Wednesday, June 27, 2012 7:16 PM Local Time
Philip Meulyzer raised to 85,000 from first position and Jeremy Quehen moved all-in from the small blind forcing Meulyzer to fold.
Joey Weissman made a series of uncontested raises and won some blinds and antes.
Wednesday, June 27, 2012 7:12 PM Local Time
Bradley Lipsey raised to 80,000 from the button and Jeremy Quehen called from the big blind. The dealer spread a flop and both players checked.
The on the turn saw a 75,000 bet from Quehen and a call from Lipsey.
The on the river slowed Quehen down as he checked. Lipsey however jumped on the chance and fired out 215,000. After a few moments Quehen made the call.
Quehen:
Lipsey:
Both players had two pair, but it was Quehen's that was the best.
Jeremy Quehen | 2,200,000 | 460,000 |
Bradley Lipsey | 750,000 | 50,000 |
Wednesday, June 27, 2012 7:02 PM Local Time
Michael Gagliano had only just doubled up when he found himself in another milestone of a hand. Let's take a peek at what happened.
Bradley Lipsey raised to 85,000 in first position, Joey Weissman made the call from his left shoulder and Michael Gagliano made the call in the big blind. The flop was and the action checked through to Weissman who bet 125,000. Gagliano was next and he tanked before check-raising to 300,000. The grey-hooded Lipsey laid it down and the original bettor, Weissman, raised it up to 495,000!
There was a silence surrounding the table as the voyeurs realised that this pot was pretty serious. Gagliano riffled his newly won chips and pondered his next move. About two minutes elapsed before Gagliano moved all-in and Weissman called.
So Gagliano revealed top pair with a jack kicker and Weissman had him crushed with top two pair. The turn was the and Weissman turned to his fans - who were delirious - and moved his forearm back and fore in delight. The rather irrelevant was dumped onto the felt and the gracious Gagliano embraced Weissman before leaving in 7th place.
Joey Weissman | 6,300,000 | 1,100,000 |
Michael Gagliano | 0 | -1,100,000 |
Wednesday, June 27, 2012 6:50 PM Local Time
Philip Meulyzer started off this recent hand by raising from late position. Michael Gagliano's response was to move all in for around 450,000. Next up was Bradley Lipsey who moved all in for around 1,900,000. Meulyzer folded and cards were tabled.
Gagliano:
Lipsey:
The flop came and Lipsey hit a set of kings, but it wasn't over yet, Gagliano still had a straight draw. The on the turn gave Gagliano the open-ended straight draw, so now any queen or any eight would put the hand in Gagliano's favor.
The river did indeed complete Gagliano's straight and he doubled up.
Michael Gagliano | 1,100,000 | 389,000 |
Bradley Lipsey | 700,000 | -1,350,000 |
Wednesday, June 27, 2012 6:25 PM Local Time
Joey Weissman made a standard raise from the cutoff and Joshua Pedraza defended his big blind. The flop was and we missed the action but understand there was a bet and call from one of the players. On the turn we saw the and Pedraza check-raised to 300,000 after Weissman had bet 140,000. Weissman called pretty quickly and we were soon looking at the on the river. Pedraza then surprised everyone by moving all-in and Weissman made what looked like the easiest call of his life. Literally, seconds later Weissman was flipping over a pair of aces for the boat and Pedraza mucked his hand and left his seat…he was out! The dealer turned his cards face up to show for the insides of a balloon.
Joey Weissman | 4,800,000 | 1,640,000 |
Joshua Pedraza | 0 | -1,040,000 |
Wednesday, June 27, 2012 6:08 PM Local Time
The crowd has just spontaneously burst into a chant of, "Let's go Joseph, let's go Joseph, Let's go Joseph," probably the liveliest thing to occur during this level.
Wednesday, June 27, 2012 6:02 PM Local Time
Here is a summary of the action from the past twenty-minutes (minus the walks and raise/folds).
Joey Weissman raised to 60,000 in the cutoff, Joshua Pedraza three-bet to 135,000 from the big blind and Weissman laid it down.
