Thursday, July 5, 2018 5:29 PM Local Time
Updated Chip Counts from Pavilion Green
Alex Foxen | 296,000 | 11,000 |
Vladimir Geshkenbein | 245,000 | 120,000 |
David Bach | 150,000 | 1,500 |
Aylar Lie | 150,000 | -10,000 |
Barny Boatman | 139,000 | 24,000 |
Marc-Andre Ladouceur | 120,000 | 5,000 |
Eric Kurtzman | 95,000 | 33,000 |
Adam Friedman | 88,000 | -12,000 |
Christopher Frank | 77,000 | 11,000 |
Kristen Bicknell | 62,000 | 24,000 |
Ryan Riess | 61,600 | -13,400 |
David Pham | 51,000 | 29,000 |
Greg Mueller | 21,000 | -1,000 |
Thursday, July 5, 2018 5:28 PM Local Time
Small Selection of Miranda Chip Counts
Marvin Rettenmaier | 190,000 | 87,000 |
Jasper Wetemans | 186,000 | 32,000 |
Roman Valerstein | 155,000 | 61,300 |
Alberto Destrade | 155,000 | 15,000 |
James Dempsey | 64,000 | -6,000 |
Kyle Julius | 57,000 | 3,000 |
Perry Friedman | 0 | 0 |
Thursday, July 5, 2018 5:28 PM Local Time
John Hesp Eliminated from Main Event
Earlier, John Hesp lost out with pocket aces against the jacks of an opponent when a jack flopped giving his opponent a set. That lost the Brit 35,000 and a short while ago Hesp opened and Jim Schweitzer three-bet to 7,000.
Hesp called and the flop came ace-high and Hesp bet. Schweitzer raised and Hesp moved all in. Schweitzer called and showed for a flopped set, with Hesp turning over for top pair top kicker. There was no miracle runout and last year's final tablist and fan favourite was eliminated.
PokerNews caught up with Hesp as he patiently posed with several of his fans for selfies on the rail.
"[The reception] has been incredible," said Hesp. "Everything has just been so lovely and fun. I'm just so so grateful that these people are enjoying my style of play, and everything else in that regard.
"The game of poker should be fun; those couple of hands earlier weren't fun, but it happens. I'm a realist and I accept that to get to the final table, it's going to be happening the opposite way to other people. And it did to me today.
"Right now I need to go and chill out for five minutes. I've got some buddies who will be wanting to know what happened.
"Hopefully I'll be here for another year, if I live long enough(!) The adrenaline doesn't last long, but it's great to be here!!"
James Schweitzer | 75,000 | 44,700 |
John Hesp | 0 | -80,000 |
Thursday, July 5, 2018 5:24 PM Local Time
Feature Table News
The third table broke and the main feature was replaced after half an hour as it was in the breaking order. Scotty Nguyen's new table will be moved over to the third feature table shortly while Brian Altman continues his domination on the secondary table.
New on the main feature table is Michael "The Grinder" Mizrachi, along with Adrian Naya and Ozgur Arda. A few further assorted counts can be found below.
Brian Altman | 243,000 | 53,000 |
Michael Mizrachi | 233,000 | 60,000 |
Art Papazyan | 200,000 | 30,000 |
Lacey Jones | 175,000 | 61,000 |
Adrian Naya Lopez | 150,000 | 150,000 |
Aymon Hata | 145,000 | 20,000 |
Ozgur Arda | 141,000 | 96,500 |
Farah Galfond | 97,000 | 22,000 |
Jason Pritchard | 70,000 | 44,000 |
Thursday, July 5, 2018 5:22 PM Local Time
Reymond Takes One Out
William Reymond raised to 2,200 from the button and the player in the big blind three-bet to 6,600. Reymond looked at his opponent's stack and called.
The flop came , the small blind bet 9,000. Reymond raised to 20,000 without hesitating. The small blind player considered his options for a few seconds and then decided to go all-in for 53,600 in total. Reymond asked how much extra it was on top of his original raise. The dealer took out the 20,000 Reymond had already raised to and confirmed it was 33,600 extra. Reymond counted out calling chips and how much he would still have behind. Reymond called.
Small Blind:
William Reymond:
Reymond was sitting on the straight draw in hopes to eliminate his opponent. The small blind held a pair of sevens in his hands.
The rest of the board was completed with the on the turn and the on the river for Reymond to river a straight to send his opponent to the rail.
Or Arusi is also seated at this table and after having started off not too great, apparently, he eliminated a few players and even cracked Reymond's aces to now be at the top of the chip counts.
