Sunday, June 1, 2014 4:08 PM Local Time
Hand #23: Danchev Takes Chip Lead with Top Two
Hand #23: Josh Arieh opened to 24,000 and Dimitar Danchev made the call from the cutoff along with Steven Loube from the big blind.
The flop fell and Arieh continued for 42,000 following a check from Loube. Danchev made the call next to act before Loube folded and the turn landed the .
The action was checked through to see the fall and Arieh bet out 78,000. Danchev called and tabled his to better Arieh's .
Dimitar Danchev | 1,180,000 | 80,000 |
Josh Arieh | 920,000 | -287,000 |
Sunday, June 1, 2014 4:04 PM Local Time
Hand #21-22: Danchev Puts Foster to the Test
Hand #21: Steven Loube raised to 30,000 from the hijack seat, winning the blinds and antes.
Hand #22: Josh Arieh raised to 24,000 in the cutoff, Dimitar Danchev called on the button, Douglas Foster called out of the small blind, and the flop fell . Foster checked, Arieh continued for 41,000, and Danchev called. Foster check-raised to 125,000, Arieh quickly folded, and Danchev tanked for a bit before pushing out a stack of green T25,000 chips, moving all in for effectively 525,000 or so.
Foster sat back in his chair, mulling the decision over for two minutes or so before folding.
Dimitar Danchev | 1,100,000 | 270,000 |
Douglas Foster | 400,000 | -125,000 |
Sunday, June 1, 2014 3:59 PM Local Time
Hands #16-20: Three-Bet from Arieh
Hand #16: Josh Arieh opened to 24,000 and Dimitar Danchev called on the button to see a flop fall. Both players checked as the rolled off on the turn and Arieh checked again along with Danchev.
The river landed the and both players checked with Arieh tabling his , but it would be Danchev's that would see him pushed the pot.
Hand #17: Steven Loube received a walk in the big blind.
Hand #18: Josh Arieh opened from under the gun to 24,000 and won the blinds and antes.
Hand #19: Steven Loube opened his button to 30,000 and Josh Arieh three-bet to 82,000 from the big blind with Loube calling.
The flop fell and Arieh led for 105,000 to prompt a fold from Loube.
Hand #20: Jon Lane opened to 27,000 from the hijack and Dimitar Danchev defended his big blind to see a . Danchev checked and Lane bet out 32,000 which prompt a fold from Danchev.
Sunday, June 1, 2014 3:53 PM Local Time
Hands #12-15: More for Danchev
Hand #12: Douglas Foster raised to 25,000 in the cutoff, Steven Loube called out of the small blind, and Loube check-folded to a bet of 42,000 on a flop of .
Hand #13: Alex Bolotin raised to 27,000 out of the small blind, and Josh Arieh folded in the big blind.
Hand #14: Bolotin raised to 20,000 on the button, winning the blinds and antes.
Hand #15: Loube raised to 24,000 in the hijack seat, Danchev called out of the small blind, and the flop fell . Danchev checked, Loube continued for 35,000, and Danchev called. The turn was the , both players checked, and the river was the . Danchev led out for 54,000, and Loube folded.
Sunday, June 1, 2014 3:48 PM Local Time
David Trager Eliminated in 7th Place ($30,664), Shawn Busse Eliminated in 8th Place ($23,638)
Hand #10: The action folded round to Shawn Busse in the cutoff and he moved all in for 111,000 to collect the blinds and antes.
Hand #11: Josh Arieh opened to 24,000 and Shawn Busse moved all in from the hijack for 133,000. With the action on David Trager, he moved all in also for 201,000 to put Arieh into the tank for close to two minutes before he made the call.
Trager:
Busse:
Arieh:
With Trager holding the advantage but needing to fade some paint, the flop kept Trager in the lead.
However when the dealer dropped the , Arieh soared ahead as the on the river would send Busse and Trager to the rail in 8th and 7th places respectively.
