Sunday, July 6, 2014 6:35 PM Local Time
Hands #97-99: Driscoll Doubles
Hand #97: Eric Baldwin opened to 240,000 and won the blinds and antes when everyone folded.
Hand #98: Ted Driscoll moved all in from the button for 1,490,000 and was called by Igor Dubinskyy from the small blind. Driscoll held and was slightly ahead of Dubinskyy and his . Driscoll would end up making a wheel when the board ran out to give him a much needed double up to 3,200,000.
Hand #99: Dubinskyy opened to 250,000 from the button and Shai Zurr called from the small blind. The two checked the flop and Zurr would check-fold to a 400,000 bet on the turn.
Igor Dubinskyy | 4,900,000 | -1,100,000 |
Theodore Driscoll | 3,200,000 | 1,525,000 |
Sunday, July 6, 2014 6:29 PM Local Time
Hands #95-96: A Couple of Doubles
Hand #95: Shai Zurr moved all in for 1.75 million from the cutoff and Brandon Eisen thought long and hard before calling from the big blind.
Zurr:
Eisen:
It was a bad spot for Zurr, but he got lucky after the flop delivered him the lead with a pair of kings. Neither the turn nor river helped Eisen, and Zurr doubled through.
Hand #96: Eric Baldwin raised to 240,000 from the button and Theodore Driscoll defended from the big blind to see a flop of . Driscoll checked, Baldwin continued for 210,000, and Driscoll check-raised all in. Baldwin quickly called off and the cards were turned up.
Baldwin:
Driscoll:
Driscoll had flopped a pair, but it was way behind the pocket cowboys of Baldwin. The turn changed nothing, and neither did the river. With that, Baldwin was shipped a much-needed double.
Brandon Eisen | 3,850,000 | -2,150,000 |
Shai Zurr | 3,500,000 | 1,465,000 |
Eric Baldwin | 2,700,000 | 1,250,000 |
Theodore Driscoll | 1,675,000 | -2,160,000 |
Sunday, July 6, 2014 6:20 PM Local Time
Jack Duong Eliminated in 6th Place ($117,507)
Hand #90: Brandon Eisen called out of the small blind and Ted Driscoll checked his option from the big blind. The flop came and both players checked. On the turn, Eisen check-called a 180,000 bet from Driscoll. Both would check the turn and Eisen would take down the pot with .
Hand #91: Shai Zurr won the blinds and antes with a raise to 240,000.
Hand #92: Jack Duong won the blinds and antes with an all in shove.
Hand #93: Eric Baldwin opened to 240,000 and was called by Dubinskyy from the button. The flop came and Eric led out for 240,000 and Dubinskyy raised it to 525,000. Baldwin called.
The turn was the and both players checked. They would both check on the river and Dubinskyy would take the pot with which was one notch better than Baldwin's .
Hand #94: Dubinskyy opened for 250,000 and Duong moved all in for 1,250,000. Dubinskyy called. Duong held and was racing against Dubinskyy's .
The flop came , keeping Dubinskyy in the lead. He would hit a set on the turn and only a five would keep Duong alive. The river was the and Duong was eliminated in sixth place and Dubinskyy moved up to 6,000,000 in chips.
Igor Dubinskyy | 6,000,000 | 2,520,000 |
Eric Baldwin | 1,450,000 | -440,000 |
Jack Duong | 0 | -985,000 |
Sunday, July 6, 2014 6:06 PM Local Time
Hands #85-89: Five Hand of Varying Degrees of Interest
Hand #85: Brandon Eisen opened for 280,000 from the button and received calls from Theodore Driscoll and Igor Dubinskyy in the small and big blinds, respectively. Two checks on the flop saw Eisen continue for 345,000, and only Dubinskyy called. Both players then checked the turn and the river. Dubinskyy tabled the and won the pot.
Hand #86: Eric Baldwin opened for 240,000 from the hijack and won the blinds and antes.
Hand #87: Igor Dubinskyy raised to 250,000 from the button and won the blinds and antes.
Hand #88: Igor Dubinskyy raised to 250,000 from the cutoff and Eric Baldwin called from the big. When the flop came out , Baldwin led out for 180,000 and Dubinskyy folded.
Hand #89: Jack Duong moved all in from the button and won the blinds and antes.
