Sunday, July 12, 2015 4:14 PM Local Time
On a board reading Ghattas Kortas checks from the big blind. Robert Mitchell then leads out for 105,000 from middle position before Kortas comes over the top with a raise to 237,000.
The raise is called by Mitchell before the completes the board. Kortas reaches for his chips and slides out 262,000 in chips. Mitchell thinks about his decision for a minute before opting to fold.
Ghattas Kortas - 2,007,000 (100 bb)
Robert Mitchell - 1,660,000 (83 bb)
Sunday, July 12, 2015 4:14 PM Local Time
With close to 150,000 in the pot already and the board reading Manuel Blaschke leads for 65,000 and Steven Sollitto raises to 215,000.
Almost immediately, Blaschke announces himself "all-in", with the total falling just shy of 625,000. Sollitto goes deep into the tank, counting out his remaining 1,000,000 chip stack, eventually calling only to see the bad news, that his is no good.
That's because Blaschke turns over and looks poised to score a massive double up.
That double is confirmed as the completes the board, with Sollitto barely able to watch, his head in his hands as the ESPN cameras capture the varying emotions of the Main Event.
While Sollitto sits in front of his short stack, Blaschke stands to give himself a fist pump, returning to a new stack of chips that has moved himself up the leaderboard.
Manuel Blaschke - 1,700,000 (85 bb)
Steven Sollitto - 400,000 (20 bb)
Sunday, July 12, 2015 4:10 PM Local Time
George McDonald opens to 50,000 in middle position, and Matt Glantz three-bet shoves for 420,000 in the cutoff. McDonald calls, and Glantz is at risk.
McDonald:
Glantz:
The board runs out , and McDonald's aces hold. Glantz is eliminated.
George McDonald - 1,505,000 (75 bb)
Matt Glantz - Eliminated
Sunday, July 12, 2015 4:08 PM Local Time
Sohale Khalili has just joined the featured table on the ESPN Main Stage and moves all in for 314,000 from early position. Marcus Van Opzeeland calls and it's heads up with Khalili's tournament at stake.
Khalili holds and Van Opzeeland has . The board misses Van Opzeeland and Khalili will double up.
Sohale Khalili - 685,000 (34 bb)
Marcus Van Opzeeland - 1,334,000 (67 bb)
Sunday, July 12, 2015 4:07 PM Local Time
Joshua Hertz is all in for his last 228,000 against Jake Cody. Cody's leads the of Hertz.
The board runs clean for Cody and Hertz hits the rail.
Jake Cody - 1,440,000 (72 bb)
Joshua Hertz - Eliminated
Sunday, July 12, 2015 4:04 PM Local Time
On a board reading , Keith Donovan leads for 130,000 in the cutoff, and Chun Law quickly calls.
The river is the . Donovan again leads but this time for 350,000, and Law snap calls.
Donovan turns over , and Law shows
Donovan says, "Very nice hand," as he taps the table and mucks his cards.
Keith Donovan - 280,000 (14 bb)
Chun Law - 1,920,000 (96 bb)
Sunday, July 12, 2015 4:03 PM Local Time
Richard Barabino raises from early position before Blake Bohn moves all in from the next seat. Jay Sharon calls from cutoff but is forced to fold when Barabino raises all in to isolate.
Bohn:
Barabino:
The board comes to pair Bohn's ten.
Blake Bohn - 822,000 (41 bb)
Richard Barabino - 2,050,000 (102 bb)
Jay Sharon - 800,000 (40 bb)
Sunday, July 12, 2015 4:02 PM Local Time
David Paredes is standing up and heading for the pay-out desk as all his chips head across the table to David Peters.
The final board reads
. On the river Peters checked it over to Paredes who bet 300,000 and Peters moved all in. Paredes had flopped a straight and called the river shove but Peters had him on the river as the
nut flush in front of him demonstrated.