Josh Arieh | 1,207,000 | 357,000 |
Shawn Busse | 0 | -112,000 |
David Trager | 0 | -210,000 |
Sunday, June 1, 2014 3:37 PM Local Time
Updated Chip Counts
Josh Arieh | 850,000 | 100,000 |
Dimitar Danchev | 830,000 | 125,000 |
Steven Loube | 720,000 | -20,000 |
Alex Bolotin | 580,000 | -55,000 |
Jon Lane | 400,000 | -320,000 |
David Trager | 210,000 | -26,000 |
Douglas Foster | 208,000 | -289,000 |
Shawn Busse | 112,000 | -6,000 |
Sunday, June 1, 2014 3:37 PM Local Time
Play Resumes
Cards are now back in the air!
Sunday, June 1, 2014 3:36 PM Local Time
Level 3 started
Level: 3
Blinds: 5000/10000
Ante: 1000
Sunday, June 1, 2014 3:17 PM Local Time
Break Time
Hand #9: Jon Lane opened to 21,000 and Dimitar Danchev made the call from the cutoff along with Douglas Foster and David Trager in the blinds.
Lane continued for 38,000 on the flop with only Danchev making the call as the turn landed the .
Lane tapped the table and Danchev slid out 57,000 to produce a quick fold from Lane.
With the completion of that hand, the remaining eight players are heading on a 20-minute break.
Sunday, June 1, 2014 3:17 PM Local Time
Hands #6-8: Trager Doubles, Wins Two More
Hand #6: David Trager raised to 19,000 in middle position, Dimitar Danchev moved all in for effectively 90,000 out of the big blind, and Trager snap-called.
Trager:
Danchev:
The aces held up on a board of , and Trager doubled.
Hand #7: Trager raised to 19,000 from early position, and received no callers.
Hand #8: Trager came in for another raise - this time to 29,000 from under the gun - and again no one called.
Dimitar Danchev | 705,000 | -100,000 |
David Trager | 236,000 | 116,000 |
Sunday, June 1, 2014 3:13 PM Local Time
Hands #2-5: Loube Doubles Through Trager
Hand #2: Dimitar Danchev opened to 16,000 and David Trager three-bet to 52,000. The action passed back to Danchev and he folded.
Hand #3: Douglas Foster opened to 20,000 and Jon Lane three-bet to 69,000 with Foster making the call as the flop fell and Lane continued for 85,000.
Foster made the call and when the landed on the turn and Lane checked, he moved all in for roughly 300,000 with Lane quickly folding.
Hand #4: David Trager opened to 23,000 from the cutoff only to have Alex Bolotin three-bet the big blind to 75,000. Trager folded and Bolotin was pushed the pot.
Hand #5: David Trager entered the pot for 27,000 and Steven Loube made the call from the button with Trager betting out 65,000 in the dark as the dealer eventually spread a flop.
Loube bumped it up to 150,000 and Trager instantly moved all in for roughly 450,000 with Loube snap-calling for his 326,000-chip stack.
Loube:
Trager:
With Loube in the lead, he would have to fade any ace or spade, and when the turn and river landed the and , he doubled through to roughly 740,000 in chips.
Steven Loube | 740,000 | 365,000 |
David Trager | 120,000 | -270,000 |
Sunday, June 1, 2014 3:07 PM Local Time
Maxx Coleman Eliminated in 9th Place ($18,468)
Hand #1: Josh Arieh raised to 19,000 in middle position, David Trager called in the small blind, and Maxx Coleman moved all in for 276,000 from the big blind. Arieh called, and Trager folded.
Arieh:
Coleman:
Coleman took the lead on a flop of , but Arieh snatched it back when the spiked on the turn. Coleman could survive with a ten on the river for Broadway, but the bricked off and he was eliminated in ninth place.
