Monday, June 30, 2014 5:51 PM Local Time
Chip Counts for the Final Seven Players
David Jackson | 5,075,000 | 75,000 |
Aaron Massey | 2,050,000 | 50,000 |
Henrik Hecklen | 1,090,000 | 640,000 |
Marc-Etienne McLaughlin | 1,050,000 | 150,000 |
Bobby Poe | 650,000 | 70,000 |
Michael Ferrer | 560,000 | 10,000 |
Asi Moshe | 365,000 | -295,000 |
Monday, June 30, 2014 5:39 PM Local Time
Break Time
The players are now enjoying a 20-minute break.
Monday, June 30, 2014 5:39 PM Local Time
Hands #58-63: Hecklen Doubles to 780K
Hand #58: Asi Moshe raised to 60,000 in the cutoff and then called when Henrik Hecklen three-bet all-in from the button.
Moshe showed and needed some help from the board to beat Hecklen's . That help failed to arrive as the board ran to double Hecklen up.
Hand #59: Bobby Poe raised to 70,000 and then tank-folded when Hecklen three-bet all-in from the cutoff.
Hand #60: Poe opened to 70,000 from under the gun and picked up the blinds and antes.
Hand #61: Marc-Etienne McLaughlin raised to 60,000 in the hijack and everyone else folded.
Hand #62: David Jackson raised to 70,000 and won an uncontested pot.
Hand #63: Aaron Massey set the price to play at 65,000 in the hijack and Hecklen called. Hecklen then check-called a 70,000 bet on the flop. Both players checked the turn.
Hecklen led for 135,000 on the fold and Massey folded.
Monday, June 30, 2014 5:34 PM Local Time
Hands #51-57: McLaughlin Doubles
Hand #51: Aaron Massey raised to 75,000 from under the gun and David Jackson called from the big blind. The flop was and Jackson checked. Massey bet 75,000 and Jackson folded.
Hand #52: Aaron Massey received a walk.
Hand #53: Marc-Etienne McLaughlin moved all in from the cutoff fro 350,000 and took the blinds and antes.
Hand #54: David Jackson raised to 70,000 from the cutoff and Bobby Poed moved all in from the big blind; Jackson folded.
Hand #55: Marc-Etienne McLaughlin moved all in from middle position and took the blinds and antes.
Hand #56: Aaron Massey raised to 75,000 from the hijack and took the blind and antes.
Hand #57: Aaron Massey raised to 65,000 from early position and Marc-Etienne McLaughlin called from the big blind. The flop was and McLaughlin checked. Massey bet 60,000 and McLaughlin moved all in. Massey snap-called and tabled for top pair and a flush draw. McLaughlin showed .
The turn was the giving McLaughlin more outs. The river completed the flush and McLaughlin doubled up.
Aaron Massey | 2,000,000 | -500,000 |
Marc-Etienne McLaughlin | 900,000 | 405,000 |
Monday, June 30, 2014 5:25 PM Local Time
Hands #45-50: Jackson Ups The Aggression
Hand #45: Bobby Poe raised to 70,000 in early position and won the pot uncontested.
Hand #46: David Jackson raised to 70,000 on the button, Michael Ferrer instantly jammed all-in from the big blind and Jackson mucked just as fast.
"Pocket sevens were no good there, were they?" Jackson asked, but Ferrer didn't reply.
Hand #47: Henrik Hecklen moved all-in from early position for 390,000 and nobody wanted to look him up.
Hand #48: David Jackson raised to 70,000 and everyone folded. Jackson showed .
Hand #49: Jackson made it 70,000 to go from early position and won the blinds and antes.
Hand #50: Asi Moshe raised all-in from the button and won the blinds and antes.
Monday, June 30, 2014 5:19 PM Local Time
Timothy West Eliminated in 8th Place ($55,861)
Hand #44: The action passed to Timothy West on the button and he moved all-in for 369,000 in total. Marc-Etienne McLaughlin looked at the stacks around him before folding what he later said was and David Jackson called West's all-in bet.
West:
Jackson:
The flop was terminal for West and he had already began saying his goodbyes by the time the landed on the turn. The completed the board and West was eliminated.
Timothy West | 0 | -225,000 |
Monday, June 30, 2014 5:12 PM Local Time
Brian Kennedy Eliminated in 9th Place ($42,826)
Hand #43: Aaron Massey raised to 70,000 from early position and Brian Kennedy moved all in for 700,000 approximate from the cutoff. Action folded back to Massey who snap-called and tabled . Kennedy turned over and needed to improve.
The board ran out and Kennedy hit the rail in 9th place.
Aaron Massey | 2,500,000 | 700,000 |
Brian Kennedy | 0 | -830,000 |
Monday, June 30, 2014 5:09 PM Local Time
Hands #37-42: Raise and Take It
Hand #37: Asi Moshe raised to 60,000 from early position and took the blinds and antes.
