Sunday, July 5, 2015 1:30 PM Local Time
The board reads , and Mark Radoja and Thomas McTeer are heads up. McTeer fires 2,200 into Radoja, who tosses in the call. The river is the , and McTeer knuckles over to Radoja, who doesn't take long to toss 2,700 into the middle. McTeer also doesn't take long to call, and Radoja can only muster up for a missed straight. McTeer shows for top two pair, and he drags the pot. Despite taking the hit, Radoja, who already has 10 cashes this summer, is in good shape with an above starting stack.
Mark Radoja - 36,000
Thomas McTeer - 28,500
Sunday, July 5, 2015 1:29 PM Local Time
With about 5,500 in the pot and the flop reading , Amar Anand bets 3,000 from early position into Rana Khalid on his direct left. Khalid calls and the comes on the turn.
Anand checks it over to Khalid, who bets 11,000. Anand thinks for a few moments and calls. The hits the river and Anand checks again.
Khalid bets 12,000, which is for most of Anand's remaining chips. "This could be the Main Event already," says Anand. After a few more seconds, Anand calls and sees that his is good enough to beat Khalid's .
Amar Anand - 55,000
Rana Khalid - 4,400
Sunday, July 5, 2015 1:26 PM Local Time
John Morgan is a heavyweight in the financial world and a fierce competitor at the tables too. Despite only playing a handful of tournaments each year, Morgan has racked up four WSOP final tables, winning a no-limit hold'em bracelet in 1996. He's a fixture in the biggest poker games in the world, though he's still in search of his first career Main Event cash.
Morgan is involved in a heads-up pot with Fadi Barakeh on an flop. Playing out of position, Morgan check-calls a bet of 575. Both players check through the turn, and the river is the . When Morgan checks again, Barakeh bets 2,250 into a pot of about the same amount. Morgan calls.
Barakeh shows to win the pot with the nut flush.
Morgan had been enjoying a productive start to his 2015 Main Event, but this pot erases most of his early gains and sets him back near his starting stack.
John Morgan - 30,200
Sunday, July 5, 2015 1:26 PM Local Time
After a raise from another player at the table, Charles Sylvestre three-bets to 1,125 and a player in middle position calls. Jeff Frerichs four-bets to 4,100 and only Sylvestre is willing to look him up.
The flop is and the two players check. Frerichs bets 5,000 after the dealer puts out the on the turn and Sylvestre quickly calls.
The river is the and Frerichs checks. Sylvestre tosses out three 5,000 chips, which is enough to set Frerichs all in. Frerichs thinks for a moment and folds. Sylvestre shows for a turned club flush draw that didn't get there.
Charles Sylvestre - 46,500
Jeff Frerichs - 11,500
Sunday, July 5, 2015 1:25 PM Local Time
The player under the gun limps into the pot before Thiago Nishijima raises to 400 from the cutoff. The player on the button calls, as does the original limper.
The flop comes down and all three players check.
After the drops on the turn, the player under the gun bets out 575, and is called by both opponents.
The completes the board and the under the gun player bets 1,100. Nishijima calls, as does the player on the button.
Nishijima then watches as his two opponents table and respectively for a pair of aces with a ten kicker which plays.
Nishijima flashes his before mucking his hand before dropping down to 20,925 in chips.
Sunday, July 5, 2015 1:24 PM Local Time
Facing an early position raise to 300, Kelly Minkin calls from the button and the small blind comes along too.
The flop of checks around before the lands on the turn and the small blind bets out 600. The original raiser calls and Minkin immediately bumps it up to 2,500. The small blind tanks for two minutes before folding, then the original raiser quickly calls.
The river lands the , and once Minkin's opponent checks, she fires out 6,400 and is met with an immediate fold.
Kelly Minkin - 39,400
Sunday, July 5, 2015 1:23 PM Local Time
Paul Tschernia and several other players limp into the pot preflop and Mark Radoja, in the big blind, checks.
The players see come out on the flop. The small blind bets 500 and Radoja folds. Tschernia calls as does one other player in middle position.
The turn is the . The small blind and Tschernia both check. Their opponent in middle position bets 1,200. The small blind folds and Tschernia calls.
The river peels off the . Tschernia bets 1,600. His opponent stalls for just a bit but finally calls.
Tschernia shows for the rivered straight while his opponent shows only the for top pair.
Paul Tschernia - 33,800
Sunday, July 5, 2015 1:20 PM Local Time
Andy Black is in the small blind of a limped pot. The flop is , and he leads out for 225.
Adam Hirsh is the only caller and they go heads up to the turn card . Black continues for the same 225 bet and Hirsh once more calls. The river is the and Black makes it just 200 this time. Hirsh calls and as Black is about to reveal his hand, Hirsh says "Boat" and turns over his .
Black acknowledges the best hand and taps the table as his cards hit the muck unseen.
Adam Hirsh - 23,000
Andy Black - 45,000
Sunday, July 5, 2015 1:19 PM Local Time
On a flop reading , three players check their options, including Jonathan West in the big blind.
The falls on the turn, prompting the small blind to toss out 400 in chips. West then comes over the top with a raise to 1,500 which forces the third player out. The small blind calls the raise before the completes the board.
