Sunday, April 22, 2018 6:51 PM Local Time
Robert Brandl gets the last of his short stack into the middle against the same man who recently took most of it, Daniel Wagner.
Brandl:
Wagner:
There's a trey in the window, and the runout gives Wagner the pot with two pair. Brandl is eliminated.
Daniel Wagner - 625,000 (63 bb)
Robert Brandl - Eliminated
Sunday, April 22, 2018 6:39 PM Local Time
Daniel Wagner is all in for 259,000 with against Robert Brandl's .
The board runs out and Wagner's pocket tens hold to avoid elimination.
Daniel Wagner - 550,000 (55 bb)
Robert Brandl - 60,000 (6 bb)
Sunday, April 22, 2018 6:37 PM Local Time
There's a limp in middle position before Chris Meyers raises to 33,000 in the cutoff. Billy Cashwell three-bets to 68,000 in the big blind, and that's enough to scare the limper out of the pot. Meyers four-bets to 163,000, though, and Cashwell moves all in for about 500,000 total. Meyers calls, putting an enormous pot up for grabs.
Meyers:
Cashwell:
"Queen one time," Cashwell tries. Sure enough, there's a queen right in the window, but his celebration is premature. The words, "There we go," are barely out of his mouth as the dealer spreads all three cards: . It's Meyers who's flopped the hammerlock on the pot, and the turn and fill out the board with blanks.
Cashwell is eliminated, the latest victim of a string of big showdowns that seems to be making the rounds this evening. Meyers, on the other hand, appears to be the overall chip leader.
Chris Meyers - 1,375,000 (138 bb)
Billy Cashwell - Eliminated
Sunday, April 22, 2018 6:30 PM Local Time
Robert Flanders opens to 25,000 from the button and Jonathan Hilton defends his big blind. The flop comes , Hilton checks, and Flanders bets 29,000. Hilton calls.
Both players check the on the turn, as well as the on the river. Hilton turns over the winning and Flanders mucks.
Jonathan Hilton - 445,000 (45 bb)
Robert Flanders - 260,000 (26 bb)
Sunday, April 22, 2018 6:25 PM Local Time
Robert Stevanovski opens with a raise in early position, and Tommy Vu three-bet shoves for 128,000 in the cutoff. Stevanovski calls, committing most of his own chips to put Vu at risk.
Vu:
Stevanovski:
The board runs out , and Stevanovski wins the pot with a pair of kings. Vu is eliminated.
Robert Stevanovski - 285,000 (29 bb)
Tommy Vu - Eliminated
Sunday, April 22, 2018 6:18 PM Local Time
Giovanni Marino opens the button to 28,000, and George Tocarczyk three-bet shoves for 161,000 in the big blind. Marino tanks and calls, putting Tocarczyk at risk.
Marino:
Tocarczyk:
The board runs out . "Good luck," Tocarczyk wishes the table as he leans forward to stand up.
"You won!" someone says.
Indeed, his two pair beats his opponent's three pair. Considering how hot Marino is running over the last hour, it's hard to fault Tocarczyk for assuming the worst, but he does double up.
George Tocarczyk - 335,000 (34 bb)
Giovanni Marino - 795,000 (80 bb)
Sunday, April 22, 2018 6:10 PM Local Time
On a board reading with around 100,000 in the pot, Stephen Deutsch checks from early position. Peter Vitantonio bets 57,000 from late position and Deutsch raises to 155,000. Vitantonio calls.
The river is the , and both players check. Vitantonio turns over the winning and Deutsch flashes the .
Peter Vitantonio - 950,000 (95 bb)
Stephen Deutsch - 1,240,000 (124 bb)
Sunday, April 22, 2018 6:07 PM Local Time
Past champion Jason Sandling entered Day 2 with the chip lead, and he promptly set about building on that lead. His early activity kept him atop the counts for most of the early levels, but things are starting to come undone a bit.
In what appears to have been a limped pot, several players are involved on an flop. It checks to Sandling, who bets 40,000. Erick Lindgren raises to 90,000 next to act, and action folds back around to Sandling. He moves all in for 215,000 effective, and Lindgren quickly calls to put himself at risk.
Sandling:
Lindgren:
Sandling is displeased with the news, and he's even less thrilled to see the on the turn, which leaves him drawing dead. The fills out the board as Lindgren doubles up with aces up.
Erick Lindgren - 500,000 (50 bb)
Jason Sandling - 210,000 (21 bb)
Sunday, April 22, 2018 6:02 PM Local Time
Fred Battle opens to 22,000 from middle position and Tim Burt moves all in for 122,000 from late position. Action folds to Battle.
Burt says, "If you don't snap call me then I'm in good shape." Battle calls with and needs to improve against Burt's .
The board runs out , as Battle spikes an ace on the flop to eliminate Burt.