Hand #38: Marc-Etienne McLaughlin raised to 60,000 from the hijack and David Jackson called from the cutoff. The flop was , McLaughlin bet 50,000 and folded after a raise to 120,000 from Jackson.
Hand #39: Henrik Hecklen moved all in from early position and everyone folded.
Hand #40: Aaron Massey raised to 70,000 form the hijack and Asi Moshen moved all in from the small blind; Massey folded.
Hand #41: Bobby Poe moved all in from the cutoff for 553,000 and took the blinds and antes.
Hand #42: Marc-Etienne McLaughlin moved all in from under the gun and everyone folded.
Monday, June 30, 2014 5:01 PM Local Time
Hands #31-36: McLughlin Scores a Double Up
Hand #31: Michael Ferrer raised to four-times the big blind from the hijack and the other active players folded.
Hand #32: David Jackson made it 70,000 to go from early position and won the blinds and antes.
Hand #33: Bobby Poe opened to 65,000 from the hijack and was facing an all-in bet of 154,000 in total from Timothy West in the big blind. Poe eventually folded and was shown for his troubles.
Hand #34: Ferrer raised to 120,000 from middle position and won the pot uncontested.
Hand #35: Massey raised to 70,000 from under the gun and Jackson called from the big blind. Jackson then check-folded to a continuation bet on the flop.
Hand #36: The action passed around to Marc-Etienne McLaughlin on the button and he moved all-in for 235,000 with . Jackson called in the small blind with and Massey folded his big blind.
Neither player improved on the board and McLaughlin doubled, much to the delight of his friends on the rail.
David Jackson | 5,000,000 | -800,000 |
Aaron Massey | 1,800,000 | 100,000 |
Brian Kennedy | 830,000 | -16,000 |
Bobby Poe | 580,000 | -120,000 |
Marc-Etienne McLaughlin | 495,000 | 95,000 |
Timothy West | 225,000 | -175,000 |
Monday, June 30, 2014 4:48 PM Local Time
Hands #27-30: Still Nine-Handed
Hand #27: Marc-Etienne McLaughlin open-shoved all in from the button and the blinds folded.
Hand #28: David Jackson raised to 60,000 from the button and Aaron Massey three-bet to 160,000 from the small blind. Jackson made the call and the flop came . Massey bet 105,000, Jackson raised to 260,000 and Massey called. The turn was the and both players checked. The fell on the river, Massey bet 245,000 and Jackson folded.
Hand #29: David Jackson raised to 75,000 from the cutoff, Aaron Massey three-bet to 150,000 form the button and Jackson folded.
Hand #30: Aaron Massey opened to 70,000 from the cutoff and took the blinds and antes.
Monday, June 30, 2014 4:38 PM Local Time
Level 25 started
Level: 25
Blinds: 15000/30000
Ante: 5000
Monday, June 30, 2014 4:34 PM Local Time
Hands #23-26: West Receives a Much Needed Double
Hand #23: Aaron Massey raised to 56,000 from middle position and won the pot uncontested.
Hand #24: The action folded to Henrik Hecklen in the small blind and he set Timothy West all-in for his 188,000 stack. West looked at one hole card and said, "I don't even need to look at the other," and called.
West flipped over and Hecklen the . A final board reading was enough to see West double.
Hand #25: David Jackson raised to 55,000 from under the gun and the other players folded in turn.
Hand #26: David Jackson received a walk in the big blind.
Henrik Hecklen | 472,000 | -308,000 |
Timothy West | 400,000 | 200,000 |
Monday, June 30, 2014 4:27 PM Local Time
Hands #18-22: Two Flops
Hand #18: David Jackson opened to 70,000 from the small blind and Aaron Massey folded.
Hand #19: Marc-Etienne McLaughlin moved all in from the cutoff and took the blinds and antes.
Hand #20: Asi Moshe raised to 48,000 from under the gun and David Jackson called from the cutoff. The flop was and both players checked. The turn was the , Moshe checked and Jackson bet 50,000. Moshe called to see the fall on the river. Both players checked, Moshe tabled and Jackson mucked.
Hand #21: Marc-Etienne McLaughlin moved all in from middle position and took the blinds and antes.
Hand #22: David Jackson raised to 55,000 from middle position and Brian Kennedy called from the big blind. The flop was . Kennedy checked, Jackson bet 66,000 and Kennedy folded.
Monday, June 30, 2014 4:17 PM Local Time
Hands #13-17: Jackson Approaching Six Million
Hand #13: Aaron Massey raised to 56,000 in the hijack seat and won the pot uncontested.
Hand #14: David Jackson raised to 55,000 from middle position and won the blinds and antes.
Hand #15: Jackson opened to 55,000 from early position and again won the blinds and antes.
Hand #16: The action folded to Asi Moshe in the hijack and he raised to 48,000. No customers for Moshe and he added the blinds and antes to his stack.
Hand #17: Moshe raised to 48,000 in late position and Jackson called from the big blind. The dealer spread the flop and Jackson check-called a 56,000 bet from Moshe.
