Saturday, July 11, 2015 8:45 PM Local Time
Kory Kilpatrick is all in for his last 145,000 with against the of Manuel Mutke. The board runs clean for Kilpatrick and he doubles up.
Kory Kilpatrick - 315,000
Saturday, July 11, 2015 8:41 PM Local Time
The flop is and Bruce Peery checks over to Tom West, who bets 32,000. Peery check-raises to 66,000 and West calls.
The turn is the and Peery leads out for 80,000. West thinks for about a minute and moves all in for approximately 100,000 more. Peery immediately calls.
West:
Peery:
West has a pair of kings, but he is drawing dead as Peery has a set of fours. The river is the and West is eliminated.
Bruce Peery - 950,000
Tom West - Eliminated
Saturday, July 11, 2015 8:39 PM Local Time
Daniel Lee opens to 18,000 in middle position, and Irina Batorevich three-bet shoves for 145,000 total. Lee calls with the covering stack, and he's a big favorite to earn the knockout.
Lee:
Batorevich:
The flop gives Batorevich a set of fives, and the turn ends any further drama. The river is the , and Batorevich doubles up with quad fives.
Irina Batorevich - 314,000
Daniel Lee - 190,000
Saturday, July 11, 2015 8:38 PM Local Time
Alberto Bari opens to 17,000 until he is instructed that the minimum raise is 20,000.
From middle position, Felipe Ramos three-bets to 54,000, and once the action returns to Bari, he folds.
Felipe Ramos - 610,000
Alberto Bari - 405,000
Saturday, July 11, 2015 8:34 PM Local Time
Daniel Negreanu raises to 22,000 from under the gun, and Nathan Bjerno calls from the button. Lance Harris calls from the big blind, and the players see the flop three-handed.
The dealer spreads , and Harris checks. Negreanu continues for 33,000. Bjerno folds, Harris folds, and Negreanu wins the first hand at his table after dinner break.
Daniel Negreanu - 770,000
Nathan Bjerno - 622,000
Lance Harris - 839,000
Saturday, July 11, 2015 8:29 PM Local Time
Level: 19
Blinds: 5,000/10,000
Ante: 1,000
Saturday, July 11, 2015 6:55 PM Local Time
Level 18 concludes, and the players are on a 90-minute break. From the 661 Day 4 starters, just 349 players remain. Everyone left is guaranteed at least $29,329.
The third level of the day was highlighted by a handful of big-name eliminations. Ryan Riess had about 120,000 chips left when he ran his pocket sevens into pocket queens, ending his day in 426th place.
Moments later, another former Main Event champion was eliminated from the main featured table. Phil Hellmuth and Daniel Negreanu battled in a huge coin flip with Hellmuth’s pocket queens a slight favorite against Negreanu’s ace-king. Negreanu flopped a pair of kings, though, and news of Hellmuth’s 417th-place elimination sent a wave of applause through the Amazon Room.
Another famous Phil was sent to the payout line right behind Hellmuth. Phil Laak was eliminated in 412th place after running his ace-king into Christian Harder’s pocket aces.
Chris DeMaci, Ryan Welch, Joseph Cappello, Matt Vengrin, Brian Lemke, Matt Berkey, and Craig McCorkell were also eliminated during the third level of the day.
It’s not all bad news, though. While the eliminations were piling up at the cashier’s desk, a few players were continuing to amass huge stacks. Joe McKeehen (pictured below) led at the previous break, and he continued his ascent during the last level, finishing with 1.979 million chips.
That's still good for the overall lead, but there is a big chase pack forming on McKeehen's heels.
Day 2 chipleader Amar Anand had a rough start to the day, but he rebounded in a big way during the third level. Most of Anand's new chips came at the expense of Tim Reilly in a big coin flip. Nikita Nikolaev eliminated Peter Akery in a big flip of his own to climb into seven figures. Antonio Copo flopped a set of fives to crack pocket aces in a huge pot against James Hawley, doubling up to about 1.5 million and finishing the level with 1.24 million. Alan Wentz got his money in with a straight plus a Royal Flush draw against Matt Berkey's top set, putting a pot worth nearly a million chips in the middle. Berkey could not catch up, and Wentz went ahead and completed his Royal with the Ace of Hearts on the river.
