Saturday, July 11, 2015 11:17 PM Local Time
Jared Jaffee is in the small blind and leads out for a bet on a flop of and Joe McKeehen calls from the big blind. The turn is the and Jaffee checks. McKeehen bets 62,000 and Jaffee calls.
The river is the and both players check. Jaffee shows for a pair of sixes. McKeehen shows for a pair of tens and wins the pot.
Joe McKeehen - 1,850,000
Jared Jaffee - 1,065,000
Saturday, July 11, 2015 11:14 PM Local Time
Christian Harder opens with a raise in early position to 28,000. In the cutoff, Phung Ngo moves all in for 116,000 and it folds back to Harder, who calls.
Ngo holds to Harder's . The flop misses Harder. The is a blank, as is the river, and Ngo will double up.
"Best hand I've seen in two hours," Ngo jokes as he rakes in the pot.
Phung Ngo - 268,000
Christian Harder - 692,000
Saturday, July 11, 2015 11:11 PM Local Time
Walan Kite raises to 25,000 from the cutoff and is called by Owen Bradley in the big blind.
The flop comes down and Bradley check-calls a continuation bet of 20,000.
After the drops on the turn, Bradley checks before Kite tosses out 35,000. Bradley moves all in and Kite snap calls with less.
"If you flopped a straight, you got me," says Kite, before he tables for a set of fives.
Bradley then rolls over for an overpair. The river brings the and Kite earns the double up.
Walan Kite - 430,000
Owen Bradley - 350,000
Saturday, July 11, 2015 11:08 PM Local Time
Jim Bechtel opens for 30,000 and Gjergj Sinishtaj calls from the small blind. Luther Tran calls out of the big blind and the three see a flop of . All three check.
The turn is the and again all three players check. The river is the and Tran bets 55,000, Bechtel folds, and after a brief moment to think it through, Sinishtaj calls.
Tran tables for aces and deuces and Sinishtaj mucks.
Luther Tran - 1,200,000
Gjergj Sinishtaj - 450,000
Jim Bechtel - 920,000
Saturday, July 11, 2015 11:07 PM Local Time
Curt Kohlberg is all in for roughly 160,000 against Yordan Mitrentsov.
Kohlberg:
Mitrentsov:
The board ran out and Kohlberg hit the rail.
Yordan Mitrentsov - 1,410,000
Curt Kohlberg - Eliminated
Saturday, July 11, 2015 11:05 PM Local Time
Cole Jackson is all in and at risk showing against the of Carlos Gonzalez.
The board runs out and the set of sevens for Jackson doubles him up.
Cole Jackson - 420,000
Carlos Gonzalez - 355,000
Saturday, July 11, 2015 11:05 PM Local Time
Fatima Moreira de Melo is all in for her last 118,000 against Chad Power . "Honestly, I hope you win," says Power.
The flop is and de Melo needs running cards or a six to double up. The on the turn leaves her drawing to only a six. The river is the and de Melo is eliminated.
Chad Power - 1,750,000
Fatima Moreira de Melo - Eliminated
Saturday, July 11, 2015 11:03 PM Local Time
Mike Vanier opens to 28,000 and Adam Dahlin shoves from the button for 144,000 with Lenny DiCicco calling in the small blind as Vanier folds.
Dahlin:
DiCicco:
With Dahlin trailing and at-risk, the flop put him in the lead and the on the turn improves him to quads. The on the river completes the hand.
Adam Dahlin - 300,000
Lenny DiCicco - 450,000
Saturday, July 11, 2015 10:52 PM Local Time
Level: 20
Blinds: 6,000/12,000
Ante: 2,000
Saturday, July 11, 2015 10:32 PM Local Time
Level 19 concludes, and the players are on a 20-minute break. The field has been reduced from 661 players to 286 through the first four levels, and there is one more level left in Day 2. Everyone left is guaranteed at least $34,157.
The torrid pace of elimination finally showed signs of letting up during the last level. The decisions are starting to become much more deliberate and calculated than they were early in the day, and the pace of play has slowed noticeably.
