Saturday, July 8, 2017 5:30 PM Local Time
It's All About Grafton
Sam Grafton raised to 800 from the cutoff, and Neil Webber called from one seat over. The flop came , and both players checked before Grafton bet the turn for just 325. Webber called, and the river completed the board. Grafton bet 5,100, and Webber immediately said, "That's a bit more than 325.." while Grafton smiled back at him.
After one minute of consideration, Webber called, and Grafton turned over for two pair as the winning hand. Webber open-mucked the .
While Grafton had been dominating the action, Austin Hermiz recovered from the early setback against the Brit and has almost made it back to starting stack.
Sam Grafton | 180,000 | 5,000 |
Austin Hermiz | 43,000 | 29,000 |
Saturday, July 8, 2017 5:27 PM Local Time
Updated Counts
Thomas McTeer | 155,000 | |
Clyde Gaskins | 140,000 | 7,000 |
Maxim Lykov | 115,000 | |
James Akenhead | 80,000 | 51,000 |
Leon Tsoukernik | 11,000 | 4,000 |
Martin Jacobson | 8,500 | -2,500 |
Saturday, July 8, 2017 5:24 PM Local Time
Updated Counts in Brasilia: Sam Grafton is Cruising
Sam Grafton | 175,000 | 51,000 |
Barny Boatman | 160,000 | -2,000 |
Oleksii Khoroshenin | 122,000 | -38,000 |
Chris George | 75,000 | -5,000 |
Alex Foxen | 72,000 | 7,000 |
Tara Snow | 70,000 | -2,000 |
Stephen Deutsch | 62,000 | 5,500 |
Paul Vang | 55,000 | -12,000 |
Chris Hunichen | 51,000 | -13,000 |
Harold Lilie | 47,600 | 47,600 |
Albert Ng | 46,000 | 1,000 |
Jaspal Brar | 44,000 | 44,000 |
Zorlu Er | 17,500 | -4,500 |
Saturday, July 8, 2017 5:23 PM Local Time
Dawley Slips With Lower Boat
On an flop, Todd Bareika and a third player checked to Jessica Dawley, who bet 1,700 on the button. Bareika called, and the other player folded. Both players checked the on the turn. On the river, Bareika bet 5,200. Dawley paused for a moment before raising to 12,000, and Bareika called without much hesitation.
Dawley confidently tabled for the rivered full house, but Bareika held for a higher full house to scoop the pot.
Todd Bareika | 92,000 | 92,000 |
Jessica Dawley | 31,000 | -15,000 |
Saturday, July 8, 2017 5:22 PM Local Time
Eldridge Raises Big
David Eldridge raised to what looked like 1,200 after an early-position player limped. The big blind called, as did the limper.
Everyone checked the flop. On the turn, the big blind bet 2,000, and the limper caller. Eldridge fired in a sizable raise to 10,200. That chased away the big blind but not the under-the-gun player, who called. The river brought four to a straight and prompted two checks.
The first player showed for a pair on the river, but Eldridge had that beat with .
David Eldridge | 113,000 | -12,000 |
Saturday, July 8, 2017 5:20 PM Local Time
Anthony Spinella Loses Some
The flop was , and there was already about 3,000 chips in the pot when Anthony Spinella bet 2,000 from early position. The hijack raised to 4,800, sending Spinella into the tank briefly. He ultimately called.
The turn brought the , and Spinella checked. The hijack moved all in for about 6,500, and Spinella folded.
Anthony Spinella | 24,600 | -15,400 |
Saturday, July 8, 2017 5:19 PM Local Time
Geller Gets Big Stack
Gregory Geller defended his big blind and bet the flop. Ming Leung raised big from early position, and Geller called. On the turn, Geller checked and called a bet of 6,000 before checking again on the river. Leung fired 15,000, and Geller called, tabling for a flopped straight.
Leung briefly showed his cards but was unable to beat that, and Geller scooped the big pot.
