Tuesday, June 30, 2015 7:57 PM Local Time
Dan Kelly was recently eliminated at the hands of chip leader Anthony Zinno. Kelly fell in unknown action, but his bust managed to extend Zinno's command over the field even further. Zinno currently has approximately 1.785 million to his name.
Anthony Zinno - 1,785,000
Dan Kelly - Eliminated
Tuesday, June 30, 2015 7:53 PM Local Time
Shaun Deeb opens with a raise to 14,000 from early position and it folds around to Prakash Patel who calls from the cutoff. Alexander Kostritsyn announces a three-bet to 65,000 from the button and the blinds fold. Deeb four-bets the pot for a raise totaling 218,000. Patel quickly gets out of the way while Kostritsyn looks him up.
The dealer produces a board of and Deeb moves all in. Kostritsyn quickly folds his cards and Deeb is awarded a sizable pot.
Shaun Deeb -910,000
Alexander Kostritsyn - 740,000
Tuesday, June 30, 2015 7:50 PM Local Time
| Level: | 16 | | Blinds: | 8,000/16,000 | |
Tuesday, June 30, 2015 7:49 PM Local Time
Gjergj Sinishtaj bet 37,000 from the cutoff with the board showing . John Patgorski check-called from early position and both went on to check the river.
"Flush," said Patgorski and opened . Sinishtaj paused before mucking his hand.
Gjergj Sinishta - 258,000
John Patgorski - 470,000
Tuesday, June 30, 2015 7:42 PM Local Time
Four players are engaged in a hand where the board reads . Juha Helppi is first to act and he checks. Talal Shakerchi bets out 45,000 and James Park goes into the tank. After a moment of though, he cuts out calling chips. Christian Harder folds his button, putting action back on Helppi.
Helppi asks the dealer how much is in the pot and instantly announces a raise to that amount - 246,000. Shakerchi lets out a shrug and throws his hand away. Park follows suit and Helppi pulls the pot.
Juha Helppi - 500,000
Talal Shakerchi - 510,000
James Park - 370,000
Tuesday, June 30, 2015 7:36 PM Local Time
Ben Sulsky raises to 15,000 and calls after Scott Palmer three-bets to 54,000 from the button.
The flop comes
and Palmer check-calls a 25,000 bet. Both players check the
turn and Palmer bets pot (167,000) when checked to on the
river.
Sulsky seems surprised by the bet and settles into a tank where it looks as if he's enjoying the challenge of untangling this problem. After a couple of minutes he folds and continues to look at Palmer before saying, "So funny, he just looked so happy. I guess I messed that one up!"
Scott Palmer - 380,000
Ben Sulsky - 201,000
Tuesday, June 30, 2015 7:34 PM Local Time
John Crisp moves all in on a flop of holding and gets one caller in Troy Burkholder. Burkholder has and immediately hits the on the turn to eliminate Crisp. The completes the board as Crisp heads to the rail in 33rd place.
With this elimination, there are four tables of eight left in the Amazon Room. With 24 getting paid, tensions are slowly beginning to rise as the bubble will be worth $40,000.
John Crisp - Eliminated
Tuesday, June 30, 2015 7:28 PM Local Time
Brian Hastings - eliminated
Brian Hastings raises the pot from under the gun, leaving himself with just 1,000 back. It folds around to Juha Helppi in the big blind and he announces a raise, allowing Hastings to toss in his final 1,000 and the cards to be turned on their backs.
Hastings:
Helppi:
The board runs out , giving Helppi a full house of kings full of queens. Hastings takes his leave from the tournament area and Helppi scores the knockout.
Juha Helppi - 330,000
Brian Hastings - Eliminated
Tuesday, June 30, 2015 7:15 PM Local Time
Action folds around to Randal Flowers on the button and he puts in a raise to 15,000. Martin Kozlov in the big blind is the only caller and the pair watch closely as the dealer fans out a flop. Kozlov, in between eating his evening meal, reaches for chips and bets 20,000. Flowers tosses in the call and the dealer burns and turns the . Kozlov asks the dealer how much the pot is, which is 73,000, and bets that amount. Flowers gives his hand up.