Sunday, July 6, 2014 5:54 PM Local Time
Matthew Lapossie Eliminated in 7th Place ($89,020)
Hand #83: Igor Dubinskyy opened for 250,000, Jack Duong moved all in for 970,000 and Brandon Eisen called. Dubinskyy folded and Duong and Eisen would turn over the same hands, for Duong and for Eisen. There were no miracle flushes and the two split up the blinds, antes, and Dubinskyy's initial raise.
Hand #84: Matthew Lapossie was down to just a little more than five big blinds and he would move all in first to act from the cutoff for 640,000. The chip leader, Brandon Eisen, called and the two were heads-up to the flop with the following hands:
Lapossie:
Eisen:
Eisen would surge into the lead on the flop and the only improved his hand. Lapossie needed a four to stay alive, but the river was the and he was eliminated in seventh place for $89,020.
Brandon Eisen | 6,000,000 | 915,000 |
Matthew Lapossie | 0 | -670,000 |
Sunday, July 6, 2014 5:41 PM Local Time
Level 31 started
Level: 31
Blinds: 60000/120000
Ante: 15000
Sunday, July 6, 2014 5:21 PM Local Time
Break/Updated Chip Counts
Players are on a 20-minute break. Updated chip counts are as follows:
Brandon Eisen | 5,085,000 | -340,000 |
Theodore Driscoll | 3,835,000 | 435,000 |
Igor Dubinskyy | 3,480,000 | 1,780,000 |
Shai Zurr | 2,035,000 | -1,165,000 |
Eric Baldwin | 1,890,000 | -810,000 |
Jack Duong | 985,000 | -315,000 |
Matthew Lapossie | 670,000 | -1,530,000 |
Sunday, July 6, 2014 5:20 PM Local Time
Hands #77-82: The Chips Are Starting to Move
Hand #77: Igor Dubinskyy opened for 225,000 from the under-the-gun position and was met by a three-bet to 510,000 by Matthew Lapossie in the cutoff. Action folded back to Dubinskyy, he moved all in, and Lapossie snap-folded.
Hand #78: Brandon Eisen opened for 240,000 from the button and Igor Dubinskyy defended from the big blind. Both players checked the flop and then Dubinskyy check-called a bet of 260,000 on the turn. Both players returned to checking on the river and Dubinskyy tabled the for a pair of aces and the win.
Hand #79: Matthew Lapossie raised to 200,000 from early position and won the blinds and antes.
Hand #80: Matthew Lapossie raised to 200,000 from the under-the-gun position and Theodore Driscoll called from the cutoff. It was heads-up action to the flop, which saw Driscoll call a bet of 200,000 from his opponent. When the appeared on the turn, Lapossie upped his bet to 350,000 but quickly folded when Driscoll raised to 800,000.
Hand #81: Igor Dubinskyy raised to 225,000 from the cutoff and took down the blinds and antes.
Hand #82: In the last hand of the level, Brandon Eisen raised to 240,000 and won the blinds and antes.
Sunday, July 6, 2014 5:12 PM Local Time
Hands #72-76: Uneventful Five Hands
Hand #72: Ted Driscoll opened for 220,000 and Igor Dubinskyy called from the small blind. The two would check the flop and Dubinskyy would take down the pot with a 350,000 bet on the turn.
Hand #73: Brandon Eisen opened to 240,000 and won the blinds and antes when everyone folded.
Hand #74: Shai Zorr moved all in from the button and won the blinds and antes.
Hand #75: Zorr raised to 205,000 from the cutoff and won the blinds and antes.
Hand #76: Matt Lapossie raised to 200,000 from the button and Eisen called from the big blind. Eisen would check-fold to the 200,000 Lapossie bet on the flop.
Sunday, July 6, 2014 5:05 PM Local Time
Vimy Ha Eliminated in 8th Place ($68,019)
Hand #69: Matthew Lapossie opened for 200,000 from the cutoff and won the blinds and antes.
Hand #70: Igor Dubinskyy opened for 225,000 from the under-the-gun position and Theodore Driscoll called from the big blind. The flop saw Driscoll lead out for 300,000, Dubinskyy called, and the both players checked the turn. When the completed the baord on the river, Driscoll bet 425,000 and Dubinskyy gave it up.
Hand #71: Matthew Lapossie opened for 200,000 and received a call from Brandon Eisen in the cutoff. Vimy Ha then flatted from the button, both blinds folded, and the flop came down . Lapossie was first to act and bet 250,000, which inspired Eisen to call. Ha then moved all in for 680,000 total, and both Lapossie and Eisen called.
