Tuesday, June 3, 2014 4:45 PM Local Time
Hands #76-82: Lots of Aggression, No Flops
Hand 76: John Fontana won with a raise to 75,000 on the button.
Hand 77: Frank Patti pushed all in on the button and won.
Hand 78: Again, Patti pushed all in and saw everyone fold.
Hand 79: Danny Nguyen raised to 65,000 and took the pot.
Hand 80: Nguyen accidentally called, Fontana shoved and everyone folded.
Hand 81: Fontana raised to 60,000, Patti shoved and everyone folded.
Hand 82: Jeff Smith opened to 60,000 on the button, Nguyen called and Fontana won the pot with an all-in ship.
Tuesday, June 3, 2014 4:40 PM Local Time
Level 25 started
Level: 25
Blinds: 15000/30000
Ante: 5000
Tuesday, June 3, 2014 4:39 PM Local Time
Hands #70-75: Small Pots for All
Hand 70: Frank Patti raised to 50,000 when first to act. Danny Nguyen and John Fontana came along to see the flop. All three players checked and the turn was dealt. Nguyen bet out 78,000 and Fontana three-bet to 156,000, winning the pot.
Hand 71: Jeff Smith raised to 52,000 and went to a flop with Fontana. It came and Smith took it down with a bet of 75,000.
Hand 72: Nguyen raised to 52,000 and scooped up the blinds and antes.
Hand 73: Fontana raised to 52,000 when first to act and Smith three-bet to 140,000 from the small blind. Nguyen proceeded to four-bet to 320,000 from the big blind and Fontana gave up, as did Smith, but not after a long pause for thought.
Hand 74: Nguyen raised to 52,000 in the small blind and Fontana called in the big blind. The flop came in this two-handed face off between the blinds. Nguyen bet 63,000 and Fontana reraised to 225,000 to win the pot.
Hand 75: Nguyen raised to 52,000 on the button and Fontana called to see the flop of . Nguyen bet out 50,000 after Fontana checked, provoking Fontana to an instant muck.
Tuesday, June 3, 2014 4:30 PM Local Time
Hands #67-69
Hand 67: Danny Nguyen raised to 52,000 from the button, John Fontana reraised to 274,000 and Nguyen folded.
Hand 68: Jeff Smith got a walk.
Hand 69: Fontana raised under the gun to 54,000, Nguyen called from the big blind and the two awe a flop. Nguyen checked, Fontana bet 80,000 and Nguyen called. The turn was and both players checked to the river . Danny led out with a bet of 200,000, Fontana mucked.
Tuesday, June 3, 2014 4:25 PM Local Time
Hands #63-66: Smith Dominating Patti
Hand 63: Danny Nguyen opened to 52,000 on the button before folding to John Fontana's shove.
Hand 64: Frank Patti raised to 62,000 in the small blind, and Jeff Smith defended. Patti continuation-bet 60,000 on the flop, and Smith called. Patti kept firing with 82,000 on the turn, and again was called. Both players checked the river, and Smith took the pot with for aces up.
Hand 65: Patti opened to 50,000 on the button, and Smith three-bet tiny to 80,000 in the small blind. Patti called, but he folded to Smith's 75,000 on the flop.
Hand 66: Patti raised to 50,000 under the gun and was called by both Smith (button) and Fontana (big blind). Fontana checked the flop, and Patti bet 60,000. Only Smith called, and the two saw a turn. Two checks ensued, and the finished out the board. Patti fired 125,000, and Smith made it 400,000. Patti tanked for about a minute and a half before calling.
Smith showed him for a turned boat, and Patti showed a before mucking his hand.
| Jeff Smith | 2,100,000 | 847,000  |
| Frank Patti | 550,000 | -707,000  |
Tuesday, June 3, 2014 4:16 PM Local Time
Hands #58-62: One-bet, Two-bet, Three-bet, Four
Hand 58: Danny Nguyen raised to 52,000 in the small blind and John Fontana won the pot with a 152,000 three-bet.