As Flowers folds, he turns over whilst mucking. Kozlov grins and exposes the when the pot is pushed to him. The table laughs and Flowers says "Yeah, I folded queen-ten-ten-nine there", to which Kozlov exclaims "Really?! Then we had the exact same hand!". The table are still laughing about it as the dealer begins the next hand.
Martin Kozlov - 250,000
Randal Flowers - 335,000
Tuesday, June 30, 2015 7:14 PM Local Time
Arthur Morris and Anthony Zinno are engaged in a hand where the board reads . Morris checks the turn over to Zinno who fires out 45,000. Morris goes deep into the tank before moving forward a call.
The river is the and Morris checks again. Zinno does the same and rolls over for an ace-high flush. Morris tosses his cards into the muck and Zinno's ace-high flush wins him the pot.
Anthony Zinno - 1,580,000
Arthur Morris - 162,000
Tuesday, June 30, 2015 7:06 PM Local Time
After an under-the-gun limp, Christian Harder raises to 24,000 from the next seat. Juha Helppi was in the cutoff and raises to 87,000 (pot). The limper folds to allow Harder to call.
The flop comes and Harder quickly bets pot (189,000). Helppi has 300,000 left and decides to maintain that stack by folding.
Christian Harder - 670,000
Juha Helppi - 300,000
Tuesday, June 30, 2015 6:54 PM Local Time
Warwick Mirzikinian found himself all in against Anthony Zinno on a board, holding for top set. Unfortunately for Mirzikinian, Zinno was holding for the nut straight, sending Mirzikinian to the rail just short of the money and propelling Zinno to a massive 1,500,000 in chips with the blinds only at 3,000/6,000!
Warwick Mirzikinian - Eliminated
Tuesday, June 30, 2015 6:52 PM Local Time
Just before the break we caught a hand that saw the elimination of Dani Stern from play. After a series of bets and raises, Stern is all in and at risk on a flop of against Christian Harder.
Stern:
Harder:
The turn is the and the river the , allowing Harder to play his ace-king for the Broadway straight and the nuts. Stern is eliminated from play and Harder boosts his stack to 586,000.
Christian Harder - 586,000
Dani Stern - Eliminated
Tuesday, June 30, 2015 6:47 PM Local Time
| Level: | 15 | | Blinds: | 3,000/6,000 | |
Tuesday, June 30, 2015 6:27 PM Local Time
Players are on a 20 minute break.
Tuesday, June 30, 2015 6:22 PM Local Time
Ben Sulsky
Ben Sulsky and Randal Flowers take a flop of . Sulsky checks the flop and Flowers fires 18,000 from the button. Sulsky calls to see the turn.
Fourth street is the and Sulsky knocks the table for a second time. Flowers checks it back and the finishes the board. Both players check once more, prompting Sulsky to roll over for trip eights. Flowers mucks and Sulsky adds to his stack.
Ben Sulsky - 313,000
Randal Flowers - 374,000
Tuesday, June 30, 2015 6:17 PM Local Time
Joseph Sanders opens the pot with a raise from under the gun and calls after Ismael Bojang three-bets from two seats along. The flop comes
and Sander moves all in for 92,500. Call.
Sanders:
Bojang:
The
run-out makes Bojang a winning set of aces.
Ismael Bojang - 395,000
Joseph Sanders - eliminated
Tuesday, June 30, 2015 6:07 PM Local Time
With the board reading , Martin Kozlov finds himself all in for 78,000 vs David Chiu. Kozlov has and dominates Chiu, who is holding .
The board finishes off with the , giving Chiu a flush draw, but he misses on the river and the 200,000 pot is shipped to Kozlow. Chiu is down to 140,000.
Tuesday, June 30, 2015 6:05 PM Local Time
Jeffrie Rine leads for 53,000 on a
rurn and gets raised to 106,000 by David Chiu. Ben Sulsky folds but Rine moves all in and gets calls by Chiu.
Rine:
Chiu:
The board finished with the
to make Chiu trip twos.
Jeffrie Rine - eliminated
David Chiu - 255,000
Tuesday, June 30, 2015 5:57 PM Local Time
Mike Gorodinsky has doubled up to 250,000 after he got it all in on a board holding . His opponent, Prakash Patel, mucked his hand upon seeing Gorodinsky's two pair.
Mike Gorodinsky - 250,000