Thursday, October 20, 2011 8:35 PM Local Time
Just a short fifteen-minute break folks.
Thursday, October 20, 2011 8:34 PM Local Time
Hand #136: Moritz Kranich had the button and he raised to 125,000 and Brian Roberts made the call from the big blind. The flop was the and both players checked. The turn was the and Roberts once again checked and this time Kranich bet 155,000 and Roberts made the call. The river card was the and Roberts checked for a third time. Kranich counted out a bet and moved 245,000 across the line and Roberts called and we had a showdown.
Showdown
Roberts took the final hand before the break with a pair of aces.
Thursday, October 20, 2011 8:29 PM Local Time
Hand #131: Moritz Kranich had the button. Elio Fox raised to 125,000 under the gun, and Brian Roberts three-bet to 270,000 from the big blind. Fox asked about how much he was playing (~2.6 million behind), then made the call to proceed. The dealer spread out a flop of , and Roberts checked it over. Fox checked it back. The turned, and Roberts checked again. Fox bet 275,000 now, and Roberts decided a check-raise was in order. He made it 690,000 total, and Fox folded rather quickly.
Hand #132: Chris Moorman had the button, Moritz Kranich raised to 125,000, and Elio Fox defended his big blind to proceed. The flop came , and Fox checked to the raiser. Kranich made it 155,000 to go, Roberts called, and the filled out the board. Kranich had to fire one more bullet, and 425,000 chips coaxed a fold from Roberts.
Hand #133: Unknown action.
Hand #134: Elio Fox had the button. Chris Moorman raised to 135,000. In the big blind, Dermot Blain reraised to 300,000 straight, and Moorman studied the situation carefully. He called eventually, and the flop came . Blain continued out with 450,000, and Moorman gulped as he watched him act. "How much did you start the hand with?" it sounded like he asked. After a couple more minutes, he made it 905,000 total, and Blain wasted no time folding.
Hand #135: Dermot Blain had the button. Brian Roberts opened with a raise to 120,000, Elio Fox and Dermot Blain called, and it came to Chris Moorman in the big blind. He squeezed in a reraise to 415,000, and Roberts folded his hand. Fox was thinking though, and he asked Moorman how much he was playing before making another raise. It was 830,000 total, folding Blain quickly out of the way and leaving the decision on the Brit. After some time, he folded.
That five-hand series took nearly 20 minutes.
Thursday, October 20, 2011 8:06 PM Local Time
Hand #126: Moritz Kranich had the button. Dermot Blain raised to 125,000 in the cutoff and Chris Moorman pumped it up to 325,000 from the small blind. Brian Roberts, who just won the Jack Effel most popular player at the table award, was in the big blind and he moved all-in and Blain and Moorman folded quicker than a 100m race between Superman and Carl Lewis.
Hand #127: Chris Moorman raised to 135,000 on the button and he won the 140,000 lying in the middle of the pot.
Hand #128: Brian Roberts had the button but it was Chris Moorman who once again opened up the betting action first. He was in the cutoff and he made it 135,000 but this time he had a contest on his hands as Dermot Blain made the call in the big blind. The flop was the and Blain checked to Moorman and he made a 170,000 c-bet and Blain folded to hand Moorman his second successive pot.
Hand #129: Elio Fox had the button but was not in the room to see the hand. Once again it was left to Chris Moorman to enter the pot first. He made it 125,000 from the hijack and won his third successive pot and another uncontested 140,000.
Hand #130: Dermot Blain had the button. Elio Fox raised to 125,000 in the cutoff and Blain three-bet to 310,000. Action back onto the wiley young Fox and he folded his hand.
Thursday, October 20, 2011 7:56 PM Local Time
Hand #121: Moritz Kranich had the button and Elio Fox raised to 125,000. Brian Roberts reraised all in from the big blind. Fox folded and Roberts won the pot.
Hand #122: Chris Moorman had the button. Dermot Blain raised to 125,000 from under the gun. Everyone folded and he won the pot.
