Saturday, July 9, 2016 10:22 PM Local Time
Kate Hoang opens the button to 150,000 and Richard Ashby defends from the big blind.
The flop is and Ashby checks. Hoang bets 225,000 and Ashby folds.
Kate Hoang - 2,000,000 (40 bb)
Richard Ashby - 570,000 (11 bb)
Saturday, July 9, 2016 10:16 PM Local Time
Kate Hoang makes it 150,000 from the cutoff. Richard Ashby raises to 525,000 in the small blind. Kate Hoang moves al -in. Ashby calls for less and is at risk for 825,000 total.
Ashby's got vs. Hoang's .
The board runs out . Ashby rivers a set of ace,s but Hoang will chop it with her live deuce for the low.
Saturday, July 9, 2016 10:14 PM Local Time
Jarred Graham makes it 100,000 under the gun. Kyle Bowker calls right behind him and Richard Ashby calls in the big blind.
The flop comes . Ashby checks. Graham checks. Bowker makes it 175,000 and takes it down.
Kyle Bowker is now third in chips.
Kyle Bowker - 965,000
Saturday, July 9, 2016 10:07 PM Local Time
Chris Ruby opens to 125,000 and Kyle Bowker bets the pot, making it 450,000. Ruby reraises and the two are all in.
Bowker is at risk with against the of Ruby.
The board runs out and Bowker gets the low, while both players share the high with a pair of aces.
Kyle Bowker - 965,000 (19 bb)
Chris Ruby - 620,000 (12 bb)
Saturday, July 9, 2016 9:57 PM Local Time
Richard Ashby raises to 100,000 from the hijack. Noah Bronstein in the big blind is the only caller.
The flop is and both players check.
The turn is the . Both players check again.
The river is the . Bronstein checks. Ashby bets 100,000. Bronstein looks pained to lay it down, but he does.
Richard Ashby - 870,000 (17 bb)
Noah Bronstein - 790,000 (15 bb)
Saturday, July 9, 2016 9:52 PM Local Time
Kyle Bowker opens to 100,000 and Kate Hoang bets the pot from the big blind. Bowker folds.
Then, after Chris Ruby gets a walk, Hoang opens to 150,000 and everyone folds. In the first few hands since dinner, there have been two walks and no flops. There was one walk the entire rest of the final table up to this point.
Kate Hoang - 1,5100,000 (30 bb)
Saturday, July 9, 2016 9:43 PM Local Time
| Level: | 27 | | Blinds: | 25,000/50,000 | |
Saturday, July 9, 2016 8:49 PM Local Time
There are seven players remaining and they are on a one-hour dinner break. Jarred Graham is the chipleader with 1,895,000 and Daniel Lowe is the short-stack with 460,000.
Saturday, July 9, 2016 8:48 PM Local Time
Richard Ashby limps from the small blind and Graham checks his option.
The flop is and Ashby checks. Graham bets 60,000. Ashby calls.
The turn is the and both players check. The river is the and Ashby checks for a third time. Graham bets 60,000 and Ashby folds.
One by one Graham slaps his cards down on the felt, .
Then Noah Bronstein opens with a raise to 100,000 and Graham bets 360,000 on the button. Bronstein folds. Graham adds about 200,000 to his stack just before dinner.
Jarred Graham - 1,800,000 (45 bb)
Noah Bronstein - 880,000 (22 bb)
Richard Ashby - 815,000 (20 bb)
Saturday, July 9, 2016 8:42 PM Local Time
Jarred Graham hunting another bracelet
Australian Jarred Graham, who won Event #31: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-low 8-or-Better in 2013, is currently our chipleader 1,500,000 chips.
It's a clustered field right now, however, with little separation between the top stacks, and while there was a lot of fluctuation throughout the earlier part of the day, action has been moderate since the elimination of Scott Clements.
Saturday, July 9, 2016 8:34 PM Local Time
Kate Hoang makes it 100,000 under the gun. Kyle Bowker reraises from the button to 360,000. Short-stack Daniel Lowe contemplates but folds in the small blind as does big blind Noah Bronstein. Hoang thinks about it and folds also.
Saturday, July 9, 2016 8:26 PM Local Time
Richard Ashby bets the pot to open the action and Noah Bronstein calls from the big blind.
