Friday, May 29, 2015 12:03 AM Local Time
Level: 19
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 1,000
Thursday, May 28, 2015 11:48 PM Local Time
Players are heading on a 20-minute break for the last time tonight with two levels left to play for Day 2.
Thursday, May 28, 2015 11:48 PM Local Time
Ryan Olisar moves all in for 38,000 from the hijack, and action folds around to the big blind. "I know Brian's calling," Olisar says, and Brian Hastings does indeed that, putting Olisar at risk.
Olisar:
Hastings:
"I wasn't folding much," Hastings acknowledges.
The board runs , and Olisar has been eliminated.
Brian Hastings - 455,000 (75 bb)
Ryan Olisar - Eliminated
Thursday, May 28, 2015 11:40 PM Local Time
Scott Baumstein avoids elimination with pocket kings and doubles up to 270,000 chips.
Following a raise from Tommaso Briotti in the cutoff, Baumstein shoves all in from the big blind with and Briotti calls with . Baumstein's kings hold as the board runs .
Scott Baumstein - 270,000 (45 bb)
Thursday, May 28, 2015 11:40 PM Local Time
We start with a raise to 13,000 from Felix Stephensen. Brian Hastings calls and the big blinds calls. After two checks, Felix Stephensen bets 16,500 on the flop . Hastings reraises to 42,000 and only Stephensen pays that raise.
Brian Hastings moves then all-in at the turn . After some time Felix Stephensen calls all-in.
Brian Hastings
Felix Stephensen
Felix Stephensen has less chips then Hastings, drawing dead already.
Brian Hastings - 365,000 (60 bb)
Felix Stephensen - Eliminated
Thursday, May 28, 2015 11:37 PM Local Time
Brian Altman opens to 13,000 in middle position, and Byron Kaverman calls from the hijack. On the button, Doc Sands squeezes all in for 91,000 total. Altman folds, but Kaverman calls, and Sands is flipping for his tournament life.
Kaverman:
Sands:
The flop comes , and Sands begins to inch out of his chair as Kaverman flops his set. The turn brings the , and Sands continues to shift his weight, hovering over his chair and preparing to accept his fate.
The river is the , though, filling in his straight and sending him a much needed double.
"You were going somewhere?" Kaverman asks with a smile. "Go on, go."
Sands smiles back, a task made easier as he stacks up his freshly doubled chips.
Doc Sands - 210,000 (35 bb)
Byron Kaverman - 317,000 (52 bb)
Thursday, May 28, 2015 11:31 PM Local Time
Justin Schwartz is unhappy with himself after playing a large and crippling pot against Bryn Kenney. The action isn't known, but the board ends up showing by the river, and Kenney moves all in for 140,000. There's already at least that much in the pot, and Schwartz ends up calling the shove for most of his own chips, too.
Kenney shows , and his set of threes is good for a big double up. Schwartz is less than pleased, and he and Kenney spend a few moments chatting through the hand in a good-natured way. "I guess I should have just folded," Schwartz eventually decides. "I just gifted Bryn Kenney like $30k in equity."
That pot leaves Schwartz with right around 10,000 chips, and he gets them in on the very next hand with . Tommaso Briotti calls with , and his hand ends up best after the board. Schwartz has been eliminated.
Bryn Kenney - 425,000 (70 bb)
Justin Schwartz - Eliminated
Thursday, May 28, 2015 11:25 PM Local Time
Justin Conley has doubled up through Brian Hastings and, in the process, has eliminated Seth Davies in 39th.
Following an under the gun raise to 15,000 with two callers, Davies moves all in with 25,500. Action folds to the big blind where Justin Conley moves all in for 101,000. After two folds, Hastings calls to make it three way to the flop with two players all in.
Conley
Hastings
Davies
Conley's kings hold up as the board runs .
Justin Conley - 250,000 (41 bb)
Brian Hastings - 375,000 (62 bb)
Seth Davies - Eliminated in 39th ($9,381)
Thursday, May 28, 2015 11:14 PM Local Time
Justin Conley moves all in for 45,000, and Seth Davies calls, having his opponent just slightly covered.
Conley:
Davies:
The board runs , and Conley doubles up with aces up. When Davies pays off his debt, he's left with just 7,000 chips.
Justin Conley - 105,000 (17 bb)
Seth Davies - 7,000 (1 bb)
Thursday, May 28, 2015 11:05 PM Local Time
In the first hand Michael Brenden doubles-up with pocket queens against the from Shaan Yuhas. Now Shaan Yuhas sits on a stack of 9,500. When everybody folds he pushes all-in from the cutoff and gets a call from Tony Gregg.
