Sunday, July 8, 2018 12:57 PM Local Time
991st-1,014th Place Finishers
These players collected $15,920 for their efforts.
| Lucio Procopio | 0 | -248,000  |
| John Newcombe | 0 | -73,000 |
| Jack Peterson | 0 | -120,000 |
| Ronni Borg | 0 | -182,000 |
| Gregory Back | 0 | -287,000 |
| Siamak Nejad | 0 | -82,000 |
| Jaime Menendez | 0 | -267,000 |
| William Lewandowski | 0 | -11,000 |
| Joshua Ormiston | 0 | -255,000 |
| Alexandre Saulnier | 0 | -166,000 |
| Martin Mathis | 0 | -215,000 |
| Colin Guthrie | 0 | -83,000 |
| Shibin Zhang | 0 | -170,000 |
| Fawz Bennis | 0 | 0 |
| Brian Gudim | 0 | -71,000 |
| Alexey Samkov | 0 | -60,000 |
| Aurelie Quelain | 0 | 0 |
| Corbin White | 0 | -75,000 |
| Michael Niwinski | 0 | -94,000 |
| Pierre Neuville | 0 | -125,000 |
| Ryan McKnight | 0 | -36,000 |
| Gabi Hecker | 0 | -87,000 |
| Frank Ray | 0 | -327,000 |
Sunday, July 8, 2018 12:55 PM Local Time
DiVella Forces a Quick Fold
Uri Reichenstein opened to 13,000 from the cutoff and Nick DiVella defended his big blind. The flop came and both players checked to the on the turn.
DiVella led out for 15,000 and Reichenstein called to see the on the river. DiVella tossed in another bet of 15,000 but this time Reichenstein raised to 65,000. DiVella thought for over a minute and then announced all in for around 330,000. Reichenstein instantly tossed his cards to the middle of the table and the pot was pushed to DiVella.
| Nick DiVella | 472,000 | 102,000  |
| Uri Reichenstein | 435,000 | -194,000 |
Sunday, July 8, 2018 12:54 PM Local Time
Hicks Find the Seven-Deuce Again
Following a raise to 15,000, Eric Hicks called in the small blind, as did Mark Zullo in the big blind.
The flop landed and both Hicks and Zullo checked to the original raiser who bets 15,000. Hicks check-raised to 55,000, and the Zullo folded.
The turn and river of the and were checked through, and Hicks revealed his . His opponent showed his for a busted flush draw, and Hicks captured another pot holding seven-deuce.
| Eric Hicks | 1,545,000 | 345,000 |
| Mark Zullo | 1,140,000 | -260,000 |
Sunday, July 8, 2018 12:54 PM Local Time
Glick Doubles Through Harvell in Nasty Cooler
On the button, Mike Glick opened with a raise to 13,000. Drew Dumanski was in the small blind and he three-bet to 42,000. Justin Harvell was in the big blind and he put in a cold four-bet to 126,000. Action was back on Glick and he shoved all in for 308,000. Dumanski folded while Harvell called.
Justin Harvell:
Mike Glick:
The board ran out which was safe for Glick the whole way through and he was able to double up.
"You didn't have a king did you?" a player at the table asked Dumanski after the hand. "You look like you're going to puke."
Dumanski just nodded silently then shook his head.
| Justin Harvell | 1,340,000 | -410,000 |
| Mike Glick | 670,000 | 407,000 |
Sunday, July 8, 2018 12:51 PM Local Time
Main Feature Table News
There has been no casualty so far on the main feature stage and China's Yang Zhang has pulled into the lead, ahead of Davidi Kitai, Antonio Esfandiari and Damian Salas.
| Yang Zhang | 932,000 | 135,000 |
| Davidi Kitai | 832,000 | 129,000 |
| Antonio Esfandiari | 654,000 | 155,000 |
| Damian Salas | 619,000 | 67,000 |
Sunday, July 8, 2018 12:50 PM Local Time
Nguyen Busts to Quads
The preflop action was unknown, but when all was done and dusted, Anh Van Nguyen was handed a payout slip with his still tabled and Christopher Mcnally raked in the pot with . Mcnally had flopped a set and even got the overkill quads on the river of a board .
| Christopher Mcnally | 680,000 | 212,000 |
| Anh Van Nguyen | 0 | -91,000 |
Sunday, July 8, 2018 12:49 PM Local Time
Choupeaux's Stack Chopped by Ivey and Lenaghan
Over on the secondary feature, Ryan Lenaghan raised to 15,000 first to act and Victor Choupeaux moved all in from the hijack for 75,000. Phil Ivey reraised to 150,000 on the button and Lenaghan shoved for 360,000, Ivey called.
