Sunday, July 12, 2015 5:03 PM Local Time
Upeshka De Silva opens with a raise to 52,000 in middle position. Daniel Negreanu, Sohale Khalili, and Marcus Van Opzeeland all call, sending four players to the flop.
On the flop, Khalili checks from the small blind and Van Opzeeland bets 120,000 from the big blind. De Silva folds, but Negreanu raises to 320,000. Khalili and Van Opzeeland quickly fold and Negreanu shows as he scoops the pot.
Daniel Negreanu - 1,380,000 (58 bb)
Sunday, July 12, 2015 5:00 PM Local Time
Omri Moga opens with a raise to 52,000 from early position. Upeshka De Silva calls in the hijack before Daniel Negreanu moves all in for 474,000 from the cutoff. Action folds back around to Moga and he raises, moving all in for 804,000. De Silva quickly folds.
Moga:
Negreanu:
Negreanu jumps out in front on the flop, but Moga has outs to a flush draw. The turn and river both miss Moga and Negreanu will double up.
Daniel Negreanu - 1,072,000 (45 bb)
Omri Moga - 330,000 (14 bb)
Sunday, July 12, 2015 5:00 PM Local Time
Justin Conley is all in at risk for his last 534,000 against Jeffrey Platt.
Conley:
Platt:
The flop is and Conley's queens stay in the lead. The turn is the and Conley only needs to avoid an ace on the river to double up. He does that as the river is the . Platt gives Conley a fist bump as he scores a much needed double.
Justin Conley - 1,125,000 (46 bb)
Jeffrey Platt - 1,700,000 (70 bb)
Sunday, July 12, 2015 4:55 PM Local Time
Sohale Khalili opens with a raise to 52,000 from under the gun. Upeshka De Silva calls from the cutoff and it's heads up to the flop.
Khalili bets 85,000 and De Silva calls. The turn is the and Khalili checks. De Silva bets 120,000 and Khalili thinks for a moment before he moves all in for 366,000. De Silva folds and Khalili scoops the pot to chip up.
Sohale Khalili - 507,000 (35 bb)
Upeshka De Silva - 2,767,000 (115 bb)
Sunday, July 12, 2015 4:55 PM Local Time
From under the gun, David Repicky shoves his last 134,000 and gets action from Justin Schwartz.
Repicky:
Schwartz:
With Repicky in bad shape, the flop falls and Repicky starts calling for the .
The turn of the changes little, and as Repicky continues his plea, the dealer delivers the on the river to keep Repicky alive.
Justin Schwartz - 880,000 (37 bb)
David Repicky - 336,000 (14 bb)
Sunday, July 12, 2015 4:49 PM Local Time
Level: 23
Blinds: 12.000/24,000
Ante: 4,000
Sunday, July 12, 2015 4:34 PM Local Time
The second level of the day was a lively one. The field shrunk from 183 players to 139 and a new chip leader emerged to become the first player to pass the four-million mark.
Bruce Perry (pictured) entered break with 4,041,000, mostly for his part in winning the biggest pot of the tournament thus far. Always nice to crack aces in the largest tournament of the year! Brian Hastings continues to enjoy the "Summer of Hastings" and made Jonas Mackoff's life a nightmare during that level. He made the break with 3,425,000 and sits near to Max Steinberg (3,295,000), Justin Bonomo (3,200,000), Erasmus Morfe (3,710,00) Joseph McKeehan (3,741,000).
Mattias De Meulder would love to making other people's lives a nightmare but he got sucked out on to bust, and is living through his own right now. Anton Makiievsky knows how to play Day 5 in the Main Event, but the former November Niner was handicapped by his stack today and it cost his early on in the level; he got his chips in dominating but Andrew Moreno found a way to send him to the rail. They were both joined on the rail by Matt Glantz who ran pocket eights into George McDonald's rockets.
Mattias De Meulder - dream over
The tournament will play one more two-hour level when play resumes in 20 minutes and then take a 90-minute dinner break.
Sunday, July 12, 2015 4:34 PM Local Time
After Patrick Chan raises, Tai Nguyen three-bets to 123,000. Action folds back to Chan and he sticks in a four bet to 269,000. Nguyen goes into the tank before calling the bet and there is 600,000 in the middle before the flop is dealt.
The flop is and Chan hits the tank before sliding out a bet of 270,000. Nguyen counts his chips and asks Chan how much he is playing before he elects to call.
The turn is the and Chan moves all-in for 949,000. A big crowd including ESPN cameras gather around the table as Nguyen deliberates over his decision. He decides to give it up and folds, flashing his cards to the ESPN camera. As Chan gathers the chips and starts stacking, Nguyen says he had queens, to which Chan replies "Good fold, I had aces!"
Patrick Chan - 2,006,000 (100bb)
Tai Nguyen - 1,114,000 (55bb)
Sunday, July 12, 2015 4:33 PM Local Time
Toby Lewis raises to 40,000 from the cutoff and Kelly Minkin three-bets to 135,000. Lewis calls and the two see a flop of .
Lewis checks over to Minkin, who bets 90,000. Lewis thinks for a moment and moves all in for 436,000 total. Minkin quickly mucks and Lewis takes the pot.
Toby Lewis - 620,000 (31 bb)
Kelly Minkin - 980,000 (49 bb)
Sunday, July 12, 2015 4:31 PM Local Time
With close to 600,000 in the pot and the board reading Noah Merritt bets 250,000 from the blinds before Jonas Mackoff, who is just coming off a loss of the majority of his stack at the hands of Brian Hastings, raises to 565,000.