David Peters - 3,200,000 (160 bb)
David Paredes - Eliminated
Sunday, July 12, 2015 4:01 PM Local Time
Daniel Negreanu opens with a raise to 44,000 in early position and the action folds around to Sal DiCarlo in the big blind, and he calls.
On the flop, DiCarlo checks and Negreanu bets 55,000. DiCarlo calls and the falls on the turn. Both players check and the river is the . DiCarlo bets 124,000 and Negreanu calls.
DiCarlo flips for trip nines and Negreanu pushes his cards into the muck.
Sal Di Carlo - 2,244,000 (112 bb)
Daniel Negreanu - 647,000 (32 bb)
Sunday, July 12, 2015 3:57 PM Local Time
On a flop of there is already about 300,000 in the middle and Richard Lee gets his last 325,000 chips into the middle on the button against Zvi Stern in the big blind.
Lee shows and needs to hit an ace or a four to stay alive against Stern's . The turn is the and the river is the to send Lee to the rail and give Stern the pot. Lee takes home $46,890 for his deep run in the Main Event.
Zvi Stern - 2,180,000 (109 bb)
Richard Lee - Eliminated
Sunday, July 12, 2015 3:54 PM Local Time
The completed board reads and Christoph Brand is engaged in heads up action with Jonathan Faltz. With well over 200,000 already in the middle, Brand checks and Faltz cuts out a bet of 125,000 from the button.
Brand calls, prompting Faltz to roll over . Brand has that beat, however, with for a pair of jacks. Brand takes down the pot and brings himself up to about 1.13 million.
Christoph Brand - 1,130,000 (56 bb)
Jonathan Faltz - 1,455,000 (72 bb)
Sunday, July 12, 2015 3:54 PM Local Time
Justin Schwartz opens with a raise in late position before Wasim Ahmar three-bets the cutoff to 114,000.
With the action on Phung Ngo in the small blind, he moves all in for 245,000 and Schwartz folds - later saying he held - as Ahmar calls.
Ahmar:
Ngo:
With Ngo at a disadvantage and at-risk, the flop changed little as the lands on the turn.
The river falls the and Ngo is eliminated while Ahmar shoots up to 2.3 million.
Wasim Ahmar - 2,333,000 (117 bb)
Phung Ngo - Eliminated
Sunday, July 12, 2015 3:53 PM Local Time
The largest pot of the tournament is in progress at Table 378. It's three-handed on the turn, and the board shows . According to David Paredes, the preflop action began with an under-the-gun raise from Bruce Peery. David Peters called in the cutoff, and Jay Sharon three-bet from the button. Both opponents called, and the flop came eight-high. The action checked to Sharon, and he bet. Peery called, and Peters check-raised. Both opponents called, and the turn brought the queen.
Picking up the action live, action once again checks to Sharon. He bets 800,000 into a pot of about 1.3 million, and Peery check-raises all in for 1,079,000. Peters tanks and folds, and Sharon calls with the covering stack.
Sharon:
Peery:
Peery flopped the second-nut flush, but Sharon's overpair is still drawing live to the nut flush. Peery stands up to sweat the action, rocking back and forth anxiously behind his seat.
The river is the blank , and Peery wins the monster pot. With it comes the overall chip lead and the tournament's first stack of more than four million chips.
"Cocktails!" he says loudly.
Bruce Peery - 4,180,000 (209 bb)
Jay Sharon - 1,040,000 (52 bb)
David Peters - 2,040,000 (102 bb)
Sunday, July 12, 2015 3:50 PM Local Time
On a board reading , Keith Donovan checks, Mike Vanier bets 56,000, and Donovan calls.
Both players check the turn.
The river is the . This time, Donovan leads for 115,000, and Vanier calls.
Donovan tables , but Vanier takes down the pot with .
Keith Donovan - 710,000 (35 bb)
Mike Vanier - 2,700,000 (135 bb)
Sunday, July 12, 2015 3:49 PM Local Time
Will Molson moves all in for his last 149,000 and gets a call from Brannon Sawyer. Molson's trails the of Sawyer, but the flop moves Molson firmly ahead. The turn is a blank and the river completes Molson's flush.
