Thursday, July 12, 2018 4:21 PM Local Time
Hands #42-46: Hyun Chips Up
Hand #42: Erwann Pecheux opened to 200,000 on the button and Jon Hoellein defended. The flop came and Hoellein checked. Pecheux continued for 200,000 and Hoellein folded.
Hand #43: Sung Joo Hyun raised to 450,000 in early position and Richard Douglas called in the big blind. Both players checked the flop and the came on the turn. Douglas led 600,000 and Hyun called. Both players checked the river and Douglas showed for a pair of sevens, no good against Hyun's pocket queens.
Hand #44: Hoellein moved all in on the button and it got through.
Hand #45: Francois Tosques raised to 425,000 in late position and the remaining players folded.
Hand #46: Guoliang Wei raised to 480,000 on the button and the blinds folded.
Richard Douglas | 10,950,000 | -1,750,000 |
Guoliang Wei | 9,000,000 | -740,000 |
Erwann Pecheux | 4,420,000 | 270,000 |
Sung Joo Hyun | 3,750,000 | 800,000 |
Jon Hoellein | 2,500,000 | -715,000 |
Thursday, July 12, 2018 4:08 PM Local Time
Hands #32-41: Raise and Take It
Hand #32: Francois Tosques raised to 425,000 under the gun, Sung Joo Hyun three-bet to 1,350,000 on the cutoff, leaving himself with around 425,000 behind, and Tosques folded after a minute.
Hand #33: Richard Douglas raised to 425,000 in early position and won the hand.
Hand #34: Christopher Staats raised to 425,000 from the cutoff to win the hand.
Hand #35: Hyun won it with a raise to 600,000 from early position.
Hand #36: Hyun raised under the gun to 500,000 to take it.
Hand #37: Erwann Pecheux raised to 500,000 in middle position and received no callers.
Hand #38: Douglas won again with a raise to 425,000 from the cutoff.
Hand #39: Tosques raised to 425,000 from under the gun and once again, no flop was seen.
Hand #40: Hyun raised to 450,000 in the cutoff, Staats three-bet shoved big from the small blind and Hyun folded.
Hand #41: Douglas raised to 425,000 in early position and Tosques called to see the first flop in ten hands. The flop came down and Tosques check-folded to a 550,000 bet.
François Tosques | 5,800,000 | 150,000 |
Sung Joo Hyun | 2,950,000 | 150,000 |
Thursday, July 12, 2018 3:50 PM Local Time
Level 34 started
Level: 34
Blinds: 100000/200000
Ante: 30000
Thursday, July 12, 2018 3:49 PM Local Time
Hands #28-31: Douglas and Staats Get Some
Hand #28: Richard Douglas completed in the small blind and Guoliang Wei checked. The flop came and Wei folded to a bet of 200,000 from Douglas.
Hand #29: Douglas raised to 325,000 on the button and Sung Joo Hyun called in the big blind. They both checked the flop and the turn was the . Hyun checked, Douglas bet 400,000 and Hyun let it go.
Hand #30: Jon Hoellein moved all in from late position and his opponents folded.
Hand #31: Douglas raised to 325,000 from late position and got calls from Wei in the cutoff and Chris Staats in the big blind. All three players checked the flop and the turn was the . Staats led 350,000 and after Douglas folded, Wei called.
The fell on the river and Staats led 1.15 million. Wei folded and Staats took the pot.
Richard Douglas | 12,700,000 | 1,000,000 |
Guoliang Wei | 9,740,000 | -600,000 |
Christopher Staats | 6,300,000 | 700,000 |
Thursday, July 12, 2018 3:38 PM Local Time
Hands #23-27: Nageoya and Tosques in Action
Hand #23: Sung Joo Hyun raised to 360,000 on the button. Renato Kaneoya three-bet shoved 4,400,000 from the small blind and Hyun folded after a minute.
Hand #24: Christopher Staats limped the small blind and Erwann Pecheux checked. Staats bet 160,000 on the flop. On the turn, Staats check-folded to a bet of 300,000.
Hand #25: Richard Douglas raised to 325,000 from early position and Francois Tosques defended his big blind. Tosques check-folded the flop to a bet of 400,000.
Hand #26: Kaneoya raised the hijack to 325,000, Tosques three-bet to 1,050,000 from the small blind and Kaneoya folded.