Both players checked the flop, but Jackson came out firing to the tune of 163,000 on the river, a bet that Moshe wasn't prepared to pay. The rich get richer!
David Jackson | 5,800,000 | 850,000 |
Asi Moshe | 660,000 | 10,000 |
Monday, June 30, 2014 4:07 PM Local Time
Hands #9-12: Tight Early Play
Hand #9: Asi Moshe raised to 48,000 from middle position and everyone folded.
Hand #10: Action folded around to Aaron Massey in the small blind who raised to 62,000 and Michael Ferrer folded.
Hand #11: Asi Moshe raised to 48,000 from under the gun and David Jackson called from the cutoff. The flop was and both players checked. After the on the turn, both players again checked. The river was the , Moshe fired 52,000 and Jackson folded.
Hand #12: Action folded around to Bobby Poe in the small blind who raised to 60,000. Asi Moshe called from the big blind and the flop came down . Both players checked to see the come on the turn. Poe bet 56,000 and Moshe made the call. The river was the and both players checked. Poe tabled and Moshe mucked.
Monday, June 30, 2014 3:57 PM Local Time
Hands #4-8: Mainly Preflop Poker
Hand #4: Asi Moshe raised to 72,000 from the small blind and Brian Kennedy folded in the big blind.
Hand #5: Aaron Massey raised to 56,000 from late position and Henrik Hecklen called from the big blind. Hecklen checked the arrival of the flop, Massey bet 52,000 and Hecklen mucked.
Hand #6: Massey raised to 56,000 from middle position and won the blinds and antes.
Hand #7: David Jackson raised to 53,000 from under the gun, nobody wanted to tangle with the runaway chip leader and he won the blinds and antes.
Hand #8: Bobby Poe raised to 56,000 from early position and everyone passed in turn.
Monday, June 30, 2014 3:50 PM Local Time
Hands #1-3: Quads
Hand #1: Brian Kennedy raised to 40,000 from middle position and Marc-Etienne McLaughlin called from the cutoff. The flop was and both players checked. The turn was the , Kennedy led for 110,000 and McLaughlin called. The river was the and Kennedy thought for a couple minutes before sliding out 180,000. McLaughlin thought for a moment and eventually called, but mucked after Kennedy tabled for quad tens.
Hand #2: Aaron Massey opened to 56,000 from the button and Bobby Poe moved all in from the big blind; Massey folded.
Hand #3: Aaron Massey raised to 56,000 from the cutoff and Bobby Poe moved all in from the small blind; Massey folded.
Brian Kennedy | 1,100,000 | 350,000 |
Marc-Etienne McLaughlin | 400,000 | -330,000 |
Monday, June 30, 2014 3:14 PM Local Time
Final Table Reached, Players Sent on a 25-Minute Break
The final table has been reached, the players have redrawn and then sent on a 25-minute break. Here's how they line up:
Seat | Player | Chips |
1 | Marc-Etienne McLaughlin | 730,000 |
2 | David Jackson | 4,950,000 |
3 | Aaron Massey | 925,000 |
4 | Michael Ferrer | 575,000 |
5 | Bobby Poe | 410,000 |
6 | Asi Moshe | 650,000 |
7 | Brian Kennedy | 750,000 |
8 | Henrik Hecklen | 780,000 |
9 | Timothy West | 360,000 |
David Jackson | 4,950,000 | 1,350,000 |
Aaron Massey | 925,000 | -24,000 |
Henrik Hecklen | 780,000 | 202,000 |
Brian Kennedy | 750,000 | -65,000 |
Marc-Etienne McLaughlin | 730,000 | 25,000 |
Asi Moshe | 650,000 | 85,000 |
Michael Ferrer | 575,000 | -325,000 |
Bobby Poe | 410,000 | 30,000 |
Timothy West | 360,000 | -273,000 |
Monday, June 30, 2014 3:06 PM Local Time
Georgios Kapalas Eliminated in 10th Place ($33,219)
Marc-Etienne McLaughlin opened to 40,000 from middle position and Georgios Kapalas three-bet to 92,000 from the button. David Jackson reraised to 215,000 from the small blind. McLaughlin folded, Kapalas five-bet all in and Jackson made the call.
Kapalas:
Jackson:
The flop brought a pair for Kapalas, but gave Jackson a flush draw. The turn sealed it and the meaningless fell on the river. Kapalas hit the rail just short of the final table in 10th place.
Georgios Kapalas | 0 | -988,000 |
Monday, June 30, 2014 3:05 PM Local Time
Jonathan Andero Eliminated in 11th Place ($33,219)
We didn't catch the full action but Aaron Massey filled us in on the details. In a blind-versus-blind siuation, Aaron Massey raised to 45,000 and Jonathan Andero made the call. The flop was and Massey checked.
Andero moved all in and Massey called.
Massey:
Andero:
The turn was an and the river was a and Andero was eliminated.
Jonathan Andero | 0 | -720,000 |