Josh Arieh | 750,000 | 300,000 |
Maxx Coleman | 0 | -200,000 |
Sunday, June 1, 2014 3:04 PM Local Time
Final Table Counts
Dimitar Danchev | 805,000 | 55,000 |
Jon Lane | 720,000 | -30,000 |
Alex Bolotin | 635,000 | 45,000 |
Douglas Foster | 497,000 | -13,000 |
Josh Arieh | 450,000 | 30,000 |
David Trager | 390,000 | -35,000 |
Steven Loube | 375,000 | 5,000 |
Maxx Coleman | 200,000 | 40,000 |
Shawn Busse | 118,000 | -7,000 |
Sunday, June 1, 2014 2:58 PM Local Time
Colin York Eliminated in 10th Place ($14,615)
Josh Arieh opened to 16,000 and Colin York moved all in for roughly 220,000. The action passed back to Arieh and he made the call.
York:
Arieh:
The board ran out and York headed to the rail in 10th place for a $14,615 payday.
Colin York | 0 | -240,000 |
Sunday, June 1, 2014 2:54 PM Local Time
Lane Four-Bets
Jon Lane raised to 21,000 in the hijack seat, two-time WSOP bracelet winner Josh Arieh three-bet to 58,000 out of the small blind, and Lane responded with a four-bet to 146,000.
Arieh quickly folded, and Lane picked up the pot.
Jon Lane | 750,000 | 90,000 |
Josh Arieh | 420,000 | 40,000 |
Sunday, June 1, 2014 2:48 PM Local Time
Flush for Danchev
Steven Loube opened to 32,000 and Dimitar Danchev called from the cutoff to see a flop fall.
Loube continued for 40,000 and Danchev called before both players checked down the and .
Loube tabled his , but it would Danchev's that would see him pushed the pot.
Dimitar Danchev | 750,000 | 10,000 |
Steven Loube | 370,000 | -140,000 |
Sunday, June 1, 2014 2:41 PM Local Time
Danchev Climbing
Jon Lane raised to 21,000 in middle position, Dimitar Danchev called on the button, and the flop fell . Lane led out for 28,000, Danchev called, and the turn was the .
Lane fired out another 42,000, Danchev called, and both players knuckled on the river ( ). Lane showed , but his wired nines were no good against Danchev's for a pair of aces.
Dimitar Danchev | 740,000 | 115,000 |
Jon Lane | 660,000 | -40,000 |
Sunday, June 1, 2014 2:35 PM Local Time
Queens for Trager
David Trager opened to 26,000 and Dimitar Danchev defended his big blind.
The flop fell and Danchev checked to Trager who tossed in four green 25,000-denomination chips. Danchev quickly mucked and Trager tabled his as he scooped in the pot.
Sunday, June 1, 2014 2:34 PM Local Time
Shove Happy
The first few hands of the unofficial final table haven't been too exciting as yet.
However short stacks Maxx Coleman and Shawn Busse are doing their best to accumulate some chips after both players recently moved all in.
Coleman three-bet jammed over a David Trager open and picked up the blinds, antes and Trager's raise while Busse open-jammed from middle position and found a table of folds.
Sunday, June 1, 2014 2:30 PM Local Time
Unofficial Final Table
Seat | Player | Chips |
1 | Dimitar Danchev | 625,000 |
2 | Shawn Busse | 125,000 |
3 | Colin York | 240,000 |
4 | Douglas Foster | 510,000 |
5 | David Trager | 425,000 |
6 | Maxx Coleman | 160,000 |
7 | Jon Lane | 700,000 |
8 | Steven Loube | 510,000 |
9 | Alex Bolotin | 590,000 |
10 | Josh Arieh | 380,000 |
Jon Lane | 700,000 | -5,000 |
Dimitar Danchev | 625,000 | 15,000 |
Alex Bolotin | 590,000 | 35,000 |
Douglas Foster | 510,000 | 30,000 |
Steven Loube | 510,000 | -15,000 |
David Trager | 425,000 | -25,000 |
Josh Arieh | 380,000 | 15,000 |
Colin York | 240,000 | 10,000 |
Maxx Coleman | 160,000 | -5,000 |
Shawn Busse | 125,000 | 15,000 |