Hand #27: Guoliang Wei raised to 325,000 from under the gun and won the hand.
François Tosques | 5,650,000 | -700,000 |
Renato Kaneoya | 4,650,000 | 375,000 |
Thursday, July 12, 2018 3:30 PM Local Time
Hands #16-22: Wei Doubles Through Pecheux
Hand #16: Guoliang Wei opened to 325,000 in late position and Erwann Pecheux made it 1.25 million from the big blind. After several seconds, Wei moved all in for about 4 million more and Pecheux called to put Wei at risk.
Pecheux:
Wei:
The flop was safe for Pecheux, but the turn was what Wei was looking for. It gave him a bigger pair and a higher flush redraw. The river was insignificant and Wei scooped a big double up as the two flip-flopped stacks.
Hand #17: Richard Douglas raised to 325,000 from early position and Francois Tosque defended his big blind. On the flop, Tosque check-folded to a bet of 450,000 from Douglas.
Hand #18: Sung Joo Hyun opened to 375,000 from middle position and all his opponents folded.
Hand #19: Pecheux raised the cutoff to 275,000 and Jon Hoellein called in the small blind, as did Douglas in the big blind. The flop came and Hoellein checked. Douglas bet 250,000 and Pecheux and Hoellein folded.
Hand #20: Renato Kaneoya limped in early position, Douglas completed in the small blind and Wei checked his option. On the flop, Douglas and Wei checked and Kaneoya bet 175,000. Douglas folded, but Wei put in a check-raise to 450,000, and that was enough to get Kaneoya to fold.
Hand #21: Chris Staats raised to 400,000 from early position and took down the blinds and antes.
Hand #22: Kaneoya got a walk in his big blind.
Richard Douglas | 11,700,000 | 750,000 |
Guoliang Wei | 10,340,000 | 5,340,000 |
Renato Kaneoya | 4,275,000 | -125,000 |
Erwann Pecheux | 4,150,000 | -4,965,000 |
Sung Joo Hyun | 2,800,000 | 0 |
Thursday, July 12, 2018 3:09 PM Local Time
Hands #11-15: Wei Shoves Twice
Hand #11: Joe Hoellein limped the small blind, Richard Douglas shoved the big blind and Hoellein folded.
Hand #12: Francois Tosques raised to 325,000 from the cutoff, Guoliang Wei three-bet shoved from the big blind and Tosques folded.
Hand #13: Christopher Staats raised to 400,000 from early position and Sung Joo Hyun defended his big blind. Hyun check-called 250,000 on the flop. The turn was the and Hyun led out for 650,000, which Staats called.
The on the river got quickly checked. Hyun showed for just ace-high, Staats showed and won the hand.
Hand #14: Erwann Pecheux raised to 325,000 from early position and Renato Kaneoya called from the big blind. Pecheux bet 275,000 on the flop and received a call.
Pecheux went for a second barrel of 650,000 on the turn and Kaneoya once again called. On the river, the Brazilian led out for 1,000,000 and Pecheux gave it up.
Hand #15: Wei raised to 360,000 in the cutoff, Kaneoya three-bet to 1,400,000 in the small blind, Wei four-bet shoved around 3,100,000 and Kaneoya folded.
Erwann Pecheux | 9,115,000 | -1,750,000 |
Christopher Staats | 5,600,000 | 1,250,000 |
Guoliang Wei | 5,000,000 | 2,350,000 |
Renato Kaneoya | 4,400,000 | -220,000 |
Sung Joo Hyun | 2,800,000 | -1,415,000 |
Thursday, July 12, 2018 2:37 PM Local Time
Break Time Counts
The players will shortly be returning from a 15-minute break to resume play. The counts at the break can be found below.
Richard Douglas | 10,950,000 | 0 |
Erwann Pecheux | 10,865,000 | -235,000 |
François Tosques | 6,350,000 | 0 |
Renato Kaneoya | 4,620,000 | -560,000 |
Christopher Staats | 4,350,000 | -350,000 |
Sung Joo Hyun | 4,215,000 | 595,000 |
Jon Hoellein | 3,215,000 | 315,000 |
Guoliang Wei | 2,650,000 | -150,000 |
Thursday, July 12, 2018 2:37 PM Local Time
Lester Edoc Eliminated in 9th Place ($48,157)
Hand #10: It folded to Lester Edoc in the small blind and he completed. In the big blind, Francois Tosques moved all in to put Edoc to the test, and Edoc quickly called for his remaining stack of around 1.9 million.
