Saturday, July 7, 2018 12:42 PM Local Time
Updated Chip Counts From Brasilia Blue
| Richard Ali | 470,000 | 212,400  |
| Michael Dyer | 455,000 | -47,400  |
| Lars Gronning | 410,000 | 185,900 |
| Chris Hunichen | 360,000 | 152,900 |
| Noe Cantu | 355,000 | 131,800 |
| Chris Ferguson | 211,000 | 51,000 |
| James Akenhead | 170,000 | 65,300 |
| Kristen Bicknell | 110,000 | -92,800 |
Saturday, July 7, 2018 12:41 PM Local Time
Some Updated Counts
| Lacey Jones | 315,000 | 19,200 |
| Alexis Gavin | 255,000 | |
| Gavin Cochrane | 225,000 | 108,400 |
| Alessandro Borsa | 124,000 | -80,400 |
| Jason Koon | 120,000 | -51,600 |
| Matt Berkey | 117,000 | -51,800 |
| Daria Feshchenko | 102,000 | 14,900 |
| Anatoly Filatov | 50,000 | -98,300 |
| Chuck Myers | 45,000 | 500 |
Saturday, July 7, 2018 12:39 PM Local Time
Song Leaves Rheem Talking to Himself
It was shaping up to be one of the biggest pots of the tournament thus far and once again, Chino Rheem was right in the middle of it. The pot had well over 200,000 chips in the middle on a board reading .
Stephen Song had pushed in a bet of 175,000 from the big blind and the action was on Rheem on the button. "King-jack can't be any good here, can it?" Rheem appeared to be asking Song but got no response.
About another two minutes passed with Rheem replaying the hand out loud and trying to decipher what Song's holding could be. "Sorry guys, I just have one pair. One pair, that's all," he continued. After another minute, Rheem finally tossed his cards to the muck and Song was able to drag in the pot with a big smile.
| Stephen Song | 453,500 | 129,300 |
| Chino Rheem | 285,000 | -63,600 |
Saturday, July 7, 2018 12:36 PM Local Time
Chip Counts from Brasilia Red
| Brian Altman | 610,000 | -20,000 |
| Frankie Flowers | 605,000 | 220,000 |
| David Cabrera Polop | 500,000 | 500,000 |
| Josh Arieh | 440,000 | 90,000 |
| Rohan Bhasin | 430,000 | 25,400 |
| Marvin Rettenmaier | 325,000 | 68,600 |
| Aditya Agarwal | 315,000 | 188,800 |
| Jake Schindler | 215,000 | 6,100 |
| Ian O'Hara | 134,000 | -60,100 |
| Rob Brown | 120,000 | 120,000 |
| Tom McEvoy | 115,000 | 9,000 |
| Stanley Lee | 41,000 | -36,800 |
Saturday, July 7, 2018 12:33 PM Local Time
Chip Counts from Brasilia Silver
Robert Salaburu| Casey McCarrel | 510,000 | 8,200 |
| Shawn Daniels | 420,000 | -112,500 |
| Robert Salaburu | 310,000 | 101,800 |
| Cliff Josephy | 290,000 | 4,600 |
| Chris Da Silva [Chris Dasilva] | 285,000 | 73,600 |
| Brian Yoon | 285,000 | 66,000 |
| Daniel Ott | 265,000 | 72,100 |
| Chris Moorman | 225,000 | 5,000 |
| Keith Lehr | 220,000 | -85,000 |
| Christian Soto | 195,000 | 15,400 |
| Leif Force | 180,000 | -5,100 |
| Eric Blair | 135,000 | -7,300 |
| Dean Hamrick | 130,000 | -39,100 |
| Jake Cody | 115,000 | -10,000 |
| Sean Winter | 110,000 | -45,000 |
| Matthew Wakeman | 90,000 | -25,500 |
| Adrian Attenborough | 70,000 | 20,000 |
| Benjamin Dobson | 65,000 | -16,300 |
| Tim Marsters | 65,000 | -88,800 |
| Dejuante Alexander | 50,000 | -26,000 |
| Andy Bloch | 48,000 | 48,000 |
| Kevin Boudreau | 45,000 | -25,000 |
| Alan Widmann | 35,000 | -8,300 |
Saturday, July 7, 2018 12:31 PM Local Time
Cunningham Bets the River
Four players saw a flop of with about 25,000 in the middle and action checked around.
