Sunday, July 12, 2015 11:24 PM Local Time
Max Steinberg opens with a raise to 120,000 from middle position and action folds around to Justin Bonomo in the big blind, who calls.
The dealer spreads a flop of and Bonomo quickly checks to Steinberg, who continues for 140,000. Bonomo calls and both players see the dealer burn and turn the .
Bonomo again checks, and again Steinberg bets out. It is 300,000 to Justin Bonomo and Bonomo heads into the tank. Nearly a minute and a half goes by before Bonomo moves all in and Steinberg quickly folds. Bonomo takes down the pot.
Justin Bonomo - 1,800,000
Max Steinberg - 4,850,000
Sunday, July 12, 2015 11:18 PM Local Time
Anton Morgenstern opens to 90,000 in early position before Richard Barabino moves all-in for 555,000 from middle position.
Action folds to Pierre Neuville, who asks Morgenstern how much he's playing. Morgenstern gives him a quick estimate and then Neuville announces himself "all-in".
The button and blinds quickly fold and Morgenstern says, "Fun right?" before sending his cards to the muck.
Neuville quickly tables and Morgenstern says, "Obviously." while Barabino turns over and needs to hit to save his tournament life.
Despite picking up an open ended straight draw on the turn, he can't, as the board runs out , locking up the elimination for the big stacked Belgian.
Barabino will be eliminated in 88th place, making a valuable pay jump that will earn him just under $69,000.
Pierre Neuville - 5,600,000
Richard Barabino - Eliminated
Sunday, July 12, 2015 11:18 PM Local Time
After being crippled a few hands prior, Trevor Pearlman was all in for less than four big blinds from the button and facing Alexander Turyansky. The two were racing with Pearlman holding and Turyansky .
Turyansky took the lead on the flop and would not relinquish it after the turn came and the river was the . Pearlman shook hands with other players at the table having been eliminated from the Main Event.
Alexander Turyansky - 1,950,000 (43 bb)
Trevor Pearlman - Eliminated
Sunday, July 12, 2015 11:16 PM Local Time
Justin Schwartz limps in from early position and Stephen Lichtenberger calls next to speak as Shay Zurr completes from the small blind as Jewook Oh checks the big blind.
All four players check the flop as the lands on the turn and Zurr bets out 65,000 to force three folds.
Justin Schwartz - 2,605,000 (65 bb)
Shay Zurr - 1,750,000 (44 bb)
Jewook Oh - 575,000 (14 bb)
Stephen Lichtenberger - 70,000 (2 bb)
Sunday, July 12, 2015 11:16 PM Local Time
Joshua Beckley opens to 95,000 under the gun, and he's called in three places. Peyman Lueth (middle position), Wasim Ahmar (cutoff), and Thomas Paul (small blind) all join the pot, going four ways to the flop.
It comes , and Paul checks. Beckley continues for 205,000. Lueth is the only caller, and it's heads up to the turn. It's the , and Beckley bets 310,000. Lueth spends a long while in the tank, then moves all in for 750,000 total. Beckley quickly calls with the covering stack, and Lueth is at risk.
Beckley:
Lueth:
Lueth is one card from the exit, and the river is no help. He's eliminated, earning a pay bump up to $68,624.
Joshua Beckley - 2,520,000 (63 bb)
Peyman Lueth - Eliminated
Sunday, July 12, 2015 11:16 PM Local Time
Alan Wentz limps in from under the gun and is called by David Stefanski in the small blind. Bob Buckenmayer then moves all in for 700,000 from the big blind before Wentz thinks about his decision. He then moves all in for his last 610,000 which forces Stefanski out of the hand.
Wentz:
Buckenmayer:
The board runs out giving Buckenmayer an unlikely flush on the river to send Wentz to the rail just short of another pay jump.
Bob Buckenmayer - 1,390,000
Alan Wentz - Eliminated
Sunday, July 12, 2015 11:15 PM Local Time
Chaz Chatta opens the pot with an early position raise to 100,000 and picks up calls from Daniel Bak on the button and David Peters in the small blind.