Will Molson - 310,000 (15 bb)
Brannon Sawyer 378,000 (19 bb)
Sunday, July 12, 2015 3:46 PM Local Time
Jonathan Tomayo raises to 45,000 from the cutoff and is called by Thomas Kearney in the blinds.
The flop comes down and both players check.
After the drops on the turn, Kearney leads out for 65,000, and Tomayo calls.
The river brings the and Kearney splashes out 85,000 in chips. Tomayo then reaches into his stack before placing out a raise totaling 190,000 in chips. Kearney then mucks his hand before Tomayo rakes in the pot.
Jonathan Tomayo - 1,595,000 (79 bb)
Thomas Kearney - 1,833,000 (91 bb)
Sunday, July 12, 2015 3:45 PM Local Time
Marcus Van Opzeeland opens with a raise to 45,000 in early position. Daniel Negreanu calls in the small blind and Chad Power calls from the big blind, sending three to the flop.
On the flop, Negreanu and Power check. Van Opzeeland bets 76,000 and Negreanu raises to 176,000. Power quickly folds, as does Van Opzeeland, and Negreanu will scoop the pot.
Daniel Negreanu - 978,000 (49 bb)
Chad Power - 1,592,000 (80 bb)
Marcus Van Opzeeland - 1,410,000 (71 bb)
Sunday, July 12, 2015 3:45 PM Local Time
Tai Nguyen opens for 40,000 from early position and Danny Fuhs three-bets to 105,000 from the cutoff. Nguyen calls and the two see a flop of .
Nguyen checks to Fuhs, who bets 100,000. Nguyen calls and the turn is the . Nguyen checks again and Fuhs bets 185,000.
Nguyen thinks for a few minutes and folds his hand.
Danny Fuhs - 1,765,000 (83 bb)
Tai Nguyen - 1,510,000 (75 bb)
Sunday, July 12, 2015 3:45 PM Local Time
Brian Hastings, above, opens to 50,000 from middle position and Andrew Moreno calls in the small blind. Jonas Mackoff, in the big blind, three-bets to 225,000, only to see Hastings push out a full stack of green 25,000 value chips for a four-bet to 550,000.
Moreno folds and after some thought, Mackoff calls to see the flop, leaving himself just over 1,700,000 to Hastings's 2,000,000.
The flop falls and Mackoff check-calls a bet of 300,000 and then both players check the turn card.
The completes the board and Mackoff checks for a third time, sending Hastings into the tank. After a few moments of thought, Hastings verbalizes "eight hundred thousand".
The dealer confirms the amount and that bet sends Mackoff deep into the tank, as he spends close to six minutes counting and recounting his stack, while staring down the recent multiple bracelet winner
.
With the ESPN cameras all around him, Mackoff, pictured above, eventually folds, shooting Hastings a look before pushing his cards towards the muck.
Both player's hands take a quick detour though, with the ESPN production staff peaking at the cards before they are officially in the muck, with Hastings saying, "You can probably see that one on tv."
You probably will, as it was one of the bigger pots of the tournament thus far and while no one knows what each player held, what is known is that Brian Hastings has regained a spot near the top of the Main Event leaderboard.
Brian Hastings - 3,400,000 (170 bb)
Jonas Mackoff - 1,150,000 (57 bb)
Sunday, July 12, 2015 3:44 PM Local Time
It is a battle of the blinds when Tarun Gulati gets it all in from the small blind holding . Ramon Vaz Sorgatto is in the big blind, has Gulati covered, and holds .
The flop pairs up Gulati and he stays out fron with the on the turn, but the river pairs up Vaz Sorgatto, prompting a fistpump from him as he sends Gulati to the rail.
Ramon Vaz Sorgatto - 1,450,000 (72 bb)
Tarun Gulati - Eliminated