Sunday, July 5, 2015 3:26 PM Local Time
There is 1,300 in the pot as the dealer puts out a flop of . The television cameras gather around as Mike Matusow calls a bet of 600 from Frank Williams. The turn is the and Matusow calls another bet, this time for 1,300.
The river is the and Williams fires out a third bullet, making it 3,100. Matusow thinks briefly, looks back at his cards, and shows the as he folds.
Mike Matusow - 43,200
Frank Williams - 34,575
Sunday, July 5, 2015 3:25 PM Local Time
With the pot brewing at 3,800 and the board reading , Anh Van Nguyen bets out 2,700 and his opponent calls.
The river lands the and both players check.
Nguyen tables his for a flush and his opponent mucks.
Anh Van Nguyen - 50,900
Sunday, July 5, 2015 3:23 PM Local Time
Dan Gannon raises to 525 from early position and Andrew Lichtenberger calls from the big blind.
The flop is and Lichtenberger checks over to Gannon, who fires 525. Lichtenberger calls and the hits the turn. Lichtenberger check-calls for 900 and the hits the river. After being checked to for a third time, Gannon bets 2,400.
Lichtenberger finds his hand is not worth calling with for a third time and Gannon scoops the pot.
Dan Gannon - 35,600
Andrew Lichtenberger - 27,600
Sunday, July 5, 2015 3:23 PM Local Time
The player in the hijack limps into the pot, as do the players on the button and in the small blind. Jesper Hougaard then thinks for a moment before raising it up to 1,500 from the big blind. Only the original limper calls before both players watch the flop come down .
Hougaard check-calls a bet of 2,000 from his opponent before the drops on the turn.
Both players check before doing the same after the completes the board.
Hougaard watches as his opponent turns over for a pair of sevens before he flips over for a higher pair and the winning hand.
Jesper Hougaard - 35,000
Sunday, July 5, 2015 3:19 PM Local Time
On a board of with 4,000 in the middle, the small blind bets out 1,500.
Jaime Staples ponders his decision for a little bit before calling.
The small blind announces "straight" and tables his . Staples folds and states he had a set.
Jaime Staples - 14,075
Sunday, July 5, 2015 3:19 PM Local Time
For every stack that trends upwards through the first few hours of a poker tournament, there are bound to be some that trend in the opposite direction.
That's exactly the case with Jean "Prince" Gaspard, who saw his 30,000 chip starting stack get cut down during the last level, eventually leading to a Level 2 elimination, as he was unable to recover from an early stumble.
Gaspard's fate likely isn't different from the majority of the players seated in the Brasilia Room right now, as thousands will be sent to the rail over the next few days.
Sunday, July 5, 2015 3:16 PM Local Time
Two players are looking at a board of . The player in the hijack position checks and Anthony Hope, who is in the cutoff, bets 1,600. The hijack calls and the two see the come on the turn. Both players check.
The comes on the river and again, both players check. The hijack shows , while Hope shows . "I needed one of those!" says the player in the hijack.
Anthony Hope - 28,000
Sunday, July 5, 2015 3:15 PM Local Time
Ivan Luca is in the big blind and check-calls a 550 bet from his opponent on the button after the flop comes . They both check the on the turn, then the river brings the .
Luca had another look at his cards and bets 650. His opponent hesitates a second before throwing out the call. Luca tables and his opponent mucks.
Iva Luca - 57,000
Sunday, July 5, 2015 3:14 PM Local Time
After getting 2,500 into the middle preflop, Ryan Campbell and Ralph Perry are heads-up in the blinds and see a flop of . Campbell checks from the small blind and Perry bets 3,000.
Campbell check-calls and the turn is the . Campbell checks and Perry bets 5,000. Campbell check-raises to 12,000 and Perry goes into the tank. Perry tanks for a couple minutes before tossing his hand into the muck and dropping under 10,000 in chips.
Ryan Campbell - 41,000
Ralph Perry - 9,900
Sunday, July 5, 2015 3:11 PM Local Time
Gabriel Nassif opens to 525 from the button and the player in the small blind calls. Orson Young is in the big blind and three-bets to 2,000. Only Nassif calls.
The flop is and Young bets 2,300. After 30 seconds of deliberation, Nassif calls and the two see the come on the turn. Young takes some time and then puts out a bet of 5,500.
Nassif tanks for some time and asks to see how much Young has behind. The two have very similar stacks and Young has about 22,000 behind. Nassif tanks for another minute or so and lets his hand go.
Orson Young - 36,100
Gabriel Nassif - 27,200
Sunday, July 5, 2015 3:11 PM Local Time
With 3,100 in the pot and the board showing , Neo Hoang checks. Heather Sue Mercer bets 1,600 and a third player folds his hand. Hoang dwells for a short while before check-raising to 3,500, which Mercer calls.