Hand 59: Jeff Smith raised to 52,000 in the cutoff and Danny Nguyen three-bet to 103,000. Smith four-bet to 277,000 and took it down.
Hand 60: Danny Nguyen raised to 52,000 in the cutoff and Frank Patti three-bet to 130,000. Nguyen four-bet to 357,000 and Patti gave it up.
Hand 61: John Fontana raised to 63,000 from the cutoff and Danny Nguyen three-bet to 163,000, taking down the pot preflop.
Hand 62: Jeff Smith raised to 52,000 on the button and got calls from Danny Nguyen in the small blind and John Fontana in the big blind. The flop came and Nguyen and Fontana checked. Smith bet 75,000 and Nguyen took down the pot with a check-raise to 175,000.
Tuesday, June 3, 2014 4:12 PM Local Time
Chris Haugo Eliminated in 5th Place ($72,843)
Hand 57: Haugo moved all in under the gun, and action folded to Nguyen, who called immediately upon seeing his cards.
Haugo:
Nguyen:
The flop gave both players flush draws, though Haugo's was obviously better. A turn meant Haugo needed to improve on the river to survive, unless a hit, which would mean a chopped pot. The paired the board, leaving Haugo felted.
"Good hand," he said, shaking Nguyen's hand. "Good luck."
| Danny Nguyen | 2,500,000 | 242,000 |
| Chris Haugo | 0 | -693,000 |
Tuesday, June 3, 2014 4:06 PM Local Time
Hands #50-56: Patti Punishes Nguyen
Hand 50: Jeff Smith opened to 52,000 under the gun, Chris Haugo raised to 118,000, Smith shoved all in covering Haugo, Haugo folded.
Hand 51: Frank Patti raised to 62,000 in the small blind, Smith called in the big blind. Flop came , Frank bet 50,000. Smith mucked.
Hand 52: Haugo under the gun shoved, everyone folded.
Hand 53: Danny Nguyen raised to 52,000 from the small blind, Haugo called from the big blind. Dealer fanned a flop, Nhuyen bet 56,000, Haugo folded.
Hand 54: Patti raised to 50,000 under the gun, Nguyen called from the button, Fontana called from the big blind. Flop Fontana and Patti checked, Nguyen bet 57,000, Fontana folded, Patti called. Turn , both players checked. River , Patti checked, Nguyen bet 76,000, Patti called. Nguyen shows a bluff Patti shows for king high and ships the pot
Hand 55: Chris Haugo shoved all in on the button and took it down.
Hand 56: Danny Nguyen opened to 52,000 under the gun and won the pot.
Tuesday, June 3, 2014 3:53 PM Local Time
Hands #46-49: Patti and Nguyen are Active
Hand 46: Danny Nguyen raised to 52,000 from under the gun and Chris Haugo called before John Fontana three-bet to 200,000, taking down the pot.
Hand 47: Frank Patti raised to 50,000 on the button and got a call from Danny Nguyen. The flop came and both players checked. The turn was bet at for 50,000 by Nguyen and he won the pot.
Hand 48: Frank Patti raised to 50,000 from the cutoff and received two calls from Jeff Smith and Danny Nguyen. The flop came and Nguyen checked. Patti bet 60,000 and Smith called while Nguyen bowed out. Two-handed for the turn, Patti bet 100,000 and took the pot from Smith.
Hand 49: Frank Patti raised to 50,000 under the gun and Danny Nguyen three-bet to 110,000, winning the pot preflop.
Tuesday, June 3, 2014 3:45 PM Local Time
Hands #40-45: Fontana Leads the River
Hand 40: Danny Nguyen opened to 54,000, and John Fontana shipped it from the small blind. Nguyen quickly folded.
Hand 41: Jeff Smith got a walk.
Hand 42: Frank Patti raised to 50,000 on the button, and Nguyen defended his big blind. Nguyen check-folded to 50,000 more on the flop.
