Sunday, July 12, 2015 12:51 PM Local Time
Action folds to late position where James Gilbert opens to 35,000 from the hijack. The cutoff folds before Thomas Cannuli, who is playing just over 2,000,000, puts in a three-bet to 90,000.
The blinds fold and after a few moments of thought, Gilbert announces himself "all-in", with Cannuli snap calling to put the shorter stack at risk.
It's a flip for Gilbert's tournament life, as he holds to Cannuli's .
The board runs out and the pocket pair holds for the double, with Gilbert's stack getting counted down to just under the 450,000 mark.
James Gilbert - 980,000 (61 bb)
Thomas Cannuli - 1,550,000 (96 bb)
Sunday, July 12, 2015 12:50 PM Local Time
Antonio Copo is in early position and Jan Eric Schwippert is on the button when the two get it all in preflop for Schwippert's last 250,000 or so. Copo holds and Schwippert holds .
The board runs out and Copo makes a flush to send Schwippert to the rail.
Antonio Copo - 1,100,000
Jan Eric Schwippert - Eliminated
Sunday, July 12, 2015 12:49 PM Local Time
On the turn of a board reading
Nicholas Augustino bets 45,000 and Nicholas Abourisk calls.
The river card is the
and Augustino checks. Abourisk slides out a bet of 100,000 and Augustino folds and taps the table.
Nicholas Abourisk - 680,000
Nicholas Augustino - 2,400,000
Sunday, July 12, 2015 12:49 PM Local Time
Damien Lhommeau opens with a raise to 34,000 under the gun. Sal DiCarlo three-bets to 72,000 from middle position and the action folds back around to Lhommeau, who four-bets to 197,000.
DiCarlo quickly moves all in and Lhommeau calls, putting his tournament at risk.
Lhommeau holds to DiCarlo's . The board runs clean for DiCarlo and Lhommeau is eliminated.
Sal DiCarlo - 1,395,000
Damien Lhommeau - Eliminated ($40,433)
Sunday, July 12, 2015 12:48 PM Local Time
Action folds around to Chris Bolek on the button who limps in for 16,000. Charles Hanson calls from the small blind and Antonio Esfandiari checks from the big blind.
The three see a flop of and both players check to Bolek, who bets 25,000. Hanson calls and Esfandiari moves all in for his last 141,000. Bolek releases his hand and the action is on Hanson.
"Don't do it, Doc! I need the diaper money, don't send me home" pleads Esfandiari. The two continue to chat back and forth before Hanson eventually folds. Esfandiari rakes in the pot.
Antonio Esfandiari - 261,000
Sunday, July 12, 2015 12:48 PM Local Time
Michael Telker opens to 110,000 and Julian Parmann asks how much Telker has behind.
Telker reveals he has just 3,000 and Parmann calls as the blinds fold.
Telker bets his last 3,000 in the dark and Parmann calls dark as the cards are tabled.
Telker:
Parmann:
The board runs out to see Telker spike a pair on the turn to take the lead with his two-pair to ensure a double.
Julian Parmann - 687,000
Michael Telker - 268,000
Sunday, July 12, 2015 12:46 PM Local Time
Wasim Ahmar opens for 38,000 and Michael White and Brian Hastings call. The flop is and Ahmar bets 60,000. Only Hastings calls.
The turn is the and Ahmar checks. Hastings bets 100,000 and Ahmar folds after a brief moment of contemplation.
Brian Hastings - 2,645,000 (165 bb)
Wasim Ahmar - 860,000 (53 bb)
Sunday, July 12, 2015 12:46 PM Local Time
With nearly 300,000 in the middle and on a board reading , William Byrnes bets 100,000, and Darius Studdard shoves all-in on the button for approximately 275,000. Byrnes tanks for a few moments and lays down his hand.
Darius Studdard - 740,000
William Byrnes - 490,000
Sunday, July 12, 2015 12:45 PM Local Time
Andrew Moreno opens with a raise to 35,000 from under the gun and finds calls from Zvi Stern in the small blind and Noah Merritt in the big blind. The flop comes out and the two blinds check to Moreno. He knocks the table back and the falls on fourth street. Stern takes the lead with a bet of 38,000 and Merritt calls. Moreno gets out of the way, leaving the action heads up to fifth street.
The river is the and Stern slows with a check. Merritt takes this opportunity to bet 70,000, sending Stern into the tank. Stern thinks for roughly two and a half minutes before dropping out a call.
Merritt tables for trip jacks, prompting Stern to throw his hand into the muck.
Noah Merritt - 610,000 (38 bb)
Zvi Stern - 1,610,000 (100 bb)
Sunday, July 12, 2015 12:43 PM Local Time
Omri Moga opens with a raise to 35,000 in middle position and Donald Blum calls from the big blind. The flop is and both players check.
On the turn, Blum leads out with a bet of 33,000 and Moga calls. The falls on the river, putting three hearts on the board. Blum bets 48,000 and Moga quickly calls. Blum shows for a pair of aces, but Moga tables to scoop the pot with a pair of aces with a jack kicker.
