Mathieu Jacqmin had the chip lead going into three-handed play. He lost the lead quickly and the rest of his chips soon followed. With blinds at 20,000/40,000 the swings are so big that every pot is crucial. Jacqmin chopped one pot with Lee Watkinson, then was raised out of another one to give up the lead. He still had close to a million chips when he raised the pot preflop and got a call for Watkinson. Mathieu checked the Q 9 5 flop, and Watkinson responded with a pot-sized bet. Jacqmin pulled out the old check-raise shove and clearly wasn’t expecting Lee to call.

Jacqmin – A 7 7 2 for a pair of 7s and a 7-high flush draw

Watkinson – Q Q 6 2 for top set

The 8 on the turn and K on the river didn’t rescue Jacqmin, and he made his exit in 3^rd place. Jacqmin earns $92,946 for his second WSOP cash.

Lee Watkinson started the heads up match with 2,485,000 to Brandon Cantu’s 945,000. Watkinson showed strength earlier on and had Cantu below 500,000. After Watkinson completed on the button, Cantu raised to 150K, and Watkinson called. The flop came Q J 4, and Brandon moved all in for 270,000. The crowd lining the rail moved in closer to see the cards spread on the felt. Could this be then end?    

Cantu – J J 7 5 for middle set and 7-high flush draw

Watkinson – K T 5 4 for bottom pair and an open-ended straight draw

Blanks on the turn and river gave Cantu new life, doubling him over 800K. After winning a few pots pre and post flop, Cantu is up to 1.3 million to Watkinson’s 2.1 million. 

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(Jackie Witt Reporting)

Tommy Vedes goes out in 5th place for $47,617.  Mathieu Jacqmin raised to 90k and Vedes called on the button.  The flop came 8  7  8 .  Jacqmin checked, and Vedes bet 225k.  Jacqmin raised Vedes all in and he called.

Jacqmin: A  J  8  5
Vedes: K  Q  T  9

The turn and river came a 9  and 2 which was no help to Vedes, so he headed to the rail with four players left at the final table.

Ted Weinstock was in the big blind and Mathieu Jacqumin bet 100k.  Weinstock called and Cantu called.   The flop came 6  7  Q .  Cantu led out for 300k.  Weinstock moved all in, and Jacqmin moved all in.  Cantu conceded to Jacqmin and mucked his hand.

Jacqmin: A  A  4  2
Weinstock: A  K  6  2

The turn brought the 9  and the river was a 6 .  Jacqmin took the high hand, and with Weinstock unable to make a low, he was out in 4th place for $64,727.

Play is now down to three, and with the blinds so big it is still anyone’s game.

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(Jackie Witt Reporting)

Players took a 20 minute break at the beginning of the hour. They are now at round 23 with 15,000/30,000 blinds. These are steep levels no matter what the chip stack is, and with each hand someone gains significant ammunition to their stack.

Tommy Vedes opened for 105k, and Cantu potted. Vedes called, and the flop came 6 9 K . Vedes moved in, and Cantu made the call.

Cantu: A A J 8 .
Vedes: Q Q 3 2

The turn came a 5 and the river 7 , to give Vedes the low, and Cantu the high.

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(Jackie Witt Reporting)

Brandon Cantu tries to take out two players. Steve Jelinek opened for 87k. Cantu called, and Ted Weinstock called. The flop came K 6 7 . Cantu potted, and Weinstocked shipped for a little over 200k. Jelinek pushed the rest of his chips in as well, and Cantu called.

Cantu: A 3 9 9
Weinstock: A 4 3 7
Jelinek: A 2 4 K

The turn and river brought the 8 and the 7 . Jelinek scooped the low, and Weinstock won the high with trip sevens. Cantu has now slipped to 670k in chips.

Steve Jelinek got his chips in again, but this time Tommy Vedes tried to take him down. Vedes potted to 70k, and Jelinek repotted to 222k. Vedes called, and the flop came K 6 6 . Jelinek moved in for 184k. Vedes called.

Jelinek: A K Q 2
Vedes: A 2 T 6

The turn came an A which eliminated the chances for a low. The river was a 2 to give Vedes the high with a full house. Steve Jelinek finishes in 6th place for $36,893.