Victor Choupeaux:
Ryan Lenaghan:
Phil Ivey:
The board came and Choupeaux's stack was chopped by Ivey and Lenaghan, sending the former above one million in chips.
| Phil Ivey | 1,100,000 | 177,000 |
| Brian Altman | 889,000 | 152,000 |
| Dermot Blain | 426,000 | -139,000 |
| Ryan Lenaghan | 407,000 | 115,000 |
| Victor Choupeaux | 0 | -222,000 |
| Brian England | 0 | 0 |
Sunday, July 8, 2018 12:48 PM Local Time
1,015th-1,039th Place Finishers
| Ba Dinh | 0 | -317,000 |
| Ryan Gianquitti | 0 | -158,000 |
| John Gallagher (HI) | 0 | 0 |
| Pedro Llanes | 0 | -35,000 |
| Eric Cruz | 0 | -113,000 |
| Mohammad Shahid | 0 | -70,000 |
| Bret Maynard | 0 | -147,000 |
| Steven Prentky | 0 | 0 |
| Sundiata Devore | 0 | -130,000 |
| Jason Strasser | 0 | -155,000 |
| Marvin Rettenmaier | 0 | 0 |
| Edward Ho | 0 | -252,000 |
| Samuel Vonkennel | 0 | -117,000 |
| Bruno Portaro | 0 | 0 |
| Craig Strobel | 0 | 0 |
| Jonathan Levy | 0 | 0 |
| Vasili Firsau | 0 | -270,000 |
| Todor Plaseski | 0 | -63,000 |
| Brian Frasca | 0 | 0 |
| Danny Steinberg | 0 | -202,000 |
| Josef Ujlaky | 0 | -300,000 |
| Robert Ferdinand | 0 | -97,000 |
| Edwin Lau | 0 | -274,000 |
| Charles Clark | 0 | -80,000 |
| Jacob Meeks | 0 | -117,000 |
Sunday, July 8, 2018 12:48 PM Local Time
Tach Soaring
It's been all Farukh Tach in the first level of the day over at table #462 in Amazon Purple. Tach, who started at 1.2m, eliminated several players to soar to 1,770,000.
According to Tach, he first eliminated a player in an all-in situation with pocket tens against ace-queen, where his tens held up. Shortly after, another player opened to four big blinds, the button called and Tach peeled as well with in the big blind.
On an flop, the initial raiser shoved 150,000 — twice the size of the pot — with . Tach called and held up to send another one to the rail.
| Farukh Tach | 1,770,000 | 195,000 |
Sunday, July 8, 2018 12:45 PM Local Time
Yu Bluffs Off a Heap on River
Ben Yu was on the button with having been dealt as the community. He had a wager of 150,000 in front of him, which looked to be slightly under the size of the pot, and Lawrence Ma was thinking things over in the big blind. Eventually, he called, and Yu just mucked his cards and conceded the pot.
| Ben Yu | 808,000 | -212,000 |
| Lawrence Ma | 750,000 | 340,000 |
Sunday, July 8, 2018 12:44 PM Local Time
Flowers the First Over Two Million
"Man this table would make a great TV table!" stated Frankie Flowers after dragging a pot.
Flowers broke down his chip stack, and it amounted to be over the two million chip mark meaning that Flowers is the first player to cross this threshold.
| Frankie Flowers | 2,016,000 | 116,000 |
Sunday, July 8, 2018 12:44 PM Local Time
1,040th-1,062nd Place Finishers
Each of these players pocketed $15,920 for their respective finishes.
