Wednesday, June 28, 2017 7:42 PM Local Time
Hands #41-45: Hawkins Wins with Nines This Time
Hand #41: Ihar Soika raised to 1,000,000 from under the gun and got no action.
Hand #42: Brian Yoon raised to 1,050,000 from under the gun, and Maurice Hawkins called. Soika was in the big blind and also called. The flop came . Action checked to Hawkins, and he bet 700,000. Soika folded, and Yoon called. The turn was the , and both players checked to the on the river. Both players checked again, and Hawkins tabled to scoop the pot.
Hand #43: Yuliyan Kolev moved all in from middle position and got no action.
Hand #44: Soika raised to 1,200,000 on the button, and the blinds folded.
Hand #45: Soika raised to 1,000,000 from the cutoff and got no action.
Wednesday, June 28, 2017 7:30 PM Local Time
Hands #36-40: Short-Stack Shoving
Hand #36: Ryan Mcknight went all in from the cutoff, and everyone folded.
Hand #37: Ihar Soika raised to 1,000,000 on the button, and the blinds folded.
Hand #38: Thomas Ryan shoved all in and picked up the blinds and antes.
Hand #39: Stanley Lee moved all in from under the gun and got no action.
Hand #40: Maurice Hawkins raised to 1,025,000 from the cutoff, and Lee went all in. Hawkins quickly tossed his cards away.
Wednesday, June 28, 2017 7:23 PM Local Time
Hands #31-35: Thomas "TJ" Ryan Jams on Ihar Soika
Hand #31: Ihar Soika raised to 1,000,000 from the cutoff and got no action.
Hand #32: Soika raised to 1,000,000 from the hijack, and Ryan Mcknight defended his big blind. The flop came , and Mcknight check-called a bet of 775,000 from Soika. The turn was the , and both players checked to the on the river. Both players checked again, and Mcknight tabled for the winner.
Hand #33: Brian Yoon raised to 1,050,000 from the hijack, and everyone folded.
Hand #34: Soika raised to 1,000,000 from under the gun, and Thomas Ryan defended his big blind. The flop came , and both players checked to the on the turn. Ryan checked again, and Soika bet 1,300,000. Ryan moved all in for 5,800,000, and Soika folded.
Hand #35: Yulian Kolev moved all in from the hijack and got no action.
| Thomas Ryan | 10,100,000 | 3,600,000  |
Wednesday, June 28, 2017 7:13 PM Local Time
Hands #26-30: "Let's Go!"
Hand #26: Yuliyan Kolev raised all in from the button, and the blinds folded.
Hand #27: Ihar Soika raised to 1,200,000, and everyone folded.
Hand #28: Ryan Mcknight shoved all in from the cutoff and got no action.
Hand #29: Thomas Ryan raised to 1,000,000 on the button, and Brain Yoon called from the big blind. Both players checked all three streets with the board reading , and Yoon tabled for the best hand.
Hand #30: Ryan raised to 1,000,000 from the cutoff, and Maurice Hawkins called from the big blind. The flop fell , and both players checked to the turn. Hawkins bet 800,000, and Ryan moved all in. Hawkins snap-called for his remaining 2,800,000 and showed for a straight and a flush draw. Ryan tabled for a bigger flush draw.
The river landed the , and Hawkins got his double-up. "Let's go! Let's go!" he started shouting to his rail, and they yelled back.
| Maurice Hawkins | 7,800,000 | 2,700,000 |
| Thomas Ryan | 6,500,000 | -5,800,000  |
Wednesday, June 28, 2017 7:00 PM Local Time
Richard Ma Eliminated in 8th Place ($125,451)
Hand #25: Ihar Soika raised to 1,000,000 from middle position, and Maurice Hawkins called from the cutoff. Richard Ma was on the button and moved all in for 9,100,000. Soika asked for a count and eventually called. Hawkins folded.
Ma was at risk with , and was well behind the of Soika. As soon as Hawkins saw the hands that were tabled, he cheered and ran over to his rail. He kept repeating, "Let's go! Folded nines with ten bigs. Let's go! Folded nines with ten bigs. Let's go! That's how legends are born."