The turn is the and Hoang taps the table. Mercer checks behind, and the pair sees the hit the river. Hoang leads out for a bet of 3,500, and Mercer calls, only to be shown by Hoang for two pair, queens and tens. Mercer mucks her hand as she drops to 16,750.
Sunday, July 5, 2015 3:10 PM Local Time
A player in early position opens to 700 and Sigurd Eskeland three-bets to 1,800 from late position. Patrick Madden calls on the button, as does the early opener.
All three players check the flop and do so for a second time after the falls on the turn.
The completes the board and both out of position players check to Madden, who fires out a bet of 2,500.
Both players quickly fold and Madden gets pushed a small pot, with a tablemate whispering to Madden, "Have to on the river," referencing Madden's final bet after his opponents seemed content to check it down after some preflop action.
Madden is now playing just over 34,000.
Sunday, July 5, 2015 3:09 PM Local Time
Following a raise in the cutoff to 450, and a call from the button, Abe Mosseri three-bets the big blind to 1,500.
The original raiser passes, but the button player calls, then dealer fans a flop.
Both players check, and when the turn lands the , a bet of 1,700 from Mosseri is enough to take the pot down.
Abe Mosseri - 38,800
Sunday, July 5, 2015 3:08 PM Local Time
Former November Niner Kevin Schaffel raises to 400 from the hijack. Michael Ward calls from the small blind and David Longmate calls from the big blind. The flop comes . Both blinds check and Schaffel continues for 500. Ward calls and Longmate folds.
The turn is the . Ward checks and Schaffel checks behind. The river is the . Ward considers his options for about fifteen seconds and then bets 1,200. Schaffel quickly folds and Ward drags the pot.
Sunday, July 5, 2015 3:08 PM Local Time
The flop falls and both players check. The turn is the . Klein Bach bets 1,100 from the big blind and the cutoff calls.
The river is the . Both players check and Bach turns over for threes and fours. His opponent mucks his cards.
Bach, who has several WSOP cashes, including a third place finish in a WSOP $2,000 No Limit Hold'em event, takes the pot.
Klein Back - 26,700
Sunday, July 5, 2015 3:06 PM Local Time
Tyler Corbett raises to 400 in middle position and gets two callers, Hussain Sajwani in the cut off and Benny Spindler in the big blind.
The flop comes . Spindler checks, Corbett bets 625, Sajwani folds, and Spindler calls.
The turn is the . Spindler check-calls Corbett's 2,000-chip bet.
The river is the . Corbett bets out 5,000. Spindler puts 20,000 in orange chips out into the middle, putting Corbett all-in. After a brief pause, Corbett throws his remaining 6,000 into the middle.
Spindler shows for a flush on the river and Corbett flashes having flopped Broadway.
Corbett gathers his belongings and approaches the media table saying, "Sick run out eh? It looks very bluffy on my part to have bet 5,000 on that river so I have to call when he puts me all in."
Benny Spindler - 48,200
Tyler Corbett - Eliminated
Sunday, July 5, 2015 3:05 PM Local Time
The flop comes out and the big blind bets 700. Action moves over to David Paredes in the cutoff. Paredes calls and the falls on the turn. The big blind bets 1,300 and Paredes takes a second before raising to 5,100. The big blind mucks his cards and Paredes wins the pot.
David Paredes - 24,700
Sunday, July 5, 2015 3:04 PM Local Time
Under the gun, Glen Bickerstaff opens to 600. Walter White calls in the next seat, and Mike Sowers calls from middle position to see a three-way flop.
It comes , and Bickerstaff continues out for 1,000. White raises to 2,000, Sowers calls, and Bickerstaff adds the extra chip to call, too. The turn is the , and Bickerstaff checks. White bets 6,000, Sowers calls, and Bickerstaff shakes his head and folds. The river is the , and White checks. Sowers takes his cue to bet 8,000, and White quickly calls.
Sowers tables for top two pair, but White shows down to win the pot with top set.
Mike Sowers - 9,100
Sunday, July 5, 2015 3:04 PM Local Time
With 1,500 in the middle and the flop reading , former November Niner Anton Makiievskyi bets out 900 and his opponent calls.
The turn is the and Makiievskyi bets out 2,600. His opponent calls, then the lands on the river.
Makiievskyi bets out 5,500, and after roughly two minutes of deliberation, his opponent kicks his cards to the muck.
Anton Makiievskyi - 29,350
Sunday, July 5, 2015 3:03 PM Local Time
Maria Mayrinck had been chipping up steadily through the first level and was, as she put it, "Doing good until I flopped a set." Not too much damage done thought as Mayrinck is right around starting stack.
Mayrinck opens for 600 and picks up one caller from the big blind. A flop of and a continuation bet of 600 from Mayrinck wins the pot.