Saturday, July 11, 2015 6:38 PM Local Time
Sam Bernstein opens for 17,000 and Timothy Klemin calls. Pim de Goede three-bets to 49,000 and both players call. The flop is and de Goede checks. Bernstein bets 40,000 and Klemin folds.
De Goede check-raises all in for an effective 120,000. Bernstein leans back, shakes his head and says "don't believe him."
"Don't believe him," Bernstein says again but apparently he believes him just enough because the next words out of his mouth are "I fold" as he slides his cards to the dealer.
Pim de Goede - 425,000
Sam Bernstein - 120,000
Saturday, July 11, 2015 6:38 PM Local Time
John Cavanagh opens for 16,000 from early position and Paul Fisher calls on the button. 2011 WSOPE Main Event Champion Elio Fox moves all in for 235,000 total from the big blind. After deliberating, Cavanagh folds and Fisher calls.
Fox has against the of Fisher. The flop pairs Fox and Fisher finds no help on the last two streets. After counting down the chips, Fox moves to 496,000 and Fisher is left with only 2,000.
Saturday, July 11, 2015 6:37 PM Local Time
Killian Kramer opens with a raise to 17,000 from middle position. John Dungan calls from the next seat over, putting action on Laith Salem. He three-bets all in for his last 179,000 and action folds back to Kramer. He lets it go and Dungan quickly moves out calling chips.
Dungan:
Salem:
The board runs out , keeping Dungan's two kings in front. Salem hits the rail and Dungan brings his stack up to 990,000 in chips.
John Dungan - 990,000
Laith Salem - Eliminated
Saturday, July 11, 2015 6:36 PM Local Time
From the cutoff, Garry Gates opens to 16,000 and Brannon Sawyer calls from the big blind.
The flop falls and both players check as the lands on the turn and Gates continues for 18,000 with Sawyer check-calling.
The river lands the and both players check.
Gates tables his , but it would be Sawyer's that would scoop the pot.
Brannon Sawyer - 440,000
Garry Gates - 128,000
Saturday, July 11, 2015 6:35 PM Local Time
After Alejandro Duque opens in middle position, a player in the cutoff three-bets to 56,000. The button and blinds fold and after a few moments of thought, Duque four-bets for 150,000 more.
His opponent goes into the tank and eventually folds, conceding the pot to Duque who is now up and over the 1,000,000 chip mark.
Saturday, July 11, 2015 6:35 PM Local Time
Thomas Popov raises from early position to 17,000. Robert Anderson reraises all in for his remaining 81,000 and Popov calls.
Anderson:
Popov:
The board runs out to give Anderson the double up.
Robert Anderson - 205,000
Thomas Popov - 300,000
Saturday, July 11, 2015 6:31 PM Local Time
On a flop of , Thiago Macedo checks from the big blind and Farzad Bonyadi bets 32,000 from the hijack. Macedo check-raises all in and Bonyadi asks the dealer to get a count and pull in the dead money. The dealer pulls the dead chips into the middle and shows Bonyadi that it is an additional 47,000 more to call. Bonyadi tanks for another minute or so and then calls.
Bonyadi shakes his head as he sees he is in bad shape with his against Macedo's . The turn is the and the river is the to give Macedo a double up with top two pair.
Thiago Macedo - 225,000
Farzad Bonyadi - 610,000
Saturday, July 11, 2015 6:30 PM Local Time
Scott Baumstein raises from the hijack to 18,000. Joseph Toles calls on the button and Luther Tran calls from the big blind. The flop comes . Tran checks and Baumstein continues for 23,000. Toles calls.
Tran goes into the tank for thirty seconds and emerges with a check-raise to 68,000. Baumstein releases his hand after a few seconds thought and Toles folds as well.
Luther Tran - 1,072,000
Saturday, July 11, 2015 6:29 PM Local Time
Mitra Muehlman opens to 18,000 and Alberto Bari calls before Dimitry Chop three-bets to 59,000.
Muehlman calls and Bari calls as the flop falls and both players check.
The turn lands the and Chop bets out 47,000 with Muehlman calling as the gets checked through on the river.
Chop announces tens, but it would be Muehlman's that would see him scoop the pot.
Dimitry Chop - 750,000
Mitra Muehlman - 600,000
Saturday, July 11, 2015 6:24 PM Local Time
On a flop of , Alan Wentz bets 28,000 from the cutoff and David Paredes raises to 70,000.
Wentz calls, as both players check the on the turn.
The river lands the and Wentz bets out 100,000 and Paredes folds.