The board ran out , and Ma was eliminated at the hands of the chip leader.
| Ihar Soika | 44,000,000 | 10,900,000 |
| Richard Ma | 0 | -9,200,000 |
Wednesday, June 28, 2017 6:50 PM Local Time
Level 37 started
Level: 37
Blinds: 250000/500000
Ante: 50000
Wednesday, June 28, 2017 5:52 PM Local Time
Dinner Break
The remaining eight players are off on a 60-minute dinner break with play scheduled to resume at approximately 6:45 p.m.
| Ihar Soika | 33,100,000 | -1,400,000 |
| Brian Yoon | 22,500,000 | 6,200,000 |
| Thomas Ryan | 12,300,000 | -7,600,000 |
| Richard Ma | 9,200,000 | 5,200,000 |
| Stanley Lee | 6,700,000 | 1,450,000 |
| Yuliyan Kolev | 6,100,000 | 2,500,000 |
| Ryan Mcknight | 5,450,000 | -2,300,000 |
| Maurice Hawkins | 5,100,000 | -3,400,000 |
Wednesday, June 28, 2017 5:51 PM Local Time
Hands #20-24: Brian Yoon Applies Pressure
Hand #20: Brian Yoon raised to 850,000 from under the gun and Stanley Lee called on the button. The flop came and Yoon led out for 1,100,000. Lee called. The turn was the . Yoon led out for 2,000,000 this time and Lee tank-folded.
Hand #21: Maurice Hawkins raised to 900,000 from under the gun and Yuliyan Kolev moved all in. Hawkins quickly mucked.
Hand #22; Thomas Ryan raised to 900,000 from the cutoff and got no action.
Hand #23: Ryan Mcknight moved all in from middle position and everyone folded.
Hand #24: Ihar Soika raised to 850,000 from the hijack and raked in the pot.
Wednesday, June 28, 2017 5:43 PM Local Time
Hands #15-19: Ma Doubles Through Mcknight
Hand #15: Stanley Lee raised to 900,000 and Thomas Ryan moved all in for over 10,000,000 and everyone folded
Hand #16: Ihar Soika raised to 850,000 and was called by Maurice Hawkins on the button and Yuliyan Kolev in the big blind. The flop came and the action was checked to Hawkins who bet 600,000. Both of his opponents folded.
Hand #17: Kolev limped in from the small blind and Ryan Mcknight checked his option. The flop came and Kolev checked. Mcknight bet 400,000 and Kolev called. The turn was the and Kolev checked again. Mcknight bet 650,000 and Kolev folded.
Hand #18: Richard Ma shoved all in for 4,625,000 from the cutoff and Mcknight called in the small blind. Mcknight was way ahead with against Ma's . The flop came , giving Ma a pair of kings and Mcknight a flush draw. The turn was the and the river brought the as Ma found a way to double up.
Hand #19: Stanley Lee called from the small blind and Ryan checked his option. The flop came and Lee took down the pot with a bet of 450,000.
Wednesday, June 28, 2017 5:29 PM Local Time
Will "The Thrill" Failla Eliminated in 9th Place ($97,223)
Hand #14: Will Failla moved all in from the cutoff for 3,325,000 and Ihar Soika called from the small blind.
Failla was at risk with , up against Soika's .
The board ran out and Failla's deep run came to an end.
| Ihar Soika | 34,500,000 | 6,300,000 |
| Will Failla | 0 | -10,600,000 |
Wednesday, June 28, 2017 5:26 PM Local Time
Hands #11-13: Chop it Up
Hand #11: Ihar Soika raised to 850,000 from under the gun, Stanley Lee moved all in on the button, and Soika mucked.
Hand #12: Richard Ma was all in for 5,200,000 from early position and was called by Soika in the blinds. Both players held the same hand, with Ma having and Soika tabling . The board ran out and the two players chopped it up.
Hand #13: Lee raised to 825,000 from the hijack, Brian Yoon three-bet to 3,100,000 from the big blind, and Lee mucked.
Wednesday, June 28, 2017 5:19 PM Local Time
Hands #6-10: Yoon Doesn't Have to Show
Hand #6: Thomas Ryan raised to 850,000 from middle position and everyone folded.
Hand #7: Will Failla raised to 1,000,000 from middle position and Richard Ma moved all in from the big blind for 3,600,000. Failla folded.
Hand #8: Ryan Mcknight received a walk.
Hand #9: Yuliyan Kolev raised to 850,000 on the button and Stanley Lee shipped all in for 7,800,000 from the big blind. Kolev mucked his cards.
Hand #10: Brian Yoon raised to 850,000 from middle position and Thomas Ryan called from the big blind. The flop came and Ryan check-called a bet of 800,000 from Yoon. The turn was the and both players checked.
When the came on the river, Ryan bet 1,500,000 and Yoon instantly called. Ryan tossed his cards to the muck and Yoon took down the pot without having to show his cards.
Wednesday, June 28, 2017 5:04 PM Local Time
Hands #1-5: Ihar Soika Asserts His Dominance
Hand #1: Ihar soika raised to 850,000 from early position and got no action.
