Saturday, July 11, 2015 2:10 PM Local Time
Emmanuel Lopez opens from early position to 12,000 and Shay Zurr three-bets the big blind to 29,000. Lopez calls and is faced with a 19,000-chip continuation-bet from Zurr on the flop.
Lopez calls and both players check the on the turn as the lands on the river.
Zurr moves all in for his last 101,000 and Lopez calls.
Zurr tables his and Lopez mucks.
Emmanuel Lopez - 853,000
Shay Zurr - 305,000
Saturday, July 11, 2015 2:10 PM Local Time
Alan Wentz raises to 11,000 from the cutoff and David Paredes calls on the button. Sung Yi three-bets to 37,500 from the small blind and and is called by both Wentz and Paredes.
The flop is and Yi checks. Wentz bets 50,000 and both Paredes and Yi fold to give the pot to Wentz.
Alan Wentz - 685,000
Sung Yi - 210,000
David Paredes - 650,000
Saturday, July 11, 2015 2:10 PM Local Time
With the board reading Joe McKeehen leads out for 33,000 from the small blind. His opponent, Stephen Costello, calls to see the turn.
The falls and McKeehen bets out again, this time for 94,000. Costello calls, leaving himself just under 300,000 in front of him.
The completes a potential flush draw on the river, but McKeehen is undeterred, firing again, this time announcing "all-in".
Costello has a decision for his entire stack and his tournament life, spending nearly five minutes in the tank before eventually calling, only to see McKeehen turn over while announcing "three aces".
The ESPN cameras are there to see the action and Costello sheepishly says, "I need to show right?" before turning over two black tens.
Costello is eliminated in one of the final hands before break.
Joe McKeehen - 1,400,000
Saturday, July 11, 2015 2:09 PM Local Time
Christophe Brand and the big blind are heads-up on a flop. The big blind bets 18,000 in a 30,000 pot. Brand raises to 70,000, and the big blind goes in the tank. The big blind takes some time before he moves all-in, Brand calls.
Opponent
Christophe Brand
Brand's hand holds up after the turn, and the river.
Christophe Brand - 825,000
Saturday, July 11, 2015 2:09 PM Local Time
On a board reading , Zach Jiganti checks. Jascha Potthoff bets 29,000 leaving himself 70,000 behind.
Jiganti tanks for a minute and eventually calls.
Potthoff turns over for a flopped set, and Jiganti mucks his cards.
Jascha Potthoff - 220,000
Zach Jiganti - 330,000
Saturday, July 11, 2015 2:08 PM Local Time
Jonathan Delong recalls that Craig Bateman moved all in for his remaining 50,000 from middle position and was called by Cai Zhen in the blinds.
Bateman:
Zhen:
The board ran out to see Bateman unable to improve before hitting the rail.
Cai Zhen - 425,000
Craig Bateman - Eliminated
Saturday, July 11, 2015 2:07 PM Local Time
Ira Marcus makes it 12,500 from mid position. It folds around to Heinz Kamutzi on the button and he calls. The blinds fold and it's heads up. The flop comes
. Marcus throws out 25,000. Kamutzi still wants to play and tosses the chips in.
The turn comes . Marcus checks. Kamutzi gets it going this time with a bet of 36,000. Marcus tank calls. Fifth street brings the . Marcus checks. Kamutzi fires out 60,000. Again, Marcus tank calls. Kamutzi shows for the turned straight. Marcus mucks his hand and Kamutzi takes it down.
Heinz Kamutzi - 440,000
Ira Marcus - 325,000
Saturday, July 11, 2015 2:05 PM Local Time
Brady Bullard is in the cutoff against Bo Shang on the button and the flop is
. Bullard checks and Shang bets 25,000. Bullard raises to 62,000 and Shang calls.
The turn card is the
and Bullard bets 83,000. Shang gives it up and Bullard tosses his
face up on the felt to let the table know what he had.
Brady Bullard - 510,000
Bo Shang - 340,000
Saturday, July 11, 2015 2:04 PM Local Time
Phil Hellmuth raises to 11,000 from middle position, and Lance Harris three-bets to 26,500 from the cutoff. Michael Cloud then reraises all in for 50,500 from the big blind.
Hellmuth folds, Harris calls, and the players turn up their cards:
Harris:
Cloud:
The flop comes . Cloud keeps the lead in the hand, but Harris picks up a straight draw. The turn is the , giving Cloud a pair, and the river is a complete brick, the .
Cloud wins with his top pair and doubles up on the hand.
Michael Cloud - 119,000
Lance Harris - 825,500
Saturday, July 11, 2015 2:03 PM Local Time
Stuart Rutter and Jareth East entered a preflop raising war that only ended when both players were all-in. Rutter held and East held . The flop is , giving Rutter a flush draw, but neither the turn or river completes the draw and Rutter exits the tournament in 544th place for $19,500.
