Sunday, May 7, 2017 9:20 PM Local Time
Rob Garrett limps in from the small blind and Mike Pollack checks his option in the big blind. The flop is and Garrett bets 24,000. Pollack calls and the turn is the .
Garrett bets 32,000 and Pollack calls. The river is the and Garrett bets 100,000. Pollack calls. Garrett shows and Pollack mucks his hand.
Rob Garrett - 620,000 (38 bb)
Mike Pollack - 300,000 (18 bb)
Sunday, May 7, 2017 9:05 PM Local Time
David Aker
Mike Cordell raises to 36,000 from under the gun and action David Aker defends his big blind. They are heads-up to a flop of and Aker moves all in for about 320,000. Cordell snap-calls.
Aker shows and needs to improve against Cordell's . The turn and river brick off for Aker and Cordell wins the pot with a pair of aces.
Aker is eliminated in 12th place and takes home $11,342. After one more elimination, the final 10 players will redraw for seats at the unofficial final table.
Mike Cordell - 1,900,000 (118 bb)
David Aker - Eliminated
Sunday, May 7, 2017 9:02 PM Local Time
Josh Lowing opens the cutoff to 32,000, and Van Truong defends her big blind.
The flop is . Truong checks, Lowing continues for 40,000, and Truong calls. The turn is the , and Truong checks again. Lowing moves all in for 286,000 effective — about half his own stack — and Truong instantly calls all in for that amount to put herself at risk.
Lowing: (two pair)
Truong: (trip nines)
The river is the , and Truong doubles up with three nines.
Van Truong - 736,000 (61 bb)
Josh Lowing - 280,000 (18 bb)
Sunday, May 7, 2017 8:57 PM Local Time
Level: 23
Blinds: 8,000/16,000
Ante: 2,000
Sunday, May 7, 2017 8:54 PM Local Time
From the hijack, Josh Vizcarra raises to 25,000 and Maurice Hawkins, seated in the cutoff, three-bets to 78,000. Action folds back around to Vizcarra and he moves all in for 234,000. Hawkins snap-calls.
Vizcarra:
Hawkins:
The flop is and Vizcarra remains ahead. Vizcarra improves to a pair of kings on the turn and will just need to dodge a ten on the river to double up. The river is the and Vizcarra earns the double up.
Josh Vizcarra - 494,000 (41 bb)
Maurice Hawkins - 1,020,000 (85 bb)
Sunday, May 7, 2017 8:40 PM Local Time
Chris Harris
Michael Pollack opens to 30,000 from the hijack. Chris Harris calls from the small blind, David Aker calls in the big blind, and it's three-handed to the flop.
On the flop, Harris moves all in for about 200,000. Aker folds, but Pollack calls.
Harris:
Pollack:
Pollack's pocket queens are out in front and the players see a turn. Heading to the river, Harris will need a four to double up, but the river is the and Harris is eliminated.
Michael Pollack - 705,000 (58 bb)
Chris Harris - Eliminated
Sunday, May 7, 2017 8:17 PM Local Time
From under the gun, John Richards (pictured) opens to 25,000. Action folds to Maurice Hawkins, in the cutoff, and he three-bets to 67,000. After the button and blinds fold, it's back to Richards and he moves all in for about 400,000. Hawkins snap-calls.
Hawkins:
Richards:
The board runs clean for Hawkins and he will scoop the more than 800,000 chip pot and eliminate Richards.
Maurice Hawkins - 1,470,000 (122 bb)
John Richards - Eliminated
Sunday, May 7, 2017 8:09 PM Local Time
Ken Davis
From under the gun, David Aker calls and the action folds around to Chris Harris in the small blind. He calls, Ken Davis checks his option, and it's three-handed to the flop.
The flop is and action checks to Aker. He bets 40,000 and Harris folds. Davis thinks for a moment, but eventually moves all in for just under 40,000.
Aker:
Davis:
Aker's pocket aces are ahead, but Davis has an open-ended straight draw. Unfortunately for Davis the turn and river are no help and he is eliminated in 15th.
David Aker - 505,000 (42 bb)
Ken Davis - Eliminated
Sunday, May 7, 2017 8:05 PM Local Time
Alex Queen opens the button to 26,000, and Ryan Tamanini calls in the small blind. John Richards eyes up both of their stacks from the big blind, then three-bet shoves with the largest of the three. Queen calls all in for 348,000 to put himself at risk, and Tamanini quickly folds.
Queen:
Richards:
The board runs out , and Queen doubles up with his overpair.
Alex Queen - 738,000 (62 bb)
John Richards - 445,000 (37 bb)
Sunday, May 7, 2017 8:02 PM Local Time
Nils Tolpingrud
Nils Tolpingrud moves all in from early position for 36,000 and action folds to Maurice Hawkins on the button, who clicks it back to 60,000. Alex Queen calls out of the big blind and there is 48,000 chip side pot between Hawkins and Queen, with Tolpingrud all in.
The flop is and Queen checks. Hawkins announces all in for effectively Queen's remaining 490,000. Queen folds and Hawkins takes the side pot before going heads-up with Tolpingrud for the main pot.
Tolpingrud shows and needs to hit one of his overs against Hawkins' .
The turn is the and the river is the . Tolpingrud is eliminated in 16th place and will take home $7,745 for his finish.
