Thursday, June 6, 2019 5:35 PM Local Time
Three Table Redraw
| Seat | Table #400 | Table #401 | Table #402 |
|---|
| 1 | Diogo Veiga | Adrian Curry | David Rasmussen |
| 2 | Nicholas Chow | Paul Cullen | Aaron Frei |
| 3 | Amer Torbey | David Uvaydov | Morten Christensen |
| 4 | Peter Mylenki | Sharavan Chhabria | Rafi Elharar |
| 5 | Andrei Konopelko | Brandon Eisen | Bryden Baxter |
| 6 | Danny Ehrenberger | Jason Oloughlin | Kathy Holz |
| 7 | Andrew Mckenzie | Christopher Fitzgerald | Dylan Lask |
| 8 | Fletcher Parkin | Jesse Solano | Arlan Goldberg |
| 9 | Daniel Ghobrial | Femi Fashakin | Walter Atwood |
Thursday, June 6, 2019 5:18 PM Local Time
Rasmussen Eliminates Rathi
David Rasmussen and Mahesh Rathi went all in preflop. Rathi, with a stack around 10,000, was behind with , facing the for Rasmussen.
The board brought him no help and he was eliminated in 28th place.
| David Rasmussen | 51,000,000 | 28,500,000  |
| Mahesh Rathi | 0 | -27,000,000  |
Thursday, June 6, 2019 4:52 PM Local Time
Take 20
The 28 remaining players are on their third 20-minute break of the day. Once they get down to 27, they'll redraw for the final three tables. Kartik Ved and Tam Nguyen busted shortly before the break.
| Kartik Ved | 0 | -33,000,000 |
| Tam Nguyen | 0 | -17,000,000 |
Thursday, June 6, 2019 4:51 PM Local Time
Big Hand Between Curry and Ghobrial
Daniel Ghobrial moved all in for 18,000 and Adrian Curry, in the blinds, thought about it for a few minutes before making the call.
It was a flip; Ghobrial with versus Curry with . The board brought but a on the river saved Ghobrial.
"Why are you calling?" inquired Ghobrial.
"No, why are YOU pushing?!" replied Curry.
"Alright, we're here to gamble after all!" Curry laughed.
"It's the funniest tournament in the world" added Ghobrial.
| Adrian Curry | 52,000,000 | -5,000,000 |
| Daniel Ghobrial | 36,000,000 | 20,650,000 |
Thursday, June 6, 2019 4:50 PM Local Time
Torbey Saved by the River
The preflop action on this hand was confirmed by dealer and players.
After Tam Nguyen raised to 4,200,000 from early position, action folded around to Amer Torbey, who, according to players, made an "accidental' re-raise to 7,000,000. With action back on Nyuyen he four-bet shoved all in, Torbey called and was all in and at risk for his tournament life.
Amer Torbey:
Tam Nguyen:
The flop came , which paired the king for both players and meant that Torbey still needed to hit a ten. The turn was of no help, but the river gave Torbey two pair and saved him from elimination.
| Amer Torbey | 52,000,000 | 24,000,000 |
| Tam Nguyen | 17,000,000 | -31,000,000 |
Thursday, June 6, 2019 4:48 PM Local Time
Recent Eliminations
With the third break of the day in sight, the field is down to just 30 players. The latest batch to bust out all received over $20,000 for their efforts, more than forty times their initial investment of $500. Among them are Daniel Gamer and Filipe Goncalves, who both walked away with $27,620.
| Easton Oreman | 0 | -12,500,000 |
| Timothy Adkison | 0 | -18,500,000 |
| Filipe Goncalves | 0 | -16,175,000 |
| Daniel Gamer | 0 | -22,000,000 |
| Anthony Gugliuzza | 0 | 0 |
| Johnathan Sanchez | 0 | -7,500,000 |
| Jiehao Zhu | 0 | -10,170,000 |
| Ricardo Klaassen | 0 | -6,000,000 |
| Robert Rodriguez | 0 | -4,200,000 |
| Jun Hong | 0 | -9,800,000 |
| Michael Rowe | 0 | -28,450,000 |
| Na Vue | 0 | -8,900,000 |
Thursday, June 6, 2019 4:44 PM Local Time
Former Marine Tim Adkison Makes Astoria Proud in Big 50
Tim Adkison busted the Big 50 in 40th place for $27,620, the biggest score of his career. Prior to his elimination, PokerNews caught up with the 27-year-old former marine and UNLV student to talk about the experience of playing the largest tournament in poker history.