Jareth East - 843,500
Stuart Rutter - Eliminated
Saturday, July 11, 2015 2:02 PM Local Time
Mario Sanchez raises from under the gun plus one before the decision falls on Michael Wynn on the big blind. He makes the call for his remaining chips before tabling . Sanchez shows and takes down the pot after a king drops on the flop.
Michael Wynn - Eliminated
Saturday, July 11, 2015 2:00 PM Local Time
After a flop of , Kory Kilpatrick checks from under the gun to Yehoram Houri who bets 10,000 from the hijack. Kilpatrick check-raises to 50,000, which is enough to put Houri all in.
Houri calls and shows for trips against the overpair of Kilpatrick. The turn and river run clean for Houri and he scores the double up.
Yehoram Houri - 157,000
Kory Kilpatrick - 58,000
Saturday, July 11, 2015 1:58 PM Local Time
The flop is the . Shawn Moore bets 8,000 from the small blind. Max Greenwood calls from the big blind.
The turn is the . Moore bets 12,500 and Greenwood calls.
The river is the . Both players check.
Moore turns over and Greenwood mucks his cards.
Shawn Moore - 245,000
Max Greenwood - 187,000
Saturday, July 11, 2015 1:56 PM Local Time
With roughly 30,000 in the middle and the flop reading , Eugen Fritzler checks in the cutoff and Omri Shaked bets 27,000.
Fritzler calls and both players check the on the turn as the lands on the turn and both players check again.
Fritzler tables his and scoops the pot.
Eugen Fritzler - 730,000
Omri Shaked - 412,000
Saturday, July 11, 2015 1:55 PM Local Time
Troy Repp raises from middle position, and the action gets to Jay Sharon in the small blind. Sharon three-bets to 37,500. Repp moves then all-in for 256,500. Sharon goes in the tank for around two minutes and then open-folds , Repp mucks his hand.
Troy Repp - 305,000
Jay Sharon - 650,000
Saturday, July 11, 2015 1:54 PM Local Time
Daniel Negreanu raises to 11,500 from the cutoff and finds calls from current chip leader Michael Shanahan in the cutoff and Armin Mette in the big blind.
The flop comes out and Mette checks. Negreanu continues out with a bet of 16,500 and Shanahan quickly calls. Mette gets out of the way, leaving the two heads up to the turn.
The dealer produces the on fourth street and Negreanu slows with a checks. Shanahan takes this opportunity to bet 50,000. Negreanu calls and the completes the board on the river. Negreanu wastes little time sliding forward a bet of 120,000. Shanahan announces a call just as fast.
"I have the nuts," says Negreanu, tabling for the nut straight.
Shanahan mucks his cards and Negreanu increases his stack to 726,000 while at the same time taking a chunk from the chip leader's stack. The table breaks immediately after the hand and Negreanu is sent back to one of the feature tables.
Daniel Negreanu - 726,000
Michael Shanahan - 1,675,000
Saturday, July 11, 2015 1:53 PM Local Time
Jeffrey Tanouye just arrived at the Rio and has taken his seat, which has been empty the whole day. He admitted to his table that he just overslept and would have kept sleeping if his friend had not woken him up.
"Some guy came over and looked at your slip," said another player. "He just yelled 'sh*t' and ran off to get a hold of you. We figured he had a piece."
"He did have a piece," said Tanouye with a laugh.
"You already outlasted like 100 people," said the dealer. "You made like an extra $2,000. Go back to sleep."
Tanouye started the day with 158,000, but after his elongated slumber, he has blinded off about a third of his stack.
Jeffrey Tanouye - 105,000
Saturday, July 11, 2015 1:51 PM Local Time
Miguel Proulx and Shawn Nguyen got into a raising war preflop in the blinds to see Proulx all-in.
Proulx:
Nguyen:
Unfortunately for Proulx, the flop brought an ace, and when no jack landed on the turn and river, he was headed out the door.
Shawn Nguyen - 1,100,000
Miguel Proulx - Eliminated
Saturday, July 11, 2015 1:50 PM Local Time
Steve Gross raises to 10,500 from middle position and is called by Noah Merritt in the hijack. The action falls on Mario Sanchez on the big blind who thinks about his decision for a minute. Sanchez then bumps it up to 41,500 which forces Gross out. Merritt calls a moment later before the flop comes down [9c[]qd].
Sanchez sits motionless before reaching for his chips and sliding out 55,500. Merritt spends over a minute staring down his opponent before releasing his hand into the muck.
Mario Sanchez - 425,500
Noah Merritt - 195,000
Steve Gross - 402,000
Saturday, July 11, 2015 1:49 PM Local Time
Heads up on a flop, Rich Lee checks from the big blind. John Sorgen bets 16,000 and Lee calls.
The falls on the turn and Lee checks, once again. Sorgen bets 24,000 and, after a moment, Lee raises, putting Sorgen all in. Sorgen snap-calls for his final 74,000 and flips for a set of threes. Lee holds . The river is the and Sorgen will double up.
John Sorgen - 182,000
Rich Lee - 420,000