Sunday, June 15, 2014 4:59 PM Local Time
Silver Runs into Aces
After eliminating Andrea Dato holding two aces, Max Silver has now run into a pair of bullets himself.
Ami Alibay was all in and at risk for 73,600 with against Silver's dominated , but Silver picked up a few outs on a flop of . The on the turn also gave him four outs to chop - any would give the duo Broadway - but the bricked off on the river.
Alibay doubled to 148,200 chips, while Silver dipped back down to 104,000.
| Ami Alibay | 148,200 | 63,200  |
| Max Silver | 104,000 | -80,000  |
Sunday, June 15, 2014 4:55 PM Local Time
Ciao, Dato
Andrea Dato was all in and at risk preflop for around 54,000 holding , and unfortunately for him he was dominated by Max Silver's .
The aces held up as the board came , and Dato was eliminated.
Silver is up to 184,000 chips.
| Max Silver | 184,000 | 89,000 |
| Andrea Dato | 0 | -129,100 |
Sunday, June 15, 2014 4:52 PM Local Time
Counts from Tables 351 & 352
| David Williams | 325,000 | 1,500 |
| Ashton Griffin | 284,000 | 124,000 |
| Brigette Lau | 203,000 | -17,000 |
| Wade Townsend | 190,000 | 90,000 |
| Jeremy Kottler | 160,000 | 46,200 |
| Joe Cada | 137,000 | -1,700 |
| Lee Markholt | 124,000 | 64,200 |
| Jared Jaffee | 110,000 | 23,000 |
| Nam Le | 93,000 | -6,000 |
| Olivier Busquet | 37,000 | -24,800 |
| Yevgeniy Timoshenko | 31,000 | -80,200 |
Sunday, June 15, 2014 4:52 PM Local Time
Jaka Doubles With 10-7
We didn't catch the precise pre flop action, but it appeared as if Leonid Markin had limped the cutoff, and Faraz Jaka had shoved all in for 26,600 from the big blind. Markin, who started the day as the chip leader, made the call.
Markin:
Jaka:
The on the flop was of no help for either player, but the on the turn improved Jaka. The on the river was a blank, and Jaka doubled.
| Faraz Jaka | 56,000 | 29,400 |
Sunday, June 15, 2014 4:45 PM Local Time
Clements and Markin Clash
Scott Clements and Leonid Markin were heads up on a flop of , and Clements led out for 7,300. Markin raised to 21,000, Clements called, and the turn was the . Clements check-called a bet of 45,000, the completed the board, and Clements led out for 84,000.
Markin folded face up, and Clements pushed his cards into the muck facedown.
| Scott Clements | 323,000 | 83,000 |
| Leonid Markin | 238,000 | -32,000 |
Sunday, June 15, 2014 4:38 PM Local Time
Koon Finds a Double
Jason Koon raised all in for 18,400 out of the small blind, and Scott Clements called.
Koon:
Clements:
Koon doubled as the flop, turn, and river came , and is now up to 37,600 chips. Clements, who got off to a hot start today, is still among the leaders with 240,000 chips.
| Scott Clements | 240,000 | -20,000 |
| Jason Koon | 37,600 | 19,200 |
Sunday, June 15, 2014 4:32 PM Local Time
Stein Busts
Connor Drinan raised to 4,200, Sam Stein moved all in for 30,000 or so, and Drinan called.
Drinan:
Stein:
Stein was in rough shape, and failed to improve on a flop of . He was drawing dead on the turn ( ), and a meaningless completed the board.
| Connor Drinan | 170,000 | 25,000 |
| Sam Stein | 0 | -48,500 |
Sunday, June 15, 2014 4:00 PM Local Time
Break
The players are now on their first 20-minute break of the day.
Sunday, June 15, 2014 3:59 PM Local Time
Le Shoves on Lau
Brigette Lau raised to 3,400 on the button, Nam Le three-bet to 9,800 out of the small blind, and Lau called.
The dealer fanned , Le led out for 11,000, and Lau raised to 25,000. Le moved all in for 51,600, and Lau folded.
| Brigette Lau | 220,000 | -20,000 |
| Nam Le | 99,000 | 24,400 |
Sunday, June 15, 2014 3:49 PM Local Time
Wright Doubles Through Wolpert
Larry Wright checked to Leo Wolpert on a board. Wolpert bet out 4,500 and Wright raised it up to 10,400. Wolpert shoved all in and Wright made the call.
Wright:
Wolpert:
The on the turn gave Wright a straight, and it got even longer with the on the river. Wolpert's two pair went into the muck, and Wright doubled to about 125,000.
| Larry Wright | 125,000 | 61,000 |
| Leo Wolpert | 89,000 | -10,500 |
Sunday, June 15, 2014 3:49 PM Local Time
Chewed Up and Spit Out
Eric Wasserson was all in and at risk preflop with against Andrew Lichtenberger's .
Lichtenberger's hand held up as the board rolled out , and Wasserson was eliminated.
| Andrew Lichtenberger | 182,000 | 97,500 |
| Eric Wasserson | 0 | -34,600 |
Sunday, June 15, 2014 3:46 PM Local Time
Alibay Shows Ace-King
Max Silver raised to 3,600 from under the gun, Ami Alibay reraised to 7,800 in the cutoff, and Jonathan Duhamel cold four-bet to 18,000 out of the small blind. Silver folded, as did Alibay, and the latter showed .
