Friday, July 14, 2017 1:21 PM Local Time
Barch Finds a Double
Tex Barch shoved for 72,000 over a cutoff open, and that player called with . Barch had him dominated, much to his dismay, with . The flop had the cutoff calling for a heart, but it was Barch improving on the turn and holding on the river.
Tex Barch | 156,000 | 92,000 |
Friday, July 14, 2017 1:20 PM Local Time
Hall Doubles Through Lovgren on Main Feature
Cate Hall moved all-in preflop with and found herself racing when Sofia Lovgren called holding .
Hall picked up a pair on the flop and held through, picking up two pair as the board ran out , scoring the double up.
Sofia Lovgren | 948,000 | -75,000 |
Cate Hall | 248,000 | 134,000 |
Friday, July 14, 2017 1:20 PM Local Time
Mickey Craft Cracks 2-Million Chips and Keeps Going
Mickey Craft has a ton of chips and keeps adding to his stack.
Craft just bet 700,000 on the river with the board reading and his opponent, Greg Dyer, was in the tank.
According to Danielle Andersen, who is sitting next to Craft, the action to this point went like this:
Craft checked the flop and Dyer bet 50,000. Yordan Petrov called and Craft called. On the turn, , Craft checked again and Dyer bet 155,000. Petrov called and Craft said raise, but put out less than a raise and was forced to min-raise. Dyer called the 360,000 and Petrov folded.
The river was the and Craft bet 700,000. Dyer tanked for a little and then called. Craft showed for a seven-high straight and won the pot, bringing his stack to roughly 2,800,000.
The very next hand, Michael Addamo shoved all in for 100,000 and Alessandro Borsa called. Craft called from the big blind as well.
The flop came and both Borsa and Craft checked. The turn was the and Craft bet 50,000. Borsa called. The river was the and Craft bet 200,000. Borsa tanked for close to a minute and called for his tournament life. He showed for ace-high and was good to win the side pot from Craft. Craft showed .
Addamo won the main pot with pocket nines.
Mickey Craft | 2,600,000 | 1,255,000 |
Alessandro Borsa | 410,000 | 223,000 |
Greg Dyer | 360,000 | -916,000 |
Michael Addamo | 330,000 | 143,000 |
Friday, July 14, 2017 1:19 PM Local Time
Main Stage Feature Table Chip Counts
Sofia Lovgren | 1,023,000 | 27,000 |
Jared Jaffee | 1,008,000 | 196,900 |
Dilovan Hussein | 597,000 | -33,000 |
Shawn Daniels | 442,000 | 97,000 |
Jeff Lisandro | 401,000 | -18,000 |
Binh Hoang | 303,000 | 42,000 |
Cate Hall | 114,000 | -90,000 |
Amitabh Mehra | 106,000 | -167,000 |
Lovell Wilkerson | 104,000 | -59,000 |
Friday, July 14, 2017 1:18 PM Local Time
Big Stack Song Applies the Pressure
Kevin Song raised to 17,000 from under the gun. Martin Finger three-bet to 50,000 from the cutoff and Hai Le, who has chipped up considerably since the start of the day, called on the button.
Action was back on Song who glanced at both players' chips, with Finger obligingly lifting his arm up to allow for closer inspection. Song then four-bet to 192,000. Finger folded and Le kissed his cards before releasing them into the muck.
Kevin Song | 900,000 | 52,000 |
Martin Finger | 350,000 | -140,000 |
Hai Le | 240,000 | 160,000 |
Friday, July 14, 2017 1:16 PM Local Time
Mandavia Bets and Wins
Ankush Mandavia raised to 17,000 from the button and the big blind called.
The flop came and both players checked.
The turn brought the and the big blind checked. Mandavia bet 17,000, his opponent folded, and he took the pot.
Ankush Mandavia | 680,000 | -30,000 |
Friday, July 14, 2017 1:14 PM Local Time
Tony Gregg Takes One
Tony Gregg raised to 18,000 from early position and the player in the cutoff called.
The flop came and both players checked.
The turn brought the and Gregg bet 30,000. After brief consideration, his opponent folded, and before he mucked, he let his opponent choose to see one of his hole cards. He tabled the and said "no bluff" with a smile as he took the pot.
