Sunday, July 12, 2015 12:22 PM Local Time
Vitaly Lunkin opens the pot with an early position raise and the action folds around to Andrew Moreno in the small blind who three-bets to 85,000. When back on Lunkin he quickly moves all in for 485,000.
Moreno goes into the tank for several minutes before he releasing his hand and quietly says, "Nice hand."
Andrew Moreno: 950,000
Vitaly Lunkin: 630,000
Sunday, July 12, 2015 12:21 PM Local Time
Mozheng Guan opens to 35,000 in middle position, and Mike McLain three-bet shoves for 296,000 in the small blind. Guan asks for the count, tanks, then calls.
Guan:
McLain:
The board runs out , and McLain can not catch up. Guan wins the pot with sixes full, and McLain is eliminated.
Mozheng Guan - 2,380,000
Mike McLain - Eliminated
Sunday, July 12, 2015 12:20 PM Local Time
Action folds to Terik Brown on the button who calls. Kyle Loman calls from the small blind and Upeshka De Silva in the big blind raises to 64,000. Brown and Loman call.
The flop is .
Loman checks and De Silva bets 145,000. Brown folds, Loman moves all in and De Silva calls.
Loman with has flopped a set and De Silva is on a flush draw with .
The turn card is the , bringing the flush, and Loman stands on the brink of elimination. But the river card pairs the board and he doubles up with a full house.
Kyle Loman - 785,000
Upeshka De Silva - 2,675,000
Sunday, July 12, 2015 12:20 PM Local Time
Matt Jarvis opens the action with a raise from the hijack to 32,000. Alexander Turyansky three-bets from the button to 77,000 and action folds back around to Jarvis. A few moments pass before Jarvis four-bets to 197,000 and Turyansky calls.
The two check down a board of and Jarvis tables . Turyansky stands up to get a better look at Jarvis's hand before he tables to take down the pot.
Alexander Turyansky - 1,250,000
Matt Jarvis - 1,200,000
Sunday, July 12, 2015 12:19 PM Local Time
With the board reading , Asher Assis checks. Neil Blumenfield bets 35,000 and Assis moves all in for 150,000. Blumenfield instantly calls and cards are tabled.
Blumenfield -
Assis -
Blumenfield needs running cards to win the hand and the turn gives him outs in the form of a nine on the river. Unfortunately for Assis, the river is the , meaning that Blumenfield drags the pot with a full house and Assis heads to the payout desk.
Asher Assis - Eliminated
Neil Blumenfield - 1,180,000
Sunday, July 12, 2015 12:19 PM Local Time
Max Greenwood moves all in for his last 132,000 from middle position and action folds to James Gilbert in the big blind. Gilbert gets a count from the dealer and then calls.
It's a flip for Greenwood's tournament life with his up against Gilbert's . The flop is and Gilbert takes the lead. The turn is the and Greenwood's fortune changes, leaving Gilbert drawing dead. The river is the and Greenwood doubles up.
Max Greenwood - 290,000
James Gilbert - 700,000
Sunday, July 12, 2015 12:18 PM Local Time
Dan O'Brien opens for 32,000 and John Dungan asks O'Brien how much he has behind. O'Brien tells him and adds, "you should have studied your table."
"I should have," Dungan says as he puts in a raise to 100,000. It folds back around to O'Brien, who says, "I would like to bet all of this" and he moves all in for 216,000 total. Dungan calls.
O'Brien:
Dungan:
As they wait for the television cameras to film the action, Dungan bemoans his luck in races and O'Brien smiles as he says "stop with the speech, I can't deal with the complaining."
The dealer puts out a flop of and O'Brien yells at Matt Waxman at another table to come sweat him. Waxman is in a hand and can't run over and the dealer puts out the on the turn. The river is the and O'Brien yells to Waxman, "we held, we held."
Dan O'Brien - 450,000
John Dungan - 670,000
Sunday, July 12, 2015 12:17 PM Local Time
Damien Lhommeau opens with a raise to 34,000 from under the gun. Chad Power calls on the button, and it's heads up to the flop.
On the flop, Lhommeau checks and Power checks, as well. The turn is the and Lhommeau checks. Power bets 30,000 and Lhommeau calls. On the river, Lhommeau checks for a third time, and Power bets 70,000. Lhommeau quickly calls and Power shows for a pair of jacks, but Lhommeau tables for a set of threes on the river to scoop the pot.
Damien Lhommeau - 732,000
Chad Power - 1,797,000
Sunday, July 12, 2015 12:17 PM Local Time
On a flop reading Sara Hall commits all her chips and is up against Jay Sharon.
Hall:
Sharon:
Sharon flops a set of nines to take the lead. The on the turn and on the river provide no help for Hall as she is eliminated.
Jay Sharon - 3,084,000
Sara Hall - Eliminated
Sunday, July 12, 2015 12:15 PM Local Time
William Byrnes raises to 34,000 in middle position. Action folds to Mike Vanier on the button who makes it 85,000. With action back on Byrnes, he makes it 200,000, and Vanier calls.