Hand #123: Brian Roberts had the button. Chris Moorman opened from the cutoff seat to 135,000 and play folded to Elio Fox in the small blind. He studied for a few moments and then reraised to 390,000. Action moved back to Moorman and he folded.
Hand #124: Elio Fox held the button. Chris Moorman opened to 135,000. Everyone folded and he won the pot.
Hand #125: Dermot Blain had the button. Play folded to Moritz Kranich in the small blind and he called. Chris Moorman checked in the big blind to see the flop come down . Kranitz bet 75,000 and Moorman raised to 185,000. Kranich called.
The turn brought the . Kranich checked and Moorman checked behind. That brought the on the river, which paired the board. Kranich checked and Moorman checked. Kranich tabled the for three kings and he won the pot.
Thursday, October 20, 2011 7:46 PM Local Time
Hand #114: Dermot Blain had the button, and there was just one big blind. Chris Moorman raised, and Elio Fox made the call to see a flop. It came , and Moorman checked. Fox took his cue to stab at the pot with 150,000, and Moorman didn't waste any time folding.
Hand #115: There was a dead button behind Dermot Blain, and Elio Fox raised to 120,000. Chris Moorman defended his big blind, and the flop brought for the two men. Moorman checked, Fox checked it back, and the paired the board on fourth street. When Moorman checked again, Fox took his cue to make the delayed continuation bet of 165,000, and one again, Moorman quickly folded.
Hand #116: Moritz Kranich had the button, and Brian Roberts took a walk in the big blind.
Hand #117: Chris Moorman had the button, and he opened the pot to 135,000. Roberts announced a reraise, and he doubled the bet to 270,000 total. Moorman peeked out of the corner of his eye, but once again, he could not get into this pot. He folded again.
Hand #118: Brian Roberts had the button. In the cutoff, Chris Moorman raised to 135,000, and they finally let him have a pot in this sequence.
Hand #119: Elio Fox had the button. Under the gun, Chris Moorman made his open to 135,000 again, and the action froze on Fox. He's got a great thinking pose, and he considered for a bit before reraising to 310,000. Moorman could not call.
Hand #120: Dermot Blain had the button. When the table folded around to the blinds, Moritz Kranich shoved all in for about 1.2 million total. In the big, Chris Moorman squeezed out a favorable and made the call, and Kranich's was in a bad spot. The at-risk player missed the flop, but the turn gave him a few extra outs to the win. He was looking for an eight or a king to find the unlikely double, and the river fit those criteria rather nicely. Moorman was forced to pay off a debt of 1.175 million, and Kranich is back in the game!
Thursday, October 20, 2011 7:31 PM Local Time
Hand #112: Brian Roberts had the button. Moritz Kranich raised to 125,000 and took down the blinds and antes.
Hand #113: Elio Fox raised to 120,000 on the button and Dermot Blain moved all-in from the small blind. Shawn Buchanan was seated in the big blind and he also moved all-in and Fox folded. We had a showdown and Buchanan was the man at risk.
Showdown
Flop:
Buchanan was still ahead but Blain had flopped the absolute world.
Turn:
Just one more card for Buchanan to fade.
River:
Blain hits his card and the unofficial WSOPE Player of Year Shawn Buchanan was eliminated.
Thursday, October 20, 2011 7:25 PM Local Time
Hand #109: Shawn Buchanan had the button. He moved all in when play folded to him and won the pot.
Hand #110: Action folded to Moritz Kranich on the button and he raised all in for around 1.1 million. Everyone folded and he won the pot.
Hand #111: Chris Moorman started the hand with a button. He raised it up when play folded to him and no one contested.
Thursday, October 20, 2011 7:21 PM Local Time
Hand #104: Moritz Kranich had the button and he made a standard raise and Brian Roberts defended the big blind. The flop was and both players checked. The popped up on the turn and Roberts bet 210,000 and Kranich folded.