Alan Wentz - 1,120,000
David Paredes - 690,000
Saturday, July 11, 2015 6:20 PM Local Time
Mozheng Guan and Emmanuel Lopez are heads up on a flop. Guan checks from the big blind and Lopez bets 32,000. Guan calls and the falls on the turn.
Guan bets 55,000 and Lopez calls. The river is the and Guan bets 150,000, enough to put Lopez all in. Lopez thinks for about 30 seconds, but he calls and Guan flips for a full house, jacks full of nines. Lopez mucks his hand and Guan will scoop the pot.
Mozheng Guan - 1,585,000
Emmanuel Lopez - Eliminated ($24,622)
Saturday, July 11, 2015 6:19 PM Local Time
On a board reading Timothy Reilly check calls Amar Anand's bet of 28,000.
The river is the . Reilly checks, Anand shoves all-in, and Reilly instantly calls.
Anand tables for trip queens with an ace nine kicker, but unfortunately Reilly shows down for trip queens with an ace kicker.
Amar Anand - 1,145,000
Timothy Reilly - 550,000
Saturday, July 11, 2015 6:18 PM Local Time
Joseph Cappello is all in along with Blake Kelso. They are both short stacked at the table.
Cappello -
Kelso -
The board comes . Kelso's kings hold up and Cappello is eliminated.
Blake Kelso - 415,000
Joseph Cappello - Eliminated
Saturday, July 11, 2015 6:16 PM Local Time
Bart Peppler raises from middle position to 20,000 and it folds around to Mark Kroon in the small bind. Kroon three bets to 60,000. The big blind folds and Peppler moves all in for around 140,000 total. Kroon snap calls and turns over . Peppler holds . The board runs out . Kroon's queens hold up and Peppler exits the tournament.
Mark Kroon - 1,140,000
Bart Peppler - Eliminated
Saturday, July 11, 2015 6:16 PM Local Time
Michael Cloud moves all in from the hijack for his last 65,000. Action folds around to Nathan Bjerno in the big blind. He has 781,000, and he calls.
Bjerno:
Cloud:
The flop falls , giving both players top pair, but leaving Bjerno ahead with his queen kicker. The turn is the , and just as the announcer tells the spectators that Cloud will need a jack to stay alive, the dealer reveals the river card: .
Cloud wins with his two pair and doubles up.
Michael Cloud - 143,000
Nathan Bjerno - 715,000
Saturday, July 11, 2015 6:16 PM Local Time
Antonio Copo and James Hawley take a flop of in a raised pot. Copo is first to act and he checks. Hawley bets 50,000 and Copo comes along to see a turn.
Fourth street is the and Copo checks for a second time. Hawley bets 80,000 only to have Copo come over the top with a raise to 200,000. Hawley instantly moves all in and Copo calls just as quick for his own tournament life of 641,000.
Copo:
Hawley:
Copo leads with his flopped set of fives and officially scores the double after he improves to a full house as the completes the board on the river. Hawley is left with just 20,000 and Copo doubles to about 1.5 million in chips.
Antonio Copo - 1,500,000
James Hawley - 20,000
Saturday, July 11, 2015 6:14 PM Local Time
Mike Shanahan opens for 17,000, Jake Cody calls in late position, and Adam Richardson calls from the big blind. The flop is and Richardson checks. Shanahan bets 35,000 and Cody folds. Richardson calls.
The turn is the and Richardson checks. Shanahan bets 80,000 and Richardson tanks for several minutes before he moves all in for 181,000 total. Shanahan calls and turns over . Richardson says, "the one I can beat," as he reveals . The river is the and Richardson doubles up. Shanahan, who was over two million at one point today, drops to 1.25 million.
Michael Shanahan - 1,250,000
Adam Richardson - 500,000
Saturday, July 11, 2015 6:12 PM Local Time
Omri Moga raises to 17,000 from middle position before Garry Gates moves all in for 135,000 from the hijack. The action folds back around to Moga, who pauses for a second, before mucking his hand.
Garry Gates - 173,000
Saturday, July 11, 2015 6:12 PM Local Time
Stephen Graner opens the action and Adam Hui moves all in for just over 200,000. Graner has him covered and calls.
Hui has and Graner is looking to grab some more chips and score a bust out with his .
The board runs out with the ace right on the flop and Hui doubles up.
Adam Hui - 450,000
Stephen Graner - 340,000
Saturday, July 11, 2015 6:06 PM Local Time
Steve Gross raises the hijack to 17,000 and James Kasputis calls from the small blind and checks a flop.
Gross continues for 20,000 and Kasputis calls before checking the on the turn.
Gross bets 48,000 and Kasputis quickly mucks.
Steve Gross - 751,000
James Kasputis - 285,000