Monday, January 23, 2017 4:51 PM Local Time
Level: 30
Blinds: 40,000/80,000
Ante: 10,000
Monday, January 23, 2017 4:45 PM Local Time
Players are now on a short break. Play will resume at roughly 4:51 p.m.
Here are the current chip counts:
Seat 1: Austin Peck - 1,675,000
Seat 2: Will Berry - 900,000
Seat 3: Shino Fujiwara - 3,395,000
Seat 4: John Patterson - 7,555,000
Seat 5: Grant Hinkle - 1,605,000
Seat 6: John Richards - 670,000
Seat 7: DJ Alexander - 670,000
Seat 8: Viet Vo - 8,135,000
Seat 9: Allan Hedin - 4,400,000
Monday, January 23, 2017 4:45 PM Local Time
Action folds to DJ Alexander on the button who shoves all in for around 300,000, and Allan Hedin calls in the big blind.
Alexander:
Hedin:
The board runs out . Alexander's twos hold up, and he doubles up.
DJ Alexander - 670,000 (11 bb)
Allan Hedin - 4,400,000 (73 bb)
Monday, January 23, 2017 4:40 PM Local Time
Viet Vo opens to 125,000 under the gun, Allan Hedin calls in early position, John Patterson calls in the cutoff, and DJ Alexander calls in the big blind, making it four players to the flop.
On the flop, Alexander checks, Vo bets 165,000, Hedin calls, and Patterson raises to 400,000. Alexander gets out of the way and Vo wants to see Patterson's stack, which is close to the same amount as his own.
Vo calls and Hedin gets out of the way.
They go heads up to the turn and Vo checks. Patterson bets 700,000 and Vo lets it go.
John Patterson - 7,800,000 (130 bb)
Viet Vo - 8,200,000 (136 bb)
Monday, January 23, 2017 4:27 PM Local Time
Viet Vo raises to 130,000 on the button, and Austin Peck three-bets to 400,000 in the big blind. Vo calls.
The flop comes . Peck bets 335,000, and Vo pauses for two minutes before calling.
The turn is the . This time Peck bets 710,000.
"How much do you have behind?" Vo asks. Peck moves his arms aside so that Vo can see his chip stacks. Vo pauses for over a minute, and calls.
The river is the . This time Peck opts to check, and Vo goes into the tank. He pauses for over two minutes before cutting out chips and placing a bet of 590,000.
Peck waits for over a minute, and then releases his cards into the muck. .
"Oh, you were bluffing the whole time," Vo says as the massive pot is pushed over to him.
Viet Vo - 8,900,000 (148 bb)
Austin Peck - 1,600,000 (26 bb)
Monday, January 23, 2017 4:16 PM Local Time
DJ Alexander moves all in for 145,000 on the button, Viet Vo calls in the small blind, and Allan Hedin calls in the big blind.
Vo and Hedin check down the board of and all three players show down.
Alexander:
Vo:
Hedin:
Alexander's pair of sixes is good for the triple up.
DJ Alexander - 525,000 (8 bb)
Monday, January 23, 2017 4:13 PM Local Time
Shino Fujiwara opens the action to 125,000 in middle position and DJ Alexander three-bets to 455,000 in the small blind. The big blind folds and Fujiwara goes all in for 1,720,000. Alexander calls to put Fujiwara at risk and they show down.
Fujiwara:
Alexander:
The board runs out . Fujiwara's queens hold up and she doubles up, leaving Alexander short.
Shino Fujiwara - 3,590,000 (59 bb)
DJ Alexander - 145,000 (2 bb)
Monday, January 23, 2017 4:08 PM Local Time
Larry Goleman
Grant Hinkle raises to 125,000 from under the gun. DJ Alexander calls from middle position, and Larry Goleman moves all in from his direct left. Goleman has exactly 1,500,000. John Patterson then calls from the big blind, and both other players fold.
Goleman:
Patterson:
Patterson is in good shape with his aces, and the board offers Goleman no help as it runs out . Patterson takes the pot, and Goleman is eliminated. He earns $30,036 for his 10th-place finish.
John Patterson - 6,700,000
Larry Goleman - Eliminated
Monday, January 23, 2017 4:03 PM Local Time
John Richards raises to 120,000 from middle position and Shino Fujiwara calls from the big blind.
The flop comes and Fujiwara checks. Richards continues for 150,000. Fujiwara then check-raises all in for about 1,100,000. Richards thinks for a few moments, then folds.
Shino Fujiwara - 1,700,000
John Richards - 800,000
Monday, January 23, 2017 3:59 PM Local Time
The unofficial final table of ten has been reached. The seating and chip counts are as follows at the start of the final table action.
Seat 1: Austin Peck - 3,185,000 (53 bb)
Seat 2: Will Berry - 1,020,000 (17 bb)
Seat 3: Shino Fujiwara - 1,420,000 (23 bb)
Seat 4: John Patterson - 4,945,000 (82 bb)
Seat 5: Grant Hinkle - 1,420,000 (23 bb)
Seat 6: John Richards - 1,110,000 (18 bb)
Seat 7: DJ Alexander - 1,950,000 (32 bb)
Seat 8: Viet Vo - 7,200,000 (120 bb)
Seat 9: Larry Goleman - 1,550,000 (25 bb)
Seat 10: Allan Hedin - 5,200,000 (86 bb)
Monday, January 23, 2017 3:49 PM Local Time
Aaron Johnson
Viet Vo raises to 125,000 from under the gun. Aaron Johnson then moves all in from the button for 620,000.
