Tuesday, July 7, 2015 4:15 PM Local Time
Greg Burns and his opponent are heads up. The flop is . Burns bets 5,400 from the big blind and his opponent calls from the button.
The turn is the and both players check.
The river is the and again both players check.
Burns turns over and his opponent briefly shows .
Greg Burns - 29,800
Tuesday, July 7, 2015 4:15 PM Local Time
Mike Leah raises to 400 and finds one call before a player three-bets to 1,325. Leah calls as the player stuck in the middle folds.
The flop is checked through as the lands on the turn and Leah bets 1,800.
His opponent calls as the lands on the river and Leah bets 4,000. After about two minutes of deliberation, Leah's opponent mucks as the 2014 WSOP Asia-Pacific High Roller Champion is pushed the pot.
Mike Leah - 30,075
Tuesday, July 7, 2015 4:13 PM Local Time
Mitchell Greenblatt opens for 575 preflop and Joshua Haupt calls from the small blind.
The flop is and Haupt checks. Greenblatt bets 825, Haupt calls. The turn is the and both players check. The river is the and Haupt leads out for 2,200. Greenblatt folds.
Joshua Haupt - 26,400
Mitchell Greenblatt - 29,350
Tuesday, July 7, 2015 4:12 PM Local Time
On a board reading Tom Middleton bets 1,050 from the big blind and is called by Jarod Ludemann on the button.
The river brings the and Middleton bets out another 2,200 and is called almost instantly.
Middleton tables for trip kings with a six kicker before Ludemann rolls over for the same trips with a higher kicker.
Jarod Ludemann - 31,700
Tom Middleton - 7,600
Tuesday, July 7, 2015 4:11 PM Local Time
Negreanu started off today trending downward and bottomed out at around half his starting stack. He's turned that around and is back above his starting stack and still moving upward.
Negreanu opens from middle position to 400 and Salvatore Busacca three bets to 1,100 from the cutoff. The action folds back to Negreanu and he calls.
The flop comes . Negreanu checks and Busacca checks. The dealer puts the turn on the felt and, again, both players check. The river is the and Negreanu bets 2,000. Busacca picks up his cards, shows , and tosses them away.
"That's what happened to me when I had queens," Negreanu says, and drags the pot.
Daniel Negreanu - 31,600
Tuesday, July 7, 2015 4:06 PM Local Time
On a board reading Antonio Esdandiari bets 3,200. Daniel Hindin raises to 8,200 from middle position.
Esfandiari stops to think for a minute. He looks over at Hindin and says, "Did you flop quads on me," as he shifts back and forth in his chair. He thinks for another minute, apologizing to the table for taking the extra time, and eventually throws in an orange chip, signaling a call.
Hindin did in fact flop quads holding .
"Nice hand, seriously man," Esfandiari says, and mucks his hand.
Antonio Esfandiari - 16,350
Daniel Hindin - 38,000
Tuesday, July 7, 2015 4:05 PM Local Time
Brandon Shack-Harris raises to 500 from middle position and finds a single call from the player in the next seat over. The flop falls down and Shack-Harris continues out for 600. His opponent calls and the hits the felt on fourth street.
Shack-Harris slows with a check and his opponent takes this chance to fire 1,500. Shack-Harris thinks for a moment before letting go of his cards. Despite this hit, Shack-Harris is still sitting well above starting stack with 39,100.
Brandon Shack-Harris - 39,100
Tuesday, July 7, 2015 4:05 PM Local Time
With three players in the hand, and board reading , action checks around to Phil Laak, who checks as well. The turn is the . The first player to act checks. The next player to go makes it 1,500. Laak calls while the other player pitches his hand away.
The river is the . Laak's opponent checks and Laak grabs three chips and puts them into the pot, making it 1,125 to call. Frustratedly, the player turns up the for a missed flush draw. He turns it back over and tosses his cards to the dealer, allowing Laak to scoop the pot.
Phil Laak - 44,400
Tuesday, July 7, 2015 4:03 PM Local Time
Following a raise to 525 and a call from the hijack and cutoff respectively, Thiago Palmieri three-bet his button to 1,575.
The original raiser folds, but the player in the cutoff calls before being faced with a Palmieri bet of 1,600 on the flop.
The cutoff check-calls before both players check the on the turn.
The river lands the and the cutoff leads out for 2,750 before Palmieri makes it 7,300.
The cutoff folds and Palmieri scoops the pot.