Omri Moga - 946,000
Donald Blum - 564,000
Sunday, July 12, 2015 12:37 PM Local Time
Action folds around to Salvatore DiCarlo on the button and he raises to 36,000. Andjelko Andrejevic three-bets to 88,000 in the small blind and Daniel Negreanu quickly folds his big blind.
DiCarlo calls and the flop is . Andrejevic bets 75,000 and DiCarlo calls. On the turn, Andrejevic checks and DiCarlo bets 102,000. Andrejevic folds and DiCarlo scoops the pot.
Salvatore DiCarlo - 731,000
Andjelko Andrejevic - 330,000
Sunday, July 12, 2015 12:36 PM Local Time
Thomas Paul is in the small blind and Eugen Fritzler is in the big blind when the two get it all in preflop for Paul's remaining 320,000. It is a race, as Paul holds to Fritzler's .
The flop gives Fritler middle set, but it also gives Paul a gutshot Broadway draw. The turn is the , changing nothing, but the river comes to give Paul his straight and a double up.
Thomas Paul - 660,000
Eugen Fritzler - 360,000
Sunday, July 12, 2015 12:36 PM Local Time
Robert Mitchell opens to 41,000 from under the gun before the action falls on James Kasputis in the cutoff. He instantly moves all in for 321,000 in chips as the decision folds back to Mitchell. He snap calls before both players expose their cards.
Kasputis:
Mitchell:
The board runs out to see Mitchell spike an ace on the flop to take the lead before taking down the pot.
Robert Mitchell - 1,590,000
James Kasputis - Eliminated
Sunday, July 12, 2015 12:36 PM Local Time
The action folds around to Daniel Deveau in the small blind and makes an opening raise to 35,000 before Dax Greene three-bets from the big blind. Deveau takes his time and moves all in for 23,000. Call.
Deveau:
Greene:
The board runs to safely see Greene's hand hold.
Daniel Deveau: eliminated
Dax Greene: 670,000
Sunday, July 12, 2015 12:34 PM Local Time
Phung Ngo opens to 35,000 from under the gun and Sterling Savill three-bet shoves all in for 375,000.
Ngo goes into the tank for close to four minutes before releasing his hand and folding.
Phung Ngo - 422,000
Sterling Savill - 446,000
Sunday, July 12, 2015 12:30 PM Local Time
Pierre Neuville raises to 32,000 in the cutoff, and Ryan D'Angelo calls in the big blind.
The flop comes . D'Angelo checks, Neuville bets 56,000 and takes it down.
Pierre Neuville - 690,000
Ryan D'Angelo - 315,000
Sunday, July 12, 2015 12:27 PM Local Time
Action folds to John Racener who opens to 32,000 on the button. The next player to act, Mozheng Guan in the small blind, three-bets to 90,000 and Kelly Minkin, in the big blind, puts out a four-bet to 191,000.
Racener quickly folds but Guan seems to be interested in the bet, eyeing up Minkin's stack, that has just over 1,300,000 remaining in it, for close to two minutes before he eventually folds.
With the big stacks of Guan and Joe McKeehen at Table 369, there could be an interesting dynamic if Kelly Minkin is able to continue to chip up and play aggressively, like she has over the first few minutes of this Day 5 session.
Kelly Minkin - 1,550,000
Sunday, July 12, 2015 12:26 PM Local Time
The action folds to Jim Rumptz on the button and he raises to 40,000. Amar Anand three-bets the small blind to 115,000 and Rumptz calls.
The dealer spreads a flop and Anand checks to Rumptz who motions with his finger in a circle.
The dealer thinks this is a check and burns a card before Rumptz pushes out his remaining 393,000.
"Yeah I'm all in," says Rumptz to clarify.
Anand quickly double checks with the dealer that Rumptz is all in, and then immediately calls and flips his hand.
Rumptz:
Anand:
With Anand flopping a flush and leaving Rumptz drawing extremely thin, the on the turn, followed by the on the river would ensure that Rumptz is eliminated.
Amar Anand - 2,006,000
Jim Rumptz - Eliminated
Sunday, July 12, 2015 12:25 PM Local Time
Action folds around to Manuel Blaschke on the button and he raises to 38,000. Christoph Brand is in the small blind and he three-bets to 83,000. The big blind folds and Blaschke calls to see a flop.
The flop comes out and Brand opts not to continue. Blaschke checks the action back, allowing the to fall on the turn. Brand checks a second time and Blaschke bets 95,000. Brand lets it go and Blaschke takes down the pot.
Manuel Blaschke - 950,000
Christoph Brand - 575,000
Sunday, July 12, 2015 12:23 PM Local Time
Pierre Neuville opens for 33,000 from early position and Rob Brown calls from the button. The flop is . Neuville continues for 48,000, and after thinking for a moment, Brown calls.
The turn is the and Neuville bets again, this time for 75,000. Brown calls and the two see the hit the river. Neuville bets 100,000 and Brown snap-calls with for a straight to beat Neuville's .
Rob Brown - 750,000
Pierre Neuville - 660,000