They checked the turn, as well, and the fell on the river. Both blinds checked, Allen Cunningham bet 8,000 from middle position, the hijack folded, and both blinds did the same, so Cunningham took the pot.
| Allen Cunningham | 265,000 | 41,500 |
Saturday, July 7, 2018 12:31 PM Local Time
Dutch Update
Mathijs Jonkers, who finished in 3rd place in the World Series of Poker Europe Main Event last year has just been eliminated. A player on his table opened to 4,500, Jonkers found in the cutoff and shoved. The player in the big blind held and called. No help on the board for Jonkers and his Main Event dream here in Las Vegas is over for this year.
Oscar Kemps lost with against a player who held and defended his big blind. The flop came on which they both checked to the on the turn. Kemp's opponent check-called Kemp's bet of 6,000. They both checked again when the came on the river for his opponent to take down the pot.
Gregor Prizmic Martini (button) called the 4,500 bet of his opponent in mid-position. The flop brought them the , Martini's opponent bet 4,000 and got called. The turn was the on which they both checked. The river completed the board with the , now Martini's opponent check-folded to Martini's overbet of 22,000.
| Farukh Tach | 420,000 | 156,100 |
| Govert Metaal | 340,000 | 102,000 |
| Michael Verhaaf | 321,000 | -69,700 |
| Martijn Gerrits | 208,000 | 77,300 |
| Rens Feenstra | 205,000 | 205,000 |
| Steven Van Zadelhoff | 165,000 | 8,000 |
| Gregor Prizmic Martini | 130,000 | 130,000 |
| Paul Berende | 76,000 | -13,500 |
| Oscar Kemps | 51,000 | -1,400 |
| Kees van Brugge | 0 | -42,800 |
| Mathijs Jonkers | 0 | -41,100 |
Saturday, July 7, 2018 12:30 PM Local Time
DiFelice Busts Chin
Alex DiFelice raised to 5,000 first to act and a short-stacked Derek Chin moved all in for around 35,000 in the cutoff. After some speech play out of the small blind, a short-stacked William Kassouf folded and DiFelice snap-called.
Chin turned over the and it was a classic race, as DiFelice held the . The flop took some of Chin's out away, and the turn and river were both blanks.
| Alex Difelice | 165,000 | 30,000 |
| Derek Chin | 0 | -59,300 |
Saturday, July 7, 2018 12:30 PM Local Time
Kanit Struggles to Get Paid
It was a rough start to the day for Mustapha Kanit, dropping to below 100,000 chips at one point, and another player on the table tried to make it a lot tougher. With a little over 20,000 in the middle, three players saw a flop of . The action checked to Kanit who bet 9,000 from middle position. Hyung Kim called directly to his left and the other player folded.
The turn was the and both players checked to the on the river. Kanit announced a bet of 24,000 and the dealer counted it out to verify. Kim thought for a couple of minutes and then pushed 14,000 into the middle. Kanit tabled for the winning hand but when the dealer asked Kim for an extra 10,000 chips to complete the call, there was some confusion.
Kim thought he heard Kanit say 14,000 when he bet but it was clear to the rest of the table that the bet was 24,000. Kim sat with his cards in front of him and would not put in the extra 10,000 chips. The floor was called to the table and after some discussion, Kim was ordered to put in the extra chips or be penalized. Kim finally paid the full amount and showed his before the next hand continued.
| Mustapha Kanit | 145,500 | -90,300 |
| Hyung Kim | 18,500 | -7,200 |
Saturday, July 7, 2018 12:29 PM Local Time
The Young Guns vs The Old Gods
Twenty-one year old Trey Harrell is one of the youngest players in the Main Event this year, and he's been put up against arguably his toughest opponent ever, Phil Ivey.
In the hand, Harrell opened on the button with raise to 3,500. Ivey was in the big blind and he defended with a call.
The flop came down and Ivey checked to Harrell who led with a bet of 3,300. Ivey called.