Hand #105: Chris Moorman had the button. The action folded to Moritz Kranich in the cut-off and he made it 125,000 to play and he won the blinds and antes.
Hand #106: Brian Roberts had the button. Chris Moorman made it 135,000 from the cutoff and Elio Fox formed his familiar pose in the small blind before making a three-bet to 330,000. Dermot Blain was hanging around in the big blind and he decided to move all-in. Moorman folded and Fox asked for a count. The dealer told him it was 1,185,000 in total and after several minutes in deep thought Fox folded.
Hand #107: Elio Fox had the button but he decided to let the blinds battle it out. Dermot Blain moved all-in from the small blind and Shawn Buchanan folded in the big blind.
Hand #108: Dermot Blain had the button. Chris Moorman raised to 135,000 in first position and it folded to Moritz Kranich in the big blind and he made the call. The flop was and Kranich checked to Moorman who bet 165,000 and Kranich made the call. The dealer flung the out on the turn and Kranich changed the betting pattern with a 275,000 lead. Action back onto the original raiser, Moorman, and he made the call. The final card to grace the computer screens around the world was the . Kranich was first to act and he bet 505,000 and Moorman made an excellent call.
Showdown
Thursday, October 20, 2011 7:04 PM Local Time
Here's how the last level went for the six players still alive:
Player | Starting Chips | End Level 25 | End Level 26 | +/- Level 26 | +/- From Starting |
Elio Fox | 3,990,000 | 4,060,000 | 7,590,000 | +3,530,000 | +3,600,000 |
Dermot Blain | 2,405,000 | 550,000 | 1,275,000 | +725,000 | -1,130,000 |
Shawn Buchanan | 1,015,000 | 1,680,000 | 1,025,000 | -655,000 | +10,000 |
Moritz Kranich | 1,660,000 | 3,010,000 | 2,280,000 | -730,000 | +620,000 |
Chris Moorman | 2,230,000 | 3,080,000 | 3,835,000 | +755,000 | +1,605,000 |
Brian Roberts | 2,000,000 | 2,335,000 | 1870,000 | -465,000 | -130,000 |
Thursday, October 20, 2011 7:03 PM Local Time
Level:
27
Blinds:
30000/60000
Ante:
10000
Thursday, October 20, 2011 6:54 PM Local Time
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Thursday, October 20, 2011 6:00 PM Local Time
The players have been sent off for their dinner break, and the six-handed fight will recommence at 20:00 CET.
Elio Fox | 7,590,000 | 685,000 |
Chris Moorman | 3,835,000 | 755,000 |
Moritz Kranich | 2,280,000 | -730,000 |
Brian Roberts | 1,870,000 | 15,000 |
Dermot Blain | 1,275,000 | 245,000 |
Shawn Buchanan | 1,025,000 | -875,000 |
Thursday, October 20, 2011 6:00 PM Local Time
The preflop action so far:
Player | Raises | Three-bets | Four-bets | Five-Bets | All-in Count | Pots Won |
Max Silver | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Elio Fox | 13 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 17 |
Dermot Blain | 11 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 11 |
Jake Cody | 12 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12 |
Shawn Buchanan | 13 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12 |
Moritz Kranich | 17 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 17 |
Chris Moorman | 21 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
Brian Roberts | 8 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 |
Thursday, October 20, 2011 5:53 PM Local Time
Hand #96: Dermot Blain had the button, but it was Chris Moorman who raised to 110,000 in first position. The action folded around to Moritz Kranich in the big blind and he three-bet to 275,000. Back to Moorman and he studies the Kranich stack before folding his hand.
Hand #97: Shawn Buchanan had the button. Brian Roberts was first to act and he raised to 100,000, Elio Fox was next in line and he three-bet to 225,000. Nobody else wanted to play with Fox's ball and so it was back to Roberts, and after a lot of chip riffling he moved all-in and Fox folded in a heart beat.
Hand #98: Moritz Kranich had the button in front of him, but it was Dermot Blain who acted first with a bet of 110,000 in the hijack seat and the bet won the blinds and antes.
