Tuesday, July 11, 2017 5:07 PM Local Time
Sixes for Gyeongbyeong Lee
Following a raise from the under-the-gun player to 2,000, both Brent Roberts and Gyeongbyeong Lee called in the blinds.
The flop came and Roberts checked to Lee who bet 3,000. The original raiser folded, but Roberts called as the turn landed the .
Roberts checked, Lee bet 8,000, and Roberts called as the dealer delivered the on the river.
Both players checked and Roberts announced ace high and tabled his . Lee tabled his and was given the pot to move to over 280,000 in chips.
| Gyeongbyeong Lee | 283,900 | 46,900  |
| Brent Roberts | 36,000 | -200  |
Tuesday, July 11, 2017 5:06 PM Local Time
Andrew Lichtenberger Takes One Out
Andrew Lichtenberger raised to 2,500 from middle position, the player in the small blind three-bet shoved for about 19,000, and Lichtenberger called with , racing with his opponent's .
The board came down , giving Lichtenberger aces and kings to eliminate his opponent.
| Andrew Lichtenberger | 185,000 | 107,000 |
Tuesday, July 11, 2017 5:04 PM Local Time
Updated Counts from Miranda
There are just 14 tables remaining in Miranda and below are assorted chip counts.
| John Doe | 295,000 | 25,000 |
| Sergio Castelluccio | 270,000 | 40,000 |
| Ian O'Hara | 155,000 | 12,000 |
| Ramin Hajiyev | 152,000 | -3,000 |
| Quang Tran | 145,000 | 35,000 |
| Adam Hsu | 140,000 | 0 |
| Gjergj Sinishtaj | 133,000 | -22,000 |
| Gang Wang | 110,000 | -5,000 |
| Maxim Lykov | 110,000 | 15,000 |
| Jett Schencker | 100,000 | -80,000 |
| Pratyush Buddiga | 100,000 | 6,000 |
| Mikhail Semin | 100,000 | 40,000 |
| Eric Kurtzman | 90,000 | 15,000 |
| Josh Arieh | 83,000 | -3,500 |
| Barry Shulman | 58,000 | -10,200 |
| Dmitry Ponomarev | 47,000 | 14,000 |
| Tom McEvoy | 35,000 | -800 |
| Ilkin Amirov | 21,000 | -14,000 |
| Tom Bedell | 20,000 | -15,000 |
Tuesday, July 11, 2017 5:02 PM Local Time
Adrian Mateos Chipping Up
Picking up the action after the river of a board with about 32,000 in the pot, Adrian Mateos bet 27,700 from the hijack. His opponent in the cutoff called, but mucked when Mateos tabled for a pair of queens.
| Adrian Mateos | 213,000 | 58,600 |
Tuesday, July 11, 2017 4:59 PM Local Time
Big Slick = Big Pot for Chris George
Chris George opened with a raise to 3,000 from under the gun. The player to his immediate left reraised, making it 7,500 to play. Action folded all the way back around to George who quickly put in a four-bet to 23,000. The other player called.
The flop came down and George checked over to his opponent who put out a bet of 21,000. George called and the two saw a turn of the where both checked.
George and his opponent both checked again on the river. George showed and that was good for him to take down the pot as his opponent mucked.
With that pot, George moved above the 200,000-chip mark.
| Chris George | 212,000 | 67,000 |
Tuesday, July 11, 2017 4:58 PM Local Time
Piccioli Building
Jose Ortiz limped in from early position and Gyeongbyeong Lee raised to 3,500. A player called next to act in the hijack before Bryan Piccioli three-bet to 14,000 from the cutoff.
The blinds and Ortiz folded, as did Lee, before the player in the middle called and the dealer spread a flop.
Piccioli continued for 7,500 and his opponent check-called before both players checked the on the turn.
The river landed the , and after his opponent checked, Piccioli bet 26,500.
Piccioli's opponent mucked, and the WSOP Asia-Pacific bracelet winner climbed to 184,000 in chips.
| Gyeongbyeong Lee | 237,000 | 129,600 |
| Bryan Piccioli | 184,000 | -6,000 |
| Jose Ortiz | 155,000 | 55,700 |
Tuesday, July 11, 2017 4:52 PM Local Time
Nguyen Drops Even More; Queens for Schneider
After a raise to 2,300, Pierre Merlin three-bet to 6,300 and Dylan Nguyen called in the cutoff, as did Mile Schneider in the small blind. The flop came and all four players checked. Schneider bet the turn for 11,000, which only the initial raiser called. Both remaining players then checked down the and Schneider turned over to scoop the pot.
| Dylan Nguyen | 175,000 | -65,000 |
| Pierre Merlin | 144,000 | -11,000 |
| Mike Schneider (MN) | 90,000 | 20,000 |
Tuesday, July 11, 2017 4:49 PM Local Time
Zullo Doubles Up
With about 18,000 already in the middle and the board reading , Mark Zullo checked from the small blind, the big blind checked, and the player under the gun bet 13,000. Zullo check-raised all in for 64,600 and the big blind quickly folded. The under-the-gun player asked for Zullo's stack to be counted down and then called to put him at risk.
