Wednesday, July 4, 2018 5:08 PM Local Time
James Eliminated
The board was reading with 5,000 already in the middle when Mesha James checked, followed by Timothy Jurkiewicz. Sixiao Li in the cutoff position bet 3,000 and after some thought, James pushed all in for her last 14,900. Jurkiewicz reshoved, putting Li's tournament at risk and the latter folded to create the following showdown:
Mesha James,
Timothy Jurkiewicz,
James, who recently made the final table of $1,000 No Limit Hold'em - Ladies Championship (Event #57), was in bad shape for a double up and the turn and river brought her no help.
Timothy Jurkiewicz | 82,000 | 82,000 |
Sixiao Li | 66,000 | 66,000 |
Mesha James | 0 | -17,000 |
Wednesday, July 4, 2018 5:07 PM Local Time
No Party for Owen Yet
Adam Owen has dressed up for Independence Day and might be rocking the best outfit in the room. His stack trend, however, isn't in party mode as the colorful Brit is down to 17,950 in the third level of the day.
Owen lost some of his stack in a recent three-way pot. On a board, Owen was in the small blind and bet 2,500. Two players in late position called, including Kenneth Barkoff on the button.
The river got checked to Barkoff, who bet 6,200. Owen was the only caller and had to muck when Barkoff tabled a flush with .
Kenneth Barkoff | 59,000 | |
Adam Owen | 17,950 | -11,050 |
Wednesday, July 4, 2018 5:06 PM Local Time
Hall Wins With Second Barrel
A player on the button had what appeared to be a three-bet to 2,500 in front of him and was facing another raise to 8,300 from big blind Galen Hall. That player called and they saw an flop. Hall tanked a couple of minutes and bet 5,800. His opponent called. On the turn, Hall again tanked before betting 11,300. That induced a fold and Hall dragged the pot.
Galen Hall | 88,000 | 20,800 |
Wednesday, July 4, 2018 5:05 PM Local Time
Black Bets For Value on the River
The board read , Taylor Black checked from the big blind position to a late position opponent who bet 1,500, another opponent in the hijack called and so did Black.
The fell on the turn and all three players checked. The came on the river, Black led out for 3,500 and only the opponent in late position called.
Black turned over for kings over fours and his opponent mucked his hand.
Taylor Black | 66,500 | 9,500 |
Wednesday, July 4, 2018 5:02 PM Local Time
Updated Chip Counts from Pavilion Black
Uri Reichenstein | 91,000 | 21,000 |
Jeff Gross | 89,400 | 40,375 |
Kahle Burns | 64,000 | 4,000 |
Ismael Bojang | 53,000 | |
Simeon Naydenov | 50,500 | |
Nadar Kakhmazov | 31,000 | 8,000 |
Scott Bohlman | 30,800 | -13,200 |
Michael Rocco | 25,900 | -24,100 |
Christian Rudolph | 20,200 | -10,800 |
Chris Moneymaker | 13,500 | -16,500 |
Wednesday, July 4, 2018 5:02 PM Local Time
Laplante Chipping Up
On a board showing , around 11,000 chips were already in the middle when Ryan Laplante situated in the under the gun position bet 10,500. After some consideration, Martin Malone made the call and the dealer showed a on the river. Laplante chose to check, and so did Malone.
Laplante tabled for the flush and Malone mucked his cards.
Ryan Laplante | 73,000 | 17,000 |
Martin Malone | 47,000 | |
Wednesday, July 4, 2018 4:59 PM Local Time
Champlin Takes from Peters
Tobias Peters raised to 700 from middle position and the small blind called. Spencer Champlin re-raised to 3,000 from the big blind and Peters called.
They went heads-up to the flop and both players checked. The turn was the and Champlin led out with a bet of 4,500. Peters called and both players checked when the hit the river.
Champlin turned over his and Peters doubled checked his hole cards one last time before firing them face down into the muck.
Tobias Peters | 47,500 | -8,500 |
Spencer Champlin | 44,800 | -6,200 |
Wednesday, July 4, 2018 4:58 PM Local Time
Feshchenko Over Tuna
In a three-bet pot between Akin Tuna in the cutoff and Daria Feshchenko on the button, the was checked to the latter. Feshchenko bet 2,100 and Tuna called before both players checked the turn.
Tuna bet 2,500 on the river, a quarter of his remaining stack, and Feshchenko quickly called it off.
Akin Tuna:
Daria Feshchenko:
Tuna's top pair was no good against Feshchenko's rivered straight, leaving Tuna with fewer than 25 big blinds.
Daria Feshchenko | 47,000 | 10,000 |
Akin Tuna | 7,000 | -4,000 |
Wednesday, July 4, 2018 4:58 PM Local Time
Updated Chip Counts
Felix Bleiker | 119,500 | 9,500 |
David Benyamine | 76,000 | 26,000 |
Martin Finger | 59,000 | 14,500 |
Jaspal Brar | 44,200 | -8,300 |
Natalie Hof | 37,000 | -4,000 |
Kitty Kuo | 8,900 | -25,100 |
Wednesday, July 4, 2018 4:56 PM Local Time
Andrejevic Check-Raises the Turn
Under the gun, Mike McDonald raised to 700 and a series of folds followed until the action stopped at big blind Andjelko Andrejevic, who defended with a call.
Andrejevic checked the and called when McDonald bet 600. Then he checked again with the turn showing . McDonald placed in a second barrel, firing 1,800. Andrejevic paused for a moment and then tossed in 6,000, prompting a fast fold from McDonald.