The flop is and Chattha continues for 225,000. Bak wastes little time in shoving for 575,000 and is snapped off by Peters. Chattha tanks for a minute and leaves them to it.
Bak:
Peters:
"Sorry kid," says Peters to Bak before the turn and river confirm his exit.
David Peters - 6,050,000
Daniel Bak - Eliminated
Sunday, July 12, 2015 11:13 PM Local Time
Manuel Blaschke raises to 100,000 from middle position and finds a call from Mozheng Guan. Action folds over to Kilian Kramer who three-bets to 335,000 from late position. Action folds back to Blaschke who folds as well. Guan, on the other hand, calls to see a flop.
The flop falls and Guan checks to the raiser. Kramer continues out for 260,000 and Guan thinks for a moment before letting his cards go.
Kilian Kramer - 2,675,000 (66 bb)
Mozheng Guan - 3,470,000 (86 bb)
Sunday, July 12, 2015 11:11 PM Local Time
Jonas Mackoff raises to 80,000 from middle position and Charles Chattha calls from the hijack. Steve Gross calls from the cutoff and David Peters comes along out of the big blind.
The flop is and Peters checks. Mackoff waits a few moments and then moves all in for his last 685,000. Chattha quickly calls and Gross and Peters both fold.
"I guess I only have nine outs," said Mackoff as he tables . "I just have a flush draw."
Mackoff sees the good news that his ace is also an out too against Chalres Chattha, who shows . The turn is the , giving Mackoff the nut flush and leaves Chattha drawing dead. The river is an irrelevant and Mackoff doubles up.
Jonas Mackoff - 1,755,000 (43 bb)
Charles Chattha - 2,070,000 (51 bb)
Sunday, July 12, 2015 11:11 PM Local Time
Alan Wentz raises to 85,000 in the highjack. Chun Law reraises to 175,000, and Wentz calls.
The flop comes . Wentz checks, Law bets 105,000, Wentz raises to 375,000, and Law shoves all-in.
Wentz goes into the tank for a few minutes before eventually finding a fold.
Alan Wentz - 600,000 (15 bb)
Chun Law - 3,550,000 (89 bb)
Sunday, July 12, 2015 11:10 PM Local Time
Kelly Minkin open-shoves from middle position for exactly 400,000 and Trevor Pearlman calls in the small blind, having her covered by right around 100,000.
Minkin flips over , while Pearlman holds . The aces hold as the board runs out and Minkin wins the pot, leaving Pearlman with less than three big blinds.
Kelly Minkin - 885,000 (22 bb)
Trevor Pearlman - 110,000 (3 bb)
Sunday, July 12, 2015 11:10 PM Local Time
Gabi Livshitz opens for 90,000 from early position and gets a call from Justin Bonomo. The flop comes and Livshitz continues for 110,000. Bonomo calls and the turn is the . Livshitz continues his aggression to the tune of 230,000 and Bonomo folds.
Gabi Livshitz - 1,905,000 (48 bb)
Justin Bonomo - 1,600,000 (40 bb)
Sunday, July 12, 2015 11:08 PM Local Time
Fedor Holz opens with a raise to 90,000 from middle position. Upeshka De Silva three-bets from the big blind to 265,000 and Holz calls.
On the flop, De Silva bets 345,000 and Holz calls to see the fall on the turn. De Silva checks and Holz bets 425,000. De Silva takes some time before he calls, and the river is the . Once again, De Silva checks, and Holz moves all in, putting De Silva's tournament life at risk.
De Silva takes more than five minutes before the clock is called. De Silva eventually calls and Holz tables for a pair of eights. De Silva flips for a pair of aces to scoop the pot of 3,660,000.
Upeshka De Silva - 3,660,000 (92 bb)
Fedor Holz - 1,030,000 (26 bb)
Sunday, July 12, 2015 11:06 PM Local Time
The action folds to Stephen Lichtenberger on the button and he moves all in for 95,000. Tai Nguyen calls dark from the big blind and the cards are tabled.
Lichtenberger:
Nguyen:
The board runs out and both players chop up the small blind and antes.
