Thursday, June 30, 2016 12:37 AM Local Time
Lee: / /
Pescatori: / /
Doug Lee completes with the six, and Max Pescatori raises with the queen. Lee calls, and then checks out of turn on fourth street. Pescatori bets out, and Lee goes for a raise, leaving himself just a few chips behind. On fifth street, Lee once again acts out of turn by trying to bet. Pescatori corrects him again, checks, then calls the all-in from Lee.
Pescatori is in rough shape, needing a ten or runner, runner to win the hand. He picks up a few more outs with the ace on sixth, but isn't able to improve, giving Lee the double-up.
Doug Lee - 105,000 (6 BB)
Max Pescatori - 65,000 (4 BB)
Thursday, June 30, 2016 12:28 AM Local Time
Max Pescatori
Hand 1
Shaun Deeb: /
Max Pescatori: /
Shaun Deeb brings in, Max Pescatori completes, and Deeb calls. Pescatori gets a suited jack on fourth street and bets. Deeb quickly folds.
Hand 2
Shaun Deeb: / (fold)
Max Pescatori: /
The very next hand, Deeb completes with a ten and Pescatori calls with a six. Deeb bets fourth street and Pescatori calls. On fifth street, Pescatori takes the lead with a king and checks. Deeb checks behind and Pescatori then pairs his king on sixth street. He bets, and Deeb folds his pair of tens.
Max Pescatori - 115,000 (7 BB)
Shaun Deeb - 380,000 (23 BB)
Thursday, June 30, 2016 12:24 AM Local Time
Adam Friedman: / /
Doug Lee: / /
Yaniv Birman: / (fold)
Adam Friedman completes with a king and Doug Lee raises with a queen. Yaniv Birman calls and Friedman calls. On fourth street, Friedman checks. Lee bets and Birman calls, as does Friedman.
Friedman takes the lead on fifth street after pairing his king. He bets, Lee calls and Birman quickly folds. Friedman bets sixth street and Lee calls. After seventh street, both players check. Friedman shows for kings and threes to win the pot.
Adam Friedman - 355,000 (22 BB)
Doug Lee - 50,000 (3 BB)
Thursday, June 30, 2016 12:17 AM Local Time
Monnette: /
Deeb: / (fold)
Birman: / (fold)
John Monnette brings in, and Shaun Deeb completes. Yaniv Birman tags along, as does Monnette, and Deeb bets again on fourth. Both players call, but when Monnette picks up three to a flush on fifth, they check to him. Monnette bets out, and Deeb tanks for about 45 seconds before folding. Birman rechecks his cards a couple of times before folding as well, and Monnette draws first blood at the unofficial final table.
John Monnette - 130,000 (8 BB)
Yaniv Birman - 420,000 (26 BB)
Shaun Deeb - 405,000 (25 BB)
Thursday, June 30, 2016 12:03 AM Local Time
Seat 1: Yaniv Birman - 430,000 (26 BB)
Seat 2: Adam Friedman - 223,000 (13 BB)
Seat 3: Doug Lee - 90,000 (5 BB)
Seat 4: Max Pescatori - 80,000 (5 BB)
Seat 5: Eugene Katchalov - 315,000 (20 BB)
Seat 6: Cory Zeidman - 450,000 (19 BB)
Seat 7: John Monnette - 80,000 (5 BB)
Seat 8: Katherine Fleck - 335,000 (20 BB)
Seat 9: Shaun Deeb - 428,000 (26 BB)
Wednesday, June 29, 2016 11:59 PM Local Time
Level: | 19 | | Limits: | 8,000/16,000 | | Ante: | 2,000 |
Wednesday, June 29, 2016 11:42 PM Local Time
After two eliminations in a few minutes, the remaining nine players are heading into their final 15-minute break of the day. The redraw for the unofficial final table takes place when they return.
Wednesday, June 29, 2016 11:41 PM Local Time
Monnette: / /
Lee: / /
After losing a big pot to Yaniv Birman, John Monnette is left with just 40,000 in chips. He completes with the , and Doug Lee calls. Monnette bets again on fourth, and this time, Lee raises. Monnette calls, and Lee takes the betting lead on fifth street. Monnette calls, and the last of Monnette's chips get in the middle on sixth.
"I have trips," Lee says.
"Of course you do," Monnette fires back.
Lee doesn't improve on seventh, and Monnette peels his card. It's the , giving him a king-high straight. It is disguised though, and the dealer goes to muck Monnette's hand. He grabs the cards, spreads them out, then says, "I finally get lucky and the dealer tries to muck my hand."
Monnette collects the double up to 80,000, while Lee is down to under 100,000.
Doug Lee - 98,000 (8 BB)
John Monnette - 80,000 (6 BB)
Wednesday, June 29, 2016 11:37 PM Local Time
Brian Nichols Eliminated in 10th Place ($6,889)
Brian Nichols: / /
Shaun Deeb: / /
Brian Nichols is all-in on third street after having grinded a short stack for a very long time. Shaun Deeb looks him up and shows . Nichols shows for a pair of queens and stays in the lead until sixth street, where Deeb improves to a straight. Nichols still has the flush draw and even Deeb is cheering for a club to come, but the blank on seventh sends Nichols to the rail, Deeb completes the hand with the .
Shaun Deeb - 447,000 (37 BB)
Brian Nichols - Eliminated in 10th place ($6,889)
Wednesday, June 29, 2016 11:35 PM Local Time
Cantu: / /
Deeb: / /
Shaun Deeb completes with the seven showing, and Brandon Cantu raises with the king. Deeb calls, and Cantu fires out on fourth street. Deeb calls, and when Deeb pairs up on fifth, he bets out. Cantu rechecks his hole cards, looks back at Phil Hellmuth on the rail, and says "Let's go for it, Phil!" He tosses in a raise with just a few chips left behind, and Deeb puts the rest of the chips in.