The flop comes and Bronstein bets the pot. Ashby reraises and Bronstein calls his remaining 10,000 to go all in.
Bronstein has against the of Ashby.
The turn is the , which gives Bronstein a wheel. The river is the , which brings no help for Ashby. Bronstein scoops the pot. Ashby has doubled several players up today, but once he passed 1,000,000 he has not fallen back.
Noah Bronstein - 980,000 (24 bb)
Richard Ashby - 1,080,000 (27 bb)
Saturday, July 9, 2016 8:20 PM Local Time
Jarred Graham makes it 85,000 in early position and Kate Hoang calls in the small blind.
The flop comes . Both players check.
The turn is the . Both players check again.
The river is the and Hoang bets 100,000. Graham calls.
Hoang shows and takes it with kings and the low for the scoop.
Kate Hoang - 900,000 (22 bb)
Jarred Graham - 1,440,000 (36 bb)
Saturday, July 9, 2016 8:15 PM Local Time
Scott Clements
Scott Clements moves all in for his last 86,000 and his only caller is Richard Ashby.
Ashby holds [kd . Clements has jacks with an ace-eight suited .
The flop comes giving Ashby two pair.
The turn comes the giving him a full house.
The river is the and Scott Clements fought valiantly after being reduced to one chip, but he is out in eighth place.
Richard Ashby - 1,550,000 (38 bb)
Scott Clements - Eliminated ($24,409)
Saturday, July 9, 2016 8:09 PM Local Time
Richard Ashby opens to 80,000 and Kyle Bowker calls.
The flop comes and Ashby bets the pot. Bowker gets all in and Ashby calls.
Bowker shows against Ashby's .
The turn is the , which prompts Bowker to get up from his chair. The river is the , which gives him the flush and the scoop and prompts him to sit back down.
"Hello spade!" shouts Bowker's rail.
Kyle Bowker - 980,000 (24 bb)
Richard Ashby - 1,320,000 (33 bb)
Saturday, July 9, 2016 8:05 PM Local Time
Hand #1
Kyle Bowker opens to 80,000 and Scott Clements, down to just 5,000, calls for less. Bowker has a big hand, against the of Clements.
The board runs out and Clements goes runner-runner to make a wheel.
Scott Clements - 20,000 (1/2 bb)
Hand #2:
Scott Clements goes all in for 20,000 and Richard Ashby completes from the small blind. Jarred Graham checks his option.
The two check down the board as it runs out .
The players turn over their hands and Graham has two pair with , Ashby has two pair with , and Clements scoops his part of the pot with .
Scott Clements - 60,000 (1 bb)
Saturday, July 9, 2016 7:56 PM Local Time
Scott Clements raises to 115,000. Kate Huang goes all in for 430,000, and Clements calls.
Hoang holds . Clements has .
The flop comes .
The turn comes .
The river is the giving Hoang a queen-high flush to Clements's jack-high flush. Hoang also has the ace-deuce for the low.
As the chips are counted out, it turns out that Clemens has exactly 435,000, so he is literally left with a chip and a chair, a chip of the smallest denomination.
Kate Hoang - 860,000 (21 bb)
Scott Clements - 5,000 (<1 bb)
Saturday, July 9, 2016 7:50 PM Local Time
Kate Hoang and Scott Clements are the two shortest stacks with eight remaining. On consecutive hands, Hoang and Clements both opened by betting the pot and took down the blinds. Kyle Bowker is also a bit short, sitting with just over 11 big blinds.
Kate Hoang - 340,000 (7 bb)
Scott Clements - 335,000 (7 bb)
Kyle Bowker - 445,000 (11 bb)
Saturday, July 9, 2016 7:43 PM Local Time
| Level: | 26 | | Blinds: | 20,000/40,000 | |
Saturday, July 9, 2016 7:42 PM Local Time
Scott Clements limps into the pot in early position. Richard Ashby calls behind. The small blind Kyle Bowker calls and the big blind Daniel Lowe raises pot to 150,000. Ashby and Bowker both fold. Clements puts Lowe all in for 340,000.
Clements holds and Lowe has .
The flop comes hitting Lowe's ten and giving Clements a club draw.
The turn is the .
The river is the . Lowe's tens and eights holds up.
Daniel Lowe - 755,000 (25 bb)
Scott Clements - 200,000 (6 bb)