Hour Three
Jun 20, '07
Human Rain Delay
Hoyt Corkins has been reraised numerous times and each time it has taken him a while to fold. Corkins takes minutes to fold as he is posturing as if he has a big hand. It has slowed play down, but clearly he thinks its necessary to keep his intimidating image.
Alan Sass Eliminated 4th ($132,471)
Sass raises from the button and Corkins pushes with A
10
. Sass insta-calls with A
K
and the first four cards come 9
8
7
A
. Corkins is open ended, but spikes his 10
on the river to take out Sass. Sass is eliminated in 4th place for a $132,471 payday.
William Lin Eliminated 3rd ($196,758)
Lin raised to $60,000 and was called by Terence Chan. The flop came A
Q
3
, Chan checks and Lin bets. Chan check raised all in and it took Lin only a seconds to call with A
J
. He celebrates when Chan shows A
6
but the turn comes 6
and Chan takes the lead in the hand. Things got confusing during the webcast when commentator Howard David mistakenly called the action as if Chan had just lost the hand and had busted. Once the confusion had been taken care of, Lin was taken from the tent in third place for a $196,758 payday.
Player Tags: William Lin, Henry Corkery, Alan Sass
