Saturday, June 14, 2014 4:55 PM Local Time
Counts at Break
Matt O'Donnell | 1,420,000 | 414,000 |
Alexander Venovski | 1,330,000 | 939,000 |
Chino Rheem | 969,000 | 169,000 |
Alex Bilokur | 945,000 | -205,000 |
Ismael Bojang | 242,000 | -285,000 |
Saturday, June 14, 2014 4:53 PM Local Time
Break
Players are on a 20-minute break, and we'll bring you chip counts shortly.
Saturday, June 14, 2014 4:52 PM Local Time
Hands # 39-41
Hand #39: Just one big blind and Alex Bilokur got a walk.
Hand #40: Ismael Bojang made it 70,000 and took down the blinds.
Hand #41: Chino Rheem completed from the small blind and Matt O'Donnell checked. The flop came and Rheem checked to O'Donnell who bet 30,000. Rheem called and checked the turn.
O'Donnell bet 78,000 and Rheem called. The river was the and Rheem checked again. O'Donnell bet 163,000 and Rheem twisted in his chair a bit before calling. O'Donnell turned over and trip jacks were good as Rheem mucked.
The players then headed off on a 20-minute break.
Saturday, June 14, 2014 4:46 PM Local Time
Todd Brunson Eliminated in 6th Place ($75,681)
Hand #38: Alexander Venovski opened to 50,000 in the small blind, and Todd Brunson defended. Venovski bet 60,000 on the flop before calling Brunson's shove.
Brunson:
Venovski:
Two bricks fell: and , and Brunson was done in sixth after missing his straight and overcards.
Todd Brunson | 0 | -300,000 |
Saturday, June 14, 2014 4:44 PM Local Time
Hands #36-37: Venovski Doubles Through Bojang
Hand #36: Chino Rheem made it 45,000 and Ismael Bojang called. The flop came . Bojang checked, Rheem bet 70,000 and Bojang folded to give Rheem the pot.
Hand #37: Matt O'Donnell made it 42,000 and Ismael Bojang bumped it to 105,000 total from the small blind.
Alexander Venovski then made it 222,000 in the big blind and after O'Donnell folded, Bojang had a good look at Venovski's stack before potting it. Venovski called all in for 532,000 with and Bojang showed .
Venovski doubled on a run out.
Saturday, June 14, 2014 4:34 PM Local Time
Hand #35
Hand #35: Alex Bilokur raised to 40,000 and was called by both Chino Rheem and Matt O'Donnell. Action checked to Rheem on the flop, and he bet 66,000. Bilokur was the only caller, and both players checked the . On the river, two more raps of the felt led to Rheem showing down to take the pot.
Saturday, June 14, 2014 4:31 PM Local Time
Pratyush Buddiga Eliminated in 7th Place ($58,851)
Hand #34: Ismael Bojang raised to 40,000, and Buddiga called in the big blind. On the flop, Buddiga checked and Bojang bet 40,000. Buddiga called, and the turned. Two checks ensued, and a hit. Bojang bet 115,000, Buddiga shoved all in for just 114,000 more, and Bojang called. Buddiga showed a set with , but it was inferior to the turned set of Bojang: .
Saturday, June 14, 2014 4:30 PM Local Time
Hands #31-33
Hand #31: Pratyush Buddiga opened to 40,000 and won the pot.
Hand #32: Chino Rheem opened to 45,000 and won the pot.
Hand #33: Alex Bilokur limped before calling 60,000 total from big blind Rheem. Rheem bet 60,000 on the flop and was called, leading to a turn. Bilokur checked, and Rheem bet 125,000, and BIlokur raised to 257,000. Rheem shoved all in, and Bilokur folded.
Saturday, June 14, 2014 4:17 PM Local Time
Hands #24-30
Hand #24: Chino Rheem made it 42,000. Matt O'Donnell and Todd Brunson called. The flop came and all three checked. The turn was the and after Brunson and Rheem checked O'Donnell bet 67,000. Both Brunson and Rheem folded and he took it down.