Here are the current top five:
Joe McKeehen - 1,979,000
Jim Rumptz - 1,800,000
Brian Hastings - 1,745,000
Federico Butteroni - 1,708,000
Amar Anand - 1,656,000
Only three players had seven-figure stacks to begin the day, but that number has grown to more than 40 as they depart for dinner. Jared Jaffee, Danny Fuhs, Mark Kroon, Orson Young, Upeshka de Silva, Toby Lewis, and Men Nguyen are among the players that passed the million-chip milestone for the first time during the last level.
The Amazon Room is quiet for the next 90 minutes, and action will resume at about 8:25 PM PDT.
Saturday, July 11, 2015 6:55 PM Local Time
Paul Fisher is all in for his last 12,000 and gets three callers. The flop comes and two players check to Patrick Bruel, who bets 20,000. Both players call. The turn is the and the first player to act checks, but this time Joshua Beckley bets 51,000. Bruel calls, and the third player in folds.
The river is the and Beckley bets 93,000. Bruel takes a long time to decide. The floor is called and within the last second of his allotted time, Bruel calls.
Beckley turns over for a straight, Bruel has for a set of nines and Fisher has and is eliminated.
Beckley wins the hand.
Joshua Beckley - 1,100,000
Patrick Bruel - 280,000
Paul Fisher - Eliminated
Saturday, July 11, 2015 6:55 PM Local Time
Jake Cody opens for 18,000 and Ran Ilani moves all in for 73,000. It folds back around to Cody who calls.
Cody:
Ilani:
Ilani stands up, puts his backpack on, and starts texting someone on his phone. The flop is and Ilani says "queen, queen ball" and the dealer obliges and puts out the on the turn.
"Now what do you want," says a player at the table to Ilani.
"Ummm, a four?" is Ilani's response.
The river is not a four. It's the to give Cody the king high straight and the pot. Ilani is eliminated and says "alright guys, nice playing with you."
Jake Cody - 592,000
Ran Ilani - Eliminated
Saturday, July 11, 2015 6:54 PM Local Time
Erasmus Morfe raises to 20,000 from the cutoff before Hayden Fortini moves all in for 159,000 from the big blind. Morfe thinks about his decision for a moment before calling the all in.
Morfe:
Fortini:
The board runs out to see Fortini improve to a flush to stay in the tournament.
Hayden Fortini - 340,000
Erasmus Morfe - 870,000
Saturday, July 11, 2015 6:53 PM Local Time
There is about 250,000 in the middle and Manuel Blaschke checks from middle position with the board reading . Luke Bielawski is in the cutoff and moves all in for effectively Bielawski's last 306,000, which sends Blaschke into the tank.
"Will you show if I fold?" asked Blaschke after having spent several minutes in the tank.
Bielawski doesn't respond and Blaschke continues to tank about his decision. He apologizes to the table and then finally calls off his stack.
Blaschke tables and has Bielawski's dominated. The river is the and Blaschke doubles up.
"I had ace-five, what is going on?" asked Bielawski as the dealer mucks his hand after the river and begins to count down Blaschke's stack.
"You had ace-six," replied Blaschke.
The dealer finishes counting down Blaschke's stack and sends Bielawski's chips over to the other side of the table.
"Did you really think you had ace-five?" asked Blaschke.
Bielawski nods his head yes and loses about two-thirds of his stack.
Manuel Blaschke - 875,000
Luke Bielawski - 290,000
Saturday, July 11, 2015 6:53 PM Local Time
Action folds to Tim Reilly, who opens in middle position to 18,000 before Amar Anand three-bets the cutoff to 55,000.
The button and blinds fold before Reilly, who is playing just under 500,000, puts in a four-bet to 140,000.
Anand then snap announces himself "all-in" and Reilly instantly calls, with a close to 1,000,000 chip pot up for grabs.
It's a flip, as Reilly tables and Anand turns over , with the big stack standing from the table and walking away before the board runs out.
When the board is run out, it comes ten-high, , giving no help to Reilly, who busts the Main Event with ace-king for the second straight year.
When Anand returns to the table, he and Reilly shake hands before Anand admits, "I couldn't even watch," before stacking up his new chips that move him back to near the top of the Main Event leaderboard.
