Sunday, July 12, 2015 5:57 PM Local Time
Action folds to Norbert Szecsi preflop and he moves all-in for 228,000. Erasmus Morfe calls next to act and everyone else folds.
Szecsi -
Morfe -
Szecsi has Morfe completely dominated, including suits, and the Aces hold up on the board to send the pot in the Hungarian's direction.
Norbert Szecsi - 628,000 (26 bb)
Erasmus Morfe - 2,500,000 (104 bb)
Sunday, July 12, 2015 5:57 PM Local Time
In a blind against blind confrontation, Anthony Venturini is all in and at risk with against Trevor Pearlman and his .
The board runs out and Pearlman wins the pot with nines full of queens and Venturini is eliminated.
Trevor Pearlman - 1,100,000 (45 bb)
Anthony Venturini - Eliminated
Sunday, July 12, 2015 5:56 PM Local Time
Andrew Rudnik raises to 50,000 from the cutoff and Brian Hastings three-bets to 150,000 from the small blind. Rudnik calls and they see a flop of . Hastings bets 165,000 and Rudnik calls.
The turn is the and Hastings moves all in for effectively Rudnik's last 820,000. Rudnik only takes a few moments and then tosses his hand into the muck. Hastings collects the pot and the chip lead.
Brian Hastings - 4,825,000 (201 bb)
Andrew Rudnik - 820,000 (34 bb)
Sunday, July 12, 2015 5:54 PM Local Time
On a flop reading Brannon Sawyer commits his remaining 470,000 in chips and is up against Ghattas Kortas.
Sawyer:
Kortas:
Kortas has the lead with the superior high card as well as the higher flush draw. No help comes for Sawyer as the and complete the board to see him hit the rail.
Ghattas Kortas - 3,690,000 (153 bb)
Brannon Sawyer - Eliminated
Sunday, July 12, 2015 5:54 PM Local Time
Ramon Vaz Sorgatto opens in early position to 50,000 and the table folds to Kenny Hallaert, who three-bets to 145,000 from the big blind.
Vaz Sorgatto calls to see the flop of .
Hallaert leads that flop for 105,000 and almost immediately, Vaz Sorgatto announces himself "all-in" for just over 700,000. Hallaert cringes, as the two players are working very similar stacks, meaning that he would be more or less calling for his tournament life as well if he loses the pot.
He doesn't though, eventually folding after a minute of thought, conceding the pot to Vaz Sorgatto.
Ramon Vaz Sorgatto - 950,000 (39 bb)
Kenny Hallaert - 725,000 (30 bb)
Sunday, July 12, 2015 5:53 PM Local Time
Dustin Nelson moves all-in preflop and gets one caller in Danny Fuhs.
Nelson -
Fuhs -
The board runs out to give Fuhs the nuts on the turn and eliminate Nelson.
Danny Fuhs - 2,910,000 (121 bb)
Dustin Nelson - Eliminated
Sunday, July 12, 2015 5:49 PM Local Time
Jeffrey Platt opens the betting for 21,000 and Tony Tran on the button three-bets to 169,000. Platt makes it 326,000 but Tran comes right back at him with a five-bet to 790,000.
Platt is now given pause for thought and decides to believe Tran and let's it go. Tran offers to show one card and turns over the .
The speculation on course is what the other card was leading one wag to say, "I think I saw a red six."
Tony Tran - 3,150,000 (131 bb)
Jeffrey Platt - 1,500,000 (62 bb)
Sunday, July 12, 2015 5:49 PM Local Time
Ramon Vaz Sorgatto opens the action with a raise to 50,000 and it folds over to Jonathan Faltz who calls from the hijack. The cutoff folds and Dmitry Chop looks down at his cards on the button. Chop thinks for a moment before announcing a three-bet all in for about approximately 595,000.
The blinds fold and Sorgatto follows suit. Faltz lets go of his cards as well and Chop takes down the pot.
Dmitry Chop - 765,000
Ramon Vaz Sorgatto - 840,000
Jonathan Faltz - 1,520,000
Sunday, July 12, 2015 5:46 PM Local Time
Daniel Negreanu opens with a raise to 54,000 from early position. Sohale Khalili calls in the hijack and Omri Moga moves all in for 187,000 from the button.
The blinds fold and Negreanu folds, as well. Khalili calls and holds . Moga needs help, holding . Khalili hits a jack on the flop. The turn and river seal the pot for Khalili and Moga is eliminated.
Sohale Khalili - 1,258,000 (52 bb)
Omri Moga - Eliminated ($46,890)
Sunday, July 12, 2015 5:44 PM Local Time
On a board reading , George McDonald checks, Mike Vanier bets 73,000, Chun Law folds, and McDonald calls.
Both McDonald and Vanier check the turn.
The river is the . McDonald leads out for 120,000. Vanier thinks for a moment and then calls.
McDonald shows for a pair of kings, and Vanier mucks his hand.
George McDonald - 1,100,000 (46 bb)
Mike Vanier - 3,600,000 (150 bb)
Sunday, July 12, 2015 5:40 PM Local Time
Sal DiCarlo opens with a raise to 52,000 in early position. Daniel Negreanu calls, and Omri Moga calls in the big blind, sending three players to the flop.
On the flop, Moga bets 63,000 and DiCarlo raises to 155,000. Negreanu thinks for a moment before he three-bets to 255,000. Moga quickly folds and it's back to DiCarlo, who slowly counts out a raise, before announcing a four-bet to 430,000.