Thiago Palmieri - 51,425
Tuesday, July 7, 2015 4:02 PM Local Time
Three players are in the pot. The flop is kd]. Albert Destrade checks from the small blind. The big blind also checks. A player in middle position bets 600 and Destrade calls. The big blind folds.
The turn is the . Both players check.
The river is the . Again, both players check.
Destrade tables and his opponent mucks his hand. Destrade takes the pot.
Albert Destrade - 32,400
Tuesday, July 7, 2015 3:59 PM Local Time
There is 11,800 in the middle after a flop of and Dylan Linde and Sal DiCarlo see a turn of . Linde checks over to DiCarlo who tosses his entire stack of chips into the middle - it's a bet of more than 25,000 which is more than what Linde has left behind. Linde quickly calls and turns over for a pair of aces. He's ahead as DiCarlo has for a pair of eights.
The dealer puts out the river and Linde's head immediately drops when he sees it. It's the which gives DiCarlo trip eights and ends Linde's Main Event much too soon.
Sal DiCarlo - 58,000
Dylan Linde - Eliminated
Tuesday, July 7, 2015 3:58 PM Local Time
On a board of with 4,500 in the middle, Mukul Pahuja checks to his opponent who bets 1,200.
Pahuja calls as both players check the on the river.
Pahuja's opponent tables his , but it would be Pahuja's that would see him scoop the pot with the better two pair.
Mukul Pahuja - 52,700
Tuesday, July 7, 2015 3:57 PM Local Time
On a flop of , the small blind bets 800 and Jon Aguiar calls from the cutoff. Both players check the turn and the small blind leads out for 1,700 on the river.
Aguiar snap-calls and the small blind shows . Aguiar shows and takes the pot.
"I got to play fast hands," said Aguiar in response to a Matt Stout comment about the pace of play in the pot.
Jon Aguiar - 31,200
Tuesday, July 7, 2015 3:56 PM Local Time
Lee Childs is heads-up on a board, and he check-calls a 2,500 bet. Childs takes some time before he checks the river. His opponent checks behind with a big sigh. Childs shows for a flush and wins the hand. Childs has a good start and is now already up to just under 60,000.
Tuesday, July 7, 2015 3:55 PM Local Time
The board reads and the action checks to Alessandro Longobardi who bets 1,250. Four players fold and the player in seat nine calls. The turn is the and seat nine checks again. Longobardi bets 2,100 and seat nine calls. It's more of the same on the river when the hits, seat nine checks, Longobardi bets 2,625. This time seat nine gives it up.
Alessandro Longobardi - 32,200
Tuesday, July 7, 2015 3:53 PM Local Time
There is over 7,000 in the middle on a board reading and the action is on Angela Prada-Moed. Moed takes her time in cutting out a bet of 6,000 and tossing it into the middle.
Chase Cooley goes into the tank for nearly two minutes counting down his stack and shuffling chips in his right hand. He finally tosses in a call and Moed tables for quad fours. Cooley holds onto his cards for another 15 seconds, almost as if he was in disbelief before folding. Moed scoops the pot.
Angela Prada-Moed - 40,200
Tuesday, July 7, 2015 3:52 PM Local Time
On a flop of with 2,325 in the middle, Elliot Smith checks to Eli Elezra who bets 1,175.
Smith calls, and then checks when the lands on the turn.
Elezra bets out 3,525 and Smith quickly folds.
Eli Elezra - 46,400
Elliot Smith - 14,625
Tuesday, July 7, 2015 3:51 PM Local Time
On a board reading Eli Elezra checks from the small blind before his opponent in middle position bets out 2,000 in chips. Elezra calls shortly after before the completes the board.
Elezra checks once more prompting his opponent to splash out 1,900 in chips. Elezra thinks for a moment before tossing some chips in his opponents direction signifying a call.
Elezra then mucks his hand after he is shown for a pair of kings for the winning hand.
Eli Elezra - 41,200
Tuesday, July 7, 2015 3:50 PM Local Time
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Tuesday, July 7, 2015 3:50 PM Local Time
On a board reading Eli Elezra checks from the small blind before his opponent in middle position bets out 2,000 in chips. Elezra calls shortly after before the completes the board.
Elezra checks once more prompting his opponent to splash out 1,900 in chips. Elezra thinks for a moment before tossing some chips in his opponents direction signifying a call.
Elezra then mucks his hand after he is shown for a pair of kings for the winning hand.
Eli Elezra - 41,200