Sunday, June 28, 2015 8:09 PM Local Time
Kevin MacPhee gets a walk in the big blind.
Sunday, June 28, 2015 8:07 PM Local Time
Pascal Theodosiadis raises to 120,000 from middle position and the action folds around to Hung Tran in the big blind.
Tran calls and announces he will check dark. On the flop, Theodosiadis bets 240,000 and Tran goes deep into the tank. After about two minutes, players at the table ask for the clock, but before a countdown begins, Tran mucks his hand.
Sunday, June 28, 2015 8:05 PM Local Time
Igor Yaroshevskyy opens to 100,000 from the cutoff and scoops the blinds and antes.
Sunday, June 28, 2015 8:04 PM Local Time
Hung Tran opens to 100,000 from early position and that will be enough to scoop the blinds and antes.
Sunday, June 28, 2015 8:04 PM Local Time
Pascal Theodosiadis opens the action with a raise to 100,000 from the button. Tristan Wade calls in the big blind and the two see a flop.
Theodosiadis bets 170,000 thinking that Wade had already acted, but he didn't. After Wade checks, Theodosiadis' bet stands and Wade folds.
Sunday, June 28, 2015 7:54 PM Local Time
Martin Kozlov opens to 80,000 from early position and Igor Yaroshevskyy defends his big blind to see a flop.
Both players check the flop to see the fall on the turn, where Yaroshevskyy checks for a second time.
Kozlov slides out a 125,000 chip bet and Yaroshevskyy quickly calls.
The completes the board and Yaroshevskyy checks again, with Kozlov pushing his entire 630,000 chip stack forward after a few moments of thought.
Yaroshevskyy needs a little longer than a few moments, as he spends nearly three minutes in the tank before calling.
Kozlov turns over for nothing but ace high, while Yaroshevskyy gives himself a fist pump before tabling .
Kozlov is eliminated on the first hand of the official Event #56 final table and will make just under $40,000 for his 9th place finish.
Igor Yaroshevskyy is now back as the chip leader, with just over 2,800,000.
Sunday, June 28, 2015 7:53 PM Local Time
Level: 27
Blinds: 25K/50K
Ante: 5K
Sunday, June 28, 2015 7:43 PM Local Time
Hung Tran opens the action with a raise to 80,000 from the hijack. The action folds to Nikita Nikolaev in the big blind and he moves all in, sliding 535,000 in orange chips into the middle.
Tran takes his time before he stacks up some green chips and drops them in the middle for the call. Nikolaev shows and is ahead of Tran's .
As Tran is calling for a four, the dealer shows the flop, giving Tran a set of fours and the lead. Nikolaev is looking for a nine, but the turn and river are no help and Tran scoops the pot with quad fours.
Hung Tran - 1,500,000
Nikita Nikolaev - Eliminated in 10th Place ($30,492)
Sunday, June 28, 2015 7:38 PM Local Time
While the official Event #56 final table won't be reached until nine players remain, the final ten players have redrawn for their seats at the unofficial final table, with those assignments and chip counts posted below:
- Eric Sfez - 2,100,000
- Hung Tran - 1,200,000
- Kevin MacPhee - 1,800,000
- Scott Vener - 800,000
- Pascal Theodosiadis - 750,000
- Nikita Nikolaev - 550,000
- Igor Yaroshevskyy - 1,900,000
- Tristan Wade - 1,300,000
- Joshua Field - 550,000
- Martin Kozlov - 850,000
It should be noted that this final table will not be live streamed, but WSOP.com will provide hand-for-hand updates when nine players remain.
Sunday, June 28, 2015 7:32 PM Local Time
The action folds around to Blair Rodman on the button and he moves all in for 360,000. The small blind folds and Tristan Wade asks for a count from the big blind. Wade takes a moment before he calls and flips .
Rodman shows and is looking for some help. The flop hits both players, but Wade is out in front with a pair of aces. The turn gives Rodman some additional outs to a straight, but the river is a blank and Wade scoops the pot.
Tristan Wade - 1,185,000
Blair Rodman - Eliminated in 11th Place ($30,492)
Sunday, June 28, 2015 7:23 PM Local Time
Hung Tran opens the action with a raise to 80,000 from early position. The action folds around to Scott Vener in the big blind and he moves all in for 420,000.
Tran quickly drops in a call and holds to Vener's .
On the flop, Vener is still ahead, but Tran has picked up a straight draw. Vener hits a set on the turn and Tran will need a ten for a straight on the river to win and knock out Vener. But the river is the and Vener secures the double up.
As he's stacking his chips, Vener says "that one was for David Benefield," who had been sitting to Vener's right since players reached the final two tables.