The player in the small blind then checks. West bets 2,500 and his opponent quickly mucks.
Jonathan West - 35,500
Sunday, July 5, 2015 1:16 PM Local Time
A player in early position raises to 225 and Randy Pfeifer three-bets to 650 from the button. The player calls to see the flop.
The flop brings two checks, and Pfeifer's opponent checks a second time after the falls on the turn.
Pfeifer doesn't check for a second time, instead throwing out 1,100. His opponent calls.
The completes the board and the player in early position checks for a third time. Pfeifer bets 2,200 and his opponent calls, only to be shown , which is good for a rivered straight.
"Oh my God," Pfeifer's opponent says before rechecking and mucking his cards, visibly confused.
Pfeifer is up to nearly 36,000 midway through Level 1.
Sunday, July 5, 2015 1:15 PM Local Time
Jon West opens his button to 225 and both the small blind and Erik Cajelais, who is in the big blind, call.
The flop falls and the small blind tosses in a bet of 300, which is called by Cajelais before West check-raises it up to 1,100. The small blind and Cajelais call, then the on the turn is checked around.
The river falls the and the small blind drops in a bet of 1,000, which is met by a quick fold from Cajelais before West calls.
The small blind tables his and West mucks.
Jon West - 31,800
Erik Cajelais - 29,550
Sunday, July 5, 2015 1:15 PM Local Time
The player in the cut off raises to 300 and is called by Fabian Quoss on the big blind.
The flop comes down and both players check.
After the drops on the turn, Quoss checks, before calling another bet totaling 325 in chips.
The river brings the and both players check. Quoss turns over which is good enough to take down the pot.
Fabian Quoss - 31,050
Sunday, July 5, 2015 1:13 PM Local Time
Jaime Staples is heads up against Irving Lorenzo. The flop is . Lorenzo bets 500 from the small blind and Staples calls from middle position.
The turn is the . Lorenzo bets 1,000 and Staples calls.
The river is the . Lorenzo bets 2,000 and Staples tanks before calling.
Lorenzo turns over , giving him two pair. Staples mucks his cards.
Irving Lorenzo - 32,000
Jaime Staples - 21,400
Sunday, July 5, 2015 1:12 PM Local Time
Gabriel Nassif opens to 250 from middle position. A player calls from the cutoff and David Sands three-bets to 1,400 from the small blind. Nassif and the cutoff fold and Sands takes it down.
David Sands - 26,300
Gabriel Nassif - 32,200
Sunday, July 5, 2015 1:10 PM Local Time
Scott Ball and David Brightman see a flop of . Brightman leads for 600, and Ball calls from the button to see the come on the turn. Brightman keeps betting, 1,000 this time, and Ball raises it up to 2,250. Brightman mulls it over for a bit before calling, and the completes the board. Brightman thinks for about 45 seconds before betting 2,500, and Ball tanks for a minute or so before saying "nice hand," and releasing his cards.
Scott Ball - 25,300
Sunday, July 5, 2015 1:07 PM Local Time
Seated two tables over from Jorryt van Hoof resides last year's sixth place finisher, Andoni Larrabe.
Larrabe, who won $1,622,471 for his finish last year, will be looking to follow in the footsteps of Mark Newhouse and complete the near-impossible task of repeating as a final tablist.
Sunday, July 5, 2015 1:06 PM Local Time
A player in middle position opens for 225 and Jake Schwartz calls one seat to his left. The action folds to Cherish Andrews (pictured above) in the small blind and she three-bets to 850. Both players call.
The flop is and Andrews leads out for 1,000. Only Schwartz calls.
The turn is the and Andrews fires again, this time for 1,200. Schwartz thinks for about thirty seconds and then calls.
The river is the and Andrews checks. Schwartz puts together a bet of 2,400, carefully places it into the middle, and Andrews quickly folds.
Jake Schwartz - 35,800
Cherish Andrews - 26,225
Sunday, July 5, 2015 1:04 PM Local Time
Four players see a flop of and both blinds check. The hijack bets 350 and Cathleen Tran raises to 900 on the button. The blinds fold and the hijack calls. The turn is the and the hijack checks. Tran bets 1,400 and the hijack calls.
The river is the and the hijack checks again. Tran bets 2,500 and the hijack calls. Tran shows and the hijack mucks his hand as Tran moves over the 40,000 mark.
Cathleen Tran - 42,500
Sunday, July 5, 2015 1:04 PM Local Time
In 2011, Ukraine's Anton Makiievskyi made the November Nine and finished in eighth place for a $1,010,015 payday.
Makiievskyi has been fairly quiet on the WSOP front since that day, logging only three cashes for roughly $10,000 in WSOP earnings. However, taking a seat today in the Brasilia Bronze section, he'll be hoping to make another run at the November Nine with a little bit of luck, patience and skill.
Sunday, July 5, 2015 1:04 PM Local Time
Patrick Leonard opens for 300 and Cindy Murabito on the button three-bets to 700. The blinds fold and Leonard calls.
The flop is and Leonard checks. Murabito gathers her bet together and puts out 1,200. Leonard's cards quickly hit the muck.
Cindy Murabito - 30,800
Patrick Leonard - 19,900