Wednesday, June 3, 2015 1:47 AM Local Time
As the second week of the 2015 World Series of Poker gets underway, so does the second $10,000 buy-in event of the series. 143 players made their way to the Rio to register for the No Limit Hold'em Heads-Up Championship.
It generated a prizepool of over $1.3 million and a first place payout of $344,430, with some of the best No Limit Hold'em players in the world taking a seat in the Brasilia room. Four rounds of play took place today with the action kicking off at 1 pm. While most players received a bye in the first round, there were 15 play-in matches. The 30 players who were forced to play the play-in round received a $5,000 refund whether they won or lost.
After four rounds of play the 143 players were trimmed down to the final 16 players who will come back on Wednesday afternoon at 1 pm to continue play. All 16 players have secured a cash and will take home at least $26,490. The bracket for the final 16 can be found in the "Reports" Tab.
The final 16 players remaining include Dee Tiller, Jake Schindler, George Danzer, Max Silver, Byron Kaverman, Isidro Sifuentes, Keith Lehr, JC Tran, Olivier Busquet, Barry Hutter, Andy Philachack, Paul Volpe, Simon Lam, Timothy Adams, Matthew Cooper, and Valeriu Coca.
Isaac Haxton, Jason Koon, Bryn Kenney, Phil Hellmuth, David Benyamine, Doug Polk, Brian Rast, Yevgeniy Timoshenko, Erik Seidel, Mark Radoja, and defending champion Davide Suriano were just a few of the top pros who entered the event, but were unable to survive the day.
Check back with WSOP.com on Wednesday afternoon for complete coverage of the action as the field moves closer and closer to the next bracelet winner.
Wednesday, June 3, 2015 1:31 AM Local Time
Christopher Dow raises his button to 20,000 and Dee Tiller calls. The
flop comes down and Dee checks. Dow continues out for
20,000 and Tiller instantly raises to 75,000 total. Dow calls to see a
turn.
The falls on fourth street and Tiller immediately moves
all in. Dow thinks for about a minute before calling for his tournament
life.
Tiller:
Dow:
Tiller leads with
top pair and Dow needs to improve on the river in order to stay alive.
Unfortunately for Dow, the fails to improve his hand and he becomes
the final player to bubble this event.
"If he beat me there are no poker gods," exclaimed TIller as he shot up from his seat.
Dow quietly made his exit and Tiller bellowed a few victory yells to his rail.
Dee Tiller - 480,000
Christopher Dow - Eliminated
Wednesday, June 3, 2015 12:55 AM Local Time
Dee Tiller raises to 20,000 on the button and Chris Dow calls. The dealer fans a flop of
and Dow checks. Tiller casually bets 25,000 and Tow methodically raises to 65,000. Tiller very quickly pushes all in and Tow folds.
Dee Tiller - 230,000
Chris Dow - 250,000
Wednesday, June 3, 2015 12:40 AM Local Time
Christopher Dow raises to 16,000 from his button and Dee Tiller calls. The flop is and Tiller checks. Dow continues out for 16,000 only to have Tiller check-raise the action 56,000. Dow calls to see a turn.
Fourth street is the and both players check to see the hit the river. Tiller checks again, Dow bets 97,000, and Tiller instantly folds face up.
Christopher Dow - 366,000
Dee Tiller - 114,000
Wednesday, June 3, 2015 12:24 AM Local Time
| Level: | 8 | | Blinds: | 6,000/12,000 | |
Wednesday, June 3, 2015 12:24 AM Local Time
Dee Tiller makes it 13,000 to go from the button and Christopher Dow calls to see a flop.
The dealer produces and Dow check-calls a continuation bet of 11,000. The falls on the turn and Dow checks for a second time. Tiller knocks the table back and the falls on the river. Dow checks, Tiller bets 50,000, and Down calls.
Tiller tables for ace-high which is no good against Dow's for two pair.
Christopher Dow - 352,000
Dee Tiller - 128,000
Wednesday, June 3, 2015 12:24 AM Local Time
Sam Stein open-shoves his remaining 76,000 chips preflop and Barry Hutter quickly calls.
Stein:
Hutter:
Hutter is ahead with king high and stays ahead throughout the
runout to send Stein home and advance to tomorrow's Round of 16, where he will play Paul Volpe.
Barry Hutter - 480,000
Sam Stein - Eliminated
Wednesday, June 3, 2015 12:20 AM Local Time
Timothy Adams raises to 20,000 on the button and Matthew Diehl moves all in out of the big blind for about 150,000. Adams snap-calls and tables . Diehl is in bad shape and needs to find an ace with his .