Hand #99: Chris Moorman had the button but it was immaterial because Elio Fox had a walk.
Hand #100: Brian Roberts had the button. Moritz Kranich raised to 105,000 in the cutoff and judging by the Elio Fox pose he was interested in the hand. Fox, who was seated in the small blind, made it 310,000 to play and everyone folded.
Hand #101: Elio Fox had the button. Moritz Kranich raised to 105,000 in first position and he took the blinds and antes.
Hand #102: Dermot Blain had the button. Chris Moorman raised to 110,000 from under the gun and Brian Roberts three-bet to 225,000 the next seat over and it won the pot.
Hand #103: Shawn Buchanan had the button in the last hand of level 26. An unhooded Elio Fox raised to 110,000 and the ever-hooded Buchanan thought for a while before folding and after the blinds folded Fox won the hand.
Thursday, October 20, 2011 5:38 PM Local Time
Hand #93: Chris Moorman had the button. Action folded to Brian Roberts in the small blind and he raised to 125,000. Elio Fox was in the big blind and called.
The flop came down and Roberts was first. He bet 135,000. Fox called and the turn brought the . Roberts checked to Fox and he checked.
The completed the board on the river and Roberts checked. Fox also checked. Fox showed the and Roberts mucked.
Hand #94: Brian Roberts had the button. Shawn Buchanan raised to 100,000 from under the gun and won the pot.
Hand #95: Elio Fox began the hand with the button. Play folded to him and he raised to 110,000. Dermot Blain reraised all in from the small blind and Fox quickly called when action got back to him.
Both players tabled an offsuit variation of and chopped the pot after the board ran out .
Thursday, October 20, 2011 5:29 PM Local Time
Hand #85: Shawn Buchanan had the button. Elio Fox raided to 105,000 and Buchanan reraised to 235,000. Action got back to Fox and he reraised all in to put the pressure on Buchanan. Buchanan folded and Fox won the pot.
Hand #86: Moritz Kranich had the button. Dermot Blain raised to 110,000. from the hijack seat and Shawn Buchanan called from the cutoff. The flop came down and Blain checked. Buchanan bet 125,000 and Blain check-raised to 475,000. Buchanan folded.
Hand #87: Chris Moorman had the button. Shawn Buchanan raised to 110,000. Brian Roberts reraised to 275,000 from the small blind and Elio Fox folded in the big blind to put action back on Buchanan. He also folded and Roberts won the pot.
Hand #88: Brian Roberts had the button to start this hand. Moritz Kranich raised to 105,000 from the hijack seat. Chris Moorman reraised to 235,000 from the cutoff seat and action folded back to Kranich. He called.
The flop came down and Kranich checked. Moorman bet 235,000 and Kranich folded.
Hand #89: Elio Fox had the button. Moritz Kranich opened again to 105,000. Chris Moorman three-bet him once again to 235,000. Action folded back to Kranich and he quickly folded to give a second in a row to Moorman.
Hand #90: Dermot Blain began this hand with the button. Chris Moorman opened from under the gun to 110,000. Play folded around the table and Moorman scooped a third hand in a row.
Hand #91: Shawn Buchanan started this hand with the button. Dermot Blain raised to 110,000 from the cutoff seat and Moritz Kranich reraised to 275,000 from the small blind. The reraise won the pot as everyone folded.
Hand #92: Moritz Kranich had the button. Action folded to him and he raised to 105,000. Everyone folded.
Thursday, October 20, 2011 5:12 PM Local Time
Hand #80: Chris Moorman had the button and made this pot quite exciting. It was Shawn Buchanan who entered the pot first, from the hijack. He raised to 110,000 and next to act was Moritz Kranich in the cutoff and he three-bet to 255,000. Chris Moorman appraised the situation with a little bit more interest than your standard folder before four-betting to 515,000. One by one everyone folded and Moorman won the pot.