Tony Gregg | 670,000 | 150,000 |
Friday, July 14, 2017 1:14 PM Local Time
Updated Chip Counts in Brasilia
David Woo | 1,700,000 | 773,000 |
Patrick Lavecchia | 1,600,000 | 260,000 |
Kenny Hallaert | 1,400,000 | 200,000 |
Yo-Seb Rhee | 1,354,000 | 205,000 |
Damian Salas | 1,100,000 | 20,000 |
Steve Billirakis | 930,000 | 294,000 |
Greg Mueller | 610,000 | 69,000 |
Yuan-Yuan Li | 598,000 | 598,000 |
Schuyler Thornton | 575,000 | -231,000 |
Ryan Franklin | 570,000 | 245,000 |
Jake Bazeley | 559,000 | 74,000 |
Grayson Ramage | 510,000 | -338,000 |
Martin Finger | 490,000 | 239,000 |
Steven van Zadelhoff | 478,000 | -102,000 |
Zo Karim | 458,000 | -10,000 |
Randy Lew | 340,000 | 210,000 |
Krzysztof Stybaniewicz | 309,000 | 0 |
Max Pescatori | 230,000 | 50,000 |
Gavin Smith | 190,000 | -160,000 |
Hans Winzeler | 145,000 | -8,000 |
Nick Guagenti | 120,000 | -36,000 |
David Gutfreund | 110,000 | -31,000 |
Friday, July 14, 2017 1:10 PM Local Time
Matthew Zarcadoolas More Than Doubles Without Showing
Antoine Saout raised to 20,000 from the hijack and Matthew Zarcadoolas called from the small blind. The big blind three-bet to 68,000 and Saout called. Zarcadoolas went into the tank for about a minute but eventually called also.
The flop came and Zarcadoolas checked. The big blind bet 115,000 and both Saout and Zarcadoolas called.
The turn was the and both players checked to the on the river. Zarcadoolas paused for a moment and moved all in for 224,000. Both the big blind and Saout folded and Zarcadoolas more than doubled up without needing to show.
Antoine Saout | 1,650,000 | -150,000 |
Matthew Zarcadoolas | 740,000 | 525,000 |
Friday, July 14, 2017 1:00 PM Local Time
Pay Jump! Eliminated From 865th - 963rd Place ($16,024)
The following players have seen their Main Event torch snuffed and have made their way to the payout line.
Some of the notables receiving the first payout jump include 2009 Main Event Champion Joe Cada, Anatoly Filatov, Noah Bronstein, multi-bracelet winner Dutch Boyd, Barny Boatman, Elio Fox, and James Dempsey.
Justin Parker | 0 | -176,000 |
Duane Graff | 0 | -183,000 |
Marius Johansen | 0 | -241,000 |
Jost Beifuhs | 0 | -65,000 |
James Hodges | 0 | -71,000 |
Charles Clark | 0 | -148,000 |
Robert Bogo | 0 | -239,000 |
Paul Fehlig | 0 | -120,000 |
Stephen Wan | 0 | -54,000 |
John Delrossi | 0 | -63,000 |
Daniel Eichhorn | 0 | -114,000 |
Richard Murnick | 0 | -66,000 |
Scott Seiver | 0 | -206,000 |
Lee Taylor | 0 | -245,000 |
James Dempsey | 0 | -114,000 |
Kevin Tohivsky | 0 | -90,000 |
Rami Mornel | 0 | -70,000 |
Elio Fox | 0 | -74,000 |
John Simon | 0 | -107,000 |
Tommy Vu | 0 | -158,000 |
Chris Wooden | 0 | -104,000 |
Huijie Zhou | 0 | -454,000 |
Kenneth Cleeton | 0 | 0 |
Jun Obara | 0 | -300,000 |
Matthew Niner | 0 | -28,000 |
Chris Wiemers | 0 | -125,000 |
Raphael Wimmer | 0 | -265,000 |
Dren Ukella | 0 | -72,400 |
Justin Pechie | 0 | -97,000 |
Duff Charette | 0 | -163,000 |
Christopher Lane | 0 | -420,000 |
Riley Fuller | 0 | -166,000 |
Barny Boatman | 0 | 0 |
Dutch Boyd | 0 | -101,000 |
John Bonadies Ii | 0 | -222,000 |
Paul Degiulio | 0 | -109,000 |
Daiva Byrne | 0 | 0 |
Breandain Keating | 0 | -56,000 |
Carl Brewington | 0 | -100,000 |
Ori Hasson | 0 | -51,000 |
Friedrich Meyer | 0 | -142,000 |
Joe Cada | 0 | 0 |
Brian Wood | 0 | -187,000 |
Rick Marting | 0 | -17,000 |