Gregory Geller | 110,000 | 30,000 |
Saturday, July 8, 2017 5:10 PM Local Time
Austin Buchanan Turns Things Around
On a board reading with around 12,000 in the pot, Austin Buchanan bet 7,600 from the small blind. His opponent called from the cutoff, and the fell on the river. Buchanan bet 21,500, and his opponent made no hesitation calling. Buchanan tabled for a full house and scooped a healthy pot.
Buchanan had a tough start to the day and was down to around 30,000 early on. After building himself back up to a starting stack, he found himself flopping a full house with pocket queens. He will look to carry on this upward trend for the remainder of the day.
Austin Buchanan | 81,000 | 36,000 |
Saturday, July 8, 2017 5:10 PM Local Time
Nguyen Bluffs Off a Chunk
In a hand that occurred on the live stream, Qui Nguyen bet 1,500 with on an flop. One player with called, and Partipilo raised to 3,500 with . Nguyen came back with another raise to 10,000, driving out the ace-four, but Partipilo with the straight shoved all in and forced Nguyen to fold.
Qui Nguyen | 40,400 | -19,100 |
Saturday, July 8, 2017 5:09 PM Local Time
David Swanson Chips Up
The player in the cutoff opened with a raise to 750 and David Swanson three-bet to 2,000 from the button. The cutoff then four-bet to 5,000 and after a few moments of thought, Swanson called.
The flop came and the cutoff checked. Swanson bet 7,000 and his opponent folded with little hesitation.
David Swanson | 31,500 | 10,500 |
Saturday, July 8, 2017 5:03 PM Local Time
Tsoukernik Finds Another Double
We got to Leon Tsoukernik's table in the aftermath of an all-in pot that saw Tsoukernik double up with on a board of . His opponent's hand was already in the muck and the dealer shipped Tsoukernik 3,125 from his opponent for a full double.
Leon Tsoukernik | 7,000 | 3,000 |
Saturday, July 8, 2017 5:02 PM Local Time
Various Counts Throughout Amazon Gold
Jonathan Little | 710,000 | 651,000 |
Steven van Zadelhoff | 150,000 | 0 |
Anatoly Filatov | 85,000 | -13,000 |
Brian Altman | 80,000 | 1,750 |
Joe Tehan | 73,000 | |
Randy Pfeiffer | 64,000 | |
Jessica Dawley | 46,000 | -5,000 |
Michael Wolf | 45,500 | -1,500 |
Ankush Mandavia | 45,000 | |
Jen Shahade | 40,000 | 11,000 |
Sorel Mizzi | 26,500 | -23,500 |
Saturday, July 8, 2017 4:58 PM Local Time
Steven van Zadelhoff Keeps Stacking
With about 2,000 in the pot on a board reading , the players in the small and big blinds checked. Steven van Zadelhoff was in middle position and bet 1,300. The small blind called and the big blind paused for a moment before check-raising to 3,800. Van Zadelhoff called and the small blind folded.
The turn was the and both players checked to the on the river. The big blind checked again, and van Zadelhoff bet 3,600. His opponent tanked for a while before eventually releasing his hand.
Van Zadelhoff is now sitting on triple the starting stack midway through Day 1a.
Steven van Zadelhoff | 150,000 | 32,000 |
Saturday, July 8, 2017 4:58 PM Local Time
Beauprez Bets Most of it
John Beauprez bet 15,000 on a completed board of . There was about 24,000 already in the pot, and Beauprez didn't look to have much more than 10,000 back. His opponent on the button tanked awhile and folded.
John Beauprez | 51,700 | -1,750 |
Saturday, July 8, 2017 4:57 PM Local Time
Locatelli in the Spotlight
The table of Qui Nguyen was moved to the secondary feature and ESPN2 is streaming the action live right now with the defending champion in action. Another player holds the current spotlight right there with Raffaello Locatelli in the seven seat, and the Italian has already more than tripled his stack since the start of the day.
Other notables on the feature table including Richard Seymour can be found below.