Level 16: 130 eliminations
Level 17: 90 eliminations
Level 18: 92 eliminations
Level 19: 63 eliminations
There’s been no shortage of action this evening, though. If anything, the big pots are becoming more frequent as the short stacks pick their spots to play for double or nothing.
Irina Batorevich did just that very soon after dinner, finding a lucky double when her pocket fives ran out quads against pocket queens. Kory Kilpatrick doubled up moments later when his ace-king held against an opponent’s ace-queen. James Magner flopped trips with nine-ten suited, cracking Daniel Fischer’s pocket kings and earning him a big double. Right near the end of the level, Felipe Ramos doubled up to over a million with pocket aces against ace-nine. Jeremy Brown outdid them all, though, tripling up with pocket kings on a king-high board.
Brazil’s Lucas Fauth held the chip lead briefly, after winning a big pot against Brian Hastings. Fauth (above) flopped a flush draw with ace-jack of diamonds, turned the fifth diamond, and got paid when he raised the river.
Fauth slipped back under two million shortly thereafter, and it was Danny Fuhs’ turn atop the counts. Fuhs (below) was dealt pocket tens against pocket kings, but he ran down a straight to claim a huge pot against Nicholas Katz. Fuhs ended the level with 2.675 million chips, still good for the overall lead.
Mozhen Guan, Jay Sharon, Yuri Dzivielevski, and Charles Chattha are also in the two-million chip club, while Joe McKeehan, Upeshka De Silva, Brian Hastings, and Mark Kroon are lurking just outside. Six-time bracelet winner Daniel Negreanu was another big mover during that level, finishing with 1.428 million.
The level began with two former Main Event champions still in contention, but it ended with only one. Joe Hachem was all in for about 15 big blinds with pocket jacks, but he ran them smack into Jonathan Faltz’s pocket aces. Another ace on the flop sealed Hachem’s demise, and he was eliminated in 298th place. This was his fourth Main Event cash.
Jim Bechtel, the 1993 Champion, is now the only former winner still in contention for a second Main Event title.
Play resumes in 20 minutes. Level 20 will be the final level of the night, after which the survivors will bag and tag.
Saturday, July 11, 2015 10:31 PM Local Time
Mark Kroon opens to 24,000 and Arman Solitani calls from the small blind.
The flop falls and both players check as the lands on the turn.
Solitani bets 58,000 and Kroon calls as the completes the board on the river.
Solitani bets out 194,000 and Kroon snap folds.
Mark Kroon - 1,550,000
Arman Solitani - 750,000
Saturday, July 11, 2015 10:31 PM Local Time
Upeshka De Silva Tanks For Nearly 15 Minutes
A huge crowd was starting to form around a table and when we arrive there is nearly 1,200,000 in the middle and Yuri Dzivielevski has shoved all-in. According to the table, this hand between Dzivielevski and Upeshka De Silva had started nearly 20 minutes prior. De Silva is in the tank because he will need to call 780,000, the price of Dzivielevski's all-in bet.
According to a few table mates, Lance Harris had opened the pot under the gun and there were two callers. When it was on De Silva, he raised to 88,000, and only Dzivielevski called to see a flop.
The flop came . Dzivielevski checked, De Silva bet 80,000, Dzivielevski raised to 240,000, and De Silva called.
The turn was the . Dzivielevski lead out for 280,000, and De Silva called.
The river was the . Dzivielevski shoved for 780,000, and that's when De Silva started his long tank.
After nearly ten minutes of thinking De Silva finally folds.
Yuri Dzivielevski - 2,080,000
Upeshka De Silva - 1,800,000
Saturday, July 11, 2015 10:31 PM Local Time
Matt Glantz opens for 23,000 from the button and gets calls from Anton Makiievskyi along with Jean-Pascal Savard in the big blind.
The flop comes and all three players check. Makiievskyi bets the on the turn and only Glantz calls to see the river.
