Thursday, July 13, 2017 1:31 PM Local Time
Gregg Moves to Brasilia, Takes Down a Pot
Tony Gregg began the day in the Pavilion Room nestled behind a 83,200 chip stack.
Recently he relocated into Brasilia, and on one of the first hands of the new level, he kicked things off with an open to 5,400 from middle position.
Everyone swiftly folded and Gregg collected the pot and moved his stack to roughly 138,000 in chips.
Tony Gregg | 138,000 | -12,000 |
Thursday, July 13, 2017 1:27 PM Local Time
Play Resumes
The cards are back in the air.
Thursday, July 13, 2017 1:25 PM Local Time
Level 12 started
Level: 12
Blinds: 1200/2400
Ante: 400
Thursday, July 13, 2017 1:06 PM Local Time
First Break of the Day
The screens show 2,169 players remaining. They have been sent into the first 20-minute break of Day 3.
Thursday, July 13, 2017 1:05 PM Local Time
Feature Table 2 Chip Counts
Chino Rheem | 526,700 | 53,300 |
Kenny Hallaert | 455,400 | 169,500 |
Jonathan Bussieres | 287,500 | 287,500 |
Benoit Jean | 171,500 | 92,000 |
Michael Bartholomew | 149,000 | 149,000 |
Hung Le | 146,200 | 146,200 |
Joseph Curcio | 116,200 | 116,200 |
Konstantin Puchkov | 65,200 | -37,600 |
Luiz Duarte | 57,600 | 57,600 |
Thursday, July 13, 2017 1:05 PM Local Time
Feature Table 1 Chip Counts
Jared Palmer | 299,800 | -7,000 |
Zoltan Szabo | 167,800 | 0 |
Rainer Kempe | 158,200 | 0 |
Timothy Nuter | 143,100 | -3,500 |
Joe Hachem | 130,100 | -6,000 |
Jonathan Kyriakides | 84,500 | 2,000 |
Nicolas Cardyn | 73,900 | 73,900 |
Joel Casper | 53,200 | 53,200 |
Gary Gwartney | 42,000 | 42,000 |
Thursday, July 13, 2017 1:04 PM Local Time
Di Zhang Cracks James Calvo's Aces
James Calvo raised to 6,000 and was called by the player in the small blind. Di Zhang made it 25,000 from the big blind and Calvo four-bet to 100,000. The small blind folded and Zhang moved all in. Calvo called for about 260,000.
Calvo:
Zhang:
The board ran out and the jack hit to give Zhang a set, cracking Calvo's aces to send him home. Zhang now has a massive chip stack.
Di Zhang | 650,000 | 650,000 |
James Calvo | 0 | 0 |
Thursday, July 13, 2017 1:04 PM Local Time
Kempe Wins Raising War With Szabo
Zoltan Szabo raised to 4,000 second to act, and Rainer Kempe made it 13,500 in the hijack. Szabo came back with 32,000, and Kempe responded with an all-in shove. Szabo quickly mucked.
Zoltan Szabo | 167,800 | 167,800 |
Rainer Kempe | 158,200 | 38,800 |
Thursday, July 13, 2017 1:04 PM Local Time
Updated Counts from Amazon Purple and Gold
Stacy Matuson got moved to the gold section in the Amazon room and now faces Valentin Messina. In one of the most recent hands, a short stack got it in with ace-queen against her pocket aces and spiked a queen on the flop and turn to score a lucky double.