Both active players checked the turn and then did the same on the river.
Lapossie:
Eisen:
Ha:
Ha had gotten it in good with a pair of nines while Eisen had flopped the nut flush and Lapossie an inferior flush with an open-ended straight draw. The turn had no consequence on the hand, but the river did as it gave Eisen a winning pair of jacks.
"I guess we could have gotten it in on the flop," Eisen told Lapossie as Ha silently exited in eighth place for $68,019.
Brandon Eisen | 5,425,000 | 1,625,000 |
Theodore Driscoll | 3,400,000 | 400,000 |
Matthew Lapossie | 2,200,000 | -840,000 |
Igor Dubinskyy | 1,700,000 | 435,000 |
Vimy Ha | 0 | -750,000 |
Sunday, July 6, 2014 4:47 PM Local Time
Hands #64-68: Ha Shoving
Hand #64: Brandon Eisen opened to 225,000 and Ted Driscoll called from the button. Driscoll would call a 275,000 bet from Eisen on the flop and then fold to a 505,000 bet on the turn.
Hand #65: Eisen opened to 225,000, Driscoll called, and Igor Dubinskyy re-raised to 650,000 prompting folds from both players.
Hand #66: Vimy Ha shoved for 620,000 and won the blinds and antes when everyone folded.
Hand #67: Driscoll opened for 220,000 and Eric Baldwin would call from the big blind. Baldwin would check-fold to Driscoll's 325,000 bet on the flop.
Hand #68: Ha shoved all in again and would win the blinds and antes when everyone folded.
Sunday, July 6, 2014 4:36 PM Local Time
Hands #59-63: "Listen to Your Heart"
Hand #59: Jack Duong moved all in for 990,000 from the button and took down the blinds and antes.
Hand #60: Jack Duong opened for 175,000 under the gun and Brandon Eisen defended his big blind. Eisen then led out for 180,000 on the flop, Duong called, and the dealer burned and turned the . Eisen checked and then quickly folded when Duong bet 250,000. The level went up after this hand.
Hand #61: Vimy Ha received a walk in the big blind.
Hand #62: Igor Dubinskyy raised to 225,000 from the under-the-gun position only to have Matthew Lapossie three-bet to 510,000 from the hijack. Action folded back to Dubinskyy and he announced that he was all in for roughly 1.7 million. Lapossie quickly called.
Lapossie:
Dubinskyy:
Both players held the same hand, meaning it would be a split pot unless the board four-flushed. The flop made that possible for Lapossie as he was freerolling to running hearts.
"Listen to your heart," someone in the crowd sang from the 1988 Roxette song by the same name. Right on cue the dealer delivered the . The railbirds let out a collective gasp, and the energy in the room picked up a few beats. Unfortunately for those looking to witness a bad beat, it was not meant to be as the blanked on the river.
Hand #63: Eric Baldwin raised to 200,000 and took down the blinds and antes.
Sunday, July 6, 2014 4:25 PM Local Time
Level 30 started
Level: 30
Blinds: 50000/100000
Ante: 10000
Sunday, July 6, 2014 4:24 PM Local Time
Hands #54-58: Driscoll Opening Up
Hand #54: Igor Dubinskyy raised to 175,000 from early position and won the blinds and antes when everyone folded.
Hand #55: Brandon Eisen raised to 175,000 from the cutoff and won the blinds and antes.
Hand #56: Ted Driscoll limped in from the button, Dubinskyy completed from the small blind, and Shai Zurr checked his option from the big blind. The flop came and Dubinskyy and Zurr would fold to Driscoll's 205,000 bet.
Hand #57: Driscoll opened from the cutoff to 190,000 and won the blinds and antes.
Hand #58: Dubinskyy opened from the cutoff to 175,000 and won the blinds and antes.
Sunday, July 6, 2014 4:17 PM Local Time
Hands #50-53: Big Double for Driscoll
Hand #50: Shai Zurr raised to 165,000 from the button and won the blinds and antes.
Hand #51: Brandon Eisen raised to 180,000 under the gun and then folded when Vimy Ha three-bet to 400,000.
Hand #52: Igor Dubinskyy opened for 175,000 from middle position and received a call from Matthew Lapossie on the button. Both players then checked the flop as well as the turn, and then Dubinskyy bet out 275,000 on the river. It did the trick as Lapossie released his hand.