Raffaello Locatelli | 169,900 | 169,900 |
Gregor Waltermann | 95,900 | 95,900 |
Qui Nguyen | 59,500 | -1,000 |
Richard Seymour | 39,475 | -5,525 |
Anton Morgenstern | 13,350 | -11,650 |
Saturday, July 8, 2017 4:52 PM Local Time
Tara Snow Makes it Rain
On the four-way flop of , Tara Snow bet 1,800 in the small blind and was called by Gregory Geller, Chris George, and the player in the hijack. The turn didn't slow down Snow, as she made it 4,000 to go, and this time it was just George that called.
Both checked the river and Snow turned over to claim the pot as George folded.
Gregory Geller | 80,000 | 5,000 |
Chris George | 80,000 | 18,000 |
Tara Snow | 72,000 | 72,000 |
Saturday, July 8, 2017 4:52 PM Local Time
Pascal Lefrancois Over Nadar Kakhmazov
With the completed board reading and about 15,000 chips already in the pot, recent bracelet winner Nadar Kakhmazov was in the small blind and facing a decision for 5,200 from Pascal Lefrancois in the cutoff. After a few moments of thought, Kakhmazov called. Lefrancois tabled for jacks full of queens and Kakhmazov mucked.
Pascal Lefrancois | 71,300 | 6,500 |
Nadar Kakhmazov | 35,100 | 35,100 |
Saturday, July 8, 2017 4:50 PM Local Time
Updated Chip Counts
Barry Shulman | 90,400 | 40,400 |
Bryan Piccioli | 74,325 | -15,075 |
Niklas Astedt | 73,150 | 18,650 |
Seth Berger | 73,000 | 4,100 |
Josh Arieh | 61,000 | 11,000 |
Blake Bohn | 59,400 | 14,400 |
Sergi Reixach | 59,025 | -4,675 |
Tony Ruberto | 57,400 | |
Jared Griener | 49,200 | -800 |
Billy Baxter | 48,000 | -2,000 |
Simon Despres | 33,800 | -16,200 |
Jeff Bryan | 32,425 | -20,075 |
Mark Johnson | 32,300 | -7,700 |
Saturday, July 8, 2017 4:42 PM Local Time
Demers' Aces Get Cracked, Sent to the Rail
With around 10,000 in the middle and the board reading , Alex Fortin Demers led out for 6,000 from the small blind. Clyde Gaskins was in the cutoff and raised to 20,000. Demers made the call and they were off to the river.
The landed on the river and Demers checked to Gaskins who moved all in. Demers had around 28,000 remaining and Gaskins had him covered. Demers went into the tank for around five minutes, definitely finding himself in a tough spot. His hat came off and he scratched his head, played with his chips, and sat with a puzzled look on his face. Demers finally grabbed a stack of chips and placed it into the pot.
Gaskins tabled for a set of tens and Demers was forced to show his hand of . Demers was eliminated from the tournament while Gaskins exploded out of his chair. Gaskins let out a couple bursts of excitement as he jumped around a couple of the tables. Once he sat back in his seat, he composed himself and starting stacking his newly found chips.
Clyde Gaskins | 133,000 | 36,000 |
Alex Fortin Demers | 0 | -50,000 |
Saturday, July 8, 2017 4:41 PM Local Time
Brown Jams Into Khoroshenin
On the flop, Ronnie Brown checked from under the gun and Oleksii Khoroshenin bet 10,000 from the button, which Brown called. The appeared on the turn and Brown checked again. Khoroshenin made it 17,000 to go and Brown moved all in to force a quick fold.
Brown flashed for a set of aces and Todd Hansen in the nine seat applauded. Khoroshenin dropped back below Barny Boatman, and Hansen also holds quite a big stack.
Barny Boatman | 162,000 | 12,000 |
Oleksii Khoroshenin | 160,000 | -5,000 |
Todd Hansen | 115,000 | 115,000 |
Ronnie Brown | 98,000 | 98,000 |