Hand 43: Smith raised to 50,000 on the button, and Chris Haugo called from the big blind. Haugo check-folded when Smith bet 53,000 on .
Hand 44: Another hand, another check-fold on the flop. This time, Fontana called a raise from Nguyen and folded on the flop.
Hand 45: Fontana raise to 60,000 in the small blind, and Patti defended. Both players checked the flop, and a turned. Fontana checked again, and he called a 50,000 bet from his opponent. He then bet out 55,000 on the river, and Patti folded.
Tuesday, June 3, 2014 3:44 PM Local Time
PokerNews Podcast Episode #220: Litigating for Rolls feat. Vanessa Selbst
Vanessa Selbst, winner of Event #2: $25,000 Mixed-Max No-Limit Hold'em and her third World Series of Poker gold bracelet, joins the show to talk about her heads-up matches, the Twitter beef with Jason Mo, and her two small dogs. Rich, Donnie, and Jason then take a look at all of the recent bracelet winners and dissect the idea of a $20 million guarantee tournament.
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Tuesday, June 3, 2014 3:23 PM Local Time
Chip Counts at the Break
Players are on their first 20-minute break of the day.
| Danny Nguyen | 2,258,000 | 558,000 |
| Frank Patti | 1,257,000 | 112,000 |
| Jeff Smith | 1,253,000 | 853,000 |
| Chris Haugo | 693,000 | -32,000 |
| John Fontana | 342,000 | -258,000 |
Tuesday, June 3, 2014 3:18 PM Local Time
Hands #38-39: Pots for Nguyen and Patti
Hand 38: Frank Patti raised to 40,000 and found calls from Danny Nguyen and Chris Haugo. The flop came and all three players checked. The turn was the and Nguyen bet 50,000. This got a fold from Haugo and a three-bet to 120,000 from Patti. Nguyen called and the river was . Nguyen check-called Patti's 145,000 bet with for a fullhouse.
Hand 39: Frank Patti raised to 40,000 again, this time from under the gun. He got calls from Jeff Smith, Chris Haugo, and John Fontana, and the flop came . Haugo checked, Fontana bet 75,000, Patti called, and Smith folded. Two-handed now, the turn came and both players checked. The river was the and Patti took it down with a 160,000 bet.
Tuesday, June 3, 2014 3:16 PM Local Time
Hands #34-37
Hand 34: Danny Nguyen opens to 47,000, John Fontana calls from the big blind and the two see a flop. Fontana checks, Nguyen bets 45,000 and Fontana calls to the turn . This time, Fontana open shoves for 163,000 and Nguyen mucks, showing . Fontana shows as he is shipped the pot.
Hand 35: Jeff Smith opens to 43,000, Chris Haugo raises to 112,000 and Smith folds.
Hand 36: Fontana opens from the cutoff, taking the blinds and antes after everyone folds.
Hand 37: Fontana opens from the hijack to 40,000, Nguyen calls from the big blind and the two see a flop. Both players check to the turn . Nguyen checks, Fontana bets and Nguyen folds.
Tuesday, June 3, 2014 3:06 PM Local Time
Hands #30-33: Haugo Doubles with Unlikely Flush
Hand 30: Danny Nguyen opened for a raise and Frank Patti defended his big blind. Patti check-called 47,000 on the . Both players checked through the and .
Patti showed for bottom pair, which was good.
Hand 31: Nguyen raised to 42,000 under the gun, and Chris Haugo called. The flop brought and Nguyen bet 52,000. Haugo called, and a hit the board. Nguyen bet 87,000 and Haugo slid his cards to the dealer.
Hand 32: Haugo shoved under the gun; nobody called him.
Hand 33: Patti opened for 40,000 and Haugo pushed all in for 354,000 in the big blind after everyone else folded. Patti called immediately.
Patti:
Haugo:
The flop came , no help to Haugo.
"Seven of diamonds for the sweat," Patti asked.
"Thanks for the support," Haugo replied.
