Monday, June 24, 2013 6:04 PM Local Time
Neto Clips Fierro
Hand #39: Joao Dorneles Neto opened to 60,000 from the cutoff and Jared Hamby made the call to see a flop fall.
Neto bet out 55,000 and Hamby insta-mucked.
Hand #40: Allan Vrooman bumped it up to 80,000 from the cutoff and collected the blinds and antes.
Hand #41: Joao Dorneles Neto opened to 60,000 from under the gun and Nicolas Fierro made the call. The flop fell and Fierro checked to Neto who checked also.
The turn of the saw Fierro checked and Neto fire out a delayed continuation-bet of 81,000 with Fierro making the call as the completed the board on the river. Fierro checked again and Neto bet out 130,000 before Fierro folded.
Monday, June 24, 2013 5:56 PM Local Time
Hands #34-38 Neto Keeps Raising
Hand #34- Peter Hengsakul gets a walk in the big blind.
Hand #35- Joao Dorneles Neto raised to 60,000 from under the gun, and Matt Berkey moved all in. It folded back to Neto, and he quickly folded.
Hand #36- Hengsakul raised to 82,000 on the button, and Neto reraised to 188,000 from the big blind. Hengsakul made the call, and the dealer fanned out a flop of . Neto c-bet to 175,000, and Hengsakul quickly folded.
Hand #37- Nicolas Fierro raised on the button to 60,000, and Neto reraised to 165,000 next to act. It got back to Fierro, and he laid it down, giving another pot to Neto.
Hand #38- Jared Hamby raised under the gun to 68,000, and he took down the blinds and antes.
Monday, June 24, 2013 5:48 PM Local Time
Vrooman and Hengsakul Get Busy
Hand #29: Joao Dorneles Neto made it 65,000 and collected the blinds and antes.
Hand #30: Joao Dorneles Neto receives a walk in the big blind.
Hand #31: Jared Hamby opened the pot to 66,000 and picked up the blinds and antes.
Hand #32: Jared Hamby opened to 68,000 from under the gun only to have Allan Vrooman three-bet to 248,000 from out of the small blind.
Hamby deliberated for close to two minutes before eventually releasing his hand.
Hand #33: Peter Hengsakul opened to 82,000 from under the gun with Matt Berkey making the call to see a flop fall.
Berkey led out for 110,000 before Hengsakul bumped it up to 290,000 to force an insta-fold from Berkey.
Monday, June 24, 2013 5:40 PM Local Time
Hands #28 Richard Dubini Eliminated in 7th Place ($66,544)
Hand #28- Richard Dubini moved all in for 18,000, and Allan Vrooman called from the cutoff. Jared Hamby called from the small blind, and Peter Hengsakul checked his option. The flop came . Hamby fired 50,000, and while Hengaskul folded, Vrooman called. They both checked the on the turn, and the on the river. Here were the hands.
Hamby:
Dubini:
Vrooman: mucked
Hamby's flopped two pair was good to take both the side and the main pot to up his stack to 775,000, and Richard Dubini was knocked out in 7th place.
Jared Hamby | 775,000 | 180,000 |
Richard Dubini | 0 | -25,000 |
Monday, June 24, 2013 5:35 PM Local Time
Dubini Crippled, Neto Takes Lead
Hand #26: Nicolas Fierro opened to 65,000 from the hi-jack only to have Richard Dubini make it 140,000 next to speak on the button. Fierro folded and Dubini captured another pot.
Hand #27: Joao Dorneles Neto opened to 65,000 only to have Richard Dubini three-bet next to act to 152,000. The action folded back to Neto and he four-bet to 362,000.
Dubini looked up Neto's stack before making it 600,000 only to have Neto move all in with Dubini instantly calling.
Neto:
Dubini: .
With Neto needing to spike to stay alive, the flop saw his rail of Brazilians scream in excitement as Neto took a commanding lead.
The on the turn changed little, and when the completed the board, Neto went running to his rail to celebrate as he moved into the chip lead with 3.4 million.
Dubini on the other hand was left with only 25,000 - not even enough to match the big blind.
Joao Dorneles Neto | 3,410,000 | 2,160,000 |
Richard Dubini | 25,000 | -1,275,000 |
Monday, June 24, 2013 5:25 PM Local Time
Hands #23-25 Fred Berger Eliminated in 8th Place ($50,382)
Hand #23- Peter Hengsakul made it 75,000 from the button, and Joao Dorneles Neto defended his big blind. The flop came , and both players checked. The hit the turn, and Neto fired out 84,000. Hengsakul folded, and Neto took the hand down.
Hand #24- Action folded to Nicolas Fierro on the button, and he raised to 65,000. Richard Dubini called from the big blind, and the flop came . Dubini checked, and Fierro c-bet to 75,000. Dubini quickly folded, and Fierro took down the pot.
Hand #25- Fred Berger made it 80,000 in early position, and Dubini made it 180,000 from the small blind. Berger made the call, and they went heads up to a flop of . Dubini kept up the aggression with a bet of 100,000, and Berger shoved all in, a bet that Dubini quickly called.