| Dimitar Danchev | 0 | -138,000 |
| Jake Cody | 0 | -245,000 |
| Brian England | 0 | -127,000 |
| Joseph Palma | 0 | -107,000 |
| Illya Trincher | 0 | -88,000 |
| Brett Bader | 0 | -69,000 |
| Sriharsha Doddapaneni | 0 | -85,000 |
| Manuel Javier | 0 | -38,000 |
| Sean Remz | 0 | 0 |
| Paul Fisher | 0 | -8,000 |
| Rebecca Campbell | 0 | -273,000 |
| Jesse Yoder | 0 | -159,000 |
| Corey Dodd | 0 | -121,000 |
| Andreas Michelmann | 0 | -38,000 |
| David Gutfreund | 0 | -114,000 |
| Ronald Rosenberg | 0 | -63,000 |
| Ruslan Dykshteyn | 0 | -24,000 |
| Julian Menhardt | 0 | -238,000 |
| Lexy Gavin | 0 | -32,000 |
| James Westenburg | 0 | -29,000 |
| Kamel Boukhalfa | 0 | -239,000 |
| Anthony Pinto | 0 | -268,000 |
| Jose Montes | 0 | -70,000 |
Sunday, July 8, 2018 12:43 PM Local Time
Updated Chip Counts from Orange Section
| Samuel Bernabeu | 1,090,000 | -328,000 |
| Eric Froehlich | 780,000 | -455,000 |
| Ema Zajmovic | 751,000 | 382,000 |
| Yueqi Zhu | 600,000 | -94,000 |
| Taylor Paur | 590,000 | -47,000 |
| Jared Bleznick | 580,000 | -270,000 |
| Kristen Bicknell | 500,000 | -65,000 |
| Matthew Reed | 467,000 | 199,000 |
| Jonathan Duhamel | 450,000 | 0 |
| James Akenhead | 341,000 | 68,000 |
| Manig Loeser | 310,000 | -74,000 |
| Craig Trost | 280,000 | 203,000 |
| Chris Klodnicki | 120,000 | 119,999 |
| Melanie Weisner | 77,000 | -12,000 |
Sunday, July 8, 2018 12:42 PM Local Time
Ben Flushes Away Moore
Three players saw a flop of and Robert Moore moved all in for 32,000 into a main pot of 54,000. The player in middle position thought it over for quite some time before folding and Or Ben snap called last to act.
Moore showed for top pair and Ben held both straight and flush draws with his . The dealer burned and turned the improving Ben to a king high flush leaving Moore drawing dead. The meaningless hit the river and Ben earned the pot and the elimination.
| Or Ben | 435,000 | 435,000 |
| Robert Moore | 0 | -138,000 |
Sunday, July 8, 2018 12:40 PM Local Time
Flowers Above Two Million
Patrick Sacrispeyre was walking with a payout slip out of the tournament area and mentioned he was part of a three-way all in that saw him at risk with queens.
"The one big stack behind me turned over aces and made quads," Sacrispeyre said in French and that happened to be Frankie Flowers. A quick look at the table showed more than two million for Flowers, who was in great mood as usual and even kissed the dealer right after he was done stacking the chips.
| Frankie Flowers | 2,050,000 | 8,000 |
| Bryce McVay | 1,550,000 | 680,000 |
| Bradley Rhodes | 1,250,000 | 713,000 |
| Brian Yoon | 1,020,000 | 232,000 |
| Chris Moorman | 970,000 | -90,000 |
| Matthew Reimers | 960,000 | 12,000 |
| William Kopp | 850,000 | 27,000 |
| Ralph Perry | 775,000 | -245,000 |
| Dan Wilson | 720,000 | 65,000 |
| Amal Bounahra | 650,000 | 82,000 |
| Colin Robinson | 650,000 | -61,000 |
| Bas De Laat | 600,000 | 315,000 |
| Frederik Jensen | 480,000 | 105,000 |
| Eric Wasylenko | 420,000 | -37,000 |
| Jordan Young | 400,000 | 130,000 |
| Rhys Jones | 380,000 | 142,000 |
| Anatoly Korochensky | 340,000 | 135,000 |
| Jesse Sylvia | 275,000 | 188,000 |
| Joe Ebanks | 100,000 | -336,000 |
| Patrick Sacrispeyre | 0 | -108,000 |
Sunday, July 8, 2018 12:36 PM Local Time
Peche Falls to Yeh in Brutal Fashion
Darryl Ronconi opened with a raise to 17,00 before Andrew Yeh made it 39,000 from late position. Action folded to the blinds where Daniel Peche moved all in with his short stack for 26,000 and Ronconi and Yeh both called creating a side pot with heads up action.
The flop came down and Ronconi checked then called a bet of 27,000 from Yeh.
The turn was the and Ronconi checked again. Yeh fired a bet of 78,000 and Ronconi folded so Peche and Yeh showed down their cards.