Fred Battler - 500,000 (50 bb)
Tim Burt - Eliminated
Sunday, April 22, 2018 6:01 PM Local Time
What started as a multi-way pot is heads-up on the river of a board. Fikret Kovac had check-called a bet on the turn, and he checks again on the river. Jeremy Eyer moves all in for 209,000 effective, and Kovac instantly calls to put himself at risk.
Eyer shows for fives full, but his cards were mostly irrelevant. Kovac proudly tables , letting out a celebratory, "Boom!" He doubles up with quad queens, taking most of Eyer's chips in the process.
Fikret Kovac - 675,000 (68 bb)
Jeremy Eyer - 160,000 (16 bb)
Sunday, April 22, 2018 5:49 PM Local Time
Level: 21
Blinds: 5,000/10,000
Ante: 1,000
Sunday, April 22, 2018 5:48 PM Local Time
After losing a big pot to Stephen Deutsch, Jeff Trudeau is all in preflop with against Gabe Costner's .
The board runs out , and Costner makes a straight to crack Trudeau's kings and eliminate him from the tournament.
Gabe Costner - 1,000,000 (125 bb)
Jeff Trudeau - Eliminated
Sunday, April 22, 2018 5:48 PM Local Time
Blake Whittington opens to 17,000 in middle position, and Giovanni Marino three-bets the button to 50,000. Whittington calls.
The flop is . Whittington checks, and Marino moves all in for about 315,000 effective. Whittington practically beats him into the pot, instantly calling all in to put himself at risk.
Just as he's about to table his hand, Marino announces his. "Top set," he says. "Double draw?" He shows , and Whittington freezes in his tracks with his cards half-exposed and his eyes the size of dinner plates. He eventually drops his onto the felt — bottom set.
The turn and river complete the board, and Marino shoots out of his chair in celebration. Whittington needs a couple seconds to let the shock wear off, and Marino offers a, "Nice hand, man," as the payout is called.
Marino is now among the chip leaders, riding a monstrous rush since the last break.
Giovanni Marino - 885,000 (111 bb)
Blake Whittington - Eliminated
Sunday, April 22, 2018 5:44 PM Local Time
Jason Rivkin is all in for 190,000 with against Jason Johnson's .
The board runs out and Johnson winds up with Broadway to eliminate Rivkin.
Jason Johnson - 900,000 (113 bb)
Jason Rivkin - Eliminated
Sunday, April 22, 2018 5:39 PM Local Time
Eddy Sabat
Eddy Sabat moves all in for 93,000 from under the gun. Action folds to Giovanni Marino, who re-shoves from late position. The rest of the table folds and it's heads up.
Sabat tables and needs to get lucky against Marino's .
The board runs out and Marino's pocket aces hold to eliminate Sabat.
Giovanni Marino - 600,000 (75 bb)
Eddy Sabat - Eliminated
Sunday, April 22, 2018 5:27 PM Local Time
Andrew Mousmoules opens to 25,000 in middle position, and Eric Salazar three-bet shoves for 107,000 next to act. Mousmoules tanks and calls, committing about half of his own stack to put Salazar at risk.
Mousmoules:
Salazar:
The flop is quite a good miss for Mousmoules, giving him outs to a straight and a flush. The turn ends the drama one card early, filling that flush and leaving Salazar dead to the river. He's eliminated in 69th place, while Mousmoules finally climbs back above his start-of-day count.
Andrew Mousmoules - 340,000 (43 bb)
Eric Salazar - Eliminated
Sunday, April 22, 2018 5:21 PM Local Time
Jason Johnson (early position) and Kurt Jewell (big blind) get involved in a preflop battle that leaves Jewell all in for a bit over 200,000.
Johnson:
Jewell:
The board runs out , and Johnson wins the pot with jacks full. Jewell, a five-time winner on the WSOP Circuit, is eliminated around 70th place.
Jason Johnson - 560,000 (70 bb)
Kurt Jewell - Eliminated
Sunday, April 22, 2018 5:20 PM Local Time
On a final board reading , Kyle Cartwright bets 58,000 from the small blind into a pot of around 180,000. Action is on Andrew Rebahn, who thinks about and says, "That's a good runout for you, I flopped the nuts," before electing to lay it down.
Cartwright shows for a successful bluff as he rakes in the pot.
Kyle Cartwright - 440,000 (55 bb)
Andrew Rebhan - 425,000 (53 bb)
Sunday, April 22, 2018 5:01 PM Local Time
Chris Conrad opens to 18,000 from under the gun. Fred Battle calls from the hijack and the button raises to 52,000.
Conrad puts pressure on his opponents by moving all in. They both quickly fold, and Conrad takes it down.
Christopher Conrad - 590,000 (74 bb)
Sunday, April 22, 2018 4:44 PM Local Time
Level: 20
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 1,000