Tom Heine [Thomas Heine] | 610,000 | 15,000 |
James Gilbert | 476,000 | 6,000 |
Jessica Ngu | 452,000 | -28,000 |
Charlie Carrel | 400,000 | 60,000 |
Valentin Messina | 370,000 | 370,000 |
Isaac Haxton | 350,000 | 200,000 |
Joe Serock | 342,000 | -88,000 |
Scotty Nguyen | 290,000 | 25,000 |
Benjamin Pollak | 280,000 | 280,000 |
Kathy Liebert | 250,000 | -75,000 |
Robert Heidorn | 250,000 | 86,000 |
Shyam Srinivasan | 240,000 | -113,000 |
Davidi Kitai | 235,000 | 25,000 |
Peyman Luth | 230,000 | 230,000 |
Niko Koop | 230,000 | 230,000 |
Paul Leckey | 230,000 | 230,000 |
Charlie Godwin | 215,000 | -5,000 |
Felipe Ramos | 210,000 | 10,000 |
Sergio Aido | 170,000 | 170,000 |
Jake Cody | 165,000 | 80,000 |
Richard Seymour | 133,500 | 38,500 |
Kyle Bowker | 125,000 | 14,000 |
Dario Sammartino | 125,000 | -20,000 |
John Monnette | 113,000 | 47,000 |
Julie Cornelius | 100,000 | 15,000 |
Carlos Mortensen | 84,000 | 14,000 |
Loni Harwood | 82,300 | -42,700 |
Stacy Matuson | 80,000 | -5,000 |
Michael Addamo | 78,000 | 28,000 |
Ian O'Hara | 61,000 | -69,000 |
Pratyush Buddiga | 57,000 | -8,000 |
Andreas Michelmann | 0 | 0 |
Thursday, July 13, 2017 1:03 PM Local Time
Assorted Counts Throughout Amazon Gold
John Bonadies Ii | 360,000 | 360,000 |
Melanie Weisner | 290,000 | 290,000 |
Jason Mann | 255,000 | 255,000 |
Darryll Fish | 231,000 | -19,000 |
JJ Liu | 213,000 | 213,000 |
Anatoly Filatov | 153,000 | 153,000 |
Albert Daher | 135,000 | 135,000 |
James Petzing | 105,000 | 105,000 |
Kristen Bicknell | 98,000 | 98,000 |
Tyler Bonkowski | 90,000 | 0 |
John MacNaughton | 66,000 | 66,000 |
Alex Rocha | 41,000 | 41,000 |
Thursday, July 13, 2017 1:03 PM Local Time
Matt Glantz Flops Trips
Matt Glantz raised to 4,500 from the cutoff and was called by the button and the big blind. The flop came and the big blind checked. Glantz bet 6,500, the button folded, and the big blind called.
The turn was the and the big blind checked again. Glantz bet 11,500 and his opponent continued to call.
The river brought the and the big blind checked for the third time. Glantz thought for a bit and a smile grew on his face. He checked behind and tabled . "I don't think you can call me if I bet," Glantz said as he scooped in the pot.
Matt Glantz | 294,000 | 60,000 |
Thursday, July 13, 2017 1:02 PM Local Time
Pablo Melogno Straightens Out
Action folded around to Tyler Bonkowski on the button and he raised it up to 4,800. Pablo Melogno was in the big blind and decided to defend.
The flop came and both players checked to the on the turn. Melogno bet 3,500 and Bonkowski called.
The river was the and Melogno led out for 5,500 this time. Bonkowski thought for a moment and called.
Melogno tabled for a straight to the six and Bonkowski mucked.
Pablo Melogno | 490,000 | 490,000 |
Tyler Bonkowski | 90,000 | 90,000 |
Thursday, July 13, 2017 1:00 PM Local Time
Hall Busts; Hakim Wins With Kings
Short stack Ryan Hall got his last 10 big blinds in with and was called by Luis Asmo with . Asmo got there and sent Hall to the rail.
Joshua Sexton will soon be facing the same scenario of push or fold, as he just lost a bigger pot to Jeff Hakim. The latter raised from early position and Sexton just called out of the small blind. On the , Sexton check-raised to 15,000 and Hakim called before the turn was checked through.
Sexton bet the river for 15,000 and Hakim called to see Sexton turn over pocket queens. Hakim had that beat with and Sexton shook his head in disgust.