Vo goes deep into the tank. "Do I want to gamble?" he asks aloud. After a couple minutes, he pulls out a stack of chips, holds it in the air for a few moments, rechecks his cards, then puts the chips down to call.
Vo:
Johnson:
The flop comes , leaving Johnson ahead with his pocket fours. But the turn is the , giving Vo the lead, and the river is the , a complete brick. Vo wins the pot, and Johnson is eliminated in 10th place 11th place for $30,036.
There are now 46 minutes remaining in Level 29, and the remaining 10 players are redrawing to the unofficial final table. The full redraw will be posted momentarily.
Viet Vo - 7,500,000
Aaron Johnson - Eliminated
Monday, January 23, 2017 3:45 PM Local Time
Grant Hinkle moves all in for 715,000 on the button. The small blind folds and Will Berry is thinking in the big blind. He cuts out chips, looks at Hinkle, and after more than a minute, tosses in pink chips to call.
Hinkle is all in and at risk with and Berry has .
The board comes . The turn gives Hinkle a double-gutter straight draw, and the river gives him a straight. He survives and doubles up just before the final table of ten is reached.
Grant Hinkle - 1,475,000 (24 bb)
Will Berry - 1,020,000 (17 bb)
Monday, January 23, 2017 3:42 PM Local Time
DJ Alexander raises to 125,000 from the cutoff, and Viet Vo calls from the small blind. The flop comes and Vo leads out for 125,000. Alexander calls.
Both players check the on the turn, and the river is the . Vo bets 250,000, and Alexander calls.
"Do you have a pair?" Vo asks as he shows . Alexander shows , and he wins the pot.
DJ Alexander - 2,260,000
Viet Vo - 6,800,000
Monday, January 23, 2017 3:36 PM Local Time
John Patterson raises to 150,000 in the hijack, and Shino Fujiwara shoves all in for710,000 from the cutoff. It folds back to Patterson who eyes Fujiwara's stack and says, "I call."
Fujiwara:
Patterson:
The board runs out , awarding Fujiwara the pot.
"Yes, one time," Fujiwara says softly as her rail applauds.
Shino Fujiwara -1,570,000 (26 bb)
John Patterson - 4,600,000 (76 bb)
Monday, January 23, 2017 3:36 PM Local Time
Grant Hinkle opens to 100,000 under the gun, Austin Peck three-bets to 240,000 on the button, and John Patterson calls in the small blind. The big blind folds and Hinkle folds, so Peck and Patterson are heads up.
"You cover me, right?" Peck jokingly asks Patterson before the hand, as Patterson does indeed have him covered.
Both players check the flop and the turn.
The river is the , bringing four hearts to the board, and both players check again.
Patterson shows for a turned set of jacks, and Peck tables for a rivered flush.
Austin Peck - 3,400,000 (56 bb)
John Patterson - 5,350,000 (89 bb)
Monday, January 23, 2017 3:28 PM Local Time
Level: 29
Blinds: 30,000/60,000
Ante: 10,000
Monday, January 23, 2017 3:28 PM Local Time
DJ Alexander raises to 110,000 on the button, and John Richards reraises to 300,000 in the small blind Viet Vo folds his big blind, and Alexander announces that he is all in. Richards snap-calls, and the players table their hand.s
Alexander:
Richards:
"Nice hand," Vo says unassumingly to Richards.
But Richards only has the lead until the flop comes , giving Alexander two pair.
The turn is the , giving Alexander a full house, and Richards says, "Easy game."
The river is the . The dealer counts out Alexanders 880,000 in chips, and passes them across the table.
"You got me with the 'nice hand,'" Richards says to Vo.
DJ Alexander - 1,835,000 (36 bb)
John Richards - 1,325,000 (26 bb)
Monday, January 23, 2017 3:20 PM Local Time
John Richards completes in the small blind and Viet Vo raises to 135,000 in the big blind. Richards calls and they head to the flop.
On the flop, Richards checks, Vo bets 100,000, and Richards calls.
The turn is the . Richards checks, Vo bets 230,000 this time, and Richards calls.
The comes on the river and Richard checks one last time. Vo cuts out a bet of 455,000. Richards asks for a count and announces "Call." Vo announces, "King" and shows for top pair and Richards mucks.
Viet Vo - 6,700,000 (134 bb)
John Richards - 1,675,000 (33 bb)
Monday, January 23, 2017 3:17 PM Local Time
John Patterson raises to 150,000 from middle position, and Grant Hinkle reraises to 400,000 from the button. The blinds both fold and action is back on Patterson. He thinks for a minute, the four-bets to 800,000. Hinkle goes deep into the tank. After about four minutes, he moves all in for about 3,600,000, and Patterson quickly calls for less.
Patterson:
Hinkle:
The board rolls out . and Patterson wins with his queens to double up. The dealer counts down his stack, and he was all in for exactly 2,725,000, and he's now near the top of the leaderboard behind only Viet Vo.
John Patterson - 5,555,000
Grant Hinkle - 940,000
Monday, January 23, 2017 3:15 PM Local Time
Aaron Johnson opens to 105,000 on the button and DJ Alexander goes all in for 530,000 in the small blind. The big blind folds and Johnson calls to put Alexander at risk.
Johnson:
Alexander:
The board runs out . Alexander makes a straight on the river to double through.
DJ Alexander - 1,125,000 (22 bb)
Aaron Johnson - 540,000 (10 bb)