Andrew Yeh:
Daniel Peche:
Peche turned a straight while Yeh had top set. Unfortunately the river was the and that filled up Yeh to a boat and sent the short stack Peche to the rail.
| Andrew Yeh | 785,000 | -28,000 |
| Daniel Peche | 0 | -31,000 |
Sunday, July 8, 2018 12:35 PM Local Time
Hicks Tells a Tale
"Hey! Hey! Hey PokerNews!" bellowed Eric Hicks as a PokerNews reporter was walking past his table.
Hicks was in the middle of a hand where he was facing a check-raise from Timothy McDermott, and eventually decided to fold.
"I got a story to tell you." Hicks added.
"I'm serious. You need to write this down. This is the best hand every played." Hicks continued.
As the PokerNews reporter stood there listening, Hicks continued to splurge details.
"So this guy there had like 120,000" Hicks stated as he pointed to seat five that is currently occupied by Adam Levy.
"Not me. The guy before me" Levy confirmed.
"So he raised big, like 20 or 30,000, and I looked down at seven-deuce. I thought about just folding, but I was like why not, so I called." Hicks stated.
"The flop was like king-eight-deuce and I checked to him, and he bet big; like 20,000 again. I just shoved all in for like 150,000 and he went into the tank!" Hicks continued before he just starts laughing out loud.
"I didn't want to break him, but now I wanted to break him, and he was in pain sitting there thinking and rubbing his head." Hicks added.
"Eventually he calls with King-Queen. And then a deuce came on the turn and I broke him!" Hicks remarked and then laughed again.
"I broke him so good. You gotta write the hand. It's the best. All these guys aren't having fun, but I am!" Hicks stated to complete his story.
| Eric Hicks | 1,200,000 | 70,000 |
Sunday, July 8, 2018 12:35 PM Local Time
1,063rd-1,085th Place Finishers
Here are the last of the min-cashers, who earned $15,000 for their showings.
| Wei Zhu | 0 | -119,000 |
| Josh Pollock | 0 | -131,000 |
| Mark Brazis | 0 | -146,000 |
| Dustin Fox | 0 | -173,000 |
| Mitch Garshofsky | 0 | 0 |
| Marino Candido | 0 | -60,000 |
| Paul Richardson | 0 | -134,000 |
| Tan Nguyen | 0 | -227,000 |
| Edward Franklin | 0 | -137,000 |
| Jeremy Pozza | 0 | -72,000 |
| Christopher Barrett | 0 | -72,000 |
| Curt Kohlberg | 0 | -381,000 |
| Alex Smith | 0 | -98,000 |
| David Hausmann | 0 | -69,000 |
| Tu Huynh | 0 | -178,000 |
| Eracles Panayiotou | 0 | -125,000 |
| Ranno Sootla | 0 | -108,000 |
| Jason Sell | 0 | -100,000 |
| Andjelko Andrejevic | 0 | -199,000 |
| Gregory Katayama | 0 | -261,000 |
| Rafal Michalowski | 0 | -129,000 |
| Stanley Leopard | 0 | -409,000 |
| Alexey Laptev | 0 | -93,000 |
Sunday, July 8, 2018 12:35 PM Local Time
Updated Counts Amazon Purple
| Mark Zullo | 1,400,000 | 372,000 |
| Andres Jeckeln | 1,400,000 | 344,000 |
| Paul Volpe | 1,290,000 | 345,000 |
| Eric Hicks | 1,130,000 | 110,000 |
| Chris Moorman | 1,060,000 | 255,000 |
| Tom Cannuli | 880,000 | 236,000 |
| Stephen Song | 610,000 | 32,000 |
| Daniel Alaei | 360,000 | -20,000 |
Sunday, July 8, 2018 12:27 PM Local Time
Chou Spikes a Queen on the River to Leave Klein Short
Andrea Klein moved all in from middle position for her last 96,000. It folded to Chou Chou in the small blind and he put his last 81,000 in the pot. The big blind folded and the hands were shown.
Chou Chou:
Andrea Klein:
They saw a flop of and the dealer burned and turned the . Klein was just one card away from the double up but the hit the river. Chou spiked his three outer to double up and Klein was left with just two and a half big blind.
| Chou Chou | 177,000 | 118,000 |
| Andrea Klein | 15,000 | -18,000 |