Thursday, July 10, 2014 5:33 PM Local Time
Morris Checks Back Underfull
Jonathan Aguiar bet 8,000 on a flop of , and Arthur Morris called from the button. The led to Aguiar checking, and he called 15,800 from Morris. Aguiar checked again on the river.
"I have a six," Morris said.
Aguiar tossed into the middle for a higher boat.
Morris shook his head, turning over the before mucking.
| Arthur Morris | 258,000 | -39,000  |
| Jonathan Aguiar | 177,000 | 119,000  |
Thursday, July 10, 2014 5:30 PM Local Time
Counts From Brasilia
| Maria Mayrinck | 360,000 | 45,000 |
| Mikiyo Aoki | 280,000 | 55,000 |
| Rory Brown | 180,000 | -15,000 |
| Chris Moneymaker | 173,000 | -42,000 |
| Byron Kaverman | 125,000 | -15,000 |
| Eric Ethans | 120,000 | 40,000 |
| David Vamplew | 74,000 | -43,000 |
| Artem Litvinov | 45,000 | -149,200 |
| Ryan Riess | 29,000 | -5,000 |
Thursday, July 10, 2014 5:29 PM Local Time
Kaverman Tanks and Calls
We found Byron Kaverman checking a final board of in middle position. His opponent, on Kaverman's left, bet 25,000, and Kaverman tanked for about three minutes, looking at his opponent a few times. Finally, he tossed in a call and was shown for a flush.
| Byron Kaverman | 140,000 | 10,000 |
Thursday, July 10, 2014 5:26 PM Local Time
Updated Chip Counts from Brasilia Blue
| Raul Mestre | 750,000 | -37,000 |
| Tom Roupe | 620,000 | 270,400 |
| Tim Stansifer | 595,000 | 124,000 |
| Curtis Rystadt | 299,000 | -31,000 |
| Gennady Shimelfarb | 190,000 | 190,000 |
| Mike Dentale | 177,300 | 177,300 |
| Bryan Devonshire | 160,000 | 127,000 |
| Ismael Bojang | 146,000 | 9,000 |
| Jon Turner | 140,000 | 100,000 |
| Aaron Steury | 116,000 | 116,000 |
| Chris Lee | 95,500 | 95,500 |
| Layne Flack | 81,700 | -60,300 |
| Matt Matros | 79,000 | -57,700 |
| Tyler Patterson | 71,200 | 6,200 |
| Jens Kyllonen | 69,000 | -49,000 |
| Sean Winter | 64,500 | -100,500 |
| Amit Makhija | 44,300 | -2,700 |
| Adam Levy | 24,000 | -102,500 |
Thursday, July 10, 2014 5:26 PM Local Time
Pierce Sits, Three-Bets
Paul Pierce was just moved to the Purple Section of the Amazon Room, and on one of his first hands he was faced with a raise of 5,100 from Scott Baumstein in middle position. Pierce reached into his stack, flicking out a reraise to 21,000, and the action was back on Baumstein.
The American pro mulled the decision over for a minute or so before tossing his cards into the muck, and the pot was pushed to the 10-time NBA All-Star.
| Paul Pierce | 173,000 | 13,000 |
| Scott Baumstein | 115,000 | -20,700 |
Thursday, July 10, 2014 5:22 PM Local Time
Amazon Orange Counts
| Isaac Baron | 845,000 | 35,000 |
| Steve Tripp | 675,000 | -15,000 |
| Tyler Witteman | 645,000 | 645,000 |
| Ryan Hall | 580,000 | -10,000 |
| Mehrdad Yousefzadeh | 545,000 | 227,200 |
| Emil Olsson | 530,000 | 0 |
| John Hennigan | 515,000 | -55,000 |
| Eric Hicks | 505,000 | -58,000 |
| Julio Belluscio | 485,000 | 42,500 |
| Ali Eslami | 475,000 | 60,000 |
| Phil Ivey | 450,000 | -21,100 |
| Frank DeGeorge | 445,000 | 445,000 |
| Scott Palmer | 375,000 | -45,000 |
| Dan Smith | 315,000 | 101,000 |
| Cong Pham | 235,000 | -45,000 |
| Phil Galfond | 210,000 | 40,000 |
| Abe Mosseri | 170,000 | -30,000 |
| Brian Yoon | 155,000 | 92,600 |
| JJ Liu | 150,000 | 16,500 |
| Ruth Graham | 140,000 | 30,000 |
| Maria Ho | 115,000 | 45,000 |
| Gavin Griffin | 65,000 | 65,000 |
| Matt Waxman | 53,500 | 1,500 |
Thursday, July 10, 2014 5:21 PM Local Time
Charlie Combes Over Clark
Chuck Clark got his last 30,000 or so all in preflop and found himself in a race situation against fellow Brit Charlie Combes.