"Because of the tournament itself, it's awesome," said Adkison, who is originally from Astoria, Oregon. "I've played pretty deep in other tournaments but this is obviously the deepest. It's pretty tough. There's no more fish in this entire tournament, so every chip is important."
It actually marked Adkison's second attempt at the Big 50 after busting an early bullet.
"I pre-regged the first time and made it to Level 10," he explains. "I busted and got back in line for the next day. It wasn't that bad of a line as it was after midnight."
Click here to read the full feature article.
Thursday, June 6, 2019 4:40 PM Local Time
Uvaydov Sends Mccoy Out
Benjamin Mccoy opened to 3,800,000 and Kartik Ved called from the cutoff, followed by David Uvaydov in the big blind.
The flop brought and Uvaydov checked. Mccoy continued for 5,500,000 and only Uvaydov made the call.
Things heated on the turn . Uvaydov bet 6,000,000 and called the all-in move from Mccoy for 16,800,000 million. Uvaydov showed for a set of sevens while Mccoy tabled . Drawing dead, Mccoy made his way to the exit after a fell on the river.
| David Uvaydov | 94,000,000 | 54,500,000 |
| Kartik Ved | 33,000,000 | 21,000,000 |
| Benjamin Mccoy | 0 | -25,800,000 |
Thursday, June 6, 2019 4:31 PM Local Time
Hoa Eliminated and Rathi Regrets His Fold
Action folded to Thanh Hoa on the button, and he went all in with his last remaining chips. Femi Fashakin then re-raised all in from his small blind, which got a sigh from the short-stacked Rathi, who then folded face up.
Thanh Hoa:
Femi Fashakin:
After the dealer spread the flop, Rathi then let out another sigh. The turn and river completed the runout and eliminated Hoa from the tournament.
| Femi Fashakin | 60,000,000 | 31,000,000 |
| Thanh Hoa | 0 | -17,000,000 |
Thursday, June 6, 2019 4:26 PM Local Time
Mckenzie Takes Some More from Torbey
Andrew Mckenzie opened on the button to 3,600,000 and Amer Torbey made the call.
The flop came and Torbey check-folded to Mckenzie's continuation bet for 4,500,000.
| Andrew Mckenzie | 77,000,000 | -13,000,000 |
| Amer Torbey | 28,000,000 | -1,000,000 |
Thursday, June 6, 2019 4:21 PM Local Time
All the Chips Are on Amazon Gold 403
Directly after the massive clash, Rafi Elharar's table got broken and he got moved to the already substantially stacked table of Amazon Gold 403.
Shortly after Elharar got moved to the open seat in the middle, it was Sarkis Paronyan who shoved for 16,000,000 from under the gun. Everyone folded to Tam Nguyen in the big blind, who called.
Sarkis Paronyan:
Tam Nguyen:
Paronyan picked up a flush draw to go with his overcards along the way but didn't get there on and bowed out.
| Rafi Elharar | 155,000,000 | 0 |
| Andrew Mckenzie | 90,000,000 | 18,000,000 |
| Andrei Konopelko | 82,000,000 | -8,000,000 |
| Tam Nguyen | 48,000,000 | 15,000,000 |
| Peter Mylenki | 36,000,000 | -3,000,000 |
| Amer Torbey | 29,000,000 | -4,500,000 |
| Sarkis Paronyan | 0 | -8,000,000 |
Thursday, June 6, 2019 4:17 PM Local Time
Holz Eliminates Needle
It folded to Michael Needle in the small blind who moved all in for a remaining stack under 11,000,0000. Kathy Holz looked at her cards and made the call with . Holz, holding , was in bad shape for a double up.
The board came and Needle was eliminated from the tournament.
| Kathy Holz | 48,500,000 | 11,500,000 |
| Michael Needle | 0 | -6,325,000 |
Thursday, June 6, 2019 4:13 PM Local Time
Elharar Massive Chip Leader After Monster Clash
The preflop action in this hand was relayed by players at the table.
Kevin Calenzo went all in for his last 22,000,000 and Saya Ono in the small blind called. Rafi Elharar, having both players covered, three-bet shoved all in. Ono called it off for her tournament life which sent the pot soaring to over 150,000,000.
