Saturday, July 11, 2015 12:27 AM Local Time
The flop is and Upeshka De Silva bets 13,500. George Danzer flicks his cards away, but Ran Ilani isn't out of the hand just yet.
Ilani counts out some chips and holds them in his hand, staring at them closely for a while. He then places them behind his stack before raising to 41,500.
De Sliva throws his hand away and Ilani tosses his cards face up towards him, revealing .
Ran Ilani - 360,000
Upeshka De Silva - 700,000
Saturday, July 11, 2015 12:25 AM Local Time
From early position, Kane Kalas opens with a raise to 9,000. Raul Mestre calls on the button and after a fold from the small blind, the big blind moves all in for 71,500. Kalas then moves all in over the top for 156,000.
Mestre has Kalas covered, but takes some time before he slides in two stacks of 5,000 chips for the call.
Mestre:
Kalas:
Big Blind:
Mestre has the best of it going to the flop and improves to a set on the flop. The turn is the , but the falls on the river, giving Mestre quad tens and sending two players to the rail.
Raul Mestre - 661,000
Kane Kalas - Eliminated ($15,000)
Saturday, July 11, 2015 12:25 AM Local Time
John Sorgen is all in, showing . Shane Warne is showing .
The board is .
Sorgen wins with two pair. Talking through the action, Sorgen says: "I went all in with 63,500 and he called."
John Sorgen - 136,000
Shane Warne - 135,000
Saturday, July 11, 2015 12:21 AM Local Time
On the turn, there was about 100,000 in the middle and the board reads . Daniel Negreanu checks from the cutoff and Matt Guan checks back on the button. The river is the and Negreanu checks again. Guan bets 70,000 and Negreanu goes into the tank.
"I'm going to need a moment," said Negreanu as he straightens up in his chair.
Negreanu hems and haw for his decision for about a minute while making some inaudible comments about ace-king and sets. Eventually he pushes the chips forward and Guan tables . Negreanu mucks his hand and Guan takes the pot.
"I guess you weren't going to fold the turn," said Negreanu after the hand with a laugh.
Matt Guan - 910,000
Daniel Negreanu - 325,000
Saturday, July 11, 2015 12:18 AM Local Time
The Day 1A chip leader of the main event, William Kakon has been eliminated when his lost a flip to Tim Moore and his when Moore hit quads.
William Kakon - Eliminated
Saturday, July 11, 2015 12:16 AM Local Time
"He got all my chips," says Victor Ramdin, pointing at Farzad Bonyadi. "King-high flush, so painful!" he continues.
"It's okay, we live to fight another day," he ended on a philosophical note.
Victor Ramdin - 80,000
Farzad Bonyadi - 750,000
Saturday, July 11, 2015 12:13 AM Local Time
Australian poker player Brendon Rubie has just been eliminated from the main event.
Saturday, July 11, 2015 12:13 AM Local Time
Daniel Negreanu in the big blind, and Hayden Fortini in early position, are looking at a board of .
Negreanu bets 18,000 and Fortini goes into the tank for a bit but finally decides to call.
Fortini:
Negreanu:
Fortini takes the pot with the better flush.
Hayden Fortini - 137,000
Daniel Negreanu - 385,000
Saturday, July 11, 2015 12:12 AM Local Time
Lenny Diciccio raises to 12,000 from under the gun. A player in middle position reraises to 31,000 and Diciccio calls.
The flop falls . Diciccio checks. His opponent bets 30,000 and Diciccio raises to 65,000. His opponent folds and Diciccio takes the pot.
Lenny Diciccio - 550,000
Saturday, July 11, 2015 12:10 AM Local Time
Phil Laak, sat in the cutoff, calls an early position raise to 8,000. The flop comes
and Laak calls a 11,500 c-bet. The turn is the
and Laak folds to a 29,500 bet.
Phil Laak - 70,000
Saturday, July 11, 2015 12:10 AM Local Time
Tarun Gulati opens the action with a raise to 8,000 from middle position and a player on the button calls. The dealer spreads a flop of and Gulati down-bets 7,000. His opponent calls and both players watch as the falls on the turn.