The turn was a diamond - the - bringing a possible backdoor flush. The river completed that flush, giving Haugo an unlikely double.
| Chris Haugo | 725,000 | 75,000 |
Tuesday, June 3, 2014 2:59 PM Local Time
Hands #23-29: Conservative Action
Hand 23: Jeff Smith raised preflop and won the pot.
Hand 24: Frank Patti raised to 40,000 under the gun and got a call from Danny Nguyen on the button, as well as from John Fontana in the big blind. The flop of got a check from Fontana, a bet of 50,000 from Patti, and everyone folded.
Hand 25: Danny Nguyen raised from the cutoff to 42,000 and Frank Patti three-bet to 83,000. After Nguyen called, we saw a flop of and Nguyen led out for 88,000, which won the pot.
Hand 26: John Fontana raised to 60,000 from the button and Frank Patti three-bet from the small blind and won the pot.
Hand 27: Chris Haugo raised to 42,000 under the gun and Jeff Smith three-bet to 120,000 from the small blind and won the pot.
Hand 28: Danny Nguyen raised to 42,000 from the small blind and won the blinds and antes.
Hand 29: Frank Patti rasied to 40,000 under the gun and received a call from Danny Nguyen. The flop came and both players checked. The came on the turn and Patti bet 40,000. Nguyen called and the turn came . Both players checked and Nguyen's was good enough to win the pot.
Tuesday, June 3, 2014 2:50 PM Local Time
Chris Hunichen Eliminated in 6th Place ($53,951)
Hand 22: Chris Hunichen opened to 50,000, Danny Nguyen called from the big blind, and the two saw a flop. Danny slid out a bet and Chris snap-shoved all in. Nguyen quickly called putting Hunichen at risk.
Nguyen:
Hunichen:
Hunichen was behind but had outs to a flush and his ace was live. The turn and river gave no aid, however, and Hunichen was knocked out in sixth place.
This is the second straight year with a sixth-place finish for Hunichen, as he took sixth in last year's WSOP Millionaire Maker event for $229,575.
| Danny Nguyen | 1,700,000 | 400,000 |
| Chris Hunichen | 0 | -415,000 |
Tuesday, June 3, 2014 2:44 PM Local Time
Hands #19-21: Bets Get Folds
Hand 19: Jeff Smith raised to 43,000 from the hijack and took down the pot preflop.
Hand 20: Danny Nguyen raised to 42,000 and Frank Patti called. The flop came and Nguyen took it down with a bet of 54,000 after Patti checked.
Hand 21: Jeff Smith received a walk.
Tuesday, June 3, 2014 2:43 PM Local Time
Hands #13-18: Nguyen Drags a Couple
Hand 13: Danny Nguyen accidentally called, and John Fontana called as well on the button. Chris Hunichen checked his big blind, and flopped. Nguyen bet 56,000 after Hunichen checked, Fontana folded, and Hunichen shoved, getting a relatively quick fold.
Hand 14: Patti got a walk.
Hand 15: Patti raised to 50,000 in the small blind, and Jeff Smith repopped to 125,000. Patti called, but he then check-folded to another 125,000 on the flop.
Hand 16: Fontana opened to 54,000 and took down the pot.
Hand 17: Patti raised to 40,000 and got called by only Nguyen. Nguyen check-called the flop for 45,000. The turn brought an , and Nguyen fired out 82,000. That was good enough to get Patti to fold.
Hand 18: Patti raised to 40,000 and once again, Nguyen called, as did Fontana in the big blind. Everyone checked to Nguyen on the flop, and he won the pot with a bet of 45,000.
Tuesday, June 3, 2014 2:33 PM Local Time
Brad Libson Eliminated in 7th Place ($40,489)
Hand 12: Danny Nguyen opens from the cutoff to 42,000 and big blind Brad Libson shoves all in. Nguyen snap-calls putting Libson at risk.
Nguyen:
Libson:
The board ran out and Libson was busted in 7th place.
| Danny Nguyen | 1,300,000 | 490,000 |
| Brad Libson | 0 | -415,000 |