Hand #53: Theodore Driscoll opened for 165,000 from under the gun and Shai Zurr called him. When action reached Vimy Ha in the big blind, he put in a three-bet to 520,000 and Driscoll responded by moving all in for 1.42 million total. Zurr quickly folded.
"There's so much in there," Ha said as he agonized over what to do. The minutes ticked by and eventually Ha spiked in a call.
Ha:
Driscoll:
It was a bad spot for Ha, but he picked up a little help when the flop delivered him a pair of nines. The turn improved Driscoll to two pair, meaning all he needed to do was dodge a nine on the river to double. That's just what he did too when the blanked.
Theodore Driscoll | 3,000,000 | 1,580,000 |
Vimy Ha | 750,000 | -1,500,000 |
Sunday, July 6, 2014 3:59 PM Local Time
Hands #45-49: Eisen Wins Big One Off Duong
Hand #45: Eric Baldwin raised from the button to 160,000 and Brandon Eisen reraised to 395,000 from the small blind. Baldwin thought for nearly a minute before putting his cards to the side and using both hands to move all his chips forward. Eisen quickly folded.
Hand #46: Matt Lapossie raised to 160,000 and Ted Driscoll called from the big blind. Driscoll would check-fold to a 160,000 bet from Lapossie on the flop.
Hand #47: Baldwin opened to 160,000 and picked up the blinds and antes.
Hand #48: Vimy Ha raised to 180,000 from the cutoff and Shai Zurr made the call from the big blind. Zurr check-folded to a 225,000 Ha bet on the flop.
Hand #49: Eisen opened to 180,000, Driscoll called and Duong called as well from the big blind. The flop came and Duong check-called a 205,000 bet from Eisen while Driscoll folded.
The turn was the and Duong led out for 300,000 and was called by Eisen. Both players would check the turn and Eisen's would take the pot off of Duong who held .
Brandon Eisen | 3,800,000 | 475,000 |
Eric Baldwin | 2,700,000 | 465,000 |
Jack Duong | 1,300,000 | -510,000 |
Sunday, July 6, 2014 3:42 PM Local Time
Hands #39-44: Not Much Happening
Hand #39: Matthew Lapossie opened for 160,000 from middle position and folded when Igor Dubinskyy moved all in from the big blind.
Hand #40: Brandon Eisen opened for 195,000 from the hijack and then folded when Theodore Driscoll three-bet to 435,000 from the button.
Hand #41: Vimy Ha raised to 175,000 from the hijack and took down the blinds and antes.
Hand #42: Matthew Lapossie received a walk in the big blind.
Hand #43: Shai Zurr opened for 165,000 from the cutoff and then folded when Jack Duong three-bet to 375,000 from the button.
Hand #44: Shai Zurr raised to 165,000 from the hijack and then folded when Brandon Eisen three-bet to 395,000 from the big blind.
Sunday, July 6, 2014 3:28 PM Local Time
Bao Nguyen Eliminated in 9th Place ($52,400)
Hand #38: Shai Zurr opened the action with a raise to 165,000 and Bao Nguyen moved all in for 495,000. It was folded back to Zurr who made the call. The hands were revealed and Nguyen was in the lead:
Nguyen:
Zurr:
That lead would be short-lived as the flop came to give Zurr a pair of kings. Nguyen didn't look at the board, he chose instead to watch the action on the overhead monitor. He wouldn't like what he saw, as the turn was the and the river was the and he would be eliminated in ninth place, collecting $52,400 for his four days of play.
Shai Zurr | 3,200,000 | 655,000 |
Bao Nguyen | 0 | -505,000 |
Sunday, July 6, 2014 3:07 PM Local Time
Updated Chip Counts at the Break
Players are now on a 20-minute break.
Brandon Eisen | 3,325,000 | -425,000 |
Matthew Lapossie | 3,040,000 | 340,000 |
Shai Zurr | 2,545,000 | 280,000 |
Eric Baldwin | 2,235,000 | 185,000 |
Jack Duong | 1,810,000 | -740,000 |
Theodore Driscoll | 1,685,000 | 435,000 |
Vimy Ha | 1,570,000 | 170,000 |
Igor Dubinskyy | 1,265,000 | 765,000 |
Bao Nguyen | 505,000 | -395,000 |
Sunday, July 6, 2014 3:00 PM Local Time
First Break of the Day
Players are on a 20-minute break. Chip counts coming soon.