliminated in 3rd place: Jason Boyes raised to 150,000 on the button. Mika Paasonen made the call. The flop came 8  6  9  and Boyes bet 200,000. Mika Paasonen raised to 600,000 and Boyes raised all in for 1,530,000. Paasonen thought about the call for awhile before he eventually announced "I call". Boyes turned over T  8 and Paasonen had him beat with A 8 . The turn would come a 9  which was a brick for Boyes. The river was a A giving Paasonen two pair. Boyes makes his exit in 3rd place and earns $214,974.

Heads Up play began after the bracelet ceremony and the Stanley cup ceremony was completed. The players also took a 20 minute break.

Here are the chip counts from when heads up play began:

Mika Paasonen -- 4,900,000
Angel Guillen -- 4,300,000

A little background on the players. Mika Paasonen is from Finland and has had great results on the EPT. If Angel Guillen wins, he will be the first Mexican player to win a bracelet. History is going to be made tonight, no matter which player wins.

Level: Ante; 5,000
           SB:   30,000
           BB:   60,000

The first pot of heads up action went to Angel Guillen. On a board of A  8 4 K  7 , Mika Paasonen bet 225,000. Angel Guillen raised an additional 525,000. Paasonen thought about the call. He decided to push the call into the middle of the pot. Angel Guillen turned over 6  5  for the rivered 8 high straight. Paasonen mucks his cards.

Other than that, it seems the two players are playing small ball poker. A few raises takes down a pot and then most hands have been checked to the river.

Play continues....

(Elissa Harwood reporting)

And then there were three. Angel Guillen opened the pot, and Eric Ladny aggressively defended his big blind – moving all in with J J. Guillen called with K T. The flop was not good news for Ladny. K T 3. The 2 on the turn wasn’t any better, and the Q sealed Ladny’s fate, sending him home in 5^th place. He takes home $108,883 for his 3^rd cash of the Series. Ladny also finished 14^th in an earlier No Limit event.

Next Steve Kohner raised, and Guillen wasn’t about to let anyone mess with his big blind (or his table, for that matter). Angel reraised, and Kohner called all in with pocket Jacks. Guillen tabled AK, and a K 9 5 9 Q board meant that Guillen crack(er)ed Jacks for the second time. Kohner busted in 4^th for $150,761, leaving Guillen with 5.4 million in chips.

(Elissa Harwood reporting)

These guys apparently don’t need any time to digest. On the first hand after dinner (Level 25, blinds at 20K/40K with 5K ante), Chris MacNeil made it 100,000 to go, and Mika Paasonen raised it up, sending the action back to MacNeil. He shipped it in with KQ, Passonen called with AQ, board ran out T 3 2 3 J, and that’s all she wrote. MacNeil earns $71,192 for his very efficient exit in 7^th place.

Short stack Steve Kohner tried to go next, but the poker gods had other plans for him. His A9 connected with a bullet on the flop to best Eric Ladny’s pocket Jacks and double Kohner. That meant Daniel Makowsky took over the role of short stack, and he played it well, shipping on the button two hands later. Kohner called him down from the big blind, and it was off to the races for AmichaiKK’s pocket treys and Kohner’s AK. A King on the flop meant the end for Makowsky. The online big gun picks up $86,548 to go with the $51,000 he won for his 5^th place finish in the mixed PLO/PLH tournament earlier in the Series. Meanwhile, in three hands, Kohner went from 400,000 to 1.3 million.

They still weren’t done with the action, however. Angel Guillen opened, and Ladny reraised him. Guillen paused, then four-bet shoved his million+ stack. And at showdown, his Kings were far out in front of Ladny’s Tens. Interesting flop. K T 9. Lots of shouting from the rail, which has filled in substantially since dinner. No miracle quads for Ladny, and he shipped most of his stack and the chip lead to Angel Guillen. The Mexican pro is over 3.1 million now, and Ladny is the new short stack with around 500,000.

(Elissa Harwood reporting)

When play resumes at 6:30, Eric Ladny will come back to the biggest stack, around 2.6 million, followed by Jason Boyes with 1.8 and Mika Paasonen with 1.5.

Chris McNeil doubled through Ladney when his AJ outdrew Ladney’s 88. McNeil then picked up a pot from David Makowsky with an aggressive check-raise shove on the flop. He’s now up to 1.2 million. Angel Guillen has close to an even million, and Makowsky who went on a downward slide before dinner, left for the break with 500,000. Steve Kohner is the new short stack with around 450,000.

David Vu would be happy to still have a chip and a chair at any table. First to act, he moved in his last 281,000, and Jason Boyes shoved behind him with pocket Tens. Vu’s A9 needed to get lucky. He did river an Ace, but it was too late to do any good after Boyes made a set on the turn. Vu finished in 10^th place, meaning he gets $38,807 but no official final table appearance.