Amar Anand - 1,750,000
Tim Reilly - Eliminated
Saturday, July 11, 2015 6:52 PM Local Time
Kyle Cartwright raises to 16,000 and Arman Soltani three-bets to 38,000. Cartwright calls and checks the flop as Soltani bets out 56,000.
Cartwright calls as the lands on the turn before he checks again as Soltani bets 150,000.
Cartwright calls and then checks a third time as the river lands the . Soltani moves all in for 625,000 and Cartwright folds.
Arman Soltani - 1,250,000
Kyle Cartwright - 460,000
Saturday, July 11, 2015 6:49 PM Local Time
Tony Tran raises to 43,000 from the big blind. Action folds around to Nick DiVella in late position. He calls.
The flop falls . Both players check.
The turn is the . Again, both players check.
The river is the . Tran bets 150,000. DiVella shoves. Tran says: "What's he got?" The dealer announces 297,000.
Tran, who has 540,000, says: "Are you hard bluffing?" He looks at his cards and tanks. Making a decision, he folds.
Tran looks at DiVella and says: "I had ace-king." DiVella says nothing. One of their tablemates says: "Show your hand, it'd be good for the game!" DiVella smiles but remains silent.
Nick DiVella - 700,000
Tony Tran - 540,000
Saturday, July 11, 2015 6:47 PM Local Time
Heinz Kamitzki opens it up. Anotnio Esfandiari calls. Alfie Adam shoves for about 100,000. Kamutzki bows out. Esfandiari calls.
Adam -
Esfandiari -
The board comes . Esfandiari pairs his jack on the flop and eliminates Alfie Adam.
Antonio Esfandiari - 435,000
Alfie Adam - Eliminated
Saturday, July 11, 2015 6:46 PM Local Time
Andrew Rudnik and Yuliyan Kolev get into an all-out preflop battle resulting in Rudnik's all-in and a 1.1 million chip pot being formed.
Kolev shows but is far behind Rudnik's .
Unfortunately for Rudnik, there is a queen in the window, but his disappointment does last long as there in ace directly following, after the flop comes , with both players flopping sets.
The turn and river do not improve Kolev's hand, and Rudnik is awarded a full double up.
Andrew Rudnik - 1,100,000
Yuliyan Kolev - 920,000
Saturday, July 11, 2015 6:46 PM Local Time
Joshua Hertz opens to 18,000 and Adam Codron moves all in for roughly 100,000 with Hertz calling.
Hertz:
Cordron:
The board runs out and Codron is sent to the rail.
Joshua Hertz - 730,000
Adam Codron - Eliminated
Saturday, July 11, 2015 6:45 PM Local Time
On a flop of , Sam Bernstein is all in and at risk against Lily Newhouse.
Bernstein:
Newhouse:
Newhouse tells the dealer if he keeps the turn and river "low and black" she'll freeroll him for half a percent. Bernstein tells the dealer he'll do three-quarters a percent. Before an auction can ensue, Fatima Moreira de Melo says "leave the poor guy alone."
The turn is the and Newhouse says "deuce of spades." The river is a spade... the ... which is good enough to give the pot to Newhouse and eliminate Bernstein.
Lily Newhouse - 700,000
Sam Bernstein - Eliminated
Saturday, July 11, 2015 6:41 PM Local Time
Dmitry Chop and Ryan D'Angelo are heads up on a board with around 350,000 in the pot already. D'Angelo bets 240,000 and it's to Chop, on the button. Chop thinks for nearly a minute before sliding a stack of chips into the middle for the call.
D'Angelo slams his to the felt, showing just a pair of twos. Chop tables to scoop the pot with a pair of queens as D'Angelo leaves the table momentarily, upset with his own play.
Dmitry Chop - 1,240,000
Ryan D'Angelo - 254,000
Saturday, July 11, 2015 6:40 PM Local Time
Dax Greene opens from the cutoff and Lenny DiCicco three-bets from the button to 46,000. The blinds fold and action is back on Greene who responds by moving all in for 331,000.
DiCicco has a big decision on his hands. He has Greene covered but if he lost the hand he would lose around half his stack. "I've got a pair. Just gotta gamble to win huh?" says DiCicco sounding as if he is talking himself into a call, but a short while later he lays it down.
"I'll tell you later." says Greene as he stacks the chips.
Dax Greene - 390,000
Lenny DiCicco - 510,000