Duhamel mucked facedown.
| Jonathan Duhamel | 160,000 | 33,000 |
| Max Silver | 95,000 | 6,000 |
| Ami Alibay | 85,000 | 1,000 |
Sunday, June 15, 2014 3:45 PM Local Time
Waxman Busts Lacay
In a pre flop situation between Waxman (button) and Lacay (big blind), it was the Frenchman eventually departing. Waxman had and was up against . Waxman flopped top pair, and Lacay wouldn't catch up: .
Two tables down we heard Doug Polk tell his friend Ryan Fee "I am out of the tournament". "Gee Ell" he added, wishing Fee the best of luck.
| Matt Waxman | 198,000 | 31,000 |
| Doug Polk | 0 | -149,300 |
| Ludovic Lacay | 0 | -43,500 |
Sunday, June 15, 2014 3:40 PM Local Time
Ludo Doubles
Ludovic Lacay was all in and at risk for 20,800 preflop holding , and he was racing against the of Matt Waxman.
Waxman took the lead on a flop of , the was a brick, and Lacay snatched the lead back on the river when the spiked onto the felt to give him a set of jacks.
The Frenchman doubled to 43,500 chips, while Waxman fell to 167,000.
| Matt Waxman | 167,000 | -6,000 |
| Ludovic Lacay | 43,500 | 14,200 |
Sunday, June 15, 2014 3:36 PM Local Time
Hunichen Doesn't Have Deuces
When we arrived at Table 350, the scene looked like this: David Paredes had what appeared to be a three-bet to 12,700 in front of him, Byron Kaverman had a four-bet of 21,500 in front of him, and Chris Hunichen was all in for 67,600.
Paredes folded, and Kaverman went into the tank.
"I feel like you have deuces or something," Kaverman finally said.
There was a beat.
"I don't," Hunichen said simply.
The players at the table burst into laughter - even Kaverman grinned.
"Well," Andrew Lichtenberger interjected. "That settles that."
Kaverman eventually folded, and Eric Wasserson urged "Big Huni" to show a deuce.
"Trust me," Hunichen said. "If I had a deuce I would show."
| Chris Hunichen | 105,000 | -14,700 |
| Byron Kaverman | 84,000 | -32,000 |
| David Paredes | 75,000 | 31,600 |
Sunday, June 15, 2014 3:27 PM Local Time
Le Doubles
Nam Le opened to 3,400 and got reraised by Wade Townsend in the big blind to 8,200. Le pondered for a little bit, and then shoved all in for a total of 36,300. Townsend made the call, and soon found out he had some catching up to do.
Townsend:
Le:
The flop gave both players top pair, and both would make it two pair with the running deuces ( and ). Le's kicker played, double up for the player who won the 2006 Bay 101 Shooting Star for $1,198,300.
| Wade Townsend | 100,000 | -36,800 |
| Nam Le | 74,600 | 24,500 |
Sunday, June 15, 2014 3:17 PM Local Time
Duhamel on the Rise
Jonthan Duhamel had the button, and raised to 3,200. Max Silver called in the big blind, then checked on a flop of . Duhamel continued for 4,500, Silver check-raised to 11,500, and Duhamel made the call.
The turn was the , Silver led out for 12,500, and the 2010 WSOP Main Event champ made the call.
Duhamel called another bet of 18,000 on the river ( ), and Silver tabled for sixes and deuces. Duhamel revealed for kings and deuces, and was awarded the pot.
| Jonathan Duhamel | 127,000 | 77,000 |
| Max Silver | 89,000 | -19,100 |
Sunday, June 15, 2014 3:14 PM Local Time
Ace on the River
All the chips went in, in a blind battle between Layne Flack (small blind) and Dan Smith (big blind). Flack was the player at risk with 89,100 in the middle. Smith had him covered, but just by about 16,000.
Flack:
Smith:
Things were looking good for Smith up until the river: . Flack doubled to almost 180,000, Smith was left with a little over 15,000 after paying his small blind.
| Layne Flack | 179,400 | 80,400 |
| Dan Smith | 15,300 | -100,400 |
Sunday, June 15, 2014 3:13 PM Local Time
Brigette Keeps Building
During one of our first passes today, we noticed that Brigette Lau had quickly chipped up to over 200,000. She's added more since then, and is now flirting with the quarter-million marker.
She was recently going toe-to-toe with Jared Jaffee on a board of . Lau checked, Jaffee fired out 7,800, and Lau tanked for a considerable amount of time before check-raising to 18,000.
Jaffee folded.
| Brigette Lau | 240,000 | 25,000 |
| Jared Jaffee | 87,000 | 15,800 |
Sunday, June 15, 2014 3:07 PM Local Time
Larry Versus Ludo
On a board we saw 5,500 in front of EPT Sanremo winner Ludovic Lacay. The all in button and a total of 28,600 chips lay before Larry Wright and he said "I'm feeling pretty confident, you didn't snap". Lacay looked like he wanted to fold, but called in the end anyway.
Wright turned over for the nuts, Lacay angrily threw his forward. "Go for the gutshot, hit the $#@*! gutshot" said the Frenchman. The on the river was a blank and Wright doubled up.
| Larry Wright | 64,000 | 200 |
| Ludovic Lacay | 29,300 | -34,200 |