William Brock | 0 | -37,000 |
Lawrence Bayley | 0 | -422,000 |
Joshua Palmer | 0 | -34,000 |
Nick Divella | 0 | -56,000 |
Ronan Monfort | 0 | -101,000 |
Brandon Cashwell | 0 | -96,000 |
Knute Lentz | 0 | -127,000 |
Tanaka Shinobu | 0 | -143,000 |
Jeffrey Borris | 0 | -489,000 |
Mark Arum | 0 | 0 |
Mark Schoenberg | 0 | -127,000 |
Mark Owens | 0 | -43,000 |
Anthony Bogard | 0 | -168,000 |
Taylor Pollard | 0 | -479,000 |
Kazuma Tanaka | 0 | -140,000 |
Adam Monaghan | 0 | -173,000 |
Stuart Lieblein | 0 | -47,000 |
Waikiat Lee | 0 | -130,000 |
Peter Gangi | 0 | -543,000 |
Victor Crisostomo | 0 | -313,000 |
A Peter Okin | 0 | -282,000 |
Christopher Savage | 0 | -368,000 |
Ryan Arguello | 0 | -120,000 |
Zachary Donovan | 0 | -82,000 |
Darryll Fish | 0 | -105,000 |
Douglas Hartwick | 0 | -58,000 |
Troy Hagen | 0 | -85,000 |
Lou Barlow | 0 | -343,000 |
Ty Reiman | 0 | -180,000 |
Chaz Curtiss | 0 | -63,000 |
John Strzemp | 0 | -97,000 |
Daniel Blum | 0 | -74,000 |
Thomas Reynolds | 0 | -345,000 |
Chris Convery | 0 | -59,000 |
Mario Lopez (CA) | 0 | -55,000 |
Christian Rudolph | 0 | -232,000 |
Ilkin Amirov | 0 | -72,000 |
Abraham Faroni | 0 | -79,000 |
Noah Bronstein | 0 | -77,000 |
Jay Sharon | 0 | 0 |
Haohao Lin | 0 | -171,000 |
Kristian Wiermyhr | 0 | -168,000 |
Dean Potashner | 0 | -61,000 |
Robert Geith | 0 | -117,000 |
Julie Cornelius | 0 | -117,000 |
Eric Wasylenko | 0 | -113,000 |
Richard Meza | 0 | 0 |
Garry Gates | 0 | 0 |
Jeffrey Leonard | 0 | -184,000 |
John Eckerd | 0 | -108,000 |
Bradley Golomb | 0 | -122,200 |
William Dempsey | 0 | -58,000 |
Todd Hansen | 0 | -13,000 |
Anatoly Filatov | 0 | -210,000 |
Michael Sanders | 0 | 0 |
Friday, July 14, 2017 12:51 PM Local Time
Andre Akkari Doubles Up
Action folded to the player on the button and he raised to 19,000. Andre Akkari called from the big blind.
The flop came and both players checked.
The turn brought the and Akkari checked. The button bet 28,000, and after brief consideration, Akkari called.
The fell on the river and Akkari checked. The button asked Akkari how much he had left, which was 88,000, before he bet 50,000. Akkari jammed and the button called, showing for Broadway. Akkari flipped over for the nut flush and took the pot to double up.
Andre Akkari | 260,000 | -16,000 |
Friday, July 14, 2017 12:50 PM Local Time
Sands Doesn't Back Down
David Sands raised to 17,000 from middle position and was called by Andy Hwang on the button and Andy Frankenberger in the big blind. The flop came . Frankenberger checked and Sands bet 22,000 which Hwang called. Frankenberger let his hand go and they were heads-up to the turn.
The fell on the turn and Sands led out for 67,000. Hwang chose to raise to 148,000 and Sands made the call. The river brought the and both players checked. Sands tabled for a full house and Hwang mucked his hand.
David Sands | 784,000 | -46,000 |
Andy Hwang | 430,000 | -263,000 |
Friday, July 14, 2017 12:50 PM Local Time
Dream Come True For Kenneth Cleeton
A man living the dream for the last week made real by Daniel Negreanu, has had his Main Event run come to an end.
Kenneth Cleeton came into Day 4 freshly in the money and with 21 big blinds.
Unfortunately, Cleeton ran his pocket sevens into the pocket tens of an opponent and his run came to an end in 917th place. Cleeton picks up $16,024.