Negreanu folds and DiCarlo will scoop the 952,000 pot.
Sal DiCarlo - 2,288,000 (95 bb)
Daniel Negreanu - 945,000 (39 bb)
Omri Moga - 207,000 (9 bb)
Sunday, July 12, 2015 5:40 PM Local Time
On a flop of , Fedor Holz bet out 160,000 and Zvi Stern check-raises to 550,000.
Holz calls, and the turn lands the and Stern checks.
Holz pushes out a stack of green 25,000-denomination chips amounting to a bet of 625,000 and Stern releases.
Fedor Holz - 2,930,000 (122 bb)
Zvi Stern - 700,000 (29 bb)
Sunday, July 12, 2015 5:39 PM Local Time
Jay Sharon raises to 52,000 from under the gun plus one and is called by Robert Mitchell in the hijack. Kilian Kramer then bumps it up to 167,000 from the button before Jonathan Tamoyo raises to 450,000 in chips. Sharon takes a second before mucking his hand before MItchell goes into the tank. A minute passes before he also opts to fold.
Kramer is then faced with a decision, and after a minute of starring at his opponent, moves all in for almost two million in chips.
"F*** my f***ing life," says Tamayo, before slumping in his chair. He composes himself a second later and makes the call for his tournament life.
Kramer:
Tamayo:
The board runs out to see both players chop the pot holding the same hand.
Kilian Kramer - 2,100,000
Jonathan Tamayo - 1,420,000
Sunday, July 12, 2015 5:35 PM Local Time
There is over 200,000 in the middle as Justin Bonomo, Matt Waxman, and Antonio Payne see a flop of . Payne quickly checks to Bonomo, who bets 125,000. Waxman calls and Payne folds, as the two are now heads up to the turn.
The turn brings the and again Bonomo leads out with a bet, this time for 325,000. Waxman goes into the tank for nearly a minute and then calls.
The completes the board and Bonomo slows down with a check. Waxman checks behind and Bonomo tables for a flopped set. Waxman mucks and Bonomo takes down the hand.
Justin Bonomo - 3,450,000 (143 bb)
Matt Waxman - 1,310,000 (54 bb)
Sunday, July 12, 2015 5:34 PM Local Time
Mikhail Semin opens to 55,000 in late position and Thomas Paul, on the button, three-bets to 175,000. The blinds both fold and after some thought, Semin announces himself "all-in" for just over 800,000.
Paul, who has Semin well covered with close to 1,700,000, puts a full stack of green 25,000 value chips across the line for a call, putting the Russian at risk.
The short stack will need to hit to stay alive, as he holds to Paul's .
The board runs out and Paul scores the knockout, to eliminate Semin from the Main Event and send him to the payout cage to collect his more than $45,000 score.
Paul on the other hand isn't going anywhere, as he's seen a good increase to his stack over the first half of Level 23.
Thomas Paul - 2,600,000
Mikhail Semin - Eliminated
Sunday, July 12, 2015 5:31 PM Local Time
Eric Blair raises to 50,000 and Max Greenwood defends his big blind to see a
flop appear. The action is checked and that invites Greenwood to lead for 80,000 and 230,000 on the
turn and river. Blair calls both bets and Greenwood opens
, losing out to his
Eric Blair - 1,150,000 (46 bb)
Max Greenwood - 900,000 (36 bb)
Sunday, July 12, 2015 5:30 PM Local Time
Jake Toole raises to 50,000 from the button and Anton Morgenstern calls in the small blind. The flop comes and Morgenstern checks the action to Toole who bets 110,000. After thinking for a moment, Morgenstern puts in chips for a call.
The turn is the , and Morgenstern checks again. Toole bets out 240,000 and Morgenstern calls.
The hits the river and Morgenstern checks for a third time. Toole bets 500,000 and Morgenstern looks at Toole, trying to get a read on him. A minute passes and Morgenstern calls.
Toole turns over and Morgenstern takes the pot with .
Anton Morgenstern - 2,785,000 (116 bb)
Jake Toole - 2,765,000 ( 115 bb)
Sunday, July 12, 2015 5:29 PM Local Time
Sohale Khalili opens with a raise to 52,000 from under the gun. Chris Horter calls before Upeshka De Silva three-bets to 157,000 from the cutoff.
The action folds back to Khalili, who four-bets to 300,000. Horter quickly folds and it's back to De Silva, who takes a moment, but folds.
Sohale Khalili - 1,001,000 (42 bb)
Upeshka De Silva - 2,667,000 (111 bb)
Sunday, July 12, 2015 5:28 PM Local Time
Bradley St. Vincent raises to 50,000 from the hijack and Lance Harris moves all in on the button for 430,000. Actoin folds back to St. Vincent, who thinks for a couple of minutes before calling.
Lance Harris turns over and appears to be in great shape against St. Vincent's , that is, until the flop comes to pair up St. Vincent and give him the lead in the hand. The turn brings the and the river the and Harris is eliminated.
Bradley St. Vincent - 2,590,000 (108 bb)
Lance Harris - Eliminated
Sunday, July 12, 2015 5:27 PM Local Time
Justin Schwartz opens to 60,000 and Alejandro Duque calls from the big blind.
Both players check down the board before Schwartz bets 25,000 on the river and Duque folds.
"That's all it takes!" states Schwartz as he is scooping the pot.
"I had 40% of a Royal. You can work the rest out!" he adds.
Justin Schwartz - 1,620,000 (68 bb)
Alejandro Duque - 1,700,000 (71 bb)