Deeb has a two small pair, and it's ahead of the kings of Cantu. Cantu picks up some more outs on sixth street, but his last card is a useless , sending him to the rail in 11th.
Shaun Deeb - 425,000 (35 BB)
Brandon Cantu - Eliminated in 11th place ($5,438)
Wednesday, June 29, 2016 11:32 PM Local Time
Randy Holland
Birman: / /
Holland: / /
Randy Holland completes with the ten, and the only player to call is Yaniv Birman. Birman check-calls a bet from Holland on fourth street, and Holland gets the rest of his money in on fifth street. Birman is ahead with in the hole for two pair, while Holland has for a pair of queens. Neither player improves their hands, meaning the two pair works for Birman and Holland is out.
With that, there are only 11 players left. At nine players left, everyone will combine to one table.
Yaniv Birman - 255,000
Randy Holland - Eliminated in 12th place ($5,438)
Wednesday, June 29, 2016 11:30 PM Local Time
John Monnette: / (fold)
Doug Lee: /
John Monnette bets fourth street and Doug Lee calls. Monnette bets fifth street. Lee calls. Monnette also bets sixth street, Lee then raises and Monnette gives it some consideration before folding.
Doug Lee - 150,000 (12 BB)
John Monnette - 45,000 (3 BB)
Wednesday, June 29, 2016 11:28 PM Local Time
Shaun Deeb: / /
Katherine Fleck: / /
Shaun Deeb completes with a five, one player calls and Katherine Fleck calls. On fourth street, both Deeb and Fleck pair up. Fleck double bets and Deeb calls. The other player in the hand folds. Fleck then bets all streets, including sixth street, and Deeb calls. Fleck checks on seventh street, Deeb bets. "I think I have to call," Fleck announces and calls.
Deeb announces a set of fives and Fleck then shows her for a trip sevens to win the pot.
Katherine Fleck - 360,000 (30 BB)
Shaun Deeb - 320,000 (26 BB)
Wednesday, June 29, 2016 11:26 PM Local Time
Doug Lee: / /
Eugene Katchalov: / /
Yaniv Birman: / /
Doug Lee checks fifth street, Eugene Katchalov bets and Yaniv Birman calls, as does Lee. All three players then check sixth street. Lee checks seventh street, Katchalov bets, Birman calls, and Lee folds. Katchalov shows for a straight and scoops the pot.
Eugene Katchalov - 340,000 (28 BB)
Yaniv Birman - 255,000 (21 BB)
Doug Lee - 86,500 (7 BB)
Wednesday, June 29, 2016 11:24 PM Local Time
Seiko Kudo
Friedman: / /
Kudo: / /
Adam Friedman brings in with the , and Shaun Deeb completes with an ace. Seiko Kudo raises with just a few chips left behind, and Friedman puts in a reraise. Deeb folds, and Kudo commits her final chips with three to a flush. Kudo picks up a fourth heart right away, but Friedman grabs a third ten as well. Neither player improves until seventh street, when Friedman flips over the to complete his full house.
Kudo is drawing dead, and to rub some salt in the wounds, she tables the for a useless flush.
Adam Friedman - 195,000 (16 BB)
Seiko Kudo - Eliminated in 13th place ($4,399)
Wednesday, June 29, 2016 11:18 PM Local Time
Yaniv Birman: / (fold)
Doug Lee: / (fold)
Eugene Katchalov: /
Yaniv Birman completes with a queen, Doug Lee raises with a five and Eugene Katchalov makes it three bets with a six. Both opponents call. On fourth street, Birman and Lee check. Katchalov bets and Birman calls. Lee folds.
Birman check-calls again on fifth, then checks on sixth. Katchalov bets and Birman folds.
Eugene Katchalov - 265,000 (22 BB)
Yaniv Birman - 160,000 (13 BB)
Wednesday, June 29, 2016 11:10 PM Local Time
Katherine Fleck: / /
Brian Nichols: / /
Katherine Fleck completes and Brian Nichols raises. Fleck calls. On fourth street, Nichols gets the rest of his stack in and Fleck calls.
Fleck shows and Nichols turns over his to go along with two heart upcards for a four-card flush. Fleck improves with the on fourth, fifth, and sixth to make two pair, however Nichols secures his double up on sixth street with the giving him a flush and the best hand.
Brian Nichols - 60,000 (5 BB)
Katherine Fleck - 310,000 (25 BB)
Wednesday, June 29, 2016 10:58 PM Local Time
Brandon Cantu: / (fold)
Doug Lee: /
Brandon Cantu completes with a queen, Doug Lee raises with an ace and Cantu calls. Lee checks on fourth street and Cantu bets, Lee calls. Same applies for fifth street and Lee then bets sixth street when he shows a gutshot. Cantu folds.
Doug Lee - 195,000 (16 BB)
Brandon Cantu - 145,000 (12 BB)
Wednesday, June 29, 2016 10:52 PM Local Time
Nichols: / /
Zeidman: / /
Cory Zeidman brings in with the showing, and Brian Nichols, who has already survived a few all ins in the past hour, raises it up. Only Zeidman calls, and the rest of Nichols's money gets in the middle on fourth street. His nines are in the lead, and they improve to two pair on sixth, and a full house on seventh.
Cory Zeidman - 360,000 (30 BB)
Brian Nichols - 48,000 (4 BB)
Wednesday, June 29, 2016 10:41 PM Local Time
Level: | 18 | | Limits: | 6000/12000 | | Ante: | 1,500 |