Zullo:
Opponent:
Zullo's opponent was ahead with two pair, but Zullo had a diamond flush draw in addition to his pair of tens, giving him a fair amount of equity heading to the river. It was the which gave him trips to take the pot and double up.
| Mark Zullo | 154,000 | 57,200 |
Tuesday, July 11, 2017 4:48 PM Local Time
Counts from Amazon Purple, Shchemelev Climbing
| Matt Glantz | 236,400 | -9,600 |
| Vladimir Shchemelev | 189,500 | 105,500 |
| Scott Seiver | 161,000 | -18,000 |
| Terrence Chan | 141,000 | 31,000 |
| Todd Witteles | 135,000 | -4,700 |
| Robert Georato | 72,500 | -36,000 |
| Sam Greenwood | 34,000 | 19,000 |
| Steve Foutty | 20,200 | -79,800 |
Tuesday, July 11, 2017 4:47 PM Local Time
Amazon Tan: Mike Gorodinsky Quickly Multiples His Stack
| Mike Gorodinsky | 285,000 | 15,000 |
| Jeff Lisandro | 217,000 | 118,800 |
| Brandon Shane | 215,000 | 76,300 |
| Richard Gryko | 205,000 | -20,000 |
| Fabrice Soulier | 200,000 | 5,000 |
| Jeremy Ausmus | 185,000 | 0 |
| Shyam Srinivasan | 180,000 | 15,000 |
| Aymon Hata | 138,000 | 28,000 |
| Antoine Saout | 135,000 | 27,700 |
| Jonathan Duhamel | 125,000 | 5,000 |
| Thomas Lefort | 120,000 | 37,000 |
| Noah Schwartz | 110,000 | 52,000 |
| Jeff Shulman | 100,000 | -15,000 |
| Erik Seidel | 97,000 | 42,000 |
| Mike Watson | 95,000 | 16,000 |
| Aj Taillon | 75,000 | 44,000 |
| Cary Katz | 65,000 | -10,000 |
| Thong Tran | 62,000 | 2,000 |
| Aaron Massey | 62,000 | 21,000 |
| Matt Waxman | 60,000 | 23,500 |
| Athanasios Polychronopoulos | 48,000 | 0 |
| Trent Leavitt | 41,000 | -10,000 |
| Brian Perzinski | 37,000 | -23,000 |
| David Bach | 35,000 | -14,500 |
| Paul Newey | 16,500 | -21,500 |
Tuesday, July 11, 2017 4:45 PM Local Time
Updated Counts from Miranda
| Faraz Jaka | 143,000 | 800 |
| Pratyush Buddiga | 94,000 | 4,500 |
| Josh Arieh | 86,500 | 2,800 |
| Billy Baxter | 68,600 | -8,400 |
| Michael Falcon | 57,500 | -169,800 |
| Tom McEvoy | 35,800 | 2,600 |
| Steve Gee | 23,000 | -6,000 |
Tuesday, July 11, 2017 4:43 PM Local Time
Nick Schulman's Flush is Good
With the board reading , Nick Schulman was in middle position facing a bet of 4,000 from his opponent in late position. Schulman called and the turn was the . Both players checked and the river was the , putting the fourth club on the board.
Schulman checked and his opponent bet 13,000. Schulman tossed in calling chips and his opponent tabled for a pair of kings with no club. Schulman had flopped a flush with , and it was still good on the river.
| Nick Schulman | 152,500 | 37,100 |
Tuesday, July 11, 2017 4:40 PM Local Time
Mu Loses Flip to Ashton; Knoppers Moving Up
Matthew Ashton raised from the cutoff and Dapeng Mu three-bet to 6,000 out of the small blind with 25,100 behind. Once the action was back on Ashton, he slid forward his stack of T$5,000 chips, enough to cover Mu by far. Mu took half a minute to consider his options and called all in.
Mu:
Ashton:
There was no help for Mu on a board of and Ashton scooped the pot with a set of sixes.
Also on the rail: Alexander Roumeliotis, who previously lost most of his stack with pocket queens against the pocket nines of Luigi Knoppers.
| Luigi Knoppers | 130,000 | 116,800 |
| Matthew Ashton | 128,000 | 50,000 |
| Dapeng Mu | 0 | -21,000 |
| Alexander Roumeliotis | 0 | -42,200 |
Tuesday, July 11, 2017 4:39 PM Local Time
Kenney and Salsberg Tangle
The flop read with around 4,500 in the pot, and the only two players left in the hand were Matt Salsberg and Bryn Kenney. Salsberg was in the big blind and checked to Kenney who bet 3,000. Salsberg made the call and they were off to the turn.
