Thursday, July 30, 2015 2:51 PM Local Time
Woody Moore limps from early position, and Darryll Fish raises to 7,500 from the hijack. Austin Buchanan is on the button, and he thinks for a minute, then raises all in. Moore quickly folds, and Fish calls.
Fish:
Buchanan:
The board runs out . Fish wins the pot with his jacks, and Buchanan is eliminated.
Darryll Fish - 198,000
Austin Buchanan - Eliminated
Thursday, July 30, 2015 2:43 PM Local Time
Josh Evans and James Kilarjian hit the rail shortly after break. With their eliminations, 27 players remain and they've redrawn to three tables. Here's a look at the seating assignments and chip counts for the final three tables:
Table 1
Seat 1: Robert Hankins - 177,000
Seat 2: Jonathan Abla - 90,000
Seat 3: Lance Jones - 95,000
Seat 4: Jared Jaffee - 40,000
Seat 5: Brad St. Vincent - 406,000
Seat 6: Daniel Negreanu - 175,000
Seat 7: Gevork Kasabyan - 150,000
Seat 8: David Peters - 84,000
Seat 9: Alex Masek - 160,000
Table 2
Seat 1: Andrew Robinson - 132,000
Seat 2: Loni Harwood - 173,000
Seat 3: Juan Mendoza - 125,000
Seat 4: Dominik Nitsche - 125,000
Seat 5: Brian McDaniel - 107,000
Seat 6: Vincent Moscati - 225,000
Seat 7: Seth Berger - 150,000
Seat 8: Justin Liberto - 133,500
Seat 9: Michael Sanders - 123,000
Table 3
Seat 1: Damjan Radanov - 195,000
Seat 2: Charles “Woody” Moore - 240,000
Seat 3: Brandon Newsome - 35,500
Seat 4: Jong Kim - 36,500
Seat 5: Darryll Fish - 112,000
Seat 6: Ari Engel - 130,000
Seat 7: Austin Buchanan - 67,000
Seat 8: Paul Mattioda - 68,000
Seat 9: Jesse Wilke - 50,000
Thursday, July 30, 2015 2:31 PM Local Time
The board reads on the turn. Andy Robinson bets 8,500 from small blind, and Dominik Nitsche calls from two seats to his left.
The river is the , and Robinson continues for 18,000. Nitsche thinks for a minute, then tosses out a chip to call.
Robinson turns over for a full house, and Nitsche mucks his cards.
Andy Robinson - 132,000
Dominik Nitsche - 126,000
Thursday, July 30, 2015 2:28 PM Local Time
Daniel Negreanu is in middle position in a heads-up pot against David Peters in late position. The board is complete and it reads . Negreanu leads for 15,000 and Peters calls. Negreanu tables for a rivered set and takes the pot.
Daniel Negreanu - 187,000
David Peters - 86,000
Thursday, July 30, 2015 2:23 PM Local Time
Thursday, July 30, 2015 2:22 PM Local Time
Level: 13
Blinds: 1,200/2,400
Ante: 400
Thursday, July 30, 2015 2:07 PM Local Time
The remaining 29 players are now on their first break of the day.
Thursday, July 30, 2015 1:57 PM Local Time
Brad St. Vincent is in a heads-up pot and in the small blind against John Eames in middle position. The board reads and St. Vincent leads for 14,400. Eames calls and they see the river.
The board completes with the and St. Vincent leads again, this time for 16,500. Eames sits still for a minute or so before announcing "all in" for about 60,000. St. Vincent wastes no times calling and tables for trips kings. Eames' isn't enough and he hits the rail courtesy of the start-of-day chip leader.
Brad St. Vincent - 407,000
John Eames - Eliminated
Thursday, July 30, 2015 1:57 PM Local Time
Scott Clements was just eliminated.
According to Woody Moore, who busted Clements, Clements had pocket eights, and Moore had pocket sevens. A seven fell on the flop, and Moore eliminated Clements with his set.
Woody Moore - 260,000
Scott Clements - Eliminated
Thursday, July 30, 2015 1:46 PM Local Time
Jake Schindler open shoves the button for his last 11,200 and Daniel Negreanu calls from the small bind. Vincent Moscati folds his big blind and Schindler is at risk against a lone opponent.
Negreanu holds and has the advantage over Schindler's .
The board runs outs and Negreanu retains his lead to send Schindler packing.
Daniel Negreanu - 114,000
Jake Schindler - Eliminated
Thursday, July 30, 2015 1:39 PM Local Time
Scott Clements raises to 4,400 from the cutoff, and Woody Moore calls from the small blind. The flop comes , and both players check.
