Monday, June 29, 2015 6:57 PM Local Time
Brandon Wittmeyer makes it 60,000 to go from under the gun and Derek Gomez raises to 155,000. Wittmeyer calls.
The flop comes . Wittmeyer checks, Gomez bets 140,000, Wittmeyer raises to 300,000 and Gomez folds.
Monday, June 29, 2015 6:56 PM Local Time
Matt Affleck raises to 50,000 and takes down the blinds and antes.
Monday, June 29, 2015 6:54 PM Local Time
Perati Muhamet makes it 51,000 to go and all players fold.
Monday, June 29, 2015 6:54 PM Local Time
Ping Liu raises to 50,000 and Derek Gomez calls.
Gomez check folds the flop to Liu's 65,000 bet.
Monday, June 29, 2015 6:45 PM Local Time
Derek Gomez raises from under the gun to 48,000. It folds around to Mukul Pahuja in the big blind and he calls. The dealer spreads a flop of . Pahuja checks and Gomez bets 45,000. Pahuja calls.
The turn is the . Both players check and the river brings the . Both players check and Pahuja turns over for two pair and it's good.
Monday, June 29, 2015 6:42 PM Local Time
Derek Gomez raises to 48,000 from middle position and Tom Braband three bets to 130,000. It folds back to Gomez, who goes into the tank. Gomez asks Braband what he has behind and upon getting the answer (around 500,000), calls the raise.
The flop comes . Gomez checks and Braband checks behind. The turn is the and again both players check. The river is dealt and Gomez leads with a bet of 110,000. Braband thinks it over for a few seconds but decides to fold.
Derek Gomez - 1,640,000
Tom Braband - 474,000
Monday, June 29, 2015 6:34 PM Local Time
Perati Muhamet raises to 51,000, Ping Liu three bets to 150,000. Muhamet pauses for a moment and then shoves all-in. Liu quickly folds and Muhamet takes it down.
Monday, June 29, 2015 6:32 PM Local Time
Ping Liu makes it 50,000 and Matt Affleck calls in the big blind.
Both players check the flop.
The turn is the . Affleck leads out for 85,000, Liu reraises to 210,000, and Affleck calls.
The river is the . Affleck checks, and Liu tanks for a moment before checking behind.
Matt Affleck turns over for a full house and Liu mucks his hand face down.
Monday, June 29, 2015 6:27 PM Local Time
The action folds around to Derek Gomez in the hijack and he raises to 48,000. Tom Braband calls on the button and everyone else folds. The flop comes . Gomez bets 45,000 and Braband calls.
The turn is the and both players check. The river is the and Gomez bets 80,000. Braband quickly calls. Gomez turns over and Braband mucks.
Monday, June 29, 2015 6:14 PM Local Time
Level: 25
Blinds: 12,000/24,000
Ante: 4,000
Monday, June 29, 2015 6:13 PM Local Time
The action folds to Derek Gomez in the cutoff and he raises to 40,000. Tom Braband calls from the small blind and everyone else folds. The flop comes . Braband checks and Gomez bets 35,000. Braband check-calls.
The turn is the . Braband checks and Gomez bets 65,000. Braband check-folds and Gomez drags the pot.
Monday, June 29, 2015 6:13 PM Local Time
Michael Whitman shoves all-in and everyone folds, awarding him the blinds and antes.
Monday, June 29, 2015 6:13 PM Local Time
Matt Affleck raises to 45,000 preflop and everyone else folds.
Monday, June 29, 2015 6:12 PM Local Time
Brandon Wittmeyer raises to 50,000 and Derek Gomez calls in the big blind.
The flop comes . Wittmeyer bets 100,000 and Gomez folds.
Wittmeyer turns over for a flopped set of queens.
Monday, June 29, 2015 6:12 PM Local Time
The introductions are complete and the cards are back in the air. This final table is being streamed on wsop.com/live.
Monday, June 29, 2015 5:54 PM Local Time
The players are taking a break while the media sets up for the live stream of the official final table. Play will resume at approximately 6 p.m. local time.
Monday, June 29, 2015 5:48 PM Local Time
Joseph Barnard
Ping Liu raises in middle position to 40,000. Brandon Wittmeyer calls, Matt Affleck calls from the cutoff, and Joseph Barnard calls from the big blind. The flop comes . All four players check.
The turn is the . Barnard bets 90,000. Liu folds, Wittmeyer calls, and Affleck folds. The river is the . Barnard takes his time and announces he is all in for about 220,000. Wittmeyer snap calls and turns over for a full house. Barnard turns over his for a second-best flush.
Barnard is eliminated in 10th place and earns $11,295 for his performance.
Brandon Wittmeyer - 1,747,000
Joseph Barnard - Eliminated
Monday, June 29, 2015 5:29 PM Local Time
With 10 left, the players have redrawn for seats and have moved to the secondary feature table in the Amazon room. The new seating assignments are shown below:
Seat 1: Stefano Terziani
Seat 2: Tom Braband
Seat 3: Ping Liu
Seat 4: Brandon Wittmeyer
Seat 5: Matt Affleck
Seat 6: Michael Whitman
Seat 7: Perati Muhamet
Seat 8: Mukul Pahuja
Seat 9: Joseph Barnard
Seat 10: Derek Gomez
Monday, June 29, 2015 5:24 PM Local Time
Markus Brunner
Brandon Wittmeyer raises from the cutoff to 45,000 and Markus Brunner moves all in for 158,000 on the button. Tom Braband calls from the small blind. Stefano Terziani folds the big blind and Wittmeyer calls. The flop comes . Braband bets 130,000 and Wittmeyer releases immediately.
Tom Braband -
Markus Brunner -
Braband is ahead but must fade Brunner's flush draw. The turn is the , which takes away a few of Brunner's outs. The river blanks for Brunner with the .
Brunner finishes in 11th Place for $11,295.
Tom Braband - 1,280,000
Markus Brunner - Eliminated
Monday, June 29, 2015 5:13 PM Local Time
Aaron Johnson lost a huge flip in the previous hand holding all-in preflop versus Derek Gomez's when Gomez hit an ace on the river leaving Johnson with only 50,000 in chips.
In this hand Ping Liu raises to 40,000 and Aaron Johnson shoves his remaining 39,000 into the middle. With action on Joseph Barnard in the big blind he confirms the previous action with the dealer to make sure he has the option to re-raise. Once confirmed, he shoves all-in over the top of Johnson, and Liu folds.
Barnard turns over , and upon seeing it Johnson says, "That's not fair," as he tables .
The flop comes . Johnson calls for a 4 on the turn.
The turn is the and Johnson says with excitement, "Or a three."
But unfortunately for Johnson the river is the giving Barnard a straight and eliminating Johnson in 12th place.
Aaron Johnson - Eliminated
Joseph Barnard - 500,000