Saturday, August 27, 2016 10:22 PM Local Time
Registration is now officially closed, and the numbers are in.
Flight B drew 298 entries. Combined with yesterday's 162 entries, there are 460 total, generating a prize pool of $690,000.
The top 54 players will be paid. A min-cash is worth $2,622. The eventual winner will earn $148,350, a WSOP Circuit ring, and a free entry into the 2017 WSOP Global Casino Championship.
A full prize structure is available in the Prizepool Tab, above.
Saturday, August 27, 2016 10:17 PM Local Time
Brian Altman opens to 3,500 in middle position and Duncan McCallum calls in the big blind.
The flop is . After a brief pause, McCallum goes all in and Altman needs a count. The dealer counts him down and it is 30,100 to call.
Altman leans back and thinks it over for a couple minutes. "I'll gamble," he says, and pushes chips forward to call.
McCallum:
Altman:
McCallum's top pair is ahead, but Altman has outs to a straight or a king.
Altman finds no help on the turn or the river, and McCallum doubles up.
Duncan McCallum - 69,000
Brian Altman - 93,500
Saturday, August 27, 2016 10:05 PM Local Time
A middle-position player limps, and Long Tran raises to 4,500 from the button. Alex Foxen then moves all in for 20,800 from the small blind. The limper folds. Tran thinks for a minute, then calls.
Tran:
Foxen:
The flop comes , giving Tran a full house and leaving Foxen drawing to a one-outer for a chop. The turn is the , securing the pot for Tran. And the meaningless river is the .
Long Tran - 140,000
Alex Foxen - Eliminated
Saturday, August 27, 2016 9:59 PM Local Time
After a series of preflop raises, Bob Allain has shoved all in for around 17,000, Terry Grimes has reshoved over the top, and Jsoeph Messina sighs heavily on the button and then tosses his remaining chips into the middle.
Allain:
Grimes:
Messina:
The flop comes , leaving Allain's jacks in the lead, but that changes when the turn comes the , giving Messina a straight. The river is the , and Allain is eliminated from play. The dealer counts Messina's chips, and passes 20,000 from Grimes' stack over to Messina.
Joseph Messina - 65,000
Terry Grimes - 60,000
Saturday, August 27, 2016 9:48 PM Local Time
Level: 13
Blinds: 800/1,600
Ante: 200
Saturday, August 27, 2016 9:32 PM Local Time
Players are now on a short break. The tournament will resume at roughly 9:45 p.m.
When the break is over, late registration will officially close.
Saturday, August 27, 2016 9:31 PM Local Time
A player in middle position limps, Muhammad Rahim opens to 4,000 from the cutoff, and Mark Awalt three-bets to 11,000 on the button.
The limper moves all in for his remaining 25,600, Rahim folds, and Awalt thinks for awhile and calls.
Awalt:
Opponent:
The board runs out . Awalt's jacks are good and he eliminates his opponent.
Mark Awalt - 151,000
Saturday, August 27, 2016 9:30 PM Local Time
Matthew Wantman
Matthew Wantman raises to 2,800 from middle position and the button three-bets to 7,300. Wantman calls.
The flop comes and Wantman checks. The button continues for 11,200. Wantman think for a minute, then calls.
The turn is the and both players check. On the river, Wantman leads out for 24,000. His opponent thinks for a minute. He plays with his chips, pulls out enough for a call and looks to see how much he has left. And after thinking for about two minutes, he mucks his cards.
Matthew Wantman - 130,000
Saturday, August 27, 2016 9:25 PM Local Time
Immediately after cracking Andrew Heckman's pocket aces with , Michael Doyle mixes it up with David Kluchman.
Kluchman opens to 3,000 in early position and Doyle three-bets to 7,000 in the next position. Kluchman calls and they head to the flop.
On the flop, Kluchman checks and Doyle bets 9,000. Kluchman calls.
The turn is the . Kluchman checks again and Doyle bets 16,000 now.
Kluchman stares Doyle down briefly and sends his cards to the muck.
Doyle shows before collecting the pot.
Michael Doyle - 120,000
David Kluchman - 60,500
Saturday, August 27, 2016 9:19 PM Local Time
After a series of raises, a total of three players have each put in 8,300 preflop. The flop comes . Frank Flowers checks in middle position, as does another player in middle position, and Sean Carlson bets 13,500 in the hijack. Only Flowers calls.
Both players check the turn.
The river is the , and Flowers bets 18,500. Carlson goes into the tank and after nearly three minutes of thinking, he calls.