Tosques:
Edoc:
Edoc was in the lead, but the flop favored Tosques. The turn and the river couldn't save Edoc and he was eliminated in ninth place. He takes home $48,157 for his finish in the tournament.
François Tosques | 6,350,000 | 1,920,000 |
Lester Edoc | 0 | -2,940,000 |
Thursday, July 12, 2018 2:32 PM Local Time
Hands #6-9: Douglas Closing in on Chip Lead
Hand #6: Erwann Pecheux raised to 250,000 in early position and Richard Douglas three-bet to 800,000 in the cutoff. Pecheux called after the other players folded, and they saw a flop of .
Pecheux checked, Douglas continued for 1 million, and Pecheux mucked his hand. That pot brought Douglas within striking distance of Pecheux.
Hand #7: Francois Tosques raised to 250,000 in middle position and Chris Staats called in the big blind. Both players checked the flop and on the turn, Staats check-folded to a bet of 350,000 from Tosques.
Hand #8: Tosques raised to 250,000 in early position and the remaining players folded.
Hand #9: Sung Joo Hyun raised to 275,000 in late position and took down the blinds and antes.
Erwann Pecheux | 11,100,000 | -1,100,000 |
Richard Douglas | 10,950,000 | -50,000 |
Thursday, July 12, 2018 2:17 PM Local Time
Hands #1-5: Wei Gets Some
Hand #1: Richard Douglas raised to 250,000 in middle position, Renato Kaneoya called from the hijack and Lester Edoc called the small blind. The flop got checked to Kaneoya, who took it with a bet of 220,000.
Hand #2: Erwann Pecheux raised to 250,000 from the cutoff and won the hand.
Hand #3: Guoliang Wei raised to 250,000 from under the gun. On the button, Francois Tosques stared nearly half a minute at the Chinese before folding, and the blinds folded as well.
Hand #4: Renato Kaneoya limped in early position, Douglas completed the small blind and Wei checked his option. Kaneoya bet 130,000 on the flop, Douglas folded and Wei called. Wei check-called 310,000 on the turn.
The river went check-check and Wei won with .
Hand #5: Jon Hoellein raised to 250,000 from the cutoff and won the hand.
Guoliang Wei | 2,800,000 | 1,480,000 |
Thursday, July 12, 2018 2:06 PM Local Time
Richard Cox Eliminated in 10th Place ($37,530)
Francois Tosques raised to 260,000 under the gun, Richard Douglas called in early position, and Richard Cox made it 850,000 to go in middle position. It folded around to Tosques, who let it go and Douglas called.
The flop came and Douglas checked. Cox moved all in for 2,820,000 and Douglas snap-called with for the nuts.
Cox shook his head and tabled .
The and completed the board and Cox was sent to the rail in tenth place, taking home $37,530 for his efforts.
Richard Douglas | 11,000,000 | 4,975,000 |
Richard Cox | 0 | -3,775,000 |
Thursday, July 12, 2018 2:00 PM Local Time
Hoellein Doubles Through Tosques
Francois Tosques raised to 250,000 in middle position, Jon Hoellein three-bet shoved 1,360,000 to his direct left and Tosques called.
Jon Hoellein:
Francois Tosques:
Hoellein's hand remained best on and he doubled up.
