Tuesday, July 11, 2017 4:29 PM Local Time
A Setback for Shulman
With a substantial pot of about 40,000 already brewing, the completed board read and Barry Shulman checked from the cutoff to his lone opponent on the button. The button quickly checked behind and flipped over for a pair of aces with a queen. Shulman mucked and his opponent took the pot.
| Barry Shulman | 68,200 | -16,300  |
Tuesday, July 11, 2017 4:28 PM Local Time
Steve Brecher Doubles Up
After a series of raises, Steve Brecher was all in for 52,300 from the button with against his opponent in the small blind holding .
The board came down , safe for Brecher to double up.
| Steve Brecher | 109,000 | 54,000  |
Tuesday, July 11, 2017 4:28 PM Local Time
Jeremy Ausmus Busts One
The player in the cutoff was all in for his last 14,400 and it was Jeremy Ausmus who gave him action on the button.
The cutoff was at risk and behind with , up against Ausmus' .
The flop came and Ausmus paired his ten, putting his opponent in rough shape. The turn was the and the cutoff was drawing dead to the on the river.
Ausmus has now built up to 185,000 and is sitting on a healthy stack about halfway through Day 2.
| Jeremy Ausmus | 185,000 | 20,000 |
Tuesday, July 11, 2017 4:27 PM Local Time
Hwang Climbs, Fee Short
From under the gun, Ryan Fee opened to 2,200 and was met with a call from the player on his left as well as the blinds; one of which was Andy Hwang.
The dealer spread a flop and Hwang led out for 4,500 and prompted a series of folds.
With that pot, Hwang moves to roughly 145,000 in chips.
| Yung Hwang | 145,000 | 15,000 |
| Ryan Fee | 20,200 | -22,800 |
Tuesday, July 11, 2017 4:26 PM Local Time
Mickey Craft Takes Down a Huge Pot in a Cooler Situation
A player opened to Mickey Craft's right and Craft just flatted the raise. Action folded around to Phuoc Nguyen who reraised to 16,500. On the button, Francisco Fragoso reraised all in for roughly 18,000. Action folded back to Craft who reraised, making it 45,000. Nguyen then shoved all in for roughly 145,000 and Craft called.
Craft:
Nguyen:
Fragoso:
The board rolled out and that was good for Craft to take down the monster pot with his pair of aces, pushing him to over 300,000 chips.
| Mickey Craft | 335,000 | 119,000 |
| Phuoc Nguyen | 0 | -72,500 |
| Fransisco Fragoso | 0 | 0 |
Tuesday, July 11, 2017 4:24 PM Local Time
Big Double for Merlin
Among the bigger stacks in Miranda are John Doe, Ramin Hajiyev, and Michael Rossitto. Dylan Nguyen had all of them beat by far, but he just took a hit as Pierre Merlin doubled through him.
Merlin raised to 2,500 from the button and both players in the blinds, including Nguyen, called. On the flop, the action checked to Merlin and he continued for 3,400. The small blind folded, but Nguyen had other plans and check-raised to 10,000, which Merlin called.
After the turn, Nguyen bet 12,800 and picked up a call by Merlin before checking the on the river. Merlin bet 27,000 with 22,000 behind and called the check-raise shove of Nguyen with for the jack-high straight. Nguyen only had for two pair and had to forteit almost one third of his big stack.
| John Doe | 270,000 | 139,800 |
| Michael Rossitto | 255,000 | 68,000 |
| Dylan Nguyen | 240,000 | -85,000 |
| Ramin Hajiyev | 155,000 | 97,500 |
| Pierre Merlin | 155,000 | 115,000 |
Tuesday, July 11, 2017 4:22 PM Local Time
Jaka Slips
Faraz Jaka raised to 2,500 from middle position and got a call from the player in the big blind.
The flop came and the big blind checked. Jaka bet 3,700 and the big blind called.
The turn brought the and the big blind checked again. Jaka bet 7,400 and the big blind check-raised to 20,000. After a few moments of thought, Jaka called.
The river was the and both players checked. The big blind tabled for two pair, aces and sixes, and Jaka mucked.
| Faraz Jaka | 142,200 | -27,800 |
Tuesday, July 11, 2017 4:21 PM Local Time
Ross Misses Flush and Straight Draw
From the hijack, Mike Ross opened to 2,200 and the player on the button called to see a flop.
Ross checked and his opponent bet 5,000 with Ross calling.