The came on the turn and Salsberg checked again. Kenney bet 8,100 this time and Salsberg gave up on the hand.
| Bryn Kenney | 174,500 | 64,500 |
| Matt Salsberg | 58,800 | -12,200 |
Tuesday, July 11, 2017 4:38 PM Local Time
Deuces are Good for Schwarmann
With about 4,500 already in the middle and the board reading , Nick Schwarmann bet 1,000 from the small blind into his lone opponent on the button and he called.
The river brought the and both players checked. Schwarmann tabled and it was good enough to win the pot which brought his stack over the 200,000-chip mark.
| Nick Schwarmann | 201,000 | 21,500 |
Tuesday, July 11, 2017 4:38 PM Local Time
Smalley's Aces Hold Against Adams and Pauli's Kings on Feature Table
On one of the feature tables, a huge three-way pot has played out that saw Sebastian Pauli eliminated while Larry Smalley (pictured below) nearly tripled up at the expense of Pauli and Adams.
Smalley was dealt under the gun and appeared to raise as Pauli and his called from a few seats over before Brandon Adams three-bet the small blind to 22,000.
Smalley responded by moving all in for 88,700 before Pauli committed what appeared to be roughly 55,000 in chips. Adams had both players covered, and he called holding .
Smalley:
Adams:
Pauli:
With Smalley appearing to have a stranglehold on the hand, the dealer dropped a flop to give Pauli outs to backdoor diamonds.
The turn, however, would end all hope for Pauli and Adams as it fell the , and when the river landed the , Pauli was eliminated while Smalley more than doubled to 225,000 in chips.
| Larry Smalley | 225,000 | 156,500 |
| Brandon Adams | 53,000 | -68,000 |
| Sebastian Pauli | 0 | -97,100 |
Tuesday, July 11, 2017 4:34 PM Local Time
Updated Gold Counts
| Sampson Simmons | 125,000 | 63,000 |
| Taylor Paur | 88,000 | -46,000 |
| Jack Salter | 68,000 | -39,000 |
| Robert Varkonyi | 65,000 | -43,000 |
| Daiva Byrne | 59,000 | -6,300 |
| Perry Green | 53,000 | 53,000 |
| Timothy Adams | 38,000 | -2,000 |
| Mark Gregorich | 33,500 | -9,500 |
| Neil Blumenfield | 31,000 | 13,000 |
| Dietrich Fast | 21,000 | -4,000 |
| Dong Guo | 19,200 | -5,800 |
| Andrew Kelsall | 16,700 | -9,300 |
Tuesday, July 11, 2017 4:32 PM Local Time
Reichenstein Shoves the River
There was a raise from early position and four other players called including Uri Reichenstein from the big blind. The flop came and the action was checked to the preflop raiser. He bet 3,000 and was called by the cutoff, only to have Reichenstein check-raise to 13,500. The player in early position folded and the cutoff made the call.
The turn was the and Reichenstein bet 24,500, which his opponent called after a couple moments. When the landed on the river, Reichenstein moved all in for 180,000. His opponent had just 125,000 behind, and so calling would put his tournament life on the line.
He thought, he thought, and he thought some more. Nearly 10 minutes had passed and Reichentein's opponent could only muster a look of agony on his face. Finally, another player in the hand called the clock and the floor came over to give him 30 seconds to act. The countdown reached zero and his hand was declared dead.
"Show the bluff, show the bluff," you could hear coming from all around the table.
"I can't," answered Reichenstein as he scooped a massive pot.
| Uri Reichenstein | 272,000 | 144,700 |
Tuesday, July 11, 2017 4:32 PM Local Time
Farrell Applies Pressure
Picking up the action after the river of a board with roughly 38,000 in the pot, the player in the big blind bet 20,000. Niall Farrell raised all in with a covering stack from the button, sending his opponent into the tank for his remaining 60,000-ish for about three minutes before he folded.
| Niall Farrell | 175,000 | 58,000 |
Tuesday, July 11, 2017 4:30 PM Local Time
Michael Rossitto Takes Out Jon Turner
Michael Rossitto opened with a raise to 2,200 from the hijack and he was called by the player on the button. From the big blind, Jon Turner moved all in for roughly 12,000. Rossitto called while the button folded, bringing the two players to a showdown.
Rossitto:
Turner:
The board ran out and that gave both players queens, but Rossitto held the better kicker so Turner was eliminated from the tournament.
| Michael Rossitto | 174,000 | -81,000 |
| Jon Turner | 0 | -15,200 |