Saturday, July 2, 2011 5:34 PM Local Time
Limits are huge. With just 87 bets on the whole table, every pot is important. Brandon Meyers had just taken a huge lead with a big pot against Jonathan Lane when he got involved in this hand. He raised, Matt Matros reraised from the small blind, and Matt Hawrilenko made it four bets from the big blind. Meyers and Matros called.
Flop: - Matros checked, Hawrilenko bet, and Meyers flatted. Matros folded, leaving himself with 160,000.
Turn: - Hawrilenko checked to Meyers, who bet. Then Hoss raised to 100,000, and Meyers called the second bet.
River: - Hawrilenko fired one more bet, and Meyers called. Hawrilenko showed for top two pair, which won the 700,000-chip pot as Meyers flashed on their to the muck.
Saturday, July 2, 2011 5:33 PM Local Time
Brandon Meyers limped his small blind, and Jonathan Lane checked his option. The flop was . Meyers bet out, and Lane raised. Meyers called and checked the turn. This time Lane checked behind. The river got another check from Meyers. Lane bet, and Meyers raised. Lane called to see that Meyers had rivered a wheel with . After that pot, Meyers is up to 1.775 million and Lane is down to 640,000.
Saturday, July 2, 2011 5:30 PM Local Time
Brandon Myers raised on the button and Matt Matros called from the big blind. The flop came and Matros check-raised the flop on Myers and he called. The turn came , Matros checked and Myers bet. Matros called to see the river. Matros check-called a river bet from Meyers, but mucked when Meyers showed for the wheel.
The very next hand Meyers raised from the cutoff and Matros three bet from the small blind. Meyers called and the flop came . Matros check-called the flop and the turn came . Matros bet, Meyers raised and Matros called. The river came , Matros checked, Meyers bet and Matros folded.
Saturday, July 2, 2011 5:23 PM Local Time
Brian Smith opened on the button with a raise and Jonathan Lane called from the big blind. The flop came and Lane check-raised Smith, who called. The turn came , Lane bet and Smith called. The river came and Lane bet again. Smith called and mucked when Lane tabled for two pair with an ace kicker.
| Jonathan Lane | 830,000 | 145,000  |
| Brian Smith | 745,000 | -175,000  |
Saturday, July 2, 2011 5:19 PM Local Time
| Brandon Meyers | 1,070,000 | -98,000 |
| Brian Smith | 920,000 | -20,000 |
| Matt Hawrilenko | 860,000 | -220,000 |
| Jonathan Lane | 685,000 | 367,000 |
| Matt Matros | 680,000 | -7,000 |
Saturday, July 2, 2011 5:14 PM Local Time
Shortly after switching to limit, Brian Smith raised on the button. Nikolay Losev reraised from the big blind, putting in most of his stack with the 75,000-chip bet. Smith called to see the flop rather than putting Losev all in from the start. Losev tossed in his last 22,000, and Smith called. Time to turn 'em up.
Losev: for the nut flush draw
Smith: for top two pair
The flop had hit both players but left the at-risk Losev needing a heart. The turn and river were the wrong color, sending Losev home in sixth place. Smith has 940,000.
Saturday, July 2, 2011 5:08 PM Local Time
The first 30 minutes have passed in the level and they are switching to Limit Hold'em.
Saturday, July 2, 2011 5:07 PM Local Time
Nikolay Losev opened from the cutoff for 30,000, Jonathan Lane called from the button and Matt Hawrilenko called from the big blind. The flop came , Hawrilenko checked, Losev checked and Lane bet out 40,000. Hawrilenko folded and Losev raised to 120,000. Lane almost instantly moved all in and after a short look at Lane, Losev folded his cards.
Saturday, July 2, 2011 4:50 PM Local Time
It took awhile, but we finally got to see a board. After three raise-and-take-its in a row, Matt Matros raised to 28,000 under the gun and actually got a call from Jonathan Lane in the big blind. Lane checked the flop, and Matros bet 35,000. Lane called. The on the turn filled a flush draw, and both players declined to bluff at the pot. It went check-check again after the river made even more draws. Lane turned over for bottom pair, but Matros took the pot with .