Clark:
Combes:
Clark had the best of it, but he needed to dodge overs and diamonds to keep his tournament hopes alive. That proved easier said than done though as the flop delivered Combes a pair of aces. Clark did flop a flush draw, but it didn't come as the blanked on the turn followed by the on the river.
| Chuck Clark | 0 | 0 |
Thursday, July 10, 2014 5:18 PM Local Time
Obst Back in it
James Obst started the day with 105,000 chips but an early bluff knocked him down to around 40,000.
Just now it was Obst who ended up all in before the flop and he was up against his right neighbor, Ola Amundsgard.
Obst:
Amundsgard:
The board ran out and Obst raked in a much needed double up. There are plenty of chips at this table as the two players to Obst's right, Amundsgard and Munir Shahin, are among the biggest stacks in the room.
| Munir Shahin | 530,000 | 0 |
| Ola Amundsgard | 465,000 | 5,000 |
| James Obst | 78,000 | 78,000 |
Thursday, July 10, 2014 5:18 PM Local Time
Pierce Nails the Trey
Paul Pierce three bet a preflop open and a player in late position four-bet shoved. The original raiser moved out of the way and Pierce had his chips in the middle before the cards were in the muck.
Pierce:
Opponent:
It wasn't yet known which player was at risk as both had very similar stacks. The dealer fanned out a which led to a fist-pump from Pierce. The turn and river fell -- -- Pierce's three kings were best and the dealer began to count out his stack.
After the count, Pierce had 900 chips fewer than his opponent and was pushed the double up.
Just before the hand played out, former NBA player Earl Barron walked up to Pierce to tell him the news of Barron's recent departure from the Main Event.
Barron was crippled just earlier when his got run down by an opponent's and a few hands later got in against . Barron had flopped best with the flop but the turn was a and Barron's quest was halted.
| Paul Pierce | 160,000 | 0 |
| Earl Barron | 0 | 0 |
Thursday, July 10, 2014 5:17 PM Local Time
Riess Promises to Last
The cameras are trained on Ryan Riess just in case he busts the tournament, and from the table next to his Chris Moneymaker was teasing Riess that the cameramen are getting bored. If it were him, Moneymaker said, he have bust by now and they could go home.
"They're going to be here all day," Riess told him.
"That's a great attitude," Moneymaker conceded
| Ryan Riess | 34,000 | -9,000 |
Thursday, July 10, 2014 5:15 PM Local Time
Barry Greenstein Eliminated
Down to just 27,800 in chips, Barry Greenstein moved all in first to act with . He would have the bad timing to run into and despite picking up a diamond flush draw on the turn, Greenstein would be eliminated when the board ran out . He shook hands with his opponent and headed quietly out of the Amazon Room.
| Barry Greenstein | 0 | -72,000 |
Thursday, July 10, 2014 5:14 PM Local Time
Some Updated Chip Counts from Brasilia Bronze
There are only seven tables remaining in the Bronze Section of the Brasilia Room. We took one last pass for chip counts before these players are sent to new tables.
| Konstantin Puchkov | 480,000 | 315,000 |
| Peter Neff | 425,000 | 2,600 |
| Maria Mayrinck | 315,000 | -25,000 |
| Brian Hastings | 230,000 | 21,200 |
| Eric Wasserson | 0 | -25,200 |
| Kunal Patel | 0 | 0 |
| Orson Young | 0 | 0 |
| Ted Forrest | 0 | -57,500 |
| Morgan Machina | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Lindh | 0 | 0 |
Thursday, July 10, 2014 5:12 PM Local Time
Some Purple Counts
| Raj Vohra | 510,000 | 37,000 |
| Michael Stembera | 460,000 | 130,000 |
| Brian Townsend | 430,000 | 35,000 |
| Thomas Lynde | 345,000 | 50,000 |
| Joseph McKeehen | 270,000 | 75,000 |
| Chris DeMaci | 210,000 | -30,000 |
| Ryan Olisar | 175,000 | 50,000 |
| Zach Hall | 165,000 | -6,300 |
| Michele Limongi | 160,000 | 160,000 |
| Faraz Jaka | 135,000 | -55,000 |
| Tommy Vedes | 120,000 | -13,000 |
| John Holley | 120,000 | -126,000 |
| Daniel Rohde | 110,000 | 110,000 |
| Hasan Habib | 107,000 | -3,000 |
| Matthias De Meulder | 95,000 | 5,000 |
| Todd Brunson | 65,000 | -9,000 |
Thursday, July 10, 2014 5:10 PM Local Time
Siffledeen Shoves on Juanda
We caught the action when the dealer put on the flop and Quentin Siffledeen checked from early position. John Juanda, on the button, bet 18,000 and Siffledeen called.
The turn brought the and Siffledeen checked again, after which Juanda bet 52,000.
"All in," Siffledeen snapped back at Juanda as soon as his bet hit the felt.