François Tosques | 4,430,000 | -1,390,000 |
Jon Hoellein | 2,900,000 | 1,340,000 |
Thursday, July 12, 2018 1:52 PM Local Time
Unofficial Final Table Redraw
The final ten players have packed up and moved to the Brasilia Twitch feature table. Here's a look at seating and counts for the unofficial final table:
Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
1 | Sung Joo Hyun | South Korea | 3,620,000 | 30 |
2 | Renato Kaneoya | Brazil | 5,180,000 | 43 |
3 | Christopher Staats | United States | 4,700,000 | 39 |
4 | Erwann Pecheux | France | 12,200,000 | 102 |
5 | Lester Edoc | Philippines | 2,940,000 | 25 |
6 | Francois Tosques | France | 5,820,000 | 49 |
7 | Jon Hoellein | United States | 1,560,000 | 13 |
8 | Richard Douglas | United States | 6,025,000 | 50 |
9 | Guoliang Wei | China | 1,320,000 | 11 |
10 | Richard Cox | United States | 3,775,000 | 31 |
Erwann Pecheux | 12,200,000 | 1,920,000 |
Richard Douglas | 6,025,000 | -375,000 |
François Tosques | 5,820,000 | 170,000 |
Renato Kaneoya | 5,180,000 | -820,000 |
Christopher Staats | 4,700,000 | -2,015,000 |
Richard Cox | 3,775,000 | -1,475,000 |
Sung Joo Hyun | 3,620,000 | -230,000 |
Lester Edoc | 2,940,000 | -75,000 |
Jon Hoellein | 1,560,000 | -325,000 |
Guoliang Wei | 1,320,000 | -190,000 |
Thursday, July 12, 2018 1:29 PM Local Time
Aditya Sushant Eliminated in 11th Place ($37,530)
Renato Kaneoya raised to 240,000 in middle position, Aditya Sushant three-bet shoved 1,235,000 from the cutoff, Richard Douglas cold-called on the button and Kaneoya flicked it away.
Aditya Sushant:
Richard Douglas:
Sushant didn't improve beyond a jack on and bowed out in 11th. All ten other players moved to the Brasilia feature stage afterwards for the unofficial final table.
Richard Douglas | 6,400,000 | 4,400,000 |
Aditya Sushant | 0 | -2,800,000 |
Thursday, July 12, 2018 1:23 PM Local Time
Daria Feshchenko Eliminated in 12th Place ($37,530)
Francois Tosques opened the button to 250,000 and Daria Feshchenko moved all in from the big blind for 1.375 million. Tosques called to put Feshchenko at risk.
Feshchenko:
Tosques:
The gave both players a pair, but Tosques was best. The turn and river changed nothing and Feshchenko was eliminated in 12th place for a payout of $37,530.
François Tosques | 5,650,000 | 975,000 |
Daria Feshchenko | 0 | -2,000,000 |
Thursday, July 12, 2018 1:19 PM Local Time
Kaneoya Doubles Through Edoc
Renato Kaneoya raised to 240,000 from under the gun and Lester Edoc defended the big blind. Edoc check-called 250,000 from Kaneoya on the flop and 450,000 on the turn.
The river was the and Edoc led out for 900,000. Kaneoya shoved all in for 1,735,000 and Edoc called after some thought.
Renato Kaneoya:
Lester Edoc:
Kaneoya held the nuts to score a full double-up.
Renato Kaneoya | 6,000,000 | 4,870,000 |
Lester Edoc | 3,015,000 | -2,985,000 |
Thursday, July 12, 2018 1:07 PM Local Time
Hoellein Doubles Again
Sung Joo Hyun raised to 200,000 in middle position and Jon Hoellein defended his big blind. The flop came and Hoellein immediately moved all in for 720,000. Hyun thought briefly and called.
Hoellein's top pair with was in the lead as Hyun tabled .
The turn and the river changed nothing and Hoellein doubled through once more.
Sung Joo Hyun | 3,850,000 | -550,000 |
Jon Hoellein | 1,885,000 | 745,000 |
Thursday, July 12, 2018 1:00 PM Local Time
Paul Byrne Eliminated in 13th Place ($29,490)
In the first hand, Aditya Sushant completed the small blind, Paul Byrne shoved the big blind and Sushant folded. In the hand thereafter, Lester Edoc raised to 250,000 from middle position, Byrne three-bet shoved 1,775,000 from the small blind and Edoc called.
Paul Byrne:
Lester Edoc:
Nothing connected for Byrne on a board and he made his way to the exit in 13th place ($29,490).
Lester Edoc | 6,000,000 | 2,000,000 |
Paul Byrne | 0 | -1,900,000 |
Thursday, July 12, 2018 12:55 PM Local Time
Hoellein Doubles Through Wei
Jon Hoellein moved all in for 470,000 in middle position and Guoliang Wei reshoved from the cutoff. The remaining players folded and Hoellein was at risk.
Hoellein:
Wei:
The board ran out , counterfeiting Wei's nines on the river, and Hoellein pump-fisted to celebrate his two pair, ace-high win to stay alive.
Guoliang Wei | 1,510,000 | -1,300,000 |
Jon Hoellein | 1,140,000 | 240,000 |