Then Joey Weissman raised to 60,000 in the hijack and Pedraza called in the small blind. The flop was and Weissman won the pot with a 90,000 bet.
Next it was Bradley Lipsey in action. He raised it to 60,000 in the small blind and then Joey Weissman kicked sand in his face with a 120,000 three-bet from the large. Back to Lipsey and he decided he wanted to see a flop. The flop was and the action checked to Weissman who bet 120,000 and Lipsey folded.
The action folded around to Joey Weissman in the small blind and he raised to 75,000. Jeremy Quehen was in the big blind and he made the call. The action checked through to the turn on a board of and Weissman was first to bet when he made it 90,000 and Quehen called. The final card was the and Weissman fired his second barrel worth 100,000. Quehen checked his cards before raising to 275,000 and then stared into the temple of the chip leader. Weissman just looked straight ahead, then down, then up and then called. Quehen quickly turned over for trips and Weissman mucked his hand.
Wednesday, June 27, 2012 5:46 PM Local Time
Joshua Pedranza raised to 70,000 in early position and Bradley Lipsey made the call. We were heads-up to the flop and Timmy the Dealer landed ; Pedranza check-calling a 125,000 Lipsey bet. The turn was checked through, before Pedranza bet 225,000 to take down the pot on a river.
Bradley Lipsey | 2,050,000 | -150,000 |
Joshua Pedraza | 1,040,000 | 187,000 |
Wednesday, June 27, 2012 5:39 PM Local Time
The pace has slowed right down since the elimination of Konstantin Puchkov. We have had more walks than my Grandma's twenty-one year old dog. Here are some snippets of nothingness.
Michael Gagliano raised to 65,000 in mid-position and Joey Weissman three-bet to 135,000 from position. All eyes averted to Gagliano and he laid it down.
The action folded around to Philip Meulyzer in the small blind and he raised to 75,000. The stetson wearing Joe Gualtieri was seated in the big blind and he laid it down.
Next the action folded around to Michael Gagliano in the small blind who made it 70,000 and Bradley Lipsey folded in the big blind.
Wednesday, June 27, 2012 5:32 PM Local Time
The table folded around to Joey Weissman in the big blind and he raised it up to 60,000. Jeremy Quehen in the small blind made the call and we had two to the flop.
The flop came and both players knuckled the felt for checks.
The on the turn saw another check from Quehen and a bet of 80,000 from Weissman. Quehen then made the call.
The on the river saw a repeat of action from Quehen checking and Weissman betting out 155,000. Quehen then raised it to 400,000, and after a few moments Weissman threw it away.
Joey Weissman | 3,600,000 | -200,000 |
Jeremy Quehen | 1,300,000 | 0 |
Wednesday, June 27, 2012 5:15 PM Local Time
Joey Weissman | 3,800,000 | 312,000 |
Bradley Lipsey | 2,200,000 | -49,000 |
Jeremy Quehen | 1,300,000 | -50,000 |
Joe Gualtieri | 1,000,000 | -460,000 |
Philip Meulyzer | 928,000 | -122,000 |
Joshua Pedraza | 853,000 | 3,000 |
Fernando Brito | 775,000 | -120,000 |
Michael Gagliano | 711,000 | -689,000 |
Wednesday, June 27, 2012 4:57 PM Local Time
The players are on a twenty-minute break
Wednesday, June 27, 2012 4:56 PM Local Time
The action folded around to Joey Weissman in mid-position who raised to 50,000 and Joe Gualtieri defended his big blind. The flop was , Gualtieri checked, Weissman bet 50,000 and Gualtieri called. Fourth street was the and pot control was the order of the day as both players checked. Finally we saw the and once again both players checked. At the final reveal it was Gualtieri who took down the pot with for trip queens.
Joey Weissman | 3,488,000 | -136,000 |
Joe Gualtieri | 1,460,000 | 160,000 |
Wednesday, June 27, 2012 4:53 PM Local Time
Joe Gualtieri started the action off in this recent hand by raising it up to 48,000 from middle position. Konstantin Puchkov in the cut off made the call and both players were allowed to see the flop.
