Thursday, July 13, 2017 2:15 PM Local Time
Hinkle Raises and Wins
From early position, Grant Hinkle limped in for 2,400 as the action folded to Adam Darkazalli in the small blind who completed. Fatima Nanji checked her option in the big blind as the dealer spread a flop.
Darkazalli bet out 5,500 and Nanji called before Hinkle raised to 15,000.
Darkazalli and Nanji both folded, and Hinkle collected the pot to move to over 200,000 in chips.
Grant Hinkle | 202,000 | 27,000 |
Fatima Nanji | 100,000 | 40,900 |
Adam Darkazalli | 95,000 | 95,000 |
Thursday, July 13, 2017 2:08 PM Local Time
Duarte Doubles with Flopped Flush
In a hand that occurred on the steam on the secondary feature table, Konstantin Puchkov opened to 5,500 and Kenny Hallaert called, as did Luiz Duarte on the button and Benoit Jean called from the big blind.
The flop landed and the action checked to Duarte who bet 6,500. Only Hallaert called before both players checked the on the turn.
The river landed the and Hallaert pushed out a stack of orange 5,000-denomination chips to put Duarte all in. Duarte re-checked his hole cards and called all in for 43,600.
Hallaert tabled his for just queen-high before Duarte tabled his for the nut flush, and the double to 127,000 in chips. Hallaert now drops down to 411,300.
Kenny Hallaert | 411,300 | -44,100 |
Luiz Duarte | 127,000 | 69,400 |
Thursday, July 13, 2017 2:07 PM Local Time
Saliba; Krasienko; Anderson and Craft Thriving in Amazon Orange
While Brian Pinkus is dominating the table chat, the spotlight of the TV cameras is on Mickey Craft as one of the chip leaders of the tournament right now. In the Amazon Orange section, further big stacks emerged with Vivian Saliba, Michael Krasienko and Scott Anderson. Marcin Chmielewski started as one of the bigger stacks and hasn't done much as of yet.
Mickey Craft | 850,000 | 101,000 |
Scott Anderson | 740,000 | 234,000 |
Michael Krasienko | 720,000 | 184,000 |
Marcin Chmielewski | 580,000 | 19,000 |
Vivian Saliba | 540,000 | 540,000 |
Xixiang Luo | 250,000 | 250,000 |
Mustapha Kanit | 220,000 | -50,000 |
Craig Chait | 205,000 | 205,000 |
Yuriy Boyko | 165,000 | 165,000 |
Laurence Grondin | 140,000 | -83,600 |
Brian Pinkus | 140,000 | 140,000 |
Bruno Politano | 60,000 | 60,000 |
Thursday, July 13, 2017 2:05 PM Local Time
Gao Doubles After Lucky River against Petrangelo
Nick Petrangelo bet 8,000 from early position on an flop, getting one call. Mike Gao popped it up slightly to 18,000 on the button. One player in between folded, Petrangelo called, and the first caller folded to leave it heads up. Both checked the , and the river was a . Petrangelo moved all in, and Gao immediately called off his last 46,800.
The high roller turned over for top set on the flop, but Gao had gotten lucky on the river with .
Nick Petrangelo | 352,500 | -79,500 |
Mike Gao | 160,000 | 160,000 |
Thursday, July 13, 2017 2:05 PM Local Time
Updated Chip Counts From Amazon Purple
Krysta Delima | 480,000 | 480,000 |
Jessica Ngu | 430,000 | -22,000 |
Artur Rudziankov | 428,000 | 107,000 |
Davidi Kitai | 284,000 | 49,000 |
Charles Tabor | 195,000 | -46,000 |
Joseph Cheong | 178,000 | -44,000 |
Rainer Kempe | 155,000 | -3,200 |
Victor Choupeaux | 149,000 | -153,000 |
Andrew Lichtenberger | 148,000 | -27,000 |
Mohsin Charania | 146,000 | -54,000 |
Joe Hachem | 145,000 | 14,900 |
Amanda Baker | 123,000 | 21,000 |
Sam Grafton | 112,000 | -163,000 |
Ian O'Hara | 108,000 | 47,000 |
Grzegorz Wyraz | 102,000 | -8,000 |
Kyle Bowker | 93,000 | -32,000 |
Carlos Mortensen | 87,400 | 2,400 |
Angie Gelinas | 87,000 | 2,000 |
Thursday, July 13, 2017 2:02 PM Local Time
Kyriakides Fades the Snap-Call
Thomas Waters moved all in under the gun for 47,900. Juha Helppi called in the next seat, and Miltiadis Kyriakides shoved all in from the very next seat for about 270,000. Action folded back to Helppi, who thought for a moment.
