Event #55: $1,500 Draftkings 50/50 No-Limit Hold'em

The action folds around to Ping Liu in the small blind, who moves all in.  Matt Affleck in the big bind calls for 264,000 and the hands are turned up.

Matt Affleck -   
Ping Liu -   

The board runs out in Affleck's favor,      .  Affleck was trending downward during the first two levels of the day but seems to have righted the ship.

Matt Affleck - 540,000

Mukul Pahuja raises from the hijack to 45,000. Brandon Wittmeyer calls on the button and Tom Braband calls from the big blind. The flop comes    .  All three players check.  The turn is the  .

Braband and Pahuja check and Wittmeyer bets 75,000. Braband calls and Pahuja folds. The river is the  . Braband pauses for ten seconds and then checks. Wittmeyer quickly checks behind.

Braband turns over    for a pair of aces and Wittmeyer taps the table, then turns over the  , saying, "I had a real hand, though."

Irwin Dinsay

Stefano Terziani raises from middle position and it folds around to Erwin Dinsay in the small blind. Dinsay moves all in for 134,000 and Terziani calls.

Erwin Dinsay -   
Stefano Terziani -   

The board runs out      , giving Terziani a straight and sending Dinsay to the rail. Dinsay finishes in 13th place and earns $9,096 for his performance.

Matt Affleck raises to 35,000 from under the gun and Tom Braband calls from the big blind.  The flop comes    . Braband checks and Affleck bets 55,000.  Braband calls.

The turn is the  . Braband checks and Affleck thinks over his options for thirty seconds, then bets 105,000.  Braband calls and the river brings the  . Braband quickly checks and Affleck goes into the tank. After a full minute, Affleck checks behind. Braband tables    and Affleck throws his cards to the muck.

Matt Affleck - 181,000
Tom Braband - 740,000

Just back from break, Ping Liu raises to 32,000 and Aaron Johnson shoves all-in.

Ping Liu:   
Aaron Johnson:   

The flop comes     giving Johnson a set. 

The   turn and   river do not improve Liu and Johnson is awarded a full double. 

Ping Liu - 1,700,000
Aaron Johnson 370,000

Brian Booth

Brian Booth moves all in on the button for 95,000 and Perati Muhamet calls from the big blind.

Brian Booth -   
Perati Muhamet -   

The flop comes    , giving Booth the best hand but the turn   gives Muhamet the wheel and seals Booths fate. The river   completes the board and Brian Booth is eliminated in 17th place for $7,354.

Perati Muhamet - 710,000
Brian Booth - Eliminated

We are down to the final two tables and the players' new seats are as follows:

Table 446:
1- Erwin Dinsay
2- Derek Gomez
3- Markus Brunner
4- Tom Braband
5- Matt Affleck
6-Stefano Terziani
7- Mukul Pahuja
8- Michael Whitman
9- Brandon Wittmeyer

Table 447:
1- Joao Simao
2- Ping Liu
3- Ronan Monfort
4- Brian Booth
5- Aaron Johnson
6- Perati Muhamet
7- Tanya Kirk
8- Joseph Barnard
9- Phung Ngo

On a board reading     Sergio Guerra shoves all-in and is called by Ping Liu.

Guerra is in the lead with    against Liu's   . But Liu had a lot of outs with his open ended straight flush draw. And unfortunately for Guerra, Liu hits a   on the turn to make a pair of queens. The   river is of no help to Guerra and he is eliminated in 20th place.

Sergio Guerra - Eliminated
Ping Liu -1,300,000

There were three all-in hands occurring simultaneously here in the amazon gold section. One of those hands was told to the wsop.com blog by a player at the table, Stefano Terziani meant to raise but accidentally limped pre-flop in early position. With action on Walter Treccarichi, he shoved all-in for approx. 90,000 and was called by Terziani. Terziani had    versus Treccarichi's  . The board ran out so that Terziani's ace-king high took the pot and Treccarichi was eliminated in 23rd place taking home $6,049 for his efforts.

Walter Treccarichi - Eliminated
Stefano Terziani - 510,000