Maurice Hawkins - 840,000 (70 bb)
Nils Tolpingrud - Eliminated
Sunday, May 7, 2017 7:50 PM Local Time
Level: 22
Blinds: 6,000/12,000
Ante: 2,000
Sunday, May 7, 2017 6:58 PM Local Time
Players are now on a 60 minute dinner break.
Sunday, May 7, 2017 6:57 PM Local Time
From middle position, Nils Tolpingrud opens to 20,000. The action folds around to the big blind where Josh Vizcarra moves all in for 267,000. Tolpingrud calls.
Tolpingrud:
Vizcarra:
The flop is and Vizcarra's pocket tens are still out in front. The turn is the and Vizcarra needs to dodge and ace or a king on the river to double up.
The river is the and Vizcarra will double up on the last hand before dinner break.
Josh Vizcarra - 542,000 (54 bb)
Nils Tolpingrud - 41,000 (4 bb)
Sunday, May 7, 2017 6:52 PM Local Time
Nils Tolpingrud moves all in for 165,000 from early position and Josh Vizcarra calls from the cutoff. Tolpingrud shows and has Vizcarra's dominated.
The board comes and Tolpingrud doubles up near the end of the level.
Nils Tolpingrud - 353,000 (35 bb)
Josh Vizcarra - 305,000 (30 bb)
Sunday, May 7, 2017 6:49 PM Local Time
From the hijack, Ken Davis moves all in for 23,000. Mike Cordell calls on the button and the two go to the flop heads up.
Davis:
Cordell:
The flop misses both players, as does the turn. Davis needs to hit a king or a jack on the river to double up and he does just that on the river.
Ken Davis - 69,000 (6 bb)
Mike Cordell - 1,240,000 (124 bb)
Sunday, May 7, 2017 6:45 PM Local Time
Jeremy Stein, in middle position, opens to 25,000. Chris Harris, seated directly to Stein's left, calls and Evan Lipshultz (pictured), in the hijack, moves all in for a little more than 200,000. The action folds around to Stein and he calls. Harris quickly folds.
Lipshultz:
Stein:
Lipshultz needs some help, but doesn't find any on the flop. The turn is the and Lipshultz is drawing dead. The river completes the board and Lipshultz is eliminated.
Jeremy Stein - 960,000 (96 bb)
Chris Harris - 390,000 (39 bb)
Evan Lipshultz - Eliminated
Sunday, May 7, 2017 6:41 PM Local Time
From middle position, Howard Mann (pictured) moves all in for about 100,000. Maurice Hawkins calls from the cutoff and the two are heads up to the flop.
Hawkins:
Mann:
Neither player connects on the flop. The turn is the and heading to the river, Mann will need a jack to double up. But the river is the and Mann is eliminated.
Maurice Hawkins - 850,000 (85 bb)
Howard Mann - Elminated
Sunday, May 7, 2017 6:39 PM Local Time
This stop is the second-to-last one for the Circuit season, and the race to accumulate points is coming down to the wire. The season's top 50 points earners automatically qualify for the WSOP Global Casino Championship in August, and the current leaderboard is foremost on the minds of those hovering around the bubble.
The qualification cutoff is 135 points at the moment, but that number will likely rise a bit over the course of the next two weeks. John Richards and Joshua Lowing were both right on that number entering this event, but they're guaranteed to earn another 10 points apiece at the moment. That should allow them to qualify comfortably, but outlasting one more player would earn them a bump up to 20 points and all but end the sweat.
Daniel Pearlman, who won yesterday's Turbo, is the most recent player to cross over onto the good side of the anticipated points threshold. That win moved him to 152.5 points, and he added another five to his total today to climb to 157.5 on the season. Pearlman's rise knocks Josh Mammon out of the qualification zone for the time being.
Both the season-long leaderboard and the Horseshoe Baltimore Casino Champion race can be viewed by clicking the links or the image above.
Sunday, May 7, 2017 6:30 PM Local Time
With the elimination of Jose Anaya in 19th Place, the final 18 players have redrawn for seats at the final two tables. Here is a look at the seating arrangement and chip counts for the final two tables.
Table 1
Seat 1: Van Truong - 285,000
Seat 2: Alex Queen - 370,000
Seat 3: Ryan Tamanini - 710,000
Seat 4: Nils Tolpingrud - 185,000
Seat 5: John Richards - 640,000
Seat 6: Josh Lowing - 465,000
Seat 7: Howard Mann - 100,000
Seat 8: Josh Vizcarra - 445,000
Seat 9: Maurice Hawkins - 790,000
Table 2
Seat 1: Jeremy Stein - 746,000
Seat 2: Chris Harris - 450,000
Seat 3: Evan Lipshultz - 275,000
Seat 4: Ken Davis - 45,000
Seat 5: David Aker - 510,000
Seat 6: Mike Cordell - 1,035,000
Seat 7: Rob Garrett - 505,000
Seat 8: Michael Pollack - 280,000
Seat 9: Richie Smith - 970,000
Sunday, May 7, 2017 6:24 PM Local Time
Jose Anaya
Jose Anaya moves all in from the hijack for 210,000 and Mike Cordell calls from the small blind. Cordell shows and has a hammer lock on the hand against Anaya's .
Anaya never picks up a sweat as the board runs out and Cordell wins the pot to move over the million chip mark. Anaya finishes in 19th place for $6,526 and there is a short break in the action, while the players redraw for seats at the final two tables.
Mike Cordell - 1,035,000 (103 bb)
Jose Anaya - Eliminated