Jeff Hakim | 400,000 | 400,000 |
Joshua Sexton | 35,000 | 35,000 |
Ryan Hall | 0 | 0 |
Thursday, July 13, 2017 12:59 PM Local Time
Alex Foxen Takes from Yueqi Zhu
Yueqi Zhu raised to 4,500 in late position and was called by the small blind and Alex Foxen in the big blind. The flop came and it checked to Zhu. He continued for 7,300, the small blind folded, and Foxen called.
They checked the turn and the river, and Foxens' for sevens and twos with the ace kicker was good for the pot.
Yueqi Zhu | 154,000 | 50,000 |
Alex Foxen | 107,000 | -2,000 |
Thursday, July 13, 2017 12:57 PM Local Time
Matthew Moss Doubles Through Jeff Flannery in Biggest Pot of the Main Event So Far
A player in middle position raised to 4,500, Matthew Moss called from the button, and Jeff Flannery called from the big blind.
The flop came down and Flannery checked to the initial raiser who continued for 6,500. Moss raised to 16,200, Flannery reraised to 47,500, the initial raiser folded, and Moss called.
The turn was the and Flannery checked to Moss who bet 52,800. Flannery check-raised to 152,000, Moss called, and the river completed the board.
Flannery bet 100,000, Moss shoved for 204,500, and Flannery tanked for about three minutes before he called.
Moss tabled for eights full of sevens, Flannery was forced to show a defeated , and Moss won the biggest pot of the Main Event so far.
Matthew Moss | 835,000 | 485,000 |
Jeff Flannery | 156,000 | -6,000 |
Thursday, July 13, 2017 12:56 PM Local Time
Jack Duong Puts the Pressure on... Himself
With the board reading and around 40,000 in the pot already, Bernardo Dias had put out a stack of orange from middle position, putting Jack Duong to a decision for his remaining stack of 31,200.
Duong called the clock on himself, and when the floorperson came over to the table and learned he called it on himself, she announced that he had ten seconds left to act, and began counting down.
Duong was surprised and asked, "Hold on, what?"
His tablemates explained the rule that if you call the clock on yourself you only get ten seconds. The countdown had begun, and Duong said, "Wait. You already started?"
"Seven, six, five," and in a fluster, Duong put forward his stack to call.
Dias tabled , and Duong's for the straight to the king was good for the double up.
Jack Duong | 103,000 | 35,000 |
Bernardo Dias | 91,000 | -54,000 |
Thursday, July 13, 2017 12:54 PM Local Time
Johns Barrels Out Barstool Nate
Eric "Barstool Nate" Nathan checked a flop from middle position in what looked to be a three-bet pot. Ian Johns put in 16,000 from the cutoff, and Nathan called. The two quieted the lively conversation they'd been having and saw a turn. Nathan checked and Johns fired in 46,500. Nathan folded after thinking only briefly.
Ian Johns | 481,000 | 481,000 |
Eric Nathan | 235,000 | 235,000 |
Thursday, July 13, 2017 12:53 PM Local Time
Hallaert Flops Straight
Catching the action with the board reading , Chino Rheem checked over to Kenny Hallaert who bet 43,000.
Rheem went deep into the tank talking up a storm before eventually calling holding .
Hallaert tabled his for a flopped straight to scoop the pot and move to 285,900 while Rheem dropped to 473,400 in chips.
Chino Rheem | 473,400 | -59,600 |
Kenny Hallaert | 285,900 | -109,500 |
Thursday, July 13, 2017 12:51 PM Local Time
O'Dea Folds the River
Donnacha O'Dea was in the big blind facing an opponent on the button, and he bet 7,000 on a board of . The player on the button called, and the river was a . O'Dea thought awhile and then bet 15,000. His opponent put in a raise to 55,000. That represented most of what O'Dea had behind, and the Irish legend folded after about a minute.
Donnacha O'Dea | 64,000 | 64,000 |