Wednesday, June 5, 2019 5:04 PM Local Time
Ono Busts Another One
Action folded around to Caleb Rybalka in the small blind and he shoved all in.
Still stacking chips after busting Ari Engel in the previous hand, Ono snap-called and the players tabled their hands.
Caleb Rybalka:
Saya Ono:
Ono had a monster in the big blind, which held on the board, and she eliminated players in back-to-back hands.
Saya Ono | 5,800,000 | 0 |
Caleb Rybalka | 0 | 0 |
Wednesday, June 5, 2019 5:00 PM Local Time
Ledda Up to 14 Million Chips
"He's unstoppable," remarked someone at Swiss player Olivier Ledda's table. "He's knocked out four or five players in the last ten minutes.
"He had fives and flopped a set. He cracked kings with ace-ten, had ace-jack just now...He never loses!"
Ledda is now on 14 million chips midway through the sixth level of the day. That's good enough for five times the current average which is 2,800,000, and his chip stack is encroaching noticeably on the players either side of him.
Olivier Ledda | 14,000,000 | 4,000,000 |
Wednesday, June 5, 2019 4:58 PM Local Time
Engel Eliminated
As related by players at the table, Saya Ono raised to 225,000 from under-the-gun, and when action folded around to Ari Engel in the big blind, he shoved all in and was called by Ono.
Ari Engel:
Saya Ono:
The board ran out , which eliminated Engel from the tournament.
Saya Ono | 4,500,000 | 1,600,000 |
Ari Engel | 0 | -1,300,000 |
Wednesday, June 5, 2019 4:54 PM Local Time
Zack Eliminated
In a blind versus blind situation, Daniel Zack moved all in for his remaining stack worth 700,000 with and got called by the big blind with .
The flop fell , giving a set of nines to the big blind player and the flush draw for Zack, but the rest of the board came and Zack was eliminated from the tournament.
Daniel Zack | 0 | -1,800,000 |
Wednesday, June 5, 2019 4:51 PM Local Time
"Barstool Nate" Eliminated
After coming into the day with around two million, Eric "Barstool Nate" Nathan has been eliminated, shoving his last 12 big blinds in with from the button only to get called by .
"I turned a flush draw, but queens held," said Nate. "I think I played six hands all day. I'm flying home now but I'll be back to play the Main Event!"
Wednesday, June 5, 2019 4:43 PM Local Time
Cunningham Loses One
Allen Cunningham raised to 180,000 from the cut-off and only the player in the small blind called.
The flop appeared and the small blind check-called Cunningham continuation's bet for 175,000. The turn went check-check.
On the river , the small blind bet 300,000 and Cunningham quickly let it go. He has now a stack around 1,000,000.
Allen Cunningham | 1,000,000 | -500,000 |
Wednesday, June 5, 2019 4:37 PM Local Time
More Chip Counts
Jason Baldridge | 7,400,000 | 1,200,000 |
Kuo Chen Hung | 3,900,000 | -1,000,000 |
Yaser Al-Keliddar | 1,950,000 | 1,165,000 |
Ari Engel | 1,300,000 | 50,000 |
Wednesday, June 5, 2019 4:36 PM Local Time
One Million's Not Cool, Know What Is? Ten Million
With players continuing to rapidly exit the BIG 50, Olivier Ledda appears to be the first person to reach the eight-figure stack mark. The Swiss player finished second in the $250 Daily DeepStack yesterday for $25,089, his highest career cash to date.
Ledda has already locked up over $3,500 with less than 600 players remaining.
Olivier Ledda | 10,000,000 | 8,715,000 |
Wednesday, June 5, 2019 4:25 PM Local Time
Yan Catches It On the Turn
After Li Yan moved all in from middle position, action folded around to Jay Zhu in the big blind, and he made the call.
It was quite the action flop, with the dealer spreading , which gave Yan top two pair and Zhu a set.
The turn put Yan in the lead with a better full house, and the on the river secured her double-up and sent the pot her way.
Jay Zhu | 2,300,000 | -800,000 |
Li Yan | 1,400,000 | 1,400,000 |
Wednesday, June 5, 2019 4:22 PM Local Time
Fashakin Adds More to his Stack
On a raised pot, the flop showed when Fashakin's opponent bet 200,000. Fashakin three-bet to 550,000 before shoving all in after his opponent's four-bet. The latter called and both payers showed their cards.
His opponent:
Femi Fashakin:
Fashani had two pair and his opponent had to hit the flush to stay alive but the rest of the board fell and the dealer moved the pot to Fashakin.
Femi Fashakin | 5,000,000 | 700,000 |
Wednesday, June 5, 2019 4:14 PM Local Time
Updated Chip Counts
Justin Liberto | 9,300,000 | 7,065,000 |
Kevin Calenzo | 6,300,000 | 4,970,000 |
Jerald Williamson | 5,900,000 | 2,100,000 |
Jisup Hwang | 3,650,000 | 2,605,000 |
Scott Davies | 1,900,000 | -600,000 |
Maury Solano | 1,700,000 | 450,000 |
Blake Bohn | 1,700,000 | 435,000 |
Allen Cunningham | 1,500,000 | -100,000 |
Jackson White | 1,000,000 | 1,000,000 |
Wednesday, June 5, 2019 4:10 PM Local Time
Battenfield Applies the Pressure
Christopher Battenfield raised to 160,000 from the middle position, got called by Admir Sefo in the next seat over, and the remaining players folded their hands.