Kenneth Cleeton | 0 | 0 |
Friday, July 14, 2017 12:50 PM Local Time
Updated Stacks in Amazon Tan: Antoine Saout Soars
Antoine Saout | 1,800,000 | 271,000 |
Brandon Meyers | 1,440,000 | -100,000 |
Neil Patel (IL) | 1,430,000 | 1,430,000 |
Alexander Greenblatt | 1,300,000 | 332,000 |
Adam Hsu | 1,260,000 | 582,000 |
Ben Lamb | 1,220,000 | 100,000 |
Michael Ruane | 1,130,000 | 409,000 |
David Peters | 1,000,000 | 90,000 |
David Sands | 830,000 | 473,000 |
Neil Patel (MO) | 644,000 | 644,000 |
Mark Radoja | 625,000 | 95,000 |
Ismael Bojang | 485,000 | 398,000 |
David Pham | 423,000 | 71,000 |
Liv Boeree | 320,000 | -170,000 |
Danielle Andersen | 300,000 | -118,000 |
Andy Frankenberger | 115,000 | 71,000 |
John MacNaughton | 0 | -343,000 |
Friday, July 14, 2017 12:47 PM Local Time
Updated Chip Counts in Brasilia
Scott Blumstein | 1,700,000 | 350,000 |
Chino Rheem | 970,000 | 0 |
David Patterson | 956,000 | -12,000 |
Miltiadis Kyriakides | 915,000 | 915,000 |
Andrew Watson | 770,000 | 655,000 |
Albert Daher | 755,000 | 165,000 |
Kyle Bowker | 750,000 | 112,000 |
Aaron Been | 700,000 | 73,000 |
Henry Tran | 690,000 | 690,000 |
Chris George | 650,000 | 290,000 |
Chris Johnson | 510,000 | 156,000 |
Michael Hahn | 500,000 | 190,000 |
Harald Sammer | 445,000 | -7,000 |
Melanie Weisner | 347,000 | 252,000 |
Dan Colpoys | 250,000 | 250,000 |
Aaron Massey | 240,000 | 8,000 |
Mitchell Towner | 190,000 | 44,000 |
Michael Tureniec | 155,000 | 50,000 |
Adam Levy | 135,000 | 22,000 |
Chip Jett | 109,000 | -101,000 |
Ryan D'Angelo | 92,000 | -234,000 |
Michael Aron | 65,000 | -150,000 |
Friday, July 14, 2017 12:45 PM Local Time
Ryan Goindoo Busts One on the River
Ryan Goindoo raised to 16,000 from middle position and Alex Conklin called on the button. The player in the big blind moved all in for 116,000 and Goindoo moved all in over the top, clearly putting Conklin to the test for the last of his chips. Conklin folded.
The big blind was at risk with , well ahead of Goindoo's .
The flop came and the big blind was still ahead with two jacks. The turn was the and Goindoo pulled back some of the chips he put in the middle, but kept a stack out front to match his opponent's all-in bet. The river was the and Goindoo pulled his bet right back, making a pair of aces to send his opponent to the rail.
Ryan Goindoo | 855,000 | 205,000 |
Friday, July 14, 2017 12:44 PM Local Time
Max Silver Takes Down a Huge Pot
Max Silver and Juicy Li were heads up on the river. The board read and Silver checked to Li.
There was over 300,000 in the pot at this point and Li bet 203,000. Silver took about a minute and then called with , which was good against the shown by Li.
Max Silver | 1,100,000 | 494,000 |
Juicy Li | 360,000 | -531,000 |
Friday, July 14, 2017 12:42 PM Local Time
Natasha Mercier Eliminated
The board read and the action was checked to Natasha Mercier who bet 33,000. Her opponent, David Fong, called from the big blind and the completed the board.
Fong checked again and Mercier shoved all-in for her remaining 166,000. Fong went into the tank for a couple minutes but eventually found a call. Mercier showed and Fong tabled to eliminate Mercier.
David Fong | 430,000 | 403,000 |
Natasha Mercier | 0 | -250,000 |
Friday, July 14, 2017 12:42 PM Local Time
2001 Main Event Champ Carlos Mortensen Eliminated
Carlos Mortensen came into Day 4 very short but did manage to pick up a double up. A couple hands later though, Mortensen put himself at risk again.
Mortensen moved all in with and was called by a player with .
Mortensen nailed the flop, making trip queens but poker is cruel and running hearts with the on the turn and on the river gave his opponent a flush and sent Mortensen to the payout desk.
Carlos Mortensen | 0 | -23,000 |
Friday, July 14, 2017 12:41 PM Local Time
Updated Counts From Amazon
Sonny Franco | 630,000 | 51,000 |
Jessica Ngu | 620,000 | 232,000 |
Marvin Rettenmaier | 410,000 | -107,000 |
Robert Slezak | 340,000 | 52,000 |
Nick Petrangelo | 324,000 | -189,000 |
Jesse Martin | 292,000 | 117,000 |
Isaac Haxton | 254,000 | -39,000 |
Andrew Kelsall | 114,000 | -26,000 |
Laurence Grondin | 68,000 | -116,000 |