Or Arusi | 374,000 | 307,600 |
William Reymond | 120,000 | -50,000 |
Thursday, July 5, 2018 5:18 PM Local Time
Papazyan Wins Big Clash With Van Zadelhoff
Art Papazyan raised to 2,000 from early position and Steven van Zadelhoff three-bet to 6,800 from late position. Everybody else got out of the way, but the raising wasn't done when it was Papazyan's turn again. Papazyan put in a four-bet worth 17,200 and Van Zadelhoff one-upped him again. Van Zadelhoff made a bet of 34,800 and Papazyan called this time.
The flop was and Papazyan checked to Van Zadelhoff. The Dutchman bet 17,500 and Papazyan called.
The turn was the and both players checked to see the come down.
Papazyan checked to Van Zadelhoff who went in the tank. After a while he also checked and Papazyan showed for the winning hand.
Art Papazyan | 170,000 | 92,000 |
Steven Van Zadelhoff | 140,000 | -60,000 |
Thursday, July 5, 2018 5:18 PM Local Time
Updated Chip Counts from Pavilion Green
Alex Foxen | 285,000 | -15,000 |
Darryll Fish | 210,000 | 70,200 |
Marc-Andre Ladouceur | 115,000 | 76,100 |
Barny Boatman | 115,000 | 69,400 |
John Monnette | 110,000 | 53,000 |
Adam Friedman | 100,000 | 30,000 |
Ryan Riess | 75,000 | -40,000 |
Christopher Frank | 66,000 | 16,000 |
Renato Kaneoya | 65,000 | 4,000 |
Thursday, July 5, 2018 5:17 PM Local Time
Cunningham Binks River to Eliminate a Player
A player was all in and at risk holding against the of Cory Cunningham. The board ran out with the ten on the river giving his opponent a set.
Cunningham's opponent stood in disbelief before exiting the tournament area.
Cory Cunningham | 65,000 | 9,600 |
Thursday, July 5, 2018 5:14 PM Local Time
Updated Chip Counts from Pavilion
Ben Yu | 205,000 | 57,700 |
Chris Ferguson | 152,000 | -13,000 |
Melanie Weisner | 130,000 | -5,000 |
Christopher Brammer | 127,000 | 37,000 |
Joao Vieira | 80,000 | -25,000 |
Josef Snejberg | 40,500 | -1,500 |
Marco Johnson | 38,000 | -87,000 |
Maria Ho | 20,000 | -10,000 |
Matt Grapenthien | 17,500 | -6,800 |
Thursday, July 5, 2018 5:12 PM Local Time
Kokoska Rivers Everything
Following an all-in bet of 11,100 from under the gun, Robert Kokoska called in the cutoff and the rest of the table allowed for a heads-up showdown.
Kokoska had his opponent dominated with against , and while his rival pulled ahead on the turn reading , Kokoska rivered everything on the river to complete the knockout.
Robert Kokoska | 125,000 | 55,000 |
Thursday, July 5, 2018 5:11 PM Local Time
Mamouni Recovers Some Chips
On a board reading , the action was on Smain Mamouni who was in the small blind. The pot had around 16,000 in the middle and Mamouni led out with an over-bet of 24,000. His opponent thought for a minute from early position and then made the call.
Mamouni turned over for a full house while his opponent could only muster for two pair. Mamouni started the day with over 300,000 after bagging the Day 1b chip lead but fell off the pace just before the dinner break. With that healthy pot though, Mamouni has recovered the majority of the chips he lost earlier, well on his way back to the top of the leaderboard.
Smain Mamouni | 299,500 | 4,500 |
Thursday, July 5, 2018 5:06 PM Local Time
A Round of Counts from Amazon Purple
Eric Hicks | 363,000 | 123,000 |
Ryan Van Sanford | 210,000 | 178,800 |
Steven Van Zadelhoff | 200,000 | -20,000 |
Allan Le | 170,000 | 35,000 |
Peter Jetten | 170,000 | 40,000 |
Frank Kassela | 161,000 | 56,000 |
Dylan Honeyman | 140,000 | 10,000 |
Ajay Chabra | 130,000 | -9,000 |
Mina Greco | 126,000 | 6,000 |
Francois Billard | 118,000 | -22,000 |
Sam Soverel | 116,000 | 41,000 |
Leo Margets | 105,000 | 35,000 |
Mikiyo Aoki | 85,000 | -36,500 |
David Prociak | 84,000 | 28,000 |
Lena Evans | 84,000 | 72,000 |
Gordon Vayo | 67,000 | -28,000 |
Tom Marchese | 62,000 | -8,000 |
Randall Emmett | 28,000 | -32,000 |
Angela Jordison | 0 | 0 |
Thursday, July 5, 2018 5:05 PM Local Time
Koon Fighting with a Short Stack
Lexy Gavin and Jason Koon tangled in small pot in which both invested 2,000 on the turn. The appeared on the river and Koon bet 4,800. That was enough to force a fold and scoop the pot uncontested, but Koon is still fighting with a short stack while Gavin sits on a comfortable above-average stack in the third level of the day.