Juanda looked back down at his cards and slowly he pushed them into the muck.
"Huuuuge hand," Siffledeen smiled as he raked in the pot.
"I knew you had a big hand, but I didn't think you would go all in," Juanda replied as he's now down to below six figures.
| Quentin Siffledeen | 380,000 | 70,000 |
| John Juanda | 92,000 | -68,000 |
Thursday, July 10, 2014 5:03 PM Local Time
Amazon Tan Section Chip Counts
| Steve Chanthabouasy | 620,000 | 620,000 |
| Munir Shahin | 530,000 | -55,000 |
| Oscar Kemps | 260,000 | 260,000 |
| Allen Cunningham | 210,000 | -8,500 |
| Kevin Vandersmissen | 190,000 | 107,900 |
| Tony Moreno | 125,000 | |
| Tom Marchese | 122,000 | -28,000 |
| Roland Israelashvili | 120,000 | 35,000 |
| Elliot Smith | 68,000 | 68,000 |
| Ole Schemion | 62,000 | -73,000 |
| Marvin Rettenmaier | 56,000 | 19,000 |
Thursday, July 10, 2014 5:01 PM Local Time
Chip Counts from Amazon Purple
| Matthew Haugen | 445,000 | 445,000 |
| Taylor von Kriegenbergh | 390,000 | -22,000 |
| Paul Tedeschi | 385,000 | 65,000 |
| Timothy Reilly | 385,000 | -15,000 |
| Christopher Tolone | 385,000 | 385,000 |
| Griffin Benger | 270,000 | -40,000 |
| Tony Hachem | 255,000 | -5,000 |
| Antonio Esfandiari | 245,000 | 15,000 |
| John Monnette | 150,000 | 85,000 |
| Daniel Alaei | 140,000 | -70,000 |
| Erik Seidel | 130,000 | -10,000 |
| Anton Makiievskyi | 125,000 | 35,000 |
| Jason Helder | 120,000 | 120,000 |
| Kitty Kuo | 95,000 | 25,000 |
| Nancy Birnbaum | 75,000 | -5,000 |
| Martin Staszko | 60,000 | -5,000 |
| Joep van den Bijgaart | 55,000 | -50,500 |
Thursday, July 10, 2014 5:00 PM Local Time
McLellan Four-Bets All
Duncan McLellan had opened the action with a bet of 5,700 and got a caller two seats to his left before it got to the big blind who raised to 13,400. This seems to be a spot McLellan relishes and he had no hesitation in moving all in. The player who called him let out a little cry of annoyance and shot McLellan an angry look but he wasn't fazed.
| Duncan McLellan | 96,000 | -44,000 |
Thursday, July 10, 2014 4:55 PM Local Time
Ashton Done and Dusted
Matthew Ashton, who won last year's $50,000 Poker Players' Championship, is no more. Ashton managed to work his stack up to 240,000 here on Day 3, but ended up giving most of it to Konstantin Puchkov.
First, he shoved holding the on flop against two opponents, but bricked out and saw the 420,000 slip his grasp. Then he got it on holding the on a flop against Puchkov's . The turn and river both blanked, and that was all she wrote for Ashton, who cashed just one of the 13 events he played this summer (he took 107th in Event #14: $1,500 Limit Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better for $2,657.
| Matthew Ashton | 0 | -150,300 |
Thursday, July 10, 2014 4:50 PM Local Time
Fair Play
We're not sure when the money went in, but when we arrived at Table 441, Ryan Fair was all in and at risk with on a completed board of . Marcos De Siqueira's was being pulled into the muck, and the dealer was taking 52,800 from his stack to give to Fair.
Fair doubled to 111,300 chips, while Siqueira dropped to 170,000.
| Ryan Fair | 111,300 | 111,300 |
Thursday, July 10, 2014 4:45 PM Local Time
Chip Counts from Amazon Purple
| Aaron Wilt | 345,000 | -14,000 |
| Corey Thompson | 335,000 | 335,000 |
| Rocky McNatt | 315,000 | 0 |
| Zachary Donovan | 290,000 | -80,000 |
| John Kabbaj | 225,000 | 15,000 |
| David Pham | 220,000 | 10,000 |
| Vitaly Lunkin | 220,000 | 35,000 |
| Mukul Pahuja | 215,000 | -5,000 |
| Huck Seed | 190,000 | 62,000 |
| Michael Binger | 175,000 | 70,000 |
| Jeff Madsen | 140,000 | -90,000 |
| Laurence Grondin | 130,000 | 130,000 |
| Alexis Gilbard | 130,000 | -13,900 |
| Darren Rabinowitz | 130,000 | -1,000 |
| Jorn Walthaus | 110,000 | 49,500 |
| Thayer Rasmussen | 100,000 | 3,900 |
| Ben Yu | 45,000 | -130,000 |