Both players checked on the turn to see the on the river. There, Ivey led out with a bet of 15,000 and Harrel promptly folded.
Earlier in the week, PokerNews' Sean Chaffin sat down with Harrell and his mother for an interview about his experience in the Main Event and it can be found here.
| Phil Ivey | 336,000 | -98,200 |
| Trey Harrell | 133,000 | 133,000 |
Saturday, July 7, 2018 12:27 PM Local Time
888poker Ambassador Talbot Eliminated
The action folded around to Parker Talbot in middle position, and he called for 2,000. David Gerassi called on the button as did the small blind and the big blind player checked their option.
On the flop, they action checked around to Gerrassi, and he bet 5,000. The two players in the blinds folded before Talbot moved all in. Gerassi called, and Talbot was behind.
David Gerassi:
Parker Talbot:
Turn:
River:
Talbot couldn't improve and was eliminated in the first level of the day. It means that Team8 Canada has seen all three of their team member eliminated from the 888poker Team Challenge after Mike Leah and Jonathan Schaler and already exited the Main Event.
| Parker Talbot | 0 | -32,000 |
Saturday, July 7, 2018 12:26 PM Local Time
Winter Takes From Taylor
Thomas Taylor raised to 4,000 from the hijack and Sean Winter reraised to 12,000 from the cutoff. Taylor called and they went heads up to the flop.
Taylor checked and Winter tossed out a bet 18,000. Taylor quickly folded and Winter took the pot.
| Sean Winter | 155,000 | -2,700 |
| Thomas Taylor | 140,000 | -69,700 |
Saturday, July 7, 2018 12:22 PM Local Time
Assorted Counts Amazon Tan
| Brian Saltus | 500,000 | 163,100 |
| Vi Do | 480,000 | 103,800 |
| Nathan Henry | 450,000 | 20,000 |
| Andrey Pateychuk | 425,000 | -9,200 |
| Paul Volpe | 360,000 | 125,500 |
| James Romero | 340,000 | 116,000 |
| Amer Torbey | 310,000 | 310,000 |
| Phachara Wongwichit | 300,000 | 79,100 |
| Konstantin Beylin | 300,000 | 44,500 |
| Christopher Chaudey | 280,000 | 280,000 |
| Barny Boatman | 260,000 | 16,500 |
| Patrik Antonius | 260,000 | -36,600 |
| Xuan Liu | 240,000 | -39,600 |
| Matas Cikinas | 230,000 | 130,000 |
| Corey Kempson | 205,000 | 66,600 |
| Josep Galindo | 200,000 | 104,400 |
| Taylor Paur | 170,000 | 24,000 |
| Loni Harwood | 160,000 | -91,200 |
| Alex Difelice | 135,000 | 25,000 |
| Thomas Miller | 120,000 | 17,400 |
| George Danzer | 100,000 | -31,100 |
| Kristy Arnett | 80,000 | -1,500 |
| William Kassouf | 40,000 | -50,000 |
| Lara Eisenberg | 0 | -56,000 |
| Charles Caris | 0 | -73,500 |
Saturday, July 7, 2018 12:21 PM Local Time
Grubaugh Doubles Up
The player in early position opened to 4,500. Collin Grubaugh, in the hijack, three-bet to 11,800. Action folded back to the original raiser who responded by moving all in for 51,300. Grubaugh snap-called.
Collin Grubaugh:
Opponent:
The board ran and Grubaugh doubled up.
| Collin Grubaugh | 105,000 | 34,500 |
Saturday, July 7, 2018 12:21 PM Local Time
Tran Doubles Up
A player in early position raised to 5,100 and JC Tran three-bet shoved from the hijack for what looked like 27,500. After a bit of time in the tank, the original raiser called to put Tran at risk.