Hand #81: Brian Roberts had the button, but it was Jake Cody who raised to 100,000 in first position. Four players folded before Elio Fox had a little think from the small blind. Fox made his standard pose - clenched hands in front of the face while he stared straight across the room - and when he had finished thinking he three-bet to 330,000 and returned to his pose. Action on to the Triple Crown winner and he folded, handing Fox the pot.
Hand #82: Elio Fox had the button, but it was Brian Roberts who raised from the cutoff and the action folded around to Dermot Blain in the small blind. Blain moved all-in and Roberts asked for a count. It was 865,000 and Roberts decided to fold.
Hand #83: Dermot Blain was holding the button. Chris Moorman entered the pot first with a bet of 110,000 and he took down the blinds and antes.
Hand #84: Jake Cody was on the button, but it was Elio Fox who raised to 110,000 in the hijack. Cody had a decision to make and he decided to three-bet to 260,000. Action back to Fox and he went into his deep stack for chips and brought 600,000 of them out to play and moved them over the line. All the while Cody did not take his eyes off Fox before returning to his own stack where he counted some chips before saying, "all-in" and Fox called instantly. When the hands were turned over Cody couldn't have wished for a better spot in this seven-million chip pot!
Showdown
"Jack!" Shouted Jesse May from the rail.
Flop:
Still Cody had the lead but he did not want to see a nine or a ten.
Turn:
"F&%^**g Hell!" Came a curse from the rail.
River:
Cody stood up and shook the hand of Fox before heading away from the table. Tough luck for our Triple Crown winner and we are now down to six players.
Thursday, October 20, 2011 4:53 PM Local Time
Hand #74: Brian Roberts had the button. Under the gun, Jake Cody raised to 100,000 to take the blinds and antes.
Hand #75: Elio Fox had the button. Shawn Buchanan raised to 110,000 under the gun, and Chris Moorman asked him how much he was playing. Moorman folded, though, but Brian Roberts capped his cards with a chip to think it over. He opted to make a three-bet to 250,000, and that folded the table back to Buchanan. He popped it back to 575,000, and Roberts turned his eyes upward and shot an intense glare across the table. After another minute or two, though, he surrendered and let Buchanan have it.
Hand #76: Dermot Blain had the button. It's three under-the-gun raises in a row now as Moritz Kranich made it 105,000 to go. Folds all around, and Kranich will take this one.
Hand #77: Jake Cody had the button, and that meant Chris Moorman was under the gun. Make that four in a row; Moorman executed the raise-and-take without incident.
Hand #78: Shawn Buchanan had the button. Clearly not paying attention to the trend, Brian Roberts folded under the gun, and Jake Cody made it 100,000 to go from the cutoff seat. He took it down right there.
Hand #79: Moritz Kranich had the button, and our UTG trend resumed. Elio Fox raised to 110,000 first to act, but it would not sneak through. Brian Roberts defended his big blind, and the dealer spread out . Roberts tapped the table, and Fox continued out with another 130,000. Roberts threw a blue plaque in and added the extra 30,000 to call, and the turn came the . Roberts checked again, and Fox studied for just a moment before checking it back. The river put the flush on board, and Roberts was eying up betting chips. He slid out a small bet of 120,000, and Fox quickly called. Roberts showed -- playing the board -- and Fox's earned him the pot.
Thursday, October 20, 2011 4:40 PM Local Time
Hand #70: Jake Cody had the button. Chris Moorman raised to 110,000 and everyone folded.
Hand #71: Shawn Buchanan had the button. Elio Fox raised to 110,000 and everyone folded.
Hand #72: Moritz Kranich started the hand with the button. Brian Roberts got a walk in the big blind.
Hand #73: Chris Moorman began the hand with the button. Dermot Blain raised all in from under the gun. Elio Fox asked for a count from the big blind after play folded to him. Blain was all in for 485,000. Fox made the call.
Fox:
Blain:
The flop came down and Blain hit a set. He still needed to fade Fox's gutshot though, but after the turn brought the and river the , he was able to double up.