Wednesday, May 27, 2015 9:00 PM Local Time
Following a flop of , Blake Bohn checks to Nick Rampone who bets 2,200. Bohn responds promptly with a reraise all in for his remianing 12,500. Rampone calls after a minute to put Bohn at risk. Bohn holds which trails Rampone's .
The turn and river run out and , and Rampone now holds 60,000 while Bohn heads to the exit.
Wednesday, May 27, 2015 8:59 PM Local Time
Maria Ho and Erik Seidel have joined the field of more than 390 entries as level 5 play begins.
Ho has joined the table that includes Main Event winner Ryan Riess, along with former New England Patriot and Oakland Raider Richard Seymour.
Wednesday, May 27, 2015 8:50 PM Local Time
The last check on David Miscikowski finds his chair empty and his spot devoid of chips. A quick sweep through the rest of the room turns up nothing, and It's safe to presume that the defending champion of this event has been eliminated.
Wednesday, May 27, 2015 8:40 PM Local Time
Level: 5
Blinds: 150/300
Ante: 25
Wednesday, May 27, 2015 8:26 PM Local Time
Level 4 is in the books, and the players are off for another 15-minute break.
Wednesday, May 27, 2015 8:25 PM Local Time
Just 20 minutes after buying in, Jason Somerville rivers a higher flush than Steven Merrifield to take down about a 23,000 pot.
With a board of , Merrifield bets 3,800 and Somerville, on the button, calls. After the falls on the river, Merrifield bets 6,600 and Somerville quickly calls.
Merrifield flips over for a flush, but Somerville shows for the win.
Jason Somerville - 37,000
Steven Merrifield - 48,500
Wednesday, May 27, 2015 8:25 PM Local Time
Chance Kornuth is the recipient of an unusual double-up.
The action folds around to the small blind who limps. Chance Kornuth in the big blind raises to 700 and the small blind calls. The flop brings . The small blind checks and Kornuth bets 475. The small blind calls. The turn puts a pair on board in the form of the and both players check. The river is the , making a flush for either player possible. The small blind gives it a think and then leads for 2,100. Kornuth wastes little time moving all in for 4,600, and the small blind folds just as quickly.
Kornuth now sits with 9,200.
Wednesday, May 27, 2015 8:24 PM Local Time
Wednesday, May 27, 2015 8:22 PM Local Time
With the board reading , Greg Merson checks to the button who checks behind. On a river of , Merson bets 850 into a pot of 5,000. His opponent thinks before raising the action to 4,850. Before the chips hit the felt, Merson calls showing which is good for a straight to defeat his opponent's . Merson now sits with 43,000.
Wednesday, May 27, 2015 8:21 PM Local Time
Staring at a board of , Vanessa Rousso shoves all in from the small blind for 4,500.
With only about 3,000 in the pot, four players fold behind and Rousso remains alive in the tournament, albeit with about 7,500 in chips.
Wednesday, May 27, 2015 8:02 PM Local Time
Kevin Song recently busted Jennifer Tilly after taking most of her chips earlier in the day. Song now sits with 40,000.
Wednesday, May 27, 2015 7:59 PM Local Time
Preflop action sees Eugene Katchalov raise to 500 before being called from the hijack by an unknown player. Kane Kalas is on the button and three-bets to 2,200. Katchalov calls and the hijack folds. The flop is laid down and is checked by both players.
A turn card of is checked as well. The river shows the which leads to both players checking again.
Katchalov shows which is good enough to take make Kalas muck. After being down earlier the day, Katchalov has rebounded to 47,000.
Wednesday, May 27, 2015 7:54 PM Local Time
On a board reading , Jonathan Duhamel checks to the cutoff who bets 1,125 which is called by both Max Silver and Duhamel. The turn brings the and Duhamel checks again. The cutoff fires again, this time for 2,100. Silver then raises to 5,500. Duhamel folds and the cutoff calls after pondering his options. A river of is checked by both players. The cutoff shows the which is beat by Silver's . Silver now sits with 39,000.
Wednesday, May 27, 2015 7:50 PM Local Time
A four-way pot sees Paul Volpe more than triple his stack.
The action folds to a player in middle position who raises to 450. Jason Mercier calls from the hijack, Paul Volpe calls from the button, and a third player calls from the small blind. The flop is . The action checks to Volpe, who leads for 1,600. The small blind check-raises to 4,500, and the original preflop raiser makes it 10,000 straight. Mercier gets out of the way and Volpe ships all in for 10,150 total. The small blind calls as does the middle position player.
The turn is the and both players check. The river is the and both players check it down. The small blind shows for a busted straight draw and the middle position player shows for top pair, top kicker. Volpe turns over for the second nut flush and pulls in a pot of 32,250.
Wednesday, May 27, 2015 7:41 PM Local Time
Hernan Crespin opens the pot with a standard raise, and Carlos Mortensen three-bet shoves with his short stack of barely 2,000. Crespin calls with , flipping for the knockout against Mortensen's .
The board runs out blanks for the 2001 Main Event Champion, and his 2015 WSOP is off to a bit of a sour start.
Hernan Crespin - 29,000
Carlos Mortensen - Eliminated
Wednesday, May 27, 2015 7:35 PM Local Time
Jennifer Tilly is left with about 12 big blinds after doubling up Kevin Song.
With the board , Tilly shoves all in with . Sitting in the cutoff, Song calls all in for 11,600 with . The river comes the , putting Tilly's tournament in peril.
Kevin Song - 34,000
Jennifer Tilly - 2,700
Wednesday, May 27, 2015 7:30 PM Local Time
On a board reading , Jonathan Duhamel checks to the cutoff who bets 1,125 which is called by both Max Silver and Duhamel.
The turn brings the and Duhamel checks again. The cutoff fires again, this time for 2,100. Silver then raises to 5,500. Duhamel folds and the cutoff calls after pondering his options.
A river of is checked by both players. The cutoff shows which is beat by Silver's . Silver now sits with 39,000.
Wednesday, May 27, 2015 7:22 PM Local Time
Level: 4
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 25
Wednesday, May 27, 2015 7:13 PM Local Time
After starting play in level three, Calvin Anderson has nearly doubled his stack. The majority of his chips came in one hand where he eliminated a player.
According to Anderson, he flopped a set of sevens against the player on his immediate left on a flop of . Anderson then barreled the turn where his opponent called. The river came and Anderson put the player all in and showed his sevens after being called.
Anderson now sits at 59,000 and sits a dangerous table that includes Jason Mercier and Paul Volpe.
Wednesday, May 27, 2015 7:01 PM Local Time
A player in early position opens to 500, and Daniel Sindelar three-bets to 1,400 in middle position. Chris Tryba calls on the button, the raiser folds, and it's heads-up to the flop.
It comes , and Sindelar checks. Tryba bets 1,600, and Sindelar calls. On the turn, Sindelar leads out into the pot for 3,025, and now Tryba is the one doing the calling. That brings them to the river , and Sindelar slows back down with another check. Tryba takes his cue to move all in for close to 12,000, and Sindelar instantly folds.
Tryba - 23,250
Sindelar - 19,000