"Do you have kings?" Flowers asks Carlson. Carlson nods his head yes but does not expose his hand. Flowers says, "I have seven high," and Carlson shows . Flowers flashes for a missed flush draw, and Carlson will scoop the pot, putting him over the 100,000 mark.
Sean Carlson - 120,000
Frank Flowers - 25,000
Saturday, August 27, 2016 9:19 PM Local Time
Michael Doyle opens to 3,000 in middle position and Andrew Heckman three-bets to 8,500 in late position. When it folds back to Doyle, he quickly announces "All in."
Heckman snap-calls and flips over . Doyle reluctantly shows .
The flop is and Doyle grabs his bag and stands up, ready to make a quick exit.
The turn brings the to give Doyle trips, and the river changes nothing.
"I can win with any other hand, but never with these," remarks Heckman after the hand.
Michael Doyle - 101,000
Andrew Heckman - 34,100
Saturday, August 27, 2016 9:14 PM Local Time
With the board reading and over 18,000 in the pot, the small blind checks to David Kluchman in late position and he bets 7,500. His opponent thinks for awhile and calls.
The river is the . The small blind checks again and Kluchman is content to check behind.
Small blind:
Kluchman:
Kluchman's queens up are good and he takes down the pot.
David Kluchman - 83,500
Saturday, August 27, 2016 9:10 PM Local Time
John Caputo raises to 2,500 from early position, and Ronald Baker calls from his direct left. The big blind calls as well.
The flop is and all three players check. The turn is the and the big blind leads out for 3,000. Caputo quickly raises to 7,000, and Baker folds. The big blind tanks for about two minutes, then mucks his cards.
John Caputo - 114,000
Ronald Baker - 52,500
Saturday, August 27, 2016 9:04 PM Local Time
Joe McKeehen was
eliminated from Flight B for the first time about 20 minutes ago, and rebought right away. Just a few hands after he sat down at his new table, he was eliminated again. According to a few people at the table, a player in late position raised, and McKeehen shoved all in for around 19,000 in the big blind holding
. The player in late position called with
, and flopped a set. McKeehen was drawing dead after the non spade turn, and was eliminated from play with no option to re-enter, as this was his second bullet today.
Saturday, August 27, 2016 9:01 PM Local Time
John Sass limps in from middle position, and Matthew Wantman raises to 3,700 in the cutoff. It folds back to Sass who quickly moves his remaining chips out in front of him (totalling 8,400), and Wantman calls.
Sass:
Wantman:
The board ran out , awarding Sass a double up.
John Sass - 20,000
Matthew Wantman - 95,000
Saturday, August 27, 2016 8:52 PM Local Time
Level: 12
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 200
Saturday, August 27, 2016 8:40 PM Local Time
Joe McKeehen
The cutoff raises to 2,500, Joe McKeehen three-bets to 7,200 in the small blind, and Travis Stams goes all in from the big blind. The initial raiser folds and McKeehen commits the rest of chips. McKeehen started the hand with around 45,000.
Stams:
McKeehen:
The board runs out and Stams wins with the nut flush.
Travis Stams - 130,500
Joe McKeehen - Eliminated
Saturday, August 27, 2016 8:32 PM Local Time
According to Andrew Heckman, he just doubled through David Kluchman. Heckman had three-bet three times in one obit, and it was folded to him all three times. The hand he doubled up in, Kluchman raised to 2,100 in late position, and Heckman three bet to 7,500. Kluchman shoved all in for around 60,000, and Heckman snap-called for around 40,000.
Heckman held against Kluchman's .
The board ran out , awarding Heckman a double up.
A few hands later, Kluchman apparently got a lot of his chips back from a different players after he flopped a set of jacks, and his opponent flopped a set of sevens.
Andrew Heckman - 90,000
David Kluchman - 45,000
Saturday, August 27, 2016 8:29 PM Local Time
The under-the-gun player limps, and a middle-position player limps. Tim Reilly then raises to 3,500 from the button. Bassioni Hammouda is in the small blind. He thinks for a minute, then reraises to 9,500. Both limpers quickly fold. Reilly thinks for a few moments, then he folds as well.
Bassioni Hammouda - 44,000
Tim Reilly - 67,000
Saturday, August 27, 2016 8:24 PM Local Time
The board reads , and the small blind shoves all in for around 7,000. Matthew Wantman calls in middle position, and the button folds.
The small blind turns over for top pair, but Wantman shows for a pair of kings.
"Again?" a player at the table not involved in the hand asks Wantman.
The turn does not change the hand, and the river only improves Wantman to a set.
"Good game," Wantman says to his opponent as he gets up from the table.
Matthew Wantman - 105,000