Dubini:
Berger:
Berger was in rough shape, as a queen would do him no good. He was hoping for one of the two kings left in the deck, but the turn was the , and the river the . Berger will have to settle for just over $50,000, while Dubini is now up to 1.3 million.
Richard Dubini | 1,300,000 | 363,000 |
Fred Berger | 0 | -990,000 |
Monday, June 24, 2013 5:14 PM Local Time
Hengsakul Four-Bet Shoves, Two Pair for Fierro
Hand #19: Peter Hengsakul opened to 60,000 only to have Nicolas Fierro three-bet to 170,000 next to act.
Once the action returned to Hengsakul, he moved all in for over 2.5 million to put Fierro to a decision for his chips. That decision would be a fold, and Hengsakul captured the pot.
Hand #20: Peter Hengsakul opened to 75,000 and collected the blinds and antes.
Hand #21: Joao Dorneles Neto opened to 60,000 only to have Matt Berkey make it 135,000 from the cutoff. The action passed back to Neto and he made the call to see a flop fall.
Both players checked as the landed on the turn and again both players tapped the table as the completed the board on the river. Neto pushed out 150,000 and Berkey mucked.
Hand #22: Allan Vrooman raised to 80,000 from middle position and Nicolas Fierro made the call from the big blind to see a flop fall.
Both players checked as the landed on the turn with both players checking as the completed the board on the river. Fierro cut out a bet amounting to 75,000 and Vrooman called tabling his . However it would be Fierro's that would see him win the pot.
Monday, June 24, 2013 5:03 PM Local Time
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Monday, June 24, 2013 5:02 PM Local Time
Level 25 started
Level: 25
Blinds: 15000/30000
Ante: 5000
Monday, June 24, 2013 5:02 PM Local Time
Hand #15-18 Berkey Staying Active
Hand #15- Action folded to Fred Berger in the cutoff, and he raised it up to 61,000. Joao Dorneles Neto reraised to 176,000 from the small blind. Berger folded when it got back to him, and Neto took down the pot.
Hand #16- Matt Berkey made it 50,000 to go from early position, and he took down the blinds and antes.
Hand #17- Berkey limped in from under the gun, and Allan Vrooman checked his option from the big blind. The flop ran down , and Vrooman checked to Berkey, who took down the pot with a bet of 33,000.
Hand #18- Jared Hamby made it 55,000 to go from under the gun, and Peter Hengsakul called from middle position. Berkey also called from the big blind, and they went three ways to a flop of . It was checked to Hengsakul, who bet out 110,000. Berkey and Hamby folded, and Hengsakul took down the pot.
Monday, June 24, 2013 4:55 PM Local Time
David Nicholson Eliminated in 9th Place ($38,625)
Hand #13: Nicolas Fierro opened to 50,000 from under the gun and Jared Hamby made the call from the cutoff to see a flop fall.
Fierro checked and Hamby bet out 62,000 which prompted a fold from Fierro.
Hand #14: Joao Dorneles Neto made it 55,000 and Matt Berkey made the call before David Nicholson moved all in for 203,000 from the button.
Neto mucked but Berkey made the call as the cards were placed on their backs.
Berkey:
Nicholson:
The flop fell to keep Berkey in the lead, and when the landed on the turn Nicholson would need to spike to stay alive.
Unfortunately for the WSOP Circuit regular, the landed on the river to end his tournament in 9th place for a $38,625 payday.
Matt Berkey | 1,005,000 | 217,000 |
David Nicholson | 0 | -259,000 |
Monday, June 24, 2013 4:48 PM Local Time
Hands #8-12 Hamby Four Bet Shoves
Hand #8- Action folded to Peter Hengsakul from the hijack, and he made it 52,000 to go. Nicolas Fierro called from the cutoff, and they went heads up to a flop of . Hengsakul checked to Fierro, who fired out 75,000. That got a fold from Hengsakul, and Fierro took down the pot.
Hand #9- David Nicholas moved all in for 187,000 from early position, and he took down the pot uncontested.
Hand #10- Fierro made it 50,000 in middle position, and Allan Vrooman reraised to 135,000 from the button. Jarred Hamby was in the big blind, and he moved all in for just over 500,000. Fierro folded, and it was back to Vrooman. After about 90 seconds of thinking, he ended up folding, and Hamby took down the nice sized pot.
Hand #11- Action folded all the way to Jared Hamby in the small blind, and he made it 55,000 to go. Fred Berger defended his big blind, and the flop came . Hamby fired out 60,000, and Berger raised it up to 140,000. Hamby quickly folded, and Berger took down the pot.
Hand #12- Joao Dorneles Neto raised it up to 50,000 from middle position, and Richard Dubini reraised to 126,000. Neto kicked his hand in, and Dubini took down the pot.
