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Monday, November 24, 2014 8:38 PM Local Time
Matt Berkey raises to 200,000 on the button and wins the blinds and antes.
Monday, November 24, 2014 8:37 PM Local Time
Action folds to Matt Berkey in the small blind, who raises to 200,000 and takes the pot when Ping Liu folds his big blind.
Monday, November 24, 2014 8:37 PM Local Time
Action folds to Dustin Johns in the small blind, who raises to 175,000 and Matt Berkey folds his big blind.
Monday, November 24, 2014 8:36 PM Local Time
Matt Berkey raises to 200,000 from early position and takes the blinds and antes.
Monday, November 24, 2014 8:35 PM Local Time
Matt Berkey raises to 200,000 from middle position and Corey Emery moves all in for 1,700,000 from the small blind. Berkey calls and it is off to the races.
Emery tables and is flipping with Berkey's . The board runs out to give Berkey two pair and the pot. Emery is eliminated in 5th place and earns over $53,000 for his deep run.
Matt Berkey - 6,800,000 (85 BBs)
Corey Emery - Eliminated
Monday, November 24, 2014 8:31 PM Local Time
John Eames raises under-the-gun to 160,000 and Matt Berkey three-bets to 425,000 from the cutoff. Action folds back to Eames, who folds and Berkey takes the pot.
Monday, November 24, 2014 8:30 PM Local Time
Matt Berkey raises to 200,000 on the button and takes the blinds and antes
Monday, November 24, 2014 8:29 PM Local Time
Brad Libson is under-the-gun and raises to 180,000 and takes the blinds and antes.
Monday, November 24, 2014 8:27 PM Local Time
Level: 31
Blinds: 40,000/80,000
Ante: 10,000
Monday, November 24, 2014 7:50 PM Local Time
The players are taking a 45 minute dinner break from the final table. The day started with 18 players, but are now down to six. Matt Berkey is the chip leader with over 5.4 million in chips and has roughly 25% of the chips in play, followed by John Eames and Ping Liu each with roughly 4.5 million.
Monday, November 24, 2014 7:50 PM Local Time
There is a dead button because it would have been Johnny Neckar's.
Action folds to Dustin Johns in the small blind, and he raises to 125,000. Matt Berkey calls from the big blind. The flop is , and Johns checks. Berkey bets 200,000, and Johns folds.
Monday, November 24, 2014 7:48 PM Local Time
John Eames has the button, and there is no small blind because it would have been in Johnny Neckar's seat.
Matt Berkey raises to 150,000 from under the gun. Eames calls from the button, and the flop is . Berkey continues for 200,000 and Eames folds.
Monday, November 24, 2014 7:44 PM Local Time
Action folds to Quang Ngo on the button, who moves all in for 705,000. John Eames moves all in over the top out of the small blind for roughly 2.6 million. Johnny Neckar is in the big blind and calls off his 1.4 million chip stack and all three hands are tabled.
Eames shows and has the worst hand against Ngo's and Neckar's .
"I don't feel too good about this one," said Neckar as the dealer is getting ready to spread a flop.
Neckar's premonition is correct as the flop is and Eames goes from worst to first in the turn of a flop. The turn is the and the river is the to seal the deal for Eames and move him near the top of the chip counts.
Ngo takes home 8th place money since he was the shorter of the two stacks and Neckar will take home 7th place cash.
John Eames - 4,900,000 (81 BBs)
Quang Ngo - Eliminated
Johnny Neckar - Eliminated
Monday, November 24, 2014 7:38 PM Local Time
John Eames gets a walk in the big blind.
Monday, November 24, 2014 7:38 PM Local Time
Button = Brad Libson
Dustin Johns raises to 125,000 from middle position. Quang Ngo calls from the big blind. The flop comes , and both players check. The turn is the , and Ngo leads out for 140,000. Johns calls, and then both players check the on the river. Johns shows , and Ngo mucks.
Monday, November 24, 2014 7:36 PM Local Time
Ping Liu has the button.
Matt Berkey raises to 150,000 from the cutoff, and everyone else folds.
Monday, November 24, 2014 7:35 PM Local Time
Dustin Johns raises to 125,000 from the cutoff and Brad Libson calls out of the big blind. The flop is and Libson checks. Johns bets 160,000 and takes the pot.
Monday, November 24, 2014 7:34 PM Local Time
Action folds to Matt Berkey in the small blind, who limps in for 60,000 and Ping Liu checks his option. The flop is and Berkey leads out for 100,000. Liu calls and the turn is the . Berkey checks and Liu bets 225,000. Berkey check-calls and the river is the .
Both players check and Berkey takes the pot with his .
Monday, November 24, 2014 7:31 PM Local Time
Ping Liu raises to 120,000 under-the-gun and is three-bet by Brad Libson to 310,000 next to act. Everybody folds and Libson scoops the pot.
Monday, November 24, 2014 7:29 PM Local Time
Button = John Eames
Corey Emery raises to 125,000 from the hijack, and Dustin Johns calls from the big blind. The flop is , and both players check.
The turn is the , and Johns leads out for 180,000. Corey Emery raises to 430,000, and Johns calls. The river is the , and Johns leads out with an all-in bet. Emery quickly folds.
Dustin Johns - 2,200,000 (36 BBs)
Corey Emery - 1,950,000 (32 BBs)