JC Tran:
Opponent:
Tran had the preflop advantage and his opponent needed to improve in order to win. The board ran out which missed both players entirely so Tran took the pot to double up.
| JC Tran | 57,000 | -11,000 |
Saturday, July 7, 2018 12:21 PM Local Time
Chip Counts from Brasilia Bronze
Ben Yu| Joshua Mountain | 430,000 | 1,500 |
| Ben Yu | 365,000 | 54,000 |
| Dan Heimiller | 345,000 | 82,000 |
| Moe Farah | 330,000 | -19,000 |
| Nick DiVella | 320,000 | -15,000 |
| Darren Elias | 255,000 | 14,300 |
| Matthew Vaughan | 235,000 | -54,400 |
| Dario Sammartino | 235,000 | -74,600 |
| Jesse Sylvia | 230,000 | 29,800 |
| Michael Wang | 225,000 | -17,600 |
| Daniel Chambers | 185,000 | -40,800 |
| Jared Bleznick | 180,000 | -19,500 |
| Amal Bounahra | 175,000 | 87,600 |
| Jordan Siegel | 170,000 | 400 |
| Jean Gaspard | 155,000 | 107,000 |
| Katie Stone | 145,000 | -2,400 |
| Brian Kim | 140,000 | 53,100 |
| Justin Gardenhire | 130,000 | 9,600 |
| Andrew Lichtenberger | 120,000 | -47,900 |
| Lee Markholt | 105,000 | -100 |
| Aaron Steury | 45,000 | -56,900 |
| Leo Fernandez | 44,000 | -49,000 |
Saturday, July 7, 2018 12:15 PM Local Time
A Few Updated Counts From Pavilion
| Kelly Minkin | 450,000 | 69,200 |
| Michael Telker | 250,000 | 25,200 |
| Michael Marder | 175,000 | 12,700 |
| Jonathan Tamayo | 155,000 | -7,400 |
| Nam Le | 133,000 | 23,700 |
| Ryan Laplante | 130,000 | -62,000 |
| Jackie Glazier | 110,000 | -11,500 |
| Krzysztof Stybaniewicz | 97,000 | -27,400 |
| Scott Clements | 80,000 | 34,000 |
| David Benyamine | 77,000 | 49,200 |
| David Bach | 67,000 | -31,700 |
| Ravi Raghavan | 59,500 | -70,800 |
| Maria Lampropulos | 59,000 | 23,400 |
Saturday, July 7, 2018 12:09 PM Local Time
Jackson Busts Aldenkamp
In a battle of the blinds, Hidde Aldenkamp moved in all but 1 chip and Joshua Jackson called from one seat over, already tabling his cards with the . Even before the floor could be called, Aldenkamp confirmed he had moved all in and showed the . The boar came and that was it for Aldenkamp.
At least one dozen players have already been eliminated in the small Amazon Tan section, with new players such as George Danzer and Kiryl Radzivonau arriving from different sections shortly after.
| Joshua Jackson | 280,000 | 21,400 |
| Jerry Payne | 0 | -63,200 |
| Hidde Aldenkamp | 0 | -130,900 |
| Jared Eskandari | 0 | -63,500 |
Saturday, July 7, 2018 12:08 PM Local Time
Straight for Montgomery
Action begun with a raise under the gun from Scott Montgomery to 4,500. Ahmed Taleb called in the cutoff, Donald Forshey called from the button, and Adam Swan defended his big blind.
The dealer spread a flop and after Swan checked, Montgomery bet 9,000. Taleb and Forshey called, as Swan mucked.
The turn landed the and Montgomery and Taleb both checked to Forshey who bet 22,000. Montgomery called, but Taleb folded.
The river fell the and both players checked. Montgomery revealed his for a straight, and Forshey mucked.
| Scott Montgomery | 305,000 | 70,500 |
| Adam Swan | 261,000 | 19,600 |
| Ahmed Taleb | 187,000 | -15,200 |
| Donald Forshey | 155,000 | -46,800 |
Saturday, July 7, 2018 12:07 PM Local Time
Ikeuchi Up a Bit
The flop read and there was about 43,000 in the middle already. Thang Pham was sitting in the big blind and had bet 15,000. Kazuki Ikeuchi was contemplating his options and then decided to raise to 45,000. Pham looked at Ikeuchi and folded.
| Alexandre Reard | 309,000 | 6,300 |
| Kazuki Ikeuchi | 190,000 | 21,800 |
| Fraser MacIntyre | 112,000 | -22,700 |