Saturday, July 2, 2011 4:43 PM Local Time
During the break the remaining players moved to the ESPN Feature stage, or the Thunderdome, and the opening hands of No Limit Hold'em have been very conservative. Six hands have been dealt and the players have seen two flops and only one turn.
Saturday, July 2, 2011 4:32 PM Local Time
Level: 21
Blinds: 0/0
Ante: 0
Saturday, July 2, 2011 4:24 PM Local Time
| Brandon Meyers | 1,168,000 | 303,000 |
| Matt Hawrilenko | 1,080,000 | -370,000 |
| Brian Smith | 790,000 | 180,000 |
| Matt Matros | 687,000 | 147,000 |
| Nikolay Losev | 532,000 | 32,000 |
| Jonathan Lane | 318,000 | -10,000 |
Saturday, July 2, 2011 4:09 PM Local Time
Players are now on a 20-minute break. They are taking this opportunity to relocate the final table to the feature stage, aka the Thunderdome, now that the $5k Triple Chance final table has ended. Check out who won here.
Saturday, July 2, 2011 4:07 PM Local Time
Brandon Meyers raised, then called when Nikolay Losev three bet. The flop got a check from Meyers and a bet from Losev. Meyers called to see the turn, then check-called again. The river was the , and after the third Broadway card, action went check-check. Meyers would have liked Losev to bet as he tabled for top two. He has 1.2 million while Losev is down to 300,000.
Saturday, July 2, 2011 3:56 PM Local Time
| Matt Hawrilenko | 1,450,000 | 374,000 |
| Brandon Meyers | 865,000 | -135,000 |
| Brian Smith | 610,000 | -80,000 |
| Matt Matros | 540,000 | 30,000 |
| Nikolay Losev | 500,000 | -284,000 |
| Jonathan Lane | 328,000 | 58,000 |
Saturday, July 2, 2011 3:55 PM Local Time
Matt "hoss_tbf" Hawrilenko opened, and Brandon Meyers reraised on the button. Nikolay Losev made it four bets from the small blind, and both opponents called, building a pot of 260,000 preflop.
Flop: - Losev bet, and Hawrilenko raised. Two bets was enough to fold out Meyers, and Losev flatted.
Turn: - Losev check-called a bet.
River: - Losev bet the scare card, and Hoss called the one bet on the end. Losev showed , but Hawrilenko's were good for the sizable pot. He's up to 1.45 million, and Losev is down to 500,000.
Saturday, July 2, 2011 3:39 PM Local Time
After an extremely uneventful last 15 minutes of no limit, it's back to limit hold'em for the second 30 minutes of the level. Limits are 20,000/40,000.
Saturday, July 2, 2011 3:20 PM Local Time
Matt Hawrilenko raised to 23,000 from the cutoff, and on the button, short-stack Noah Boeken shipped in his 130,000. Hawrilenko called with the best hand.
Boeken:
Hawrilenko:
The flop turned the tables and put Boeken in the lead, but Hawrilenko picked up a gutshot. The turn blanked with the . Then the river gave Hawrilenko Broadway and sent Boeken to the rail in seventh place. The Dutch are depressed.
Hawrilenko has the chip lead with 1,076,000.
Saturday, July 2, 2011 3:18 PM Local Time
Shortly after switching to no limit, Brandon Meyers opened to 22,000. Jonathan Lane moved all in for 126,000 total, and Meyers called and was going to need a lot of help to eliminate Lane.
Lane:
Meyers:
The board ran out , giving him the nut flush and a new stack of 270,000.
Saturday, July 2, 2011 3:06 PM Local Time
Nikolay Losev opened, and Noah Boeken three bet from the small blind. Losev made it 60,000, and Boeken called. The flop came , and Boeken checked. Losev bet and got a call. Boeken again check-called the turn. The river got one more check-call, and Losev showed for a rivered two pair. That worked well enough to win the pot, leaving Boeken with just 160,000 or five big bets, but no limit is coming up. Losev is up to 784,000.