Again Gulati leads out with a bet, this time for 22,000, and again his opponent calls.
The falls on the river and Gulati bets 20,000. His opponent wastes little time in calling and Gulati rolls over for a set of eights.
His opponent mucks and Gulati rakes in the pot, pushing himself back over the 200,000 chip mark.
Tarun Gulati - 212,000
Saturday, July 11, 2015 12:09 AM Local Time
The flop reads and three players, including Jake Cody, are engaged in the hand. The first player to act checks and Cody does the same, prompting the player on the button to lead at the pot for 14,500. The first player calls and Cody comes over the top with a raise to 52,500 total. The player on the button quickly lets it go, sending the first player into the tank.
Well over two minutes pass before the folds his cards and Cody takes down the pot.
Jake Cody - 386,000
Saturday, July 11, 2015 12:08 AM Local Time
2013 WSOP Europe Champion Adrian Mateos has just been eliminated.
Saturday, July 11, 2015 12:06 AM Local Time
The flop shows with 100,000 pot and two players. Michael Shanahan bets 55,000. Matt Shafman calls. The turn comes . Shanahan bets 85,000. Shafman tanks and folds.
Michael Shanahan - 835,000
Matt Shafman - 213,000
Saturday, July 11, 2015 12:04 AM Local Time
William Wachter limps in and both blinds come along to see a flop fall.
Both blinds check to Wachter, and he bets out 10,000, which is enough to prompt two quick folds.
William Wachter - 113,000
Saturday, July 11, 2015 12:01 AM Local Time
Picking up with the action on a completed board of , Carlos Difini is engaged in heads up action with Sean Winter. With about 90,000 already in the middle, Difini cuts out a bet of 35,000.
Winter goes into the tank for just about two minutes before flinging out a call. Difini rolls over for an ace-high, prompting Winter to muck his cards.
Carlos Difini - 465,000
Sean Winter - 91,500
Saturday, July 11, 2015 12:01 AM Local Time
On a flop of with roughly 23,000 in the middle, Shawn Nguyen checks from the small blind and Kilian Kramer bets 6,000.
Nguyen check-raises to 26,000 and Kramer calls. Both players check the on the turn.
The river lands the and Nguyen bets out 20,500, with Kramer quickly calling.
Nguyen mucks and Kramer is forced to show his hand, tabling his for bottom pair.
Shawn Nguyen - 700,000
Kilian Kramer - 550,000
Friday, July 10, 2015 11:59 PM Local Time
Bao Pham opens for 9,000 and there is a three-bet to 25,000 from a player before Alex Goulder moves all in. Pham moves all in as well, as does the remaining player, who has the biggest stack with Pham the smallest stack.
Pham has , the third player shows and Goulder tables .
The board runs out with the river giving Pham a triple up for the main pot and Goulder wins the side pot.
"He trapped us," says Goulder with a forced smile.
Bao Pham - 130,000
Alex Goulder - 155,000
Friday, July 10, 2015 11:59 PM Local Time
Fedor Holz raises to 9,000 from under the gun plus one and is called by Fatima Moreira de Milo in middle position as well as the player on the big blind.
The flop comes down and all three players check.
After the drops on the turn, the big blind checks, prompting Holz to bet 16,000. Moreira de Milo mucks before the big blind calls.
The completes the board and the big blind check-calls a river bet totaling 37,000 from Holz. Holz then tables for a pair of queens, which is enough to take down the pot.
Fedor Holz - 874,500
Friday, July 10, 2015 11:57 PM Local Time
Phil Hellmuth raises on the button to 8,000 and Errol Rosen moves all in for his tournament life from the big blind for around 85,000. Hellmuth snap calls and the hands are turned up.
Phil Hellmuth -
Errol Rosen -
Rosen turns to the rail and says, "I figured he'd fold anything but aces or kings." The flop comes , giving Rosen a gutshot straight draw, but neither the turn or river are any help and Rosen hits the rail in 774th place.
Phil Hellmuth - 213,500
Errol Rosen - Eliminated