Tai Nguyen - 1,010,000
Stephen Lichtenberger - 125,000
Sunday, July 12, 2015 11:03 PM Local Time
David Peters (pictured) opens to 90,000 from the cutoff before Yordan Mitrentsov, after taking his time, raises to 215,000 from the small blind. Quick call.
The flop comes and Mitrentsov checks over to Peters who wastes little time in betting 230,000. Mitrentsov calls and checks over the turn. Peters grabs chips and fires 425,000 into the middle. Mitrentsov takes some time and calls again. The board finishes with the and both players check.
Mitrentsov opens and loses out to Peters who got there on the river with .
David Peters - 5,400,000
Yordan Mitrentsov - 2,300,000
Sunday, July 12, 2015 10:59 PM Local Time
Blake Bohn opens to 85,000 from the cutoff and Anton Morgenstern three-bets to 240,000 from the small blind. Bohn calls after the big blind folds to send two players to the flop.
Morgenstern then leads the flop for 160,000 and Bohn quickly calls, leaving himself just over 600,000 in front of him.
Those chips find their way into the middle after the falls on the turn, as Morgenstern checks and Bohn immediately announces himself "all-in."
Morgenstern re-checks his cards and pushes them towards the muck, with Bohn giving himself a subdued fist pump as he was able to increase his stack significantly without having to go to showdown.
Blake Bohn - 1,800,000 (45 bb)
Anton Morgenstern - 4,500,000 (112 bb)
Sunday, July 12, 2015 10:57 PM Local Time
Federico Butteroni opens from under the gun to 105,000 and action folds around to Justin Bonomo in the cutoff who three-bets to 240,000. Butteroni moves all in for 1,145,000 and Bonomo calls.
Butteroni:
Bonomo:
The board runs out and Butteroni earns the double, as Bonomo slips to under 2,000,000.
Federico Butteroni - 2,240,000 (54 bb)
Justin Bonomo - 1,850,000 (46 bb)
Sunday, July 12, 2015 10:55 PM Local Time
Action folds to Alexander Turyansky on the button and he raises to 80,000. Mark Kroon is in the big blind and gives Turyansky a long look. Kroon then bursts out laughing and tells the table, "He smiled. He doesn't have anything," before Kroon calls.
The flop comes and Kroon checks. Turyansky bets 55,000 and Kroon check-raises, making it 155,000 to play. While Turyansky thinks, Kroon studies him, noting, "You're not smiling anymore." Eventually Kroon's attention drifts to the dealer, who is wearing an earpiece that allows the ESPN crew to communicate with him.
"You look like you're in the Secret Service," Kroon tells the dealer.
Eventually, Turyansky folds and Kroon takes the pot.
Mark Kroon - 2,770,000 (69 bb)
Alexander Turyansky - 1,650,000 (41 bb)
Sunday, July 12, 2015 10:55 PM Local Time
The action folds around to Tai Nguyen on the button, and he raises to 85,000 in chips. He is called by Zvi Stern and Daniel Fuhs in the blinds before the three watch the flop come down .
Both blinds check before Nguyen slides out a continuation bet totaling 140,000. Stern then stares down Nguyen's stack before min-raising to 280,000 in chips. Fuhs mucks his hand and is followed almost immediately by Nguyen.
Zvi Stern - 2,575,000
Tai Nguyen - 1,100,000
Daniel Fuhs - 3,640,000
Sunday, July 12, 2015 10:53 PM Local Time
Upeshka De Silva opens with a raise to 80,000 under the gun. From the cutoff, Matt Jarvis, who joined the featured table on the ESPN Main Stage during the last level, three-bets to 205,000. The action folds back to De Silva, who four-bets to 550,000 and Jarvis calls.
On the flop, De Silva bets 355,000 and Jarvis calls. The falls on the turn, putting three hearts on the board. De Silva checks and Jarvis bets 580,000. De Silva takes only a second before he folds and Jarvis will scoop the pot of nearly two million.
Matt Jarvis - 3,485,000 (87 bb)
Upeshka De Silva - 1,805,000 (45 bb)