Hand #25: Chino Rheem made it 45,000 and Todd Brunson called. Alex Bilokur also called and the flop came . All three checked to the turn. Brunson and Bilokur checked and Rheem bet 70,000 to take it down.
Hand #26: Alexander Venovski made it 40,000 and Chino Rheem defended his big blind. The flop came down and they checked to the turn. Rheem bet 65,000 and Venovski called. The river was the . Both checked and Venovski took it down after showing .
Hand #27: Matt O'Donnell made it 40,000 and took down the blinds.
Hand #28: Matt O'Donnell got a walk in the big blind.
Hand #29: Alex Bilokur raised it to 45,000 and took down the blinds.
Hand #30: Matt O'Donnell made it 40,000 and Alexander Venovski called. The flop fell and Venovski checked. O'Donnell bet 45,000 and won the pot.
Saturday, June 14, 2014 4:05 PM Local Time
Richard Lyndaker Eliminated in 8th Place ($46,533)
Hand #23: RIchard Lyndaker opened to 70,000, and Todd Brunson pushed all in for 159,000. Lyndaker called off.
Brunson:
Lyndaker:
The flop was safe for Brunson, as was the . The meant Lyndaker was done in 8th.
Richard Lyndaker | 0 | -153,000 |
Saturday, June 14, 2014 4:04 PM Local Time
Hands #19-22
Hand #19: Matt O'Donnell raised to 40,000, and everyone mucked.
Hand #20: Chino Rheem limped the small blind, then bet a flop and got a fold from Pratyush Buddiga.
Hand #21: Richard Lyndaker made it 70,000 preflop and took the pot down.
Hand #22: Buddiga made it 40,000, but he folded to a three-bet from Matt O'Donnell.
Saturday, June 14, 2014 4:00 PM Local Time
Hands #13-18: Chino Caught Bluffing
Hand #13: Ismael Bojang made it 34,000 under the gun. Matt O'Donnell defended his big blind and the flop came . O'Donnell checked and Bojang made it 38,000. O'Donnell then raised to 97,000 and took down the pot.
Hand #14: Pratyush Buddiga made it 32,000 and Ismael Bojang tanked in the big blind before bumping it up to 86,000 total. Buddiga folded.
Hand #15: Matt O'Donnell made it 35,000 on the button and took down the blinds.
Hand #16: Chino Rheem made it 33,000 to take down the blinds.
Hand #17: Alex Bilokur made it 32,000 and got calls from Matt O'Donnell, Ismael Bojang and Todd Brunson. The flop was checked to Bilokur who bet 54,000. O'Donnell was the only caller. The turn was the and both checked to the river. Bilokur bet 80,000 and O'Donnell folded giving Bilokur the pot.
Hand #18: Chino Rheem made it 33,000 and Alex Bilokur bumped it to 85,000. Rheem called and the flop came . Bilokur bet 80,000 and Rheem called.
The turn was the . Both players checked to the river where Bilokur made it 155,000. Rheem raised it up 320,000 more and Bilokur counted his stack slowly before shaking his head for a minute and calling with . Rheem was caught bluffing with .
Alex Bilokur | 1,150,000 | 568,000 |
Chino Rheem | 800,000 | -566,000 |
Saturday, June 14, 2014 3:35 PM Local Time
Brunson and Bilokur Chop One
Hand #8: Alex Bilokur took the pot down with a preflop raise.
Hand #9: Chino Rheem opened to 33,000 and was called by Ismael Bojang and big blind Todd Brunson. Everyone checked the flop, and a hit. Action checked to Bojang, who bet 50,000. Nobody called him.
Hand #10: Rheem opened to 33,000 and got potted by Brunson to 115,000. Alex Bilokur cold-called, and Rheem folded. Brunson jammed it in for just 67,000 on the flop, and Brunson had . Bilokur had for a chop.
Hand #11: Rheem got a walk. He showed .
Hand #12: Rheem completed the blind, and Pratyush Buddiga checked. The two checked the flop, and Rheem took the pot with a bet on the turn.
Saturday, June 14, 2014 3:29 PM Local Time
Barny Boatman Eliminated in 9th Place (37,389)
Barny Boatman has been eliminated in ninth place after getting it in with a gutshot straight draw and missing.