Hand #2: Brian Yoon raised to 850,000 from early position and Will Failla defended his big blind. The flop came and Failla check-folded to a bet of 1,000,000 from Yoon.
Hand #3: Richard Ma moved all in for 3,200,000 and won the blinds and antes.
Hand #4: Soika called from the small blind and Yoon checked his option in the big blind. The flop came , Soika led out for 400,000, and Yoon mucked.
Hand #5: Ryan McKnight raised to 800,000 from middle position and everyone folded.
Wednesday, June 28, 2017 4:59 PM Local Time
Official Final Table
With the official final table underway, hand-for-hand updates will now begin.
Wednesday, June 28, 2017 4:57 PM Local Time
Salvatore DiCarlo Eliminated in 10th Place ($75,915)
Salvatore DiCarlo raised to 850,000 from under the gun and Ihar Soika three-bet to 2,275,000 from middle position. The action was folded back to DiCarlo who shipped all in for 8,500,000. Soika called and the cards went face up.
Soika:
DiCarlo:
The board ran out and Soika hit a king on the river to eliminate DiCarlo in 10th place. Soika now has a massive chip lead over the rest of the field.
| Ihar Soika | 28,200,000 | 11,350,000 |
| Salvatore DiCarlo | 0 | -11,400,000 |
Wednesday, June 28, 2017 4:53 PM Local Time
MONSTER STACK Unofficial Final Table
With the recent elimination of Stoyan Obreshkov in 11th place in a cooler against Brian Yoon, the unofficial final table of 10 is set. Ihar Soika leads the field with just shy of 20 million in chips.
Unofficial Final Table Seat Draw
| Table | Seat | Player Name | Country | Chip Count |
|---|
| Braslia Main Feature | 1 | Yuliyan Kolev | Bulgaria | 8,700,000 |
| Braslia Main Feature | 2 | Ryan Mcknight | United States | 8,350,000 |
| Braslia Main Feature | 3 | Stanley Lee | United States | 7,800,000 |
| Braslia Main Feature | 4 | Salvatore DiCarlo | United States | 8,550,000 |
| Braslia Main Feature | 5 | Thomas Ryan | United States | 14,200,000 |
| Braslia Main Feature | 6 | Will Failla | United States | 6,800,000 |
| Braslia Main Feature | 7 | Ihar Soika | Belarus | 19,700,000 |
| Braslia Main Feature | 8 | Brian Yoon | United States | 16,300,000 |
| Braslia Main Feature | 9 | Maurice Hawkins | United States | 6,700,000 |
| Braslia Main Feature | 10 | Richard Ma | United States | 3,550,000 |
Wednesday, June 28, 2017 4:46 PM Local Time
Level 36 started
Level: 36
Blinds: 200000/400000
Ante: 50000
Wednesday, June 28, 2017 4:43 PM Local Time
Stoyan Obreshkov Eliminated in 11th Place ($75,915)
Stoyan Obreshkov raised to 625,000 from the hijack and Brian Yoon three-bet to 1,600,000 from the cutoff. After about a minute, Obreshkov moved all in for 7,050,000. Yoon asked for a count and paused before deciding to call.
Obreshkov was at risk and well ahead with while Yoon held a dominated .
The flop came and Yoon pulled ahead with a pair of jacks. Obreshkov could still hit a king for a bigger pair or a ten for a straight, but the turn was the and the river was the . Yoon filled up and Obreshkov, who was the chip leader coming into the day, is now on the rail.
| Brian Yoon | 16,300,000 | 11,500,000 |
| Stoyan Obreshkov | 0 | -7,300,000 |
Wednesday, June 28, 2017 4:42 PM Local Time
Bring on the Mixed Game Coverage
Wednesday, June 28, 2017 4:27 PM Local Time
Soika Soars
Action folded around to Salvatore DiCarlo in the cutoff and he raised to 700,000. Ihar Soika called on the button and Stoyan Obreshkov three-bet to 2,850,000 from the big blind. DiCarlo folded and action was back on Obreshkov.
Obreshkov went into the tank for a solid five minutes before Brian Yoon called the clock. Tournament director Bob Smith walked over to confirm a sufficient amount of time had passed and the dealer acknowledged that it had. Smith explained that Soika had 30 seconds before he would begin a 10-second countdown. If there was no action by the time he said "zero," the hand would be dead. "Zero!" yelled Will Failla. The entire table laughed and Obreshkov proceeded to call.
The flop came and Obreshkov paused for about a minute before checking. Soika went into the tank and eventually moved all in. Obreshkov folded.
| Ihar Soika | 16,850,000 | 4,850,000 |
| Stoyan Obreshkov | 7,300,000 | -6,200,000 |