Lexy Gavin [Alexis Gavin] | 160,000 | 0 |
Jason Koon | 32,000 | -20,000 |
Thursday, July 5, 2018 5:02 PM Local Time
Mercier Takes It Down on the Turn
Jason Mercier opened from early position and was called by the player on his left and the big blind. The flop came and the action checked to Mercier who bet 3,100. The opponent on his left called and the big blind got out of the way.
The landed on the turn and Mercier fired another 6,600. His opponent quickly decided to lay his hand down and Mercier took down the pot.
Jason Mercier | 104,400 | 39,400 |
Thursday, July 5, 2018 5:01 PM Local Time
Kostoulas Against Godwin
Christopher Kostoulas raised to 2,200 from the under-the-gun position and was called by Charlie Godwin in the small blind and the player in the big blind.
The flop came and both Godwin and the big blind checked. Kostoulas bet 3,300 and action was back on Godwin. Godwin looked at Kostoulas and decided to raise to 8,700. The player in the big blind insta-folded. Kostoulas glances at Godwin and the board and called.
The turn brought them the on which they both checked to the on the river. Godwin bet another 12,500 into the pot and Kostoulas contemplated his options. Kostoulas called and Godwin tabled for the overpair. Kostoulas had her beat though as he held for the higher overpair.
Robert Gussoni | 140,000 | 10,000 |
Christopher Kostoulas | 76,000 | 26,000 |
Alberto Meran | 31,000 | -3,000 |
Charlie Godwin | 27,000 | -45,000 |
David Nir | 0 | -31,300 |
James Cavanaugh | 0 | -23,400 |
Thursday, July 5, 2018 4:58 PM Local Time
Cabrera Soars After Flopping the Nuts
Courtesy of Spanish reporter Alex Hernando, we were able to find out details of how David Cabrera increased his stack to 360,000 in chips. The key moment came when Cabrera was sitting in the cutoff, facing a 2,500-raise from under the gun. Cabrera opted to three-bet to 8,500 and the initial aggressor fired back with a four-bet to 17,000.
Cabrera called in position and called another 15,000 on the flop. The turn came the and Cabrera paid off a second barrel worth 20,000.
The other player wasn't willing to give up and he fired a third shell on the river, moving all in for 40,000. Cabrera called again and showed for a flopped ace-high flush while his opponent had just with no heart.
David Cabrera | 360,000 | 115,000 |
Thursday, July 5, 2018 4:48 PM Local Time
Second Barrel Forces Foxen Out
Alex Foxen was in the hijack, betting 2,800 on the flop of in what looked like a single raised pot. His opponent fought back, check-raising to 9,500. Foxen called.
The was seemingly a blank and Foxen faced a huge barrel of 27,000.
"Can I see your chip-stack?" Foxen asked and his rival cleared the view. He had about 140,000 behind and Foxen decided to lay his hand down after a brief thought.
Alex Foxen | 300,000 | 13,000 |
Thursday, July 5, 2018 4:46 PM Local Time
Double Knockout for Maynard
With 34,000 in the middle and the flop showing , Bret Maynard and another player checked while Peter Malkoun was awaiting his fate, having been all in before the flop already. Maynard then bet the turn for 11,000 and the third player in the hand moved all in for 24,000, Maynard snap-called.
Peter Malkoun:
Third player:
Bret Maynard:
Malkoun was already drawing dead and Maynard had only to fear the case seven in the deck. Instead, he got the case queen with the on the river to score the double knockout with quads.
Bret Maynard | 175,000 | 73,700 |
Peter Malkoun | 0 | -50,600 |
Thursday, July 5, 2018 4:46 PM Local Time
Hall Down From His Peak
A player opened and got three calls, including Natalia Breviglieri in the small blind and Tom Hall in the big blind.
The four players checked the flop and Hall bet 5,800 on the turn. He got one caller and the river was the . Hall check-folded to a bet of 12,000 from his opponent, but still sits on close to 200,000 in chips.
Tom Hall | 185,000 | 30,000 |
Thursday, July 5, 2018 4:41 PM Local Time
Williams Takes From Ho
The board read with about 25,000 in the middle already. Deric Williams had checked and Michael Ho had bet 17,200. Williams tanked but ended up going all-in. Ho asked for a count and the dealer confirmed Williams had 34,700 in total in front of him. Ho called with the bigger stack.
Deric Williams:
Michael Ho:
Williams had flopped top pair and Ho had a flush draw.
The river completed their board with the for Williams to unnecessarily improve to two pair, kings and deuces, to double up.
Deric Williams | 95,000 | 49,000 |
Michael Ho | 8,000 | -63,000 |
Sam Phillips | 0 | -16,500 |