It has been decided that players will not go on dinner break until the conclusion of level 24 which will be around 8:30 pm.

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(Jackie Witt Reporting)

Brandon Cantu was quartered again. Cantu potted preflop to 80k. Vedes reraised all in and Cantu called.

Cantu: A 7 4 3
Vedes: A A K 4

The board ran 8 2 2 7 3 . Vedes took the high with aces, and Cantu split the low with A 4.

Vedes raised to 70k on the button,and Watkinson potted from the small blind. Vedes tanked, and then turned over K K before mucking. Watkinson gathered his chips and then turned over A A for Vedes to see.

Lee Watkinson has been playing some really strong poker today. He’s been aggressive and assertive to the play of those around him, and it is really paying off. After the took a pot from Steve Jelinek, he had well over 860k in front of him. He is now a very dangerous player at the table.

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(Jackie Witt Reporting)

Mathieu Jacqmin raised to 50k preflop. Brandon Cantu reraised to 174k, and Jacqmin made the call. Jacqmin bet all in on an 8 3 9 board. Cantu called, and they turned over their hands.

Jacqmin: A 8 4 2
Cantu: A K 3 2

The turn came a Q and the river was a 4 . Jacqmin took the high and the low, and Cantu chopped the pot with the low.

Aaron Sias wasn’t able to hold up against Ted Weinstock. Sias raised to 56k preflop. Weinstock reraised, and Sias called all in. Weinstock turned over A A K 6 and Sias had A 8 7 3 . The board ran out A 2 T K 9 to exclude any low hand. Weinstock would take the high and all of Sias’ chips. He finished in 7th place for $30,028.

Players are now on a 20 minute break.

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(Jackie Witt Reporting)

Welcome back to coverage of the $1,500 Pot Limit Omaha Hi/Lo 8 or Better event. There was a total of 762 players that registered for this event, but only 9 remain at the start of Day 3. Yesterday, Brandon Cantu was able to accumulate a tremendous amount of chips and will head the final table with 1,025,000 in chips. Mathieu Jacqmin is the closest in chips to Cantu with 552,000. Here is the seating arrangement for the final table:

Seat 1: Lee Watkinson
Seat 2: Steve Jelinek
Seat 3: William McMahan
Seat 4: Brandon Cantu
Seat 5: Ted Weinstock
Seat 6: Aaron Sias
Seat 7: Mathieu Jacqmin
Seat 8: Ronnie Hofman
Seat 9: Tommy Vedes

It didn’t take long to see our first two players leave from the final table. Tommy Vedes opened to 36k. McMahan potted, and Vedes fired back with another reraise. McMahan was at a decision for all of his chips and made the call.

McMahan: A A K Q
Vedes: A T T 4

The board came 8 4 4 5 J which was enough ato send McMahan home in 9th place. He will take home $22,862 in prize money.

Ronnie Hofman was the next to go. He potted from early position, and Lee Watkinson made the call. The flop came 7 4 2 , and Hofman put the rest of his chips in. Watkinson made the call.

Hofman: A K Q J
Watkinson A K 4 2

The turn and river brought a 7 and 3 to give Watkinson the win. Hofman leaves in 8th place for $25,618.

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The final table is set for an action packed day of Omaha Hi/Lo. Brandon Cantu picked up Aces more than ten times on Day 2 to bust player after player and gather nearly a third of the chips in play. After finishing runner-up earlier in the Series, Cantu would love to go wire to wire here and win his second bracelet. Lee Watkinson and Steve Jelinek will do their best to prevent Brandon from running over the table. Who will come out on top? The battle begins at 2 p.m. PDT.

Name	Chip Count	City	State/Country	Seat
Brandon Cantu	1,025,000	Las Vegas	NV	4
Mathieu Jacqmin	552,000	Paris	France	7
Lee Watkinson	412,000	Lakebay	WA	1
Aaron Sias	353,000	Rockford	MI	6
Tommy Vedes	334,000	Queens	NY	9
Steve Jelinek	260,000	Birmingham	England	2
Ted Weinstock	250,000	Henderson	NV	5
William McMahan	168,000	Newport	TN	3
Ronnie Hofman	76,000	Dordrecht	Netherlands	8