"Yes!" Kyriakides said, pleased he faded the snap-call. "Yes!"
Helppi smiled and folded.
Waters:
Kyriakides:
The dealer rapidly fired a board of , and Kyriakides collected the pot. Helppi assured him his own hand wouldn't have beaten the kings either.
Miltiadis Kyriakides | 370,000 | 370,000 |
Juha Helppi | 172,300 | -58,700 |
Thomas Waters | 0 | 0 |
Thursday, July 13, 2017 2:01 PM Local Time
Updated Counts from Amazon Purple
Natasha Mercier | 560,000 | 130,000 |
Michael Sklenicka | 520,000 | -20,600 |
Isaac Haxton | 480,000 | 130,000 |
Mike Gorodinsky | 420,000 | 128,000 |
Patrick Mahoney | 390,000 | 50,000 |
John Esposito | 315,000 | 315,000 |
Niall Farrell | 260,000 | 48,000 |
Thi Nguyen | 235,000 | 235,000 |
Rory Brown | 210,000 | 210,000 |
Mario Basler | 200,000 | 135,000 |
Mohsin Charania | 200,000 | -38,000 |
Andrew Lichtenberger | 175,000 | 53,000 |
Naoya Kihara | 160,000 | 11,000 |
Daiva Byrne | 150,000 | 20,000 |
Fabrice Soulier | 135,000 | -95,000 |
Andrew Hills | 130,000 | 130,000 |
Rumen Nanev | 90,000 | -30,000 |
Carlos Mortensen | 85,000 | 1,000 |
Dean Potashner | 50,000 | 50,000 |
Park Yu Cheung | 0 | -55,000 |
Thursday, July 13, 2017 2:00 PM Local Time
Hartshorn Climbs Over 400k with Rivered Pair
Travis Hartshorn opened the pot to 6,500 from the button and Nicolas Fountotos called in the big blind.
The flop fell and Fountotos checked to Hartshorn who bet out 9,000. Fountotos called, and when the turn landed the and he checked, Hartshorn bet out 21,000.
Fountotos again opted on a call as the river landed the and both players checked.
Fountotos tabled his , but it would be Hartshorn's tht would ensure him the pot with a rivered pair. Hartshorn is now over the 400,000-chip mark.
Travis Hartshorn | 407,500 | 53,000 |
Nicolas Fountotos | 144,800 | -26,000 |
Thursday, July 13, 2017 1:57 PM Local Time
Jason Mercier Faces a Check-Raise
Jason Mercier raised to 5,300 from middle position and was called by the big blind. The two were heads-up to the flop of .
The big blind checked and Mercier bet 5,700. His opponent check-raised to 20,000 and Mercier only had around 46,000 behind. He didn't waste much time before announcing all-in and his opponent quickly threw his cards away.
"Don't give me a heart attack like that," Mercier said to the dealer with a grin on his face.
Jason Mercier | 81,000 | -20,500 |
Thursday, July 13, 2017 1:53 PM Local Time
Feinstein Shoves Turn on Senat
Darin Feinstein limped under the gun and Maxim Lykov called in the small blind. Paul Senat raised from the big blind to 10,000 and Feinstein called as Lykov folded.