Monday, June 24, 2013 4:36 PM Local Time
Fierro, Hengsakul and Vrooman Win Pots
Hand #3: Peter Hengsakul opened the pot to 52,000 from under the gun only to have Nicolas Fierro three-bet to 120,000 next to act. Hengsakul made the call to see a flop before he checked over to Fierro who bet out 125,000.
Hengsakul released his hand and Fierro captured the pot.
Hand #4: Richard Dubini opened to 50,000 and won the blinds and antes.
Hand #5: Richard Dubini opened to 53,000 and Allan Vrooman three-bet to 155,000. Dubini folded and Vrooman collected the pot.
Hand #6: From the button Peter Hengsakul made it 52,000 and Joao Dorneles Neto made the call to see a flop fall. Hengsakul continued for 75,000 and Neto folded.
Hand #7: From the cutoff Peter Hengsakul opened to 52,000 to collect the antes and blinds.
Monday, June 24, 2013 4:26 PM Local Time
Hands #1 and 2 Neto Doubles Through Vrooman
Hand #1- Joao Dorneles Neto raised it up to 51,000 in middle position, and he took down the blinds and antes.
Hand #2- Action folded to Neto, and again he raised it up to 51,000. Richard Dubini made the call next to act, as did Allan Vrooman. Fred Berger made it a four way pot from the big blind, and the flop came down . Berger checked to Neto, who fired out 127,000. Dubini folded, but Vrooman called. Berger also folded, and the hit the turn.
Neto decided to check this time, and Vrooman tossed 200,000 into the middle Neto tanked for over three minutes before pushing all in 550,000 total. Vrooman made the call, and the cards were tabled.
Neto:
Vrooman:
Neto was out in front and looking to dodge a spade or a nine, and he did just that, as the hit the river. Neto jumped up to 1.25 million after that hand, while Vrooman is now down to 1.3 million.
Allan Vrooman | 1,300,000 | -663,000 |
Joao Dorneles Neto | 1,250,000 | 615,000 |
Monday, June 24, 2013 4:15 PM Local Time
Play Resumes
The player introductions have been made and the cards are back in the air with a little under 50 minutes remaining on the clock.
Monday, June 24, 2013 4:14 PM Local Time
Final Table Line-Up
Seat | Player | Chip Count |
1 | Fred Berger | 843,000 |
2 | David Nicholson | 259,000 |
3 | Peter Hengsakul | 2,622,000 |
4 | Nicolas Fierro | 1,046,000 |
5 | Joao Dorneles Neto | 635,000 |
6 | Richard Dubini | 937,000 |
7 | Allan Vrooman | 1,963,000 |
8 | Matt Berkey | 788,000 |
9 | Jared Hamby | 616,000 |
Peter Hengsakul | 2,622,000 | 122,000 |
Allan Vrooman | 1,963,000 | 203,000 |
Nicolas Fierro | 1,046,000 | -74,000 |
Richard Dubini | 937,000 | -168,000 |
Fred Berger | 843,000 | 43,000 |
Matt Berkey | 788,000 | -12,000 |
Joao Dorneles Neto | 635,000 | -75,000 |
Jared Hamby | 616,000 | 6,000 |
David Nicholson | 259,000 | 19,000 |
Monday, June 24, 2013 3:54 PM Local Time
Break Time
The final nine players are heading on a short break while official chip counts are taken and everyone is moved to the feature table.
Monday, June 24, 2013 3:51 PM Local Time
Allen Cunningham Eliminated in 10th Place ($29,961)
Peter Hengsakul raised it up to 50,000 in middle position, and Allan Vrooman called from the small blind. Allen Cunningham also called from the big blind, and the flop came down . It checked to Hengsakul, and he bet out 75,000. Vrooman folded, but Cunningham elected to check raise it to 170,000. Hengsakul made the call, and the turn was the . Cunningham thought for about 15 seconds before moving all in for 220,000, and Hengsakul snap called.
Hengsakul:
Cunningham:
Cunningham had flopped top pair, but unfortunately for him, he was drawing dead to the set of Hengsakul. The meaningless river was the , and Cunningham bubbled the official final table.
Peter Hengsakul | 2,500,000 | 400,000 |
Allen Cunningham | 0 | -400,000 |
Monday, June 24, 2013 3:43 PM Local Time
Neto Makes Mistake, Folds Flop
Allan Vrooman opened to 70,000 from under the gun, and when the action folded round to Joao Dorneles Neto in the big blind he raised t 61,000 believing there was no action before him.
Neto shook his head and then called the additional amount before check-folding to 100,000 on the flop.
Monday, June 24, 2013 3:42 PM Local Time
Berger Stays Aggressive
Action folded around to Fred Berger in the cutoff, and he made it 68,000 to go. Nicolas Fierro called from the small blind, and the flop came down . Fierro checked to Berger, who keep his foot on the pedal with a bet of 135,000. Fierro kicked his hand in, and Berger collected the pot.
Nicolas Fierro | 1,120,000 | -80,000 |
Fred Berger | 800,000 | 80,000 |