After the dealer spread a flop of , Battenfield continued for 225,000 and Sefo tank-called.
Battenfield then went all in on the turn, easily having Sefo covered.
Sefo again went into the tank, finally releasing his cards after about a full miniute, which sent the pot to Battenfield.
Christopher Battenfield | 3,100,000 | 345,000 |
Admir Sefo | 685,000 | 285,000 |
Wednesday, June 5, 2019 4:03 PM Local Time
Vue and Meli Soars Up Chip Counts
Na Vue | 8,000,000 | 5,100,000 |
Vincent Meli | 7,900,000 | 7,460,000 |
Arlan Goldberg | 7,700,000 | 5,945,000 |
DeeAngelo Seng | 7,200,000 | 3,400,000 |
Scott Davies | 2,500,000 | 1,100,000 |
Daniel Zack | 1,800,000 | -500,000 |
Wednesday, June 5, 2019 4:02 PM Local Time
Jost Cracks Aces to Double
On a flop Michael Jost checked and another player bet 160,000. The third player in the hand raised to 750,000 and Jost check-raised all in for 1,100,000.
The second player tanked and deliberated before eventually folding, with the final player snap-calling.
Michael Jost:
Opponent:
Jost was at risk, but ahead with a flopped set. The turn was the and river the and he doubled to over two million in chips.
Michael Jost | 2,100,000 | 1,195,000 |
Wednesday, June 5, 2019 3:53 PM Local Time
Reskallah Eliminated by Vazquez
Luis Rocca Vazquez opened from the cut-off position and Aladain Reskallah shoved all in for a stack around 800,000 with . It came back to Vazsquez who made the call with a slightly better stack, holding nothing else than .
Reskallah was in desperate shape to win the hand and found no help on a board .
Luis Rocca Vazquez | 1,800,000 | |
Aladin Reskallah | 0 | -1,600,000 |
Wednesday, June 5, 2019 3:19 PM Local Time
Break
With 690 players remaining the tournament is going on its second break. When they return the blinds will be 40,000/80,000 with an 80,000 big blind ante.
Wednesday, June 5, 2019 3:18 PM Local Time
Hung Sends One to the Rail
Jason Baldridge started the action with a raise to175,000. Kuo Chen Hung three-bet to 475,000 and the player on the button moved all in for a stack around 1,500,000. Baldridge thought about it for a minute and made the fold. Hung called and the players tabled their cards:
His opponent:
Kuo Chen Hung:
Hung was in good shape to win the big pot, which he did after the runout, eliminating his opponent in the process. Baldridge said he also had a pair of tens.
Jason Baldridge | 6,200,000 | 2,300,000 |
Kuo Chen Hung | 4,900,000 | 4,900,000 |
Wednesday, June 5, 2019 3:16 PM Local Time
Big Stacks in the Field
John Richards | 6,900,000 | -700,000 |
Catherine Valdes | 6,400,000 | 1,200,000 |
Michael Carter | 5,500,000 | 3,625,000 |
Ludovic Geilich | 5,500,000 | 3,735,000 |
Ioannis Angelou Konstas | 4,000,000 | 1,985,000 |
Mario Mosbock | 3,100,000 | 1,900,000 |
Saya Ono | 2,900,000 | -100,000 |
Eric Nathan | 1,300,000 | -645,000 |
Ismael Bojang | 1,300,000 | 915,000 |
Wednesday, June 5, 2019 3:09 PM Local Time
Massive Pot for Brandt
The action started with Lawrence Brandt who opened in middle position. The player in the cut-off called as well as Femi Fashakin on the button. The big blind moved all-in for 450,000 and Brandt reshoved for 1,000,000. The cut-off called and after some thinking, Fashakin let it go.
Lawrence Brandt
Small blind:
Cut off:
The dealer brought a board , giving Edward a pair of aces on the turn for the winning hand and a pot over 3 million.
Femi Fashakin | 4,300,000 | 3,350,000 |
Lawrence Brandt | 3,000,000 | 1,455,000 |
Wednesday, June 5, 2019 3:09 PM Local Time
Big Stacks and Notables
Adrian Curry | 8,900,000 | 2,700,000 |
John Richards | 7,600,000 | 0 |
Daniel Gamer | 7,000,000 | 2,975,000 |
Joshua Suyat | 5,900,000 | 3,860,000 |
Michael Needle | 5,500,000 | 3,520,000 |
Gary Klein | 4,800,000 | 4,240,000 |
Jerald Williamson | 3,800,000 | -900,000 |
Paul Lentz | 2,700,000 | 700,000 |
Allen Cunningham | 1,600,000 | 1,050,000 |