The flop fell and Senat led out for 11,200 with Feinstein calling as the turn landed the .
Senat bet 26,400 and Feinstein moved all in for 87,200 to put Senat into the tank.
Asking for a count and finding out it was an additional 60,800 to Senat, he eventually opted to fold and drop to below 40,000 while Feinstein climbed to roughly 160,000 in chips.
Paul Senat | 394,800 | -45,200 |
Darin Feinstein | 160,000 | 160,000 |
Maxim Lykov | 48,400 | 16,900 |
Thursday, July 13, 2017 1:52 PM Local Time
Amazon Tan Chip Counts
Allan Le | 430,000 | 430,000 |
Christopher Vitch | 286,000 | 286,000 |
Matt Affleck | 230,000 | 105,000 |
Barry Greenstein | 195,000 | 82,000 |
Greg Raymer | 180,000 | 30,000 |
Greg Mueller | 145,000 | 28,500 |
David "ODB" Baker | 82,000 | 7,000 |
Tyler Patterson | 63,000 | -37,000 |
David Gutfreund | 54,000 | -10,000 |
Nick Schulman | 50,000 | 50,000 |
Thursday, July 13, 2017 1:51 PM Local Time
Gregory Roberts, From Yikes to All In
Gregory Roberts and Naoya Kihara were in a three-way pot with the board reading and all three players saw the river for 25,000.
"Yikes," said Roberts after the third player called.
The river was the , putting three diamonds on the board and Roberts went all in.
"All of it," he said, pushing his remaining 72,000 into the pot.
Both his opponents folded and Roberts took down the pot.
Gregory Roberts | 152,000 | 152,000 |
Naoya Kihara | 149,000 | 0 |
Thursday, July 13, 2017 1:45 PM Local Time
Colpoys Bluffs Off a Chunk
Dan Colpoys bet 8,500 from the big blind on a board of , and an opponent in the hijack called. Colpoys fired again for 17,500 on the river, and he got another quick call. At that, Colpoys sent his hand spinning into the muck with a "nice hand."
Dan Colpoys | 405,000 | 43,000 |
Thursday, July 13, 2017 1:45 PM Local Time
Updated Stacks in Amazon Gold: Jason Koon and Peter Jetten Sitting Healthy
Michael Amato | 310,000 | 310,000 |
Peter Jetten | 270,000 | 270,000 |
Jason Koon | 265,000 | 265,000 |
Ivan Luca | 190,000 | 190,000 |
Christoph Vogelsang | 190,000 | 190,000 |
Thong Tran | 150,000 | 150,000 |
Cindy Kerslake | 145,000 | 145,000 |
David Guay | 88,000 | 88,000 |
Arkadiy Tsinis | 75,000 | 75,000 |
Sam Greenwood | 60,000 | 60,000 |
Dominik Nitsche | 27,000 | 27,000 |
Christopher Usude | 11,000 | 11,000 |
Thursday, July 13, 2017 1:44 PM Local Time
Balsiger Pressures Lindsay to Fold
Jake Balsiger kicked things off with a raise to 5,500 only to have Katie Lindsay three-bet the hijack to 15,000.
Balsiger called, and then checked the flop over to Lindsay who continued for 13,000.
Balsiger responded with a check-raise to 30,000, and after roughly a minute of deliberation, Lindsay released her hand and dropped to just under 50,000 in chips as Balsiger tipped the 250,000-chip mark.