After a short break, we saw another big hand.   Angel Guillen open-shoved in the SB for 650,000, and Clark Hamagami tank-called all in for 470,000. Clark wished he could take his chips back when he saw that his A8 was dominated by Guillen’s AK. The board ran out K J 8 Q A, and Guillen’s higher two-pair was enough to send Hamagami home in 9^th place. Hamagami picks up $55,279 for his impressive 5^th cash of this year’s Series, meaning he is currently in a six-way tie for most 2009 WSOP cashes.

Daniel Makowsky doubled through Mika Paasonsen when his pocket Queens held up against Paasonsen’s AK. Makowsky is now up to 1.1 million, but still behind Jason Boyes, Eric Ladny, and just slightly behind Paasonsen. Antoine Amourette continues to hang on with 323,000, about what he had three eliminations ago. 

It’s been an extremely fast day of play down, and two more busts means the players are just taking a break to redraw to the final ten-handed table. Ben Bagamery open shoved from the button, and Eric Ladny snap called with AK, dominating Bagamery’s KQ. The board didn’t help Bagamery, and he finished in 12^th place. No final table appearance, but Bagamery picks up $38,807 for his deep run.

Ladny continued his terminator ways one round later. This time Peter “Nordberg” Feldman moved in from the SB, and BB Ladny called. Feldman’s A 7 was up against Ladny’s K Q, and he looked god for a double up after the 8 5 2 flop and the T turn. But of course, the K spiked on the river to send the Full Tilt pro to the rail in 11^th place.

Ladny sits down at the final table with 2.18 million and the chip lead, barely edging out Mika Paasonen, who has 2.07 million.

Break time to process all the busts in the last hour. First, Alex Meidinger open-shoved from the cutoff, and Chris MacNeil moved in over top from the button. Meidinger’s 5 4 was up against MacNeil’s A Q, and the T 9 2 9 A – no spades – was less than helpful for the short stack. Meidinger earns $19,012 for 17^th place. 

Minutes later, Jamie Roberts got it all in with A K against Mika Paasonen’s Q Q. The flop came Q 6 3, giving Mika a set. And the 6 on the turn gave Roberts a flush draw but had him drawing dead since it also filled Paasonen’s boat. Roberts finished 16th.

Jim Pannell busted in 15^th place when his A7 came up short against David Vu’s pocket 9s.   Rory Monahan was the next of the level’s casualties. Down to 166,000, he shoved from the co. But it was an easy call for Paasonen when he squeezed two Aces. Monahan’s A5 flopped a 5 but didn’t get any more help. Instead he headed out the door in 14^th place, up a level on the pay scale to $27,164. With the bust, Mika Passonen increased his already giant stack to 1.7 million.

In one of the more interesting hands of the afternoon, action folded to Peter Feldman on the button. Neng Lee called in the big blind to see the A 9 6 flop. Check-check to the 9 on the turn. Lee fired 66,000, and Feldman called. Lee fired again after the 7 on the river, betting 150,000. Feldman called with A J, artfully picking off Lee’s bluff with 4 3. Feldman climbed to 875,000 after the hand, and Lee was down to 310,000. Not long after, he watched Ben Bagamery raise and Eric Ladny reraise. In the big blind, Lee shoved with AK, and Ladny called with KK. The board bricked for Lee, and the third biggest stack at the start of the day was now reduced to nothing but a 13^th place finish.

Eric Ladny has moved up to the second spot with 915,000. Daniel Makowsky doubled up again when his pocket 6s held against AT. Despite chipping up to nearly 700,000 AmichaiKK had some less-than admiring words for Jason Boyce’s call. 

Day 3 began about an hour ago with 19 players who all spent last night dreaming of a final table appearance. And the dream is still alive for 17 of them.

Johan Dunder was getting short when it folded to him in the cutoff. He shipped it with A J, not a bad hand considering. But Neng Lee looked down at KK on the button and decided just to flat call. No one else came along, and the board ran out T T 8 8 Q, busting the first player of the day.

Mathew Waxman was the next to go, running his pocket Tens into the Cowboys of the aptly named Daniel “AmichaiKK” Makowsky.   Waxman at least survived the substantial pay jump, moving from $13,819 for 19^th place to $19,012 for 18^th. In under 10 minutes of play, we were down to 17. And in an hour of play, we’re still at 17.

AmichaiKK doubled up early on when Peter Feldman tried to steal with a 42,000 raise from the CO, and Makowsky shoved for only another 107,000. Priced in, Feldman was forced to call and show his 64o. Feldman flopped an open-ender, but Makowsky’s AK held up to put him at 300,000. He picked up more chips busting Waxman.

Mika Paasonen is now the chip leader with 1,294,000. Jason Boyes and Neg Lee have 976,000 and 945,000 respectively.