Both players check the .
The turn is the . Byrnes bets out 150,000, and Vanier calls.
Both players check the river.
Byrnes announces, "Two," as he turns over . But Vanier tables for the higher full house.
William Byrnes - 950,000
Mike Vanier - 1,400,000
Sunday, July 12, 2015 12:13 PM Local Time
Dax Greene opens the button to 35,000, and Thomas Winters three-bet shoves for about 60,000 in the small blind. Noah Merritt four-bets to 120,000 in the blind, isolating himself against Winters as Greene folds out of the way.
Winters:
Merritt:
The board runs out , and Merritt wins the pot with aces up. Winters is eliminated as one of the first casualties of Day 5.
Noah Merritt - 520,000
Thomas Winters - Eliminated
Sunday, July 12, 2015 12:12 PM Local Time
Declan Connolly opens to 32,000 from early position and Paul Tedeschi three-bets next to act to 82,000.
The action folds back to Connolly and he moves all in for a little over 500,000 and Tedeschi folds.
Declan Connolly - 625,000
Paul Tedeschi - 425,000
Sunday, July 12, 2015 12:12 PM Local Time
Patrick Bruel moves all in for 162,000 from the hijack and is snap called by Jay Sharon on the button. The blinds get out of the way before both players table their cards.
Bruel:
Sharon:
The board runs out to see Sharon take down the pot with the higher kicker as Bruel is send to the rail.
Jay Sharon - 2,322,000
Patrick Bruel - Eliminated
Sunday, July 12, 2015 12:10 PM Local Time
Chris Bolek raises to 35,000 from early position on the first hand and Brian Andriamahefa moves all in from the small blind. Bolek folds and as Andriamahefa drags the pot, one of Andriamahefa's tablemates comments, "Starting early, huh?" Andriamahefa just smiles as he stacks the chips.
Brian Andriamahefa - 241,000
Sunday, July 12, 2015 12:06 PM Local Time
Cards are in the air for Day 5.
Sunday, July 12, 2015 12:06 PM Local Time
Level: 21
Blinds: 8,000/16,000
Ante: 2,000
Sunday, July 12, 2015 9:54 AM Local Time
Welcome back to the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino and the 2015 World Series of Poker for Day 5 of the Main Event!
The 6,420-player field is now down to just the final 237 players all guaranteed a payday of $34,157 with the next pay jump just a handful of eliminations away.
One player not interested in the thought of guaranteed money right now is chip leader Joseph McKeehen (pictured below). The North Wales, Pennsylvania native was second in chips to begin play yesterday, and although his position varied within the top half of the field, he eventually bagged the chip lead thanks to a late elimination of Scott Montgomery. Montgomery held against McKeehen's on a flop when the money went in, and when the completed the board on the river, McKeehen shot to the chip lead before ending the day with an impressive 3,122,000.
The only other player with more than 3 million is Upeshka De Silva who ended the day with 3,067,000 in chips while the likes of Erasmus Morfe (2,502,000), Brian Hastings (2,464,000) and Thomas Cannuli (2,271,000) round out the top few chip counts as only eight players sit with over 2 million in chips.
Multiple World Champions fell to the rail yesterday as the likes of Joe Hachem (298th), Ryan Riess (426th), and Jonathan Duhamel (565th) all bite the dust, however it would be 1993 World Champion Jim Bechtel soaring above them all to bag 1,125,000 in chips to continue his strong run at claiming a second WSOP Main Event title.
For previous November Niners, many headed home yesterday, but it would be Matt Jarvis still waving the flag for them as he ended the day with 1,406,000 as John Racener (777,000) and Anton Makiievskyi (485,000) are also still in contention along with bracelet winners Justin Bonomo (1,350,000), Daniel Negreanu (1,335,000), Matt Waxman (1,084,000), Farzad Bonyadi (1,040,000), Elio Fox (849,000), Jake Cody (764,000), Vitaly Lunkin (433,000), Andrew Hinrichsen (401,000), Men Nguyen (373,000), and Antonio Esfandiari (195,000).
Day 5 of the Main Event is always a big moving day, as once play concludes usually less than a 100 players remain meaning that pay jumps will begin occurring every time we lose a table instead of every seven tables like it is now. Making Day 6 of the Main Event is a massive accomplishment that is only outdone by making the Day 7, and then of course the November Nine. For the players remaining - five of who are women - the thought of making this final table is still a long way away as they'll have to continue to navigate a field mixed of tough veterans, incredibly talented circuit grinders and a few amateurs ready to throw you off your game.
The WSOP live reporting team will be back at 12:00 p.m. (PDT) to provide a constant stream of live updates of all the Day 5 action. So stay tuned to WSOP.com as we continue to write the path of the next WSOP World Champion while covering all the eliminations, bad beats and well-executed bluffs live from the 2015 World Series of Poker!