Shaan Yuhas:
Tony Gregg:
The flop is bad for Yuhas. His tournament is over after the turn and river .
Michael Brenden - 135,000 (22 bb)
41st - Adam Geyer ($9,381)
40th - Shaan Yuhas ($9,381)
Thursday, May 28, 2015 10:55 PM Local Time
In middle position, Michael Wang opens to 11,000, and action folds around to the blinds. In the big, Rong Li three-bets to 27,000, and Wang comes right back over the top with a four-bet to 63,000. Li moves all in for 342,000 total, and Wang tanks and calls with the covering stack.
Li:
Wang:
The board runs , and Li's aces hold to earn him a huge double, moving him up into second place overall.
Rong Li - 701,000 (116 bb)
Michael Wang - 203,000 (33 bb)
Thursday, May 28, 2015 10:54 PM Local Time
After surviving the bubble with a timely double up, Hiran Patel has been eliminated by Long Nguyen in 44th place.
In middle position, Patel shoves all in for about 70,000 chips. In the big blind, Nguyen calls and shows . Patel flips over , and the flop comes . But the falls on the river giving Nguyen a set and Patel fails to improve his hand on the river .
Long Nguyen - 450,000 (75 bb)
45th - Hunter Frey ($9,381)
44th - Hiren Patel ($9,381)
43rd - Jeremiah Fitzpatrick ($9,381)
42nd - Dan Sindelar ($9,381)
Thursday, May 28, 2015 10:45 PM Local Time
Level: 18
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 1,000
Thursday, May 28, 2015 10:45 PM Local Time
Brian Hastings checks on . His only opponent, Michael Wang, takes a step with a bet of 55,000. Brian checks again at the river . Michael Wang takes some chips, Hastings folds immediately.
Michael Wang - 547,000 (91 bb)
Brian Hastings - 385,000 (64 bb)
Thursday, May 28, 2015 10:40 PM Local Time
Sebastian Saffari was just eliminated from Table 347, bringing the field onto the direct bubble with 46 players remaining.
"All right, dealers hold up after this hand," the floorman announces.
There's a hand in progress at Table 348, though, as Zachary Gruneberg and Rong Li tangle in a preflop confrontation. It's Gruneberg who ends up all in for just less than 100,000, and the showdown news is not good for him.
Gruneberg:
Li:
The board runs out , and Gruneberg is eliminated on the bubble.
"Dealers, disregard that. Congratulations players, you're all in the money!"
Rong Li - 330,000 (66 bb)
Zachary Gruneberg - Eliminated
Thursday, May 28, 2015 10:35 PM Local Time
Hiren Patel has only 36,000 (seven big blinds), when he shoves all-in after a 13,000 raise from Brian Hastings. Brian needs to call.
Hiren Patel:
Brian Hastings:
The board runs out .
Hiren Patel - 80,000
Thursday, May 28, 2015 10:17 PM Local Time
Justin Schwartz opens with a raise to 10,000, and Bryn Kenney three-bets to 24,000 from the cutoff. When it folds back around to Schwartz, he makes his move.
"All right," he says. "One-eleven five." With that, he stacks the remainder of his chips into the pot. Kenney double-checks his cards, then makes the call with the covering stack. It's a race.
Schwartz:
Kenney:
"Well," Schwartz says, "It's been a good start to the summer either way."
The board runs out , and Schwartz has doubled up.
Justin Schwartz - 235,500
Bryn Kenney - 149,000
Thursday, May 28, 2015 10:12 PM Local Time
Randal Flowers has been eliminated in 48th position midway through Level 17.
Flowers who started the level with about 111,000 chips, pushes all in from the small blind after Long Nguyen opens from the button. Nguyen instantly calls and shows to Flowers's .
The board runs and Flowers is out just short of the money.
Long Nguyen - 305,000
Randal Flowers - Eliminated
Thursday, May 28, 2015 10:11 PM Local Time
Ryan Olisar raises to 11,000 and get a call from Joe Ebanks. The action is then on Nam Le, and he pushes all-in for 81,500 with . Ryan Olisar makes the call with . No help for Olisar on the board what means Nam Le doubles-up short before the money.
Nam Le - 180,000
Ryan Olisar - 160,000
Thursday, May 28, 2015 10:06 PM Local Time
Three players have been sent off since the level began, reducing the field to 48. Only 45 of them will earn a share of the prizepool, though, and the money bubble is drawing near.