Friday, June 16, 2017 4:43 PM Local Time
Kruse Needs a Double
Brian Brubaker raised in the cutoff and Max Kruse called on the button. Both took two cards and Brubaker bet and got called. Brubaker just took one this time and Kruse took two. Again, Brubaker bet and Kruse called.
Brubaker patted the last pull and Kruse drew one. Brubaker checked and, after taking a good 10 seconds to squeeze out his card, Kruse simply sighed and mucked what he said was a pair.
Brian Brubaker | 655,000 | 160,000 |
Max Kruse | 65,000 | -175,000 |
Friday, June 16, 2017 4:39 PM Local Time
Brendan Taylor Well Ahead
Brendan Taylor has cracked 1 million chips and is a two-to-one chip leader with four remaining.
Max Kruse has been the short stack for a while, but has managed to double up and is sitting at 240,000. He had a front row seat for the biggest pot of the tournament so far.
Brian Brubaker opened under the gun and Kruse folded before Jason Riesenberg three-bet and Taylor four-bet. Brubaker and Riesenberg called.
Riesenberg and Taylor drew one while Brubaker drew two. Riesenberg checked and Taylor bet. Both Brubaker and Riesenberg called.
Riesenberg and Taylor drew one again and Brubaker drew two. Riesenberg bet and both Taylor and Brubaker called.
Riesenberg stood pat and Taylor and Brubaker both drew one. The action checked around and Riesenberg showed , but lost the pot to the of Taylor.
Brendan Taylor | 1,240,000 | 350,000 |
Brian Brubaker | 495,000 | -217,000 |
Jason Riesenberg | 420,000 | -200,000 |
Max Kruse | 240,000 | 60,000 |
Friday, June 16, 2017 4:23 PM Local Time
Brubaker Edges Taylor
Brendan Taylor raised on the button and Brian Brubaker called in the small blind. Both players took two. Brubaker came out betting, but Taylor raised. Brubaker called and each player took a card. Brubaker check-called this time and took another card while Taylor was pat. Each checked on the end.
Taylor rolled over but Brubaker had made .
Brendan Taylor | 890,000 | -124,000 |
Brian Brubaker | 712,000 | 137,000 |
Friday, June 16, 2017 4:17 PM Local Time
Level 23 started
Level: 23
Blinds: 20000/40000
Ante: 0
Friday, June 16, 2017 4:04 PM Local Time
Break Time
The four remaining players are on a 15-minute break.
Brendan Taylor | 1,014,000 | 29,000 |
Jason Riesenberg | 620,000 | -60,000 |
Brian Brubaker | 575,000 | -65,000 |
Max Kruse | 180,000 | 51,000 |
Friday, June 16, 2017 3:54 PM Local Time
Updated Chip Counts
Brendan Taylor | 985,000 | -15,000 |
Jason Riesenberg | 680,000 | 122,000 |
Brian Brubaker | 640,000 | -210,000 |
Max Kruse | 129,000 | -31,000 |
Friday, June 16, 2017 3:46 PM Local Time
Put the Cap On
Jason Riesenberg raised on the button and Brendan Taylor made it three bets in the small blind. Riesenberg came back with four bets and Taylor capped. He patted and Riesenberg drew two. Taylor bet and Riesenberg opted to release.
Brendan Taylor | 1,000,000 | 240,000 |
Jason Riesenberg | 558,000 | -62,000 |
Friday, June 16, 2017 3:39 PM Local Time
Brian Brubaker Takes Chip Lead
Brian Brubaker defended his big blind against a raise from Brendan Taylor.
He drew two and Taylor drew three. Taylor bet and Brubaker called. Each player drew one and Talyor bet again. Brubaker called.
Both players stood pat on the final draw and Taylor bet again. Brubaker called with a nine-eight which was good against Taylor's jack.
Then Jason Riesenberg won a hand off Taylor. They both went to the first draw phase in for three bets and drew two. Riesenberg check-called and drew two against the one of Taylor. He check-raised Taylor and Taylor called.
Riesenberg stood pat and Taylor drew one. Riesenberg bet and Taylor folded.