The board runs out and Diehl is eliminated on the bubble, while Adams locks up a min-cash and a spot in the round of 16.
Timothy Adams - 480,000
Matthew Diehl - Eliminated
Wednesday, June 3, 2015 12:12 AM Local Time
Bertrand Grospellier and Allen Chang have fallen just short of the money, being eliminated by Byron Kaverman and Paul Volpe respectively. Kaverman moves on to play Valeriu Coca whilst Volpe will meet the winner of Sam Stein vs Barry Hutter.
Bertrand Grospellier - Eliminated
Allen Chang - Eliminated.
Wednesday, June 3, 2015 12:10 AM Local Time
On a flop of , Byron Kaverman gets all in for roughly 110,000 against Bertrand Grospellier. Grospellier has a flush draw and an open-ended straight draw with his , but Kaverman already has a made straight with his .
The turn is the and the river is the as Grospelier bricks his draw and Kaverman doubles up to bring the match back to even.
Byron Kaverman - 220,000
Bertrand Grospellier - 260,000
Wednesday, June 3, 2015 12:07 AM Local Time
| Level: | 7 | | Blinds: | 5,000/10,000 | |
Wednesday, June 3, 2015 12:07 AM Local Time
Allen Chang gets his last 104,500 all in on the button and gets action from Paul Volpe in the big blind. Volpe shows and dominated by Chang's . The board runs out and Chang doubles up.
"Back to even," said Volpe. "Again."
Allen Chang - 209,000
Paul Volpe - 251,000
Wednesday, June 3, 2015 12:06 AM Local Time
Keith Lehr and Justin Oliver get Oliver's remaining chips into the middle preflop with Oliver showing and in bad shape against Lehr's .
The board runs out and Lehr's pair earns him a cash and advances to the round of 16.
Wednesday, June 3, 2015 12:04 AM Local Time
Byron Kaverman raises preflop only to see Bertrand Grospellier three-bet to 39,000. Kaverman calls and the pair see a flop. Elky leads with a bet of 42,000 and Kaverman goes into the tank before making a min-raise to 84,000. Grospellier, as casual as you like, declares "all-in" and Kaverman's cards were in the muck before he'd finished speaking.
Byron Kaverman - 122,500
Bertrand Grospellier - 357,500
Tuesday, June 2, 2015 11:58 PM Local Time
The completed board reads . With 265,000 already in the middle, Olivier Busquet announces an all-in bet for 86,000 effective. Hastings spends a great deal of time in the tank while pondering a call for his tournament life. In the end, he drops forward calling chips only to see Busquet roll over for top pair. Hastings mucks and Busquet becomes the latest player to advance to the Round of 16.
Tuesday, June 2, 2015 11:55 PM Local Time
Dan Smith and Simon Lam take a flop of and Lam has first action. He checks to Smith's button and Smith bets 7,000. Lam responded by moving all in over the top, sending Smith into the tank. After about 90 seconds, Smith announces a call for his own tournament life.
Smith:
Lam:
Smith is in the lead with his pair of eights but Lam is drawing live to score the elimination and end the match. The on fourth street changes nothing, but the on the river pairs Lam and gives him the victory. Smith is eliminated just shy of the money while Lam carries a stack into tomorrow.
Simon Lam - 480,000
Dan Smith - Eliminated
Tuesday, June 2, 2015 11:55 PM Local Time
Chad Power open-shoves preflop and Andy Philachack calls.
Philachack -
Power -
The board runs out
and Philachack advances to Day 2, where he will play Matthew Cooper.
Andy Philachack - 480,000
Chad Power - Eliminated
Tuesday, June 2, 2015 11:52 PM Local Time
Keith Lehr and Justin Oliver get Oliver's remaining chips into the middle preflop with Oliver showing and in bad shape against Lehr's .
The board runs out and Lehr's pair earns him a cash and advances to the round of 16.
Tuesday, June 2, 2015 11:46 PM Local Time
Coca Valeriu will return tomorrow to play the winner of Byron Kaverman vs Bertrand Grospellier after he defeated Connor Drinan.
Coca Valeriu - 480,000
Connor Drinan - Eliminated
Tuesday, June 2, 2015 11:46 PM Local Time
Matthew Diehl gets his last 89,800 chips into the middle on the button and gets action from Timothy Adams out of the big blind. Diehl shows and Adams shows . The board runs out and Diehl doules up.
Matthew Diehl -179,600
Timothy Adams - 300,400