The turn is the , and Moore leads out for 6,000. Clements calls, and the falls on the river. Both players check again, and Moore announces, "Ace high." Clements turns over , and he wins the pot with his pair of sevens.
Scott Clements - 78,000
Woody Moore - 150,000
Thursday, July 30, 2015 1:37 PM Local Time
Michael Sanders, Josh Turner and Damjan Radanov get it all in three ways. Sanders holds the best of it with , Turner the second best with and Radanov the third best with . Radanov has both players covered but needs to improve to score the double knockout.
The board runs out and Sanders' aces hold up while Turner wins a very small side pot off Radanov. Turner is crippled and Sanders gets a full triple in the process.
Michael Sanders - 104,000
Josh Turner - 8,000
Damjan Radanov - 155,000
Thursday, July 30, 2015 1:32 PM Local Time
Dominik Nitsche and Robert Coventry (pictured) get into an all-in confrontation preflop. Coventry has about 20,000, and Nitsche has him easily covered with nearly 100,000.
Nitsche:
Coventry:
The board runs out . Nitsche wins the pot with his jacks, and Coventry is eliminated.
Dominik Nitsche - 118,000
Robert Coventry - Eliminated
Thursday, July 30, 2015 1:30 PM Local Time
Brad St. Vincent opens from early position for 4,200. It folds all the way around to Jason Mayfield in the small blind and he three bets, making it 11,500 to go. Josh Turner folds his option in in the big blind and it's back on St. Vincent. St. Vincent reaches into his stack and slides forward a handful of gray chips four betting Mayfield all in. Mayfield calls and is at risk.
Jason Mayfield:
St. Vincent:
Mayfield holds a slight edge in the hand, but the flop falls with a fury when it comes improving St. Vincent to a full house. Mayfield, who's virtually drawing dead, starts to gather his things.
The turn and river complete with the board with the and and Mayfield's fate is sealed. St. Vincent, who started the day with the chip lead, now claims over 300,000 and retains the top spot in the counts.
Brad St. Vincent - 318,000
Jason Mayfield - Eliminated
Thursday, July 30, 2015 1:12 PM Local Time
Brandon Newsome raises to 4,000 from under the gun, and Baruch Thaler three-bets to 7,000 from the hijack. Action folds back around to Newsome, and he moves all in.
Thaler asks for an exact count, which turns out to be 37,000. Thaler thinks for a minute, then folds.
"Do you want to see one?" Newsome asks. "No, I don't want to see one," Thaler replies. "I want to see both." Newsome declines, but says after the hand he had pocket tens.
Brandon Newsome - 45,000
Baruch Thaler - 90,000
Thursday, July 30, 2015 1:07 PM Local Time
Level: 12
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 300
Thursday, July 30, 2015 1:06 PM Local Time
Alex Masek raises from late position and it folds to Aaron Frei in the small blind. He moves all in for 44,000 and the big blind folds. It's back on Masek and he takes a minute to think before he calls. Frei is at risk and behind.
Masek:
Frei:
The flop comes .
"Come on," Frei says. "Chop it up one time."
It's not to be as the board completes with the and . Masek's jack plays and Frei is eliminated.
Alex Masek - 205,000
Aaron Frei - Eliminated
Thursday, July 30, 2015 12:59 PM Local Time
According to the table, John Monnette's (pictured) was bested by Loni Harwood's to send him to the rail. Harwood now contends for the chip lead along with Brad St. Vincent.
Loni Harwood - 209,000
John Monnette - Eliminated
Thursday, July 30, 2015 12:48 PM Local Time
Brian McDaniel is in late position and raises to 3,500. It folds to Tristan Wade (pictured) on the button and he shoves for his last 29,000. Alex Masek and Ari Engel fold from the blinds. It's back on McDaniel and he calls. Wade is at risk and behind.
McDaniel:
Wade:
The runout comes improving McDaniel to a fullhouse and leaving Wade with trips. With that, Wade, who won the Main Event at the season-opening Palm Beach Kennel Club Circuit last year, is eliminated from the National Championship.
Brian McDaniel - 148,000
Tristan Wade - Eliminated
Thursday, July 30, 2015 12:44 PM Local Time
John Eames raises to 3,500, and Robert Coventry calls. The flop comes , and Eames continues for 5,000. Coventry calls, and the dealer turns the .
Eames checks, and Coventry bets 7,000. Eames thinks for a minute, and looks over at Coventry's stack. He then check-raises to 15,700. Coventry calls, and the completes the board on the river. Eames moves all in, and Coventry quickly folds.
John Eames - 102,000
Robrert Coventry - 22,000