Hand #7: Alexander Venovski completed from the small blind and Barny Boatman checked.
The flop came and Venovski bet 16,000. Boatman potted it, making it 80,000, and Venovski re-potted to put Boatman all in. Boatman made the call for his tournament life and it was Venovski with a pair holding against Boatman with a gutshot on .
Needing a five, Boatman only found disappointment on the turn and river.
Saturday, June 14, 2014 3:21 PM Local Time
Hands #1-6
After a brief break to count stacks and inform the players of final table etiquette, the cards are in the air with 35 minutes left on the clock.
Hand #1: Alex Bilokur got a walk.
Hand #2: Chino Rheem got a walk.
Hand #3: Todd Brunson raised to 35,000 and was called by big blind Pratyush Buddiga. The flop came , and Buddiga check-called 42,000. Both players checked the , and an completed the board. After two more check, Buddiga took the pot with for top pair.
Hand #4: Rheem opened to 33,000 on the button, and Matt O'Donnell defended his big blind. O'Donnell checked the turn with the board reading , and Rheem took the pot with a bet of 40,000.
Hand #5: Ismael Bojang got a walk.
Hand #6: Buddiga raised to 32,000 and took the pot.
Saturday, June 14, 2014 2:58 PM Local Time
Official Final Table Seats and Counts
Seat | Player |
1 | Alexander Venovski |
2 | Barny Boatman |
3 | Richard Lyndaker |
4 | Todd Brunson |
5 | Alex Bilokur |
6 | Chino Rheem |
7 | Pratyush Buddiga |
8 | Matt O'Donnell |
9 | Ismael Bojang |
Chino Rheem | 1,366,000 | 466,000 |
Matt O'Donnell | 1,006,000 | 157,000 |
Alex Bilokur | 582,000 | -32,000 |
Ismael Bojang | 527,000 | 68,000 |
Alexander Venovski | 391,000 | -147,000 |
Pratyush Buddiga | 334,000 | 15,000 |
Todd Brunson | 300,000 | -7,000 |
Richard Lyndaker | 153,000 | -48,000 |
Barny Boatman | 146,000 | -24,000 |
Saturday, June 14, 2014 2:51 PM Local Time
Dan Shak Eliminated in 10th Place ($30,516)
Chino Rheem limped in early position, and Dan Shak raised to 50,000 in middle position. Rheem was the only taker, and the flop came . Rheem checked, and Shak bet 80,000. Rheem raised pot, and Shak announced all in and was quickly called.
Rheem:
Shak:
Shak was unable to turn the tide on the turn or river, and the official final table is set.
Dan Shak | 0 | -477,000 |
Saturday, June 14, 2014 2:46 PM Local Time
Chino Chips Up
Chino Rheem called a preflop raise from Barny Boatman and they both checked the flop.
But when the board paired again on the turn and Boatman checked, Rheem led out for 55,000. Boatman responded with a check-raise to 110,000 and within 30 seconds Rheem called.
The river came the and without hesitation, Boatman checked. Rheem announced pot and before he could even move chips forward, Boatman's cards hit the muck
Chino Rheem | 900,000 | 161,000 |
Barny Boatman | 170,000 | -132,000 |
Saturday, June 14, 2014 2:25 PM Local Time
"Yeah!!!"
We got our first excessive celebration of the day, as Todd Brunson shouted his trademark "Yeah!!!" after taking a small pot from Dan Shak where Brunson turned two pair with against .
Saturday, June 14, 2014 2:23 PM Local Time
Slow Start
The first few hands in the final ten have started relatively slow with nothing moving past a flop and most hands of the raise and take it variety.
Conversation at the table has consisted of a casual conversation about the RFID playing cards they are using being slightly different than what the players are used to.
However, just moments ago, Alex Bilokur started the action with a 25,000 open before Matt O'Donnell made it 62,000 on the button.
Ismael Bojang suddenly got very still and quiet before sliding out a four-bet to 145,000. Both Bilokur and O'Donnell tanked for a short time before folding.