Makiievskyi bets 105,000 and Glantz calls to see Makiievskyi roll over for two pair to take the pot.
Anton Makiievskyi - 653,000
Matt Glantz - 616,000
Saturday, July 11, 2015 10:28 PM Local Time
Thomas Cannuli and Kelly Minkin are heads up on a flop of . Cannuli is first to act and he bets 47,000. Minkin calls to see the turn.
The dealer produces the on fourth street and Cannuli slows with a check. Minkin takes this opportunity to bet 82,000. Cannuli thinks for a moment before tossing out a call. The finishes the board on the river and Cannuli checks one last time. Minkin moves out a river bet of 225,000, sending Cannuli deep into the tank.
The ESPN cameras swarm the table while Cannuli ponders his action. Roughly four minutes pass before he flings chips into the middle. Minkin shows for king-high and Cannuli takes down the pot with .
Thomas Cannuli - 1,370,000
Kelly Minkin - 325,000
Saturday, July 11, 2015 10:27 PM Local Time
Sara Hall opens to 24,000 from under the gun and is called by Omri Moga in the next seat over. Garry Gates then moves all in for 180,000 from middle position and watches as the table folds to him earning him the pot.
In the next hand, Gates raises to 22,000 from under the gun plus one, and is called by Jonathan Faltz in the cutoff.
The flop comes down and Gates wins successive hands after a continuation bet totaling 27,000 is enough to take down the pot.
Garry Gates - 295,000
Saturday, July 11, 2015 10:26 PM Local Time
Thiago Macedo found himself all in for his last 250,000 against Robert Brown in a battle of the blinds.
Macedo:
Brown:
The board runs out to see Macedo double up.
Thiago Macedo - 500,000
Robert Brown - 970,000
Saturday, July 11, 2015 10:23 PM Local Time
Three players are locked in a hand on a board of and Alejandro Duque bets 40,000 into a pot of nearly double that amount.
Alexander Debus calls as the next to act player and then an opponent in late position pushes out a raise of 121,000, leaving himself just over 100,000 behind.
Duque folds and Debus, after a few moments of thought and an inspection of his opponent's stack, announces himself "all-in".
The majority of the time half a player commits more than half of his chips to that hand, the rest of the chips follow but not this time, as Debus's opponent spends an agonizing eight minutes in the tank, before another player at the table eventually calls "clock".
The minute countdown doesn't make the decision any easier and actually doesn't end with a decision, as the final seconds tick away and the player's hand is eventually declared dead.
Debus takes in the pot without having to go to showdown and is now hovering near the million mark.
Alexander Debus - 950,000
Saturday, July 11, 2015 10:23 PM Local Time
Jake Cody opens for 22,000 and Jay Sharon calls from the small blind. The flop is and Sharon checks. Cody bets 37,000 and Sharon calls.
The turn is the and Sharon check-calls a bet of 82,000. The river is the and Sharon springs into action and makes a bet of 200,000. Cody thinks for a short amount of time and raises to 500,000. Sharon wastes little time in announcing he is all in for a total of 950,000.
Sharon pulls his hoodie over his mouth almost as if he is zipping it up. Cody stands, crosses his arms, and sits back down. A short while later he folds and the table murmurs in appreciation as Sharon drags the massive pot.
Jay Sharon - 1,750,000
Jake Cody - 630,000
Saturday, July 11, 2015 10:20 PM Local Time
Curtis Anderson gets his last chips in the middle with against from Amar Anand. The secures the double-up for Anderson.
Curtis Anderson - 275,000
Amar Anand - 1,735,000
Saturday, July 11, 2015 10:18 PM Local Time
George Danzer and Wasim Ahmar are looking at a flop of . Danzer, in middle position, bets 27,000 and Ahmar, in the hijack position, calls.
The turn brings the . Danzer puts out 43,000 and Ahmar raises to 125,000. Danzer takes his time to think and then calls.
The river produces the and both players decide to check.
Ahmar shows and Danzer mucks his hand.
Wasim Ahmar - 1,077,000
George Danzer - 220,000