Jake Balsiger | 250,000 | 250,000 |
Katie Lindsay | 47,900 | 47,900 |
Thursday, July 13, 2017 1:42 PM Local Time
Amazon Purple: Updated Chip Counts
Sonny Franco | 502,000 | 12,000 |
Jared Hamby | 470,000 | 56,000 |
Natasha Mercier | 430,000 | -39,000 |
Ayman Qutami | 406,000 | 406,000 |
Yaxi Zhu | 310,000 | 64,000 |
Mike Gorodinsky | 292,000 | -58,000 |
Niall Farrell | 212,000 | -3,000 |
Mike Watson | 161,000 | 8,200 |
Naoya Kihara | 149,000 | -85,000 |
Michael Connors | 147,000 | 2,000 |
Jon Borenstein | 137,000 | -19,000 |
Daiva Byrne | 130,000 | 33,000 |
Nick Pupillo | 125,000 | -37,000 |
Joe Cada | 121,000 | 21,000 |
Aymon Hata | 103,000 | 34,000 |
Michael Noori | 69,000 | 10,600 |
Jeremy Ausmus | 0 | -83,000 |
Thursday, July 13, 2017 1:42 PM Local Time
Player Interview: Allen Cunningham
Five-time bracelet winner Allen Cunningham is playing under the lights in the Brasilia room on the third feature table.
Before play even started, the tournament staff announced the field would be playing into the money today. That means players are positioning themselves to reach that milestone by finding spots to gather chips and introducing some creative play to build their stack.
Cunningham wasted no time making his move. He started the day with 131,000 and had 630,000 heading into the first break of the day.
PokerNews caught up with Cunningham to talk about the heater that put him near the top of the chip counts.
Cunningham: It was a good five hands. I started with 130k and five hands later I had 550k.
The very first hand of the day, I won a nice 30,000 pot in the big blind. On the second hand, I had aces versus someone's ace-king and broke her for another 100,000-plus. The third hand, I think I stole the big blind. The next hand, I flopped fives full of deuces. My opponent made four deuces on the turn and I rivered quad fives. He was one of the guys at the table who covered me.
PokerNews: Have you adjusted your play now that you have more chips?
Cunningham: Honestly, I'm a little bit chip drunk right now. I'm not even sure how to play. I have to regroup and create a new game plan.
PokerNews: How is the play at your table?
Cunningham: It's hard to say because I've knocked out a few players and we've lost another few. The table dynamic keeps changing because we keep getting new players. So it's been hard to get a read.
Yesterday, though, I had a tough table and was able to climb from 25,000 to 130,000. So, I don't mind if it's a tough table or a soft one. I'm just taking it one hand at a time. If you're winning, you're always happy with your table. So of course, I'm really happy right now.
Cunningham, wearing a Superman shirt, probably feels a bit like a super hero right now.
Thursday, July 13, 2017 1:41 PM Local Time
Cain KO'd by Cusinato
From early position, Robert Cain moved all in for 26,300 and Angelo Cusinato called in the cutoff.
Cain:
Cusinato:
The board ran out and Cain was eliminated while Cusinato moved to 155,000 in chips.
Angelo Cusinato | 155,000 | 155,000 |
Robert Cain | 0 | 0 |
Thursday, July 13, 2017 1:39 PM Local Time
Addamo Builds Stack
Sudhir Setia raised from the hijack and was called by two players including Michael Addamo on the button and the big blind. The flop fell and the big blind checked, Setia continued for 8,200 and just Addamo called. After the turn, Rivera bet 17,000 and Addamo called again.
Both players checked the river and Setia announce ace-four before tabling , which Addamo had beat with .
Sudhir Setia | 535,000 | 535,000 |
Michael Addamo | 150,000 | 72,000 |
Thursday, July 13, 2017 1:37 PM Local Time
Easy Come Easy Go for Max Silver
Hand #1:
In the last hand before break, there was about 130,000 in the pot on a board of and Max Silver was all in.
His opponent was deep in thought and it was 11 minutes into the break when Silver called the clock.
The floor came by to give his opponent the 30 second count down and at one second left he folded his hand giving Silver the pot and 285,000 chips.
Hand #2:
In one of the first hands back from break Max Silver called the all ins of two players with and found himself up against and .
The board ran out with queen-high rainbow and no help to Silver. The aces held to double for about 135,000 and the third player in the hand was eliminated.
Max Silver | 145,000 | 0 |