Brian Brubaker | 850,000 | 161,000 |
Brendan Taylor | 760,000 | -200,000 |
Jason Riesenberg | 620,000 | 0 |
Friday, June 16, 2017 3:34 PM Local Time
Max Kruse is the Short Stack
Brendan Taylor won a big pot off Max Kruse and peaked at 960,000 after he made a on the second draw.
Kruse raised and Taylor defended his big blind. Taylor drew two and Kruse drew one. Taylor check-called Kruse's first bet.
Taylor drew two again and Kruse drew one. Taylor checked. Kruse bet, Taylor raised, and Kruse called.
Taylor stood pat as did Kruse. Taylor bet and Kruse called. Taylor showed his and won the pot.
Brendan Taylor | 960,000 | 172,000 |
Max Kruse | 160,000 | -205,000 |
Friday, June 16, 2017 3:24 PM Local Time
Taylor Tops Kruse
Jason Riesenberg raised and got action from Brendan Taylor (button) and Max Kruse (big blind). Kruse took three and the others two. Action checked to Taylor, who bet and got called twice. Kruse took one, Riesenberg two, and Taylor one. Kruse bet out, and Riesenberg must not have improved enough for his liking as he mucked. Taylor, though, raised, and Kruse called.
Both players patted the last draw, and Kruse check-called a bet but lost to .
Brendan Taylor | 788,000 | 138,000 |
Max Kruse | 365,000 | -105,000 |
Friday, June 16, 2017 3:17 PM Local Time
Jason Riesenberg Makes a Wheel
Jason Riesenberg just made a wheel on the biggest hand of the final table so far.
Both players put in two bets predraw and Riesenberg drew two. Taylor drew three.
Riesenberg bet, Taylor raised, and Riesenberg three-bet after some hesitation.
Riesenberg stood pat and when Taylor broke to draw one, he bet quickly. Taylor raised again and Riesenberg took a moment before three-betting again. Taylor called. Both players stood pat and Riesnberg bet again. Taylor called and Riesenberg turned over a wheel .
Brendan Taylor | 650,000 | -130,000 |
Jason Riesenberg | 620,000 | 190,000 |
Friday, June 16, 2017 3:11 PM Local Time
Level 22 started
Level: 22
Blinds: 15000/30000
Ante: 0
Friday, June 16, 2017 3:10 PM Local Time
Dean Kerl Eliminated in 5th Place ($19,482)
Dean Kerl took a card on the second draw against Brendan Taylor and he bet out from the big blind. Taylor raised and Kerl called. Kerl took another card, and Taylor was pat. Both checked and Taylor's took it.
A couple of hands later, Kerl raised on the button. Riesenberg reraised in the small blind, and Kerl made it four bets. Riesenberg called and drew one, as did Kerl. Riesenberg check-called and took another card, but Kerl was pat. Riesenberg bet Kerl's last 12,000, and Kerl quickly called.
Both players patted, and they each had an eight-low. Riesenberg showed an eight-perfect, enough to beat Taylor's .
Brendan Taylor | 780,000 | 75,000 |
Jason Riesenberg | 430,000 | 75,000 |
Dean Kerl | 0 | -152,000 |
Friday, June 16, 2017 2:57 PM Local Time
Rick Fuller Eliminated in 6th Place ($13,591)
Rick Fuller has been eliminated in sixth place and will take home $13,591.
Brian Brubaker raised from early position and Fuller defended from the big blind.
Fuller drew one and Brubaker drew two. Fuller checked and Brubaker bet. Fuller called and drew one. Brubaker stood pat.
Fuller check-called and elected to draw one while Brubaker continued to keep his cards. Brubaker turned over and had Fuller drawing dead with an eight in his hand.
Brendan Taylor | 705,000 | 45,000 |
Brian Brubaker | 689,000 | -15,000 |
Max Kruse | 470,000 | 22,000 |
Jason Riesenberg | 355,000 | 0 |
Dean Kerl | 152,000 | 52,000 |
Rick Fuller | 0 | -50,000 |
Friday, June 16, 2017 2:52 PM Local Time
Riesenberg Drops a Couple
Jason Riesenberg opened first to act and got action from Brian Brubaker, who had the button. Riesenberg took one and Brubaker two, and Brubaker called another bet. Things changed after the second draw, when each player repeated their first draw. This time, Riesenberg's bet got raised. He called, taking one. Brubaker was pat, and Riesenberg folded to a bet on the end.