The turn landed the and Ross again checked to his opponent who bet 8,500. Ross called and then both players checked the on the river.
Ross tabled his for a busted flush and straight draw, but it was his opponent's for fourth pair that was enough to scoop the pot and drop Ross down to 117,300 in chips.
| Mike Ross | 117,300 | -19,700 |
Tuesday, July 11, 2017 4:19 PM Local Time
Amazon Purple: Frankenberger with Heaps, Marchese Struggling
The purple section in the Amazon Room is loaded with many notable players. Andy Frankenberger and Kyle Hartree are sitting over a quarter million chips already, while Tom Marchese finds himself as the short stack and needs to turn things around in a hurry.
| Andy Frankenberger | 262,500 | 71,100 |
| Kyle Hartree | 257,000 | 156,200 |
| Scott Seiver | 179,000 | 103,000 |
| Dan Colman | 157,000 | -13,000 |
| Adrian Mateos | 154,400 | -10,600 |
| Chris Johnson | 118,500 | 23,500 |
| Niall Farrell | 117,000 | 24,000 |
| Eric Wasylenko | 81,000 | 20,200 |
| Gaelle Baumann | 74,000 | -13,000 |
| Joe Hachem | 39,800 | -700 |
| Yevgeniy Timoshenko | 17,900 | -3,700 |
| Tom Marchese | 15,200 | -9,800 |
Tuesday, July 11, 2017 4:17 PM Local Time
Athanasios Polychronopoulos Gets a River Fold
Athanasios Polychronopoulos raised to 2,200 from under the gun and got calls from the player on the button and the player in the small blind.
The flop came and the small blind checked. Polychronopoulos bet 3,300 and the button called while the small blind folded.
The turn was the and both players checked to the on the river. Polychronopoulos paused for a moment and bet 8,700. The button initially had a confused look on his face, and then sat back in his chair to think. He played with some chips and then cut out a bet, looking like he was going to call. He almost tossed the chips in, and then had a confused look on his face again before setting the chips down and mucking his cards.
Polychronopoulos raked in the pot and sits on just below the starting stack with 48,000.
| Athanasios Polychronopoulos | 48,000 | -12,000 |
Tuesday, July 11, 2017 4:14 PM Local Time
Jedlicka Busts Set Under Set
On the heads-up flop of , Felipe Davila checked and Stefan Jedlicka one seat over bet 6,000 in the hijack. Davila check-raised to 15,000 and Jedlicka eventually reraised to 34,000. Only a few moments later, Davila clicked it up to more than 70,000 and Jedlicka moved all in for around 80,000 to receive a quick call.
Jedlicka:
Davila:
The one-outer didn't arrive. Instead, the board completed with the turn and river. Jedlicka was covered and joined the rail, while Davila bumped his stack to well above the average.
| Felipe Davila | 180,600 | 117,200 |
| Stefan Jedlicka | 0 | -65,000 |
Tuesday, July 11, 2017 4:10 PM Local Time
Stacks in Amazon Purple, Timothy Burt and John Armbrust Chipping Up
| John Armbrust | 251,000 | 11,000 |
| Timothy Burt | 230,000 | 53,000 |
| Dan Colman | 170,000 | 16,000 |
| Alexander Lynskey | 166,000 | 3,000 |
| Michael Klatt | 145,000 | 30,000 |
| Chris DeMaci | 140,000 | -13,000 |
| Charlie Carrel | 86,000 | -20,500 |
| Georgios Zisimopoulos | 83,000 | 44,000 |
| Anthony Utnage | 62,000 | -10,000 |
| Liv Boeree | 54,000 | 17,000 |
| Pierre Neuville | 42,500 | 20,700 |
| Scott Davies | 17,500 | -56,100 |
| Zachary Gruneberg | 17,000 | -8,000 |
| Ronnie Bardah | 0 | -5,400 |
Tuesday, July 11, 2017 4:10 PM Local Time
Arieh Loses Some
The blinds were heads up on a completed board of and the small checked to Josh Arieh in the big. Arieh bet 9,100 into the existing pot of about 20,000 and the small blind quickly called. Arieh tabled for two pair, jacks and sevens, but his hand was no good against the small blind's for aces and eights.
| Josh Arieh | 83,700 | -17,700 |
Tuesday, July 11, 2017 4:08 PM Local Time
Vieregg Takes One Down
While yet another table broke in Miranda, Craig Vieregg got into a heads-up pot and the flop showed . Vieregg checked out of the big blind and the player in the cutoff made it 10,300 to go. Vieregg check-raised to 30,000 with 50,000 behind and his opponent gave it some thought before letting go.
| Craig Vieregg | 100,000 | 46,600 |
Tuesday, July 11, 2017 4:07 PM Local Time
Eric Sfez Wakes Up With Aces in the Big Blind
Brandon Steven was on the button and shoved all in for about 19,000. The player in the small blind and Eric Sfez in the big blind both also went all in in quick succession.