Mackoff is only leaving himself just over 400,000 in front of him and Merritt, who is playing just under 1,000,000 takes a few minutes to think before eventually calling.
He claims to have a flush but Mackoff shows the for the nut flush, good enough to win the pot after Merritt rechecks his cards a few times before eventually folding.
It's been an up and down level for Mackoff who now looks to enter the next break with a net gain on the level, as he's now playing just over the 2,000,000 chip mark.
Jonas Mackoff - 2,100,000 (105 bb)
Noah Merritt - 450,000 (22 bb)
Sunday, July 12, 2015 4:30 PM Local Time
On a board reading , Richard Barabino bets 200,000, and Samuel Gagnon calls.
The river is the . Barabino checks, Gagnon bets 400,000, and Barabino calls.
Gagnon shows and Barabino mucks his hand.
Richard Barabino - 1,170,000 (58 bb)
Samuel Gagnon - 2,900,000 (145 bb)
Sunday, July 12, 2015 4:29 PM Local Time
Stephen Nussrallah moves all in from under the gun for his last 346,000 and action folds around to Chris Bolek in the hijack who moves all in over the top. Alejandro Duque also moves all in from the button and both blinds quickly fold.
Duque:
Bolek:
Nussrallah:
The board runs out and Duque scores the double knockout, as he climbs past 1,000,000.
Alejandro Duque - 1,800,000
Chris Bolek - Eliminated
Stephen Nussrallah - Eliminated
Sunday, July 12, 2015 4:28 PM Local Time
Chun Law opens to 40,000 and George McDonald calls on the button as the flop falls .
Law continues for 41,000 and McDonald calls as the turn lands the and Law bets 83,000.
McDonald calls, and when the river falls the , Law bets 155,000 and McDonald calls.
Law tables his for the nut flush as McDonald appears to flash two hearts and folds.
Chun Law - 2,500,000 (125 bb)
George McDonald - 1,130,000 (56 bb)
Sunday, July 12, 2015 4:26 PM Local Time
On a flop of , Steven Sollitto gets his last 370,000 into the middle against Manuel Blaschke. Blaschke shows and has Sollitto's crushed.
The turn is the and the river is the to keep Blaschke's kings in the lead and send Sollitto home near the end of the level. He takes home $46,890 and Blaschke takes the pot.
Manuel Blaschke - 2,210,000 (110 bb)
Steven Sollitto - Eliminated
Sunday, July 12, 2015 4:23 PM Local Time
Trevor Pearlman is all in and at risk as he is slightly covered by Jared Jaffee. Pearlman has Jaffee dominated with his as Jaffee has .
The board runs out and Pearlman doubles up. Jaffee is down to less than six big blinds.
Trevor Pearlman - 875,000 (43 bb)
Jared Jaffee - 115,000 (5 bb)
Sunday, July 12, 2015 4:22 PM Local Time
Upeshka De Silva opens with an under-the-gun raise to 42,000 and Daniel Negreanu calls before Don Blum moves all in for 193,000. Action folds back around to De Silva, and he four-bets to 565,000.
Negreanu quickly folds and it's heads up with Blum's tournament at stake.
De Silva:
Blum:
The board misses De Silva, and Blum will double up with two pair, eights and fours with an ace.
Don Blum - 475,000 (24 bb)
Upeshka De Silva - 2,761,000 (138 bb)
Sunday, July 12, 2015 4:21 PM Local Time
Anton Morgenstern opens under the gun to 50,000 and Nikita Nikolaev calls, as does Samuel Gagnon in the cutoff and Jake Toole from the big blind.
All four players check the flop as Morgenstern bets out 130,000 when the turn lands the .
Only Toole calls as the river falls the and he checks to Morgenstern who bets out 255,000.
Toole contemplates his decision for roughly two minutes before releasing his hand.
Jack Toole - 3,200,000 (160 bb)
Samuel Gagnon - 2,328,000 (116 bb)
Anton Morgenstern - 2,100,000 (105 bb)
Nikita Nikolaev - 1,920,000 (96 bb)
Sunday, July 12, 2015 4:21 PM Local Time
Eric Blair moves all in under the gun for 280,000 and it folds round to Blake Kelso in the big blind who doesn't seem to love it but shrugs and calls.
Blair has and Kelso has .
The flop of is good for Blair but when the hits the turn he is up from his seat and resigned to busting. The river is the and Blair claps his hands in surprise and relief to double up.
Kelso shoves with next hand and Blair calls with . A run out of gives Blair the flush and Kelso a ticket for a payout.
Eric Blair - 640,000 (32 bb)
Blake Kelso - Eliminated
Sunday, July 12, 2015 4:17 PM Local Time
Tai Nguyen opens to 42,000 from under the gun and Stephen Lichtenberger pushes all in from the small blind for 118,000 with Nguyen calling.
Nguyen:
Lichtenberger:
The board runs out and Lichtenberger doubles.
Tai Nguyen - 1,600,000 (80 bb)
Stephen Lichtenberger - 280,000 (14 bb)
Sunday, July 12, 2015 4:15 PM Local Time
Brian Mintz is all in and at risk before the flop for his last 306,000 against Christoph Brand.
Brand:
Mintz:
The flop comes down , keeping Brand out in front with ace-king high. The drops down on fourth street, pairing Brand's ace and giving him a lock on the hand. The finishes off the board and Mintz is sent to the rail.
Christoph Brand - 1,440,000 (72 bb)
Brian Mintz - Eliminated