"In the words of David Benefield, 'I didn't come here to fold nines,'" Vener said.
Scott Vener - 880,000
Hung Tran - 1,100,000
Sunday, June 28, 2015 7:17 PM Local Time
In back-to-back hands, two short stacks at Table 404 have doubled up.
The first saw Kevin MacPhee open shove from the small blind and Pascal Theodosiadis snap call and table .
MacPhee holds and will need to hit to score the knockout.
He nearly does, as the board runs out , missing his flush draw on the river to double up the short stack to nearly 900,000. MacPhee is cut down slightly to 1,600,000.
The very next hand sees Blair Rodman open to 80,000 and Martin Kozlov call in the big blind.
Kozlov then moves all-in after the flop, with Rodman calling only to be shown .
Rodman has top pair as well with and will need to hit on the turn and river to eliminate the short stack.
He can't, as the board bricks out and Kozlov scores the double, now playing close to 700,000.
Rodman is now one of the shorter stacks remaining with just over ten big blinds.
Sunday, June 28, 2015 7:13 PM Local Time
David Benefield moves all-in for his final 180,000 from the button and after a few moments of thought, Eric Sfez calls in the big blind to put the short stack at risk.
Sfez will have to hit to score the knockout though, as he holds to Benefield's .
He does, as the board runs out .
Benefield is eliminated in 12th place and will make just over $30,000 for his Event #56 run.
Sunday, June 28, 2015 7:07 PM Local Time
Luigi Curcio moves all in from the hijack for his remaining 200,000. The action folds around to Kevin MacPhee in the big blind who instantly calls, flipping over . Curcio shows .
"It's a classic race," the dealer announces before he shows the flop. Curcio's pair is still good, but MacPhee has picked up the nut flush draw. The turn is a blank, but MacPhee hits his flush on the river.
Curcio is out in 13th and will cash for $24,154.
Kevin MacPhee - 2,020,000
Sunday, June 28, 2015 7:02 PM Local Time
Level: 26
Blinds: 20,000/40,000
Ante: 5,000
Sunday, June 28, 2015 6:39 PM Local Time
After the first three levels of play saw nearly half the field get sent to the rail, the next three levels didn't have that same effect.
There are 13 players remaining on the second break of the day and those players will return shortly to play down to a final table and an Event #56 champion.
Sunday, June 28, 2015 6:38 PM Local Time
Igor Yaroshevskyy opens to 70,000 from the cutoff and Theodoros Aidonopolos moves all-in for just over 60,000 from the small blind.
Yaroshevskyy snap calls and tables and Aidonopolos will need to hit to stay alive holding .
The board runs out and Aidonopolos is eliminated in 14th place.
He'll make just under $25,000 for his Event #56 efforts, while Yaroshevsky is now playing close to 2,300,000.
Sunday, June 28, 2015 6:27 PM Local Time
Tristan Wade opens to 70,000 and Kevin MacPhee calls in the big blind.
MacPhee check-calls 80,000 on the flop.
The falls on the turn and MacPhee leads for 158,000. Wade calls to see the river.
The completes the board and MacPhee lead for a second consecutive street, this time for 260,000.
Wade asks for a count of MacPhee's total stack and after close to two minutes, calls, only to see MacPhee table for a rivered nut flush.
Wade shakes his head and mucks, conceding the pot to MacPhee who is now up near 2,000,000. Wade on the other hand has been cut down to 800,000.
Sunday, June 28, 2015 6:21 PM Local Time
Pascal Theodosiadis moves all in from early position for 239,000. Blair Rodman calls and the action folds around to Martin Kozlov in the big blind. Kozlov goes into the tank for about a minute before he folds, leaving Theodosiadis and Rodman heads up.
Theodosiadis:
Rodman:
Theodosiadis remains ahead after the flop. The turn and river bring no help to Rodman and Theodosiadis doubles up.
Kozlov says after the hand that he folded pocket eights.
Pascal Theodosiadis - 558,000
Blair Rodman - 420,000
Sunday, June 28, 2015 6:14 PM Local Time
Joshua Field was down to his final 100,000 chips two hands ago, but after two double ups, he's now playing just over 500,000 and finally has a workable stack for the first time in recent memory.
The first hand saw Fields open shove from early position and Theodoros Aidonopolos re-shove. That isolated the short stack but it wouldn't help score the knockout, as Field's held against Aidonopolos' .
In the very next hand, Field moves all-in again, this time having David Benefield re-shove to isolate. It works again and the two would be flipping for Field's tournament life, against the short stack's .
The board runs out with Benefield falling to "get the check mark" for a second straight meaningful pot, as he flopped top pair only to see Field turn his set.
Field is now playing just over 500,000 and Benefield has been cut down to 450,000.