Steven was behind with verus the of the small blind and Sfev's .
The board ran out and Sfez knocked out both players.
| Eric Sfez | 285,000 | 118,000 |
| Brandon Steven | 0 | -27,800 |
Tuesday, July 11, 2017 4:06 PM Local Time
Koray Aldemir Runs into Aces, Hits the Rail
Koray Aldemir raised under the gun and Pedro Fernandez three-bet from the next position. It folded back to Aldemir and he moved all in for around 50,000. Fernandez called and Aldemir saw the bad news.
Aldemir:
Fernandez:
Fernandez had Aldemir drawing slim with pocket aces. The board ran out , and the very successful tournament player made his exit.
| Pedro Fernandez | 155,000 | 8,000 |
| Koray Aldemir | 0 | -29,000 |
Tuesday, July 11, 2017 4:04 PM Local Time
Updated Chip Counts, Stern Getting Short Widmann Over 200,000
Alan "Hotted89" Widmann is over 200,000 and Dani Stern is just under 20,000. Melanie Weisner recently got moved into the Amazon Gold section along with Ismael Bojang.
Below are the chip counts for those players and a couple other counts from the gold section.
| Tobias Ziegler | 322,000 | 112,000 |
| Alan Widmann | 220,000 | 75,000 |
| Ismael Bojang | 210,000 | 66,000 |
| Melanie Weisner | 147,000 | 44,600 |
| Derek Gomez | 135,000 | -8,000 |
| Dani Stern | 19,000 | -89,700 |
Tuesday, July 11, 2017 4:03 PM Local Time
Updated Counts from Miranda
| Nick Schwarmann | 179,500 | 7,500 |
| Faraz Jaka | 170,000 | 57,000 |
| Josh Arieh | 101,400 | -3,600 |
| Mark Zullo | 96,800 | 1,800 |
| Pratyush Buddiga | 89,500 | -1,500 |
| Barry Shulman | 84,500 | -15,500 |
| Billy Baxter | 77,000 | 7,000 |
| Tom McEvoy | 33,200 | -13,700 |
| Steve Gee | 29,000 | 12,000 |
| Terry Grimes | 0 | -10,000 |
| Patrick Leonard | 0 | -31,000 |
Tuesday, July 11, 2017 4:02 PM Local Time
Bloch Lets One Go
We caught up with Andy Bloch on a board of and he put out a bet of 4,000 into a pot of about 12,000. His opponent put out a raise to 10,000 from the button and after thinking through it a bit, Bloch called.
The river was the and Bloch checked over to his opponent. The player put out a bet of 20,000 and Bloch thought about it for about 30 seconds before letting his hand go.
| Andy Bloch | 46,000 | -20,000 |
Tuesday, July 11, 2017 3:57 PM Local Time
Updated Chip Counts from Brasilia
| Sam Grafton | 445,000 | 0 |
| Bryan Piccioli | 190,000 | 44,900 |
| Barny Boatman | 170,000 | -13,000 |
| Anatoly Filatov | 167,000 | 16,500 |
| Chris George | 145,000 | -70,000 |
| Seth Berger | 144,000 | 66,800 |
| Mike Ross | 137,000 | 4,400 |
| James Akenhead | 130,000 | 8,000 |
| Yung Hwang | 130,000 | 35,000 |
| Chris Hunichen | 129,000 | 13,500 |
| Benjamin Scholl | 127,000 | 66,000 |
| Brandon Adams | 121,000 | -40,000 |
| Noah Bronstein | 110,000 | -3,900 |
| Mike Matusow | 108,100 | 23,100 |
| Donnache O'Dea | 108,000 | |
| Doug Polk | 92,000 | 1,000 |
| Lyle Berman | 92,000 | -49,000 |
| Kevin Song | 75,000 | 0 |
| Andy Bloch | 66,000 | 9,600 |
| Chris Cornell | 61,000 | 6,800 |
| Jared Griener | 24,500 | -27,500 |