The flop came and Gualtieri continued for 102,000. Puchkov responded by putting out 500,000. Gualtieri then moved all in and Puchkov made the call and was all in and at risk.
PuchKov:
Gualtieri:
Puchkov was going to need a queen to stay alive in this tournament, he received no such luck as the fell on the turn and the landed on the river.
Joe Gualtieri | 1,300,000 | 552,000 |
Konstantin Puchkov | 0 | -568,000 |
Wednesday, June 27, 2012 4:43 PM Local Time
The action folded around to Bradley Lipsey in the cutoff and he raised to 49,000. Our chip leader was seated in the small blind and he made the call but Jeremy Quehen moved all-in from the big blind. Lipsey folded, Joey Weissman called and we had a showdown with Quehen at risk of elimination.
Board:
Quehen doubled up to 1,350,000 and Weissman is down to 3,624,000. Not a great start for Weissman since moving to the feature table.
Joey Weissman | 3,624,000 | -653,000 |
Jeremy Quehen | 1,350,000 | 697,000 |
Wednesday, June 27, 2012 4:40 PM Local Time
Joshua Pedraza raised it up to 55,000 from middle position, a bet that was only able to convince Michael Gagliano to join for a flop.
The flop came and Pedraza continued for 85,000. Gagliano made the call and both players were witness to the on the turn. Pedraza slowed down with a check, and Gagliano bet out 120,000. Pedraza took his time before moving all in and Gagliano snap folded.
Michael Gagliano | 1,400,000 | -360,000 |
Joshua Pedraza | 850,000 | 263,000 |
Wednesday, June 27, 2012 4:22 PM Local Time
Bradley Lipsey raised to 48,000, Joey Weissman three-bet to 100,000 and Lipsey made the call. The flop was and Lipsey check-raised to 270,000 after Weissman had bet 120,000. Back to Weissman and he made the call and we moved onto the turn. The dealer laid down the on the felt and both players checked. The final card was the and Weissman bet 400,000 once checked too, Lipsey thought for a while and made the call and it was good.
Joey Weissman | 4,277,000 | -770,000 |
Bradley Lipsey | 2,249,000 | 770,000 |
Wednesday, June 27, 2012 4:10 PM Local Time
Seat 1 | Philip Meulyzer | 1,050,000 |
Seat 2 | Joe Gualtieri | 748,000 |
Seat 3 | Michael Gagliano | 1,760,000 |
Seat 4 | Brad Lipsey | 1,479,000 |
Seat 5 | Konstantin Puchkov | 568,000 |
Seat 6 | Joey Weissman | 5,047,000 |
Seat 7 | Jeremy Quehen | 653,000 |
Seat 8 | Fernando Brito | 895,000 |
Seat 9 | Joshua Pedraza | 587,000 |
Joey Weissman | 5,047,000 | -53,000 |
Michael Gagliano | 1,760,000 | 760,000 |
Bradley Lipsey | 1,479,000 | 79,000 |
Philip Meulyzer | 1,050,000 | 200,000 |
Fernando Brito | 895,000 | -5,000 |
Joe Gualtieri | 748,000 | -72,000 |
Jeremy Quehen | 653,000 | -187,000 |
Joshua Pedraza | 587,000 | 87,000 |
Konstantin Puchkov | 568,000 | -287,000 |
Wednesday, June 27, 2012 4:06 PM Local Time
The recently crippled William Reynolds moved in for his last 120,000 after Michael Gagliano raised it up preflop. Gagliano quickly made the call and cards were tabled.
Reynolds:
Gagliano:
The flop came giving Gagliano a pair of jacks, but not the best hand. Reynolds still held on to the lead, but the on the turn saw that evaporate. The on the river was no good, and we had our 10th place finisher.
William Reynolds | 0 | -102,000 |
Wednesday, June 27, 2012 4:04 PM Local Time
Williams Reynolds has been eliminated (report to follow) meaning we now have our final table of nine players. There will be a short break for introductions and we will be right back.