Andjelko Andrejevic | 80,000 | |
Mike McDonald | 49,000 | 2,000 |
Wednesday, July 4, 2018 4:53 PM Local Time
Updated Counts Pavilion White
Jacob Baumgartner | 124,000 | 24,000 |
Ludovic Geilich | 100,000 | -20,000 |
Anton Wigg | 82,500 | 22,500 |
Dominik Panka | 71,000 | 8,000 |
Konstantin Puchkov | 65,000 | -1,000 |
Jonathan Schaler | 62,000 | 6,500 |
Griffin Benger | 59,500 | -2,500 |
Andre Krieger | 55,000 | 3,000 |
Preben Stokkan | 55,000 | 7,000 |
Paul Snead | 49,500 | -1,500 |
Shannon Shorr | 49,300 | 12,300 |
Arthur Conan | 49,000 | 7,000 |
Georgios Vrakas | 47,700 | -15,300 |
Mark Rink | 44,000 | -22,000 |
Eyal Bensimhon | 41,000 | 4,000 |
Steven Gee | 40,375 | -6,625 |
Ari Engel | 35,000 | -12,000 |
Marcel Luske | 30,000 | -23,000 |
Wednesday, July 4, 2018 4:49 PM Local Time
Savage Slips
With the board reading , a 5k chip from both Matt Savage and Stefan Ivanov went in on the turn. On the river, Savage quickly bet 6,000 and received a swift call from Ivanov.
Matt Savage:
Stefan Ivanov:
Savage lost the hand and slipped to 20,000.
Stefan Ivanov | 140,000 | 140,000 |
Matt Savage | 20,000 | -28,000 |
Wednesday, July 4, 2018 4:48 PM Local Time
George Takes From Del Vecchio
With already 8,000 in the middle and a flop reading Christopher George checked to Mike Del Vecchio. Del Vecchio bet 3,000 and George called to see the turn get added to the board.
Both players decided to check on the turn and they saw the river complete the board. Both players checked again and George won the pot by showing down .
Mike Del Vecchio | 70,000 | -10,000 |
Christopher George | 42,000 | |
Wednesday, July 4, 2018 4:47 PM Local Time
Benger Forces Eisenberg Out
Lara Eisenberg bet 5,500, about half of the pot, on from the big blind. Griffin Benger made the call from middle position and the river brought a . Eisenberg checked and Benger fired in 15,000. Eisenberg didn't take long before folding.
Griffin Benger | 62,000 | 25,000 |
Wednesday, July 4, 2018 4:46 PM Local Time
Updated Chip Counts from the Brasilia Room
Chris Furbert | 138,000 | |
Vanessa Selbst | 90,000 | 5,000 |
Robert Varkonyi | 88,000 | |
David Inselberg | 64,000 | |
Ana Marquez | 61,700 | 1,700 |
Mike Shin | 60,900 | |
Mike Leah | 57,000 | 5,000 |
Manig Loeser | 48,800 | |
Jennifer Shahade | 45,250 | 4,250 |
Sam Taylor | 37,000 | |
Jeff Fielder | 35,800 | |
Wednesday, July 4, 2018 4:46 PM Local Time
Sontheimer Scores a Full Double
We didn't catch when the money went in but Steffen Sontheimer and Mack Lee ended up all in for Sontheimer's 26,000.
The board read and Sontheimer had rolled over by the time we arrived, beating Lee's . Sontheimer, who started well but dropped below par, is now back above the starting line as he continued with around 56,000 or so.
Steffen Sontheimer | 56,000 | -29,000 |
Mack Lee | 30,800 | -26,200 |
Wednesday, July 4, 2018 4:45 PM Local Time
Elza Green Took $77 and Turned it into a Small Business
Wednesday, July 4, 2018 4:44 PM Local Time
Updated Chip Counts from Pavilion
Georgios Sotiropoulos | 104,000 | 16,000 |
David Yan | 70,000 | 20,000 |
Dominik Panka | 63,000 | 13,000 |
Will Berry | 58,700 | 4,700 |
Farzad Bonyadi | 55,000 | 5,000 |
Jack Sinclair | 51,000 | 51,000 |
Paul Newey | 48,000 | -2,000 |
Bertrand Grospellier | 47,500 | 13,000 |
Alex Masek | 43,000 | -5,000 |
Chris Moorman | 41,000 | 3,000 |
Adam Owen | 29,000 | -2,000 |
Niall Farrell | 16,000 | -34,000 |
Wednesday, July 4, 2018 4:42 PM Local Time
Beckley Bets and Wins
There were about 4,000 chips in the middle and the complete board was already out when we got to the table. Joshua Beckley bet 2,500 from the big blind into two players in middle position. They both folded and the 2015 Main Event runner-up took the pot.
Joshua Beckley | 62,500 | 10,400 |
Wednesday, July 4, 2018 4:40 PM Local Time
Updated Chip Counts from Pavilion Green
James Obst | 93,000 | 35,500 |
Asi Moshe | 83,000 | 33,000 |
Loni Harwood | 80,000 | 22,000 |
Linglin Zeng | 76,000 | 76,000 |
Christian Christner | 70,000 | -3,000 |
Sylvain Loosli | 67,000 | 67,000 |
Jessica Dawley | 65,000 | 65,000 |
Brandon Shack-Harris | 61,000 | 61,000 |
Michael Noori | 53,000 | -6,000 |
Rainer Kempe | 46,000 | -10,300 |
Christoph Vogelsang | 32,500 | -12,500 |
Jonas Mackoff | 30,000 | -11,200 |
Benny Glaser | 30,000 | -15,000 |
Cate Hall | 25,000 | -17,000 |
Karel Kratochvil | 16,000 | -21,000 |