The next hand, Riesenberg defended his big blind from a Max Kruse button open. Draws went two, one with Riesenberg check-calling, but he released after each player drew one and Kruse following the second pull.
Brian Brubaker | 704,000 | 160,000 |
Jason Riesenberg | 355,000 | -25,000 |
Friday, June 16, 2017 2:47 PM Local Time
Short Stacks Survive All-Ins In Consecutive Hands
Dean Kerl got his last 34,000 all in in a three-way pot with Brendan Taylor and Max Kruse. There was no side pot and Taylor and Kruse checked the whole way.
Kerl drew one on each street. Taylor drew three, then two, then one. Kruse drew two and then one on the final two draws. All three players made an eight-seven, but Kerl held the best with and kept his seat.
The next hand Rick Fuller got all in against Jason Riesenberg and Brendan Taylor. There was a small side pot and Fuller was in for his last 18,000.
Riesenberg drew three, then one on the following two streets. Taylor drew two on the first two streets then one. Fuller was pat after the first draw. Taylor finally bet on the river and Riesenberg folded for the side pot, but he had a pair so Fuller won the main pot with [8xx6x5x3x2x] to survive as well.
Brendan Taylor | 660,000 | -70,000 |
Max Kruse | 448,000 | -152,000 |
Jason Riesenberg | 380,000 | -10,000 |
Dean Kerl | 100,000 | 37,000 |
Rick Fuller | 50,000 | 5,000 |
Friday, June 16, 2017 2:28 PM Local Time
Kerl's Bluff Fails
Brendan Taylor (big blind) and Dean Kerl (middle position) each took two cards on the first pull, and Taylor bet out. Kerl called and each player drew a card. This time, Taylor check-called. Both players drew again, and Taylor again fired out a lead. Kerl announced a raise, and Taylor immediately called.
"Pair of eights," Kerl said.
Taylor rolled over , leaving Kerl with just a few bets.
Brendan Taylor | 730,000 | 145,000 |
Dean Kerl | 63,000 | -109,000 |
Friday, June 16, 2017 2:24 PM Local Time
Brendan Taylor Firing, Jason Riesenberg Wins Two in a Row
Brendan Taylor opened with a raise three hands in a row and won the first two — one where everyone folded, and one against Max Kruse.
In the one versus Kruse, Taylor raised Kruse's big blind and Kruse defended. Both players drew two and Kruse check-called. Kruse drew two and Taylor drew one. He check-called again and drew one against Taylor's pat hand. Both players then checked and Taylor won the hand with a nine.
Then it was Jason Riesenberg's turn to win two in a row. Taylor raised again and this time it was Riesenberg defending his big blind. Both players drew two and checked. Taylor signified his check by tossing two cards before Riesenberg had declared. Riesenberg stood pat and Taylor drew two.
Riesenberg bet and Taylor called. Riesenberg stood pat again and Taylor drew one. Riesenberg bet again and Taylor called. Riesenberg won the hand with .
Riesenberg won the next hand as well after he checked down a three-way pot with Kruse and Rick Fuller. Riesenberg showed a nine and it was good.
Max Kruse | 600,000 | -95,000 |
Brendan Taylor | 585,000 | -37,000 |
Brian Brubaker | 544,000 | -5,000 |
Jason Riesenberg | 390,000 | 120,000 |
Dean Kerl | 172,000 | -18,000 |
Rick Fuller | 45,000 | -33,000 |
Friday, June 16, 2017 2:08 PM Local Time
Kruse Moves Into Lead
Max Kruse opened second to act, and Brendan Taylor defended the big blind. Taylor drew three and Kruse two, and Taylor check-called. Each player took one on the second draw, and Taylor again check-called. Kruse was pat after Taylor took a final card, and both players checked.
Taylor laid down a jack-six, but Kruse had and won the pot, enabling him to move into the chip lead.
Max Kruse | 695,000 | 60,000 |
Brendan Taylor | 622,000 | -92,000 |
Friday, June 16, 2017 2:02 PM Local Time
Level 21 started
Level: 21
Blinds: 12000/24000
Ante: 0