Rafi Elharar:
Saya Ono:
Kevin Calenzo:
The board ran out , which sent the massive pot over to Elharar and crushed both Ono's and Calenzo's hopes.
| Rafi Elharar | 155,000,000 | 85,000,000 |
| Saya Ono | 0 | -51,000,000 |
| Kevin Calenzo | 0 | -12,300,000 |
Thursday, June 6, 2019 3:59 PM Local Time
New Round of Chip Counts
| Rafi Elharar | 70,000,000 | 7,000,000 |
| Saya Ono | 51,000,000 | 15,000,000 |
| Danny Ehrenberger | 34,000,000 | 10,000,000 |
| Nicholas Chow | 31,200,000 | 23,100,000 |
| Mahesh Rathi | 27,000,000 | -600,000 |
| Jason Oloughlin | 26,800,000 | -12,200,000 |
| Benjamin Mccoy | 25,800,000 | -7,200,000 |
| David Rasmussen | 22,500,000 | 4,600,000 |
Thursday, June 6, 2019 3:55 PM Local Time
Ehrenberger Doubles Through Holz
Kathy Holz raised to 3,500,000, Danny Ehrenberger three-bet shoved 11,500,000 and Holz called after a few seconds.
Danny Ehrenberger:
Kathy Holz:
It was the biggest coin flip of Ehrenberger's poker career thus far, as the small stakes grinder who mostly plays $155 tournaments in the Czech Republic suddenly finds himself on the run of a lifetime.
His dream was kept alive after the board ran out to pair his king. Ehrenberger exhaled a sigh of relief as he raked in the pot.
| Kathy Holz | 37,000,000 | -7,000,000 |
| Arlan Goldberg | 36,000,000 | 15,000,000 |
| Danny Ehrenberger | 24,000,000 | 13,500,000 |
| Morten Christensen (SG) | 22,000,000 | 3,000,000 |
Thursday, June 6, 2019 3:53 PM Local Time
Short Stack vs Shorter Stack
After action folded around to Khang Pham, he shoved his last remaining chips, and from the next seat over Mahesh Rathi also went all in, which got folds from both blinds.
Khang Pham:
Mahesh Rathi:
After the board ran out , favoring Rathi, the dealer counted the nearly-identical stacks and confirmed that Rathi had just 1,200,000 more — exactly one big blind — than Pham, who was eliminated from the tournament.
| Mahesh Rathi | 27,600,000 | 14,600,000 |
| Khang Pham | 0 | -21,500,000 |
Thursday, June 6, 2019 3:51 PM Local Time
McKenzie With the Right Call
The board showed and a large pot was already in the middle when Andrew McKenzie and Amer Torbey checked.
The river was the and McKenzie checked once more. Torbey fired 15,000,000, putting McKenzie to a big decision. After some time he ended up calling with . Torbey mucked .
| Andrew Mckenzie | 72,000,000 | 34,000,000 |
| Amer Torbey | 33,500,000 | -28,000,000 |
Thursday, June 6, 2019 3:41 PM Local Time
Johnson at Full Throttle
Amer Torbey raised from the cutoff, Evan Johnson three-bet to 10,000,000 from the small blind and Torbey called.
On the flop, Johnson announced "ten million" and quickly slid another stack of T-500,000 chips forward. Torbey swiftly came along with the call, creating a mouth-watering pot of over 40 million in chips already.
The turn was the and within mere seconds, Johnson made a waving motion with his hands and moved all in for 35,000,000. Torbey looked back at his cards and, with a disgusted look on his face, folded after about ten seconds.
At the same table, Andrei Konopelko is sitting pretty behind a stack of 90M and is the presumable chip leader as the once humongous field now has just five tables left.
| Andrei Konopelko | 90,000,000 | 46,000,000 |
| Evan Johnson | 77,000,000 | 300,000 |
| Amer Torbey | 61,500,000 | 22,500,000 |
| Tam Nguyen | 33,000,000 | 16,500,000 |
| Easton Oreman | 12,500,000 | 500,000 |
| Sarkis Paronyan | 8,000,000 | -3,800,000 |
Thursday, June 6, 2019 3:41 PM Local Time
Mccoy Hurts Gugliuzza
In a blind versus blind situation, Benjamin Mccoy moved all in for 16,100,000 and Anthony Gugliuzza made the call.
Benjamin Mccoy:
Anthony Gugliuzza:
Gugliuzza didn't hit on the board and was left with 4,700,000 after the hand.
| Benjamin Mccoy | 33,000,000 | 24,750,000 |
| Anthony Gugliuzza | 4,700,000 | -19,800,000 |
Thursday, June 6, 2019 3:39 PM Local Time
Ono vs Elharar
Rafi Elharar raised to 2,700,000 from under-the-gun, and was called by Robert Rodriguez in middle position. Action folded around to Ono in the small blind, and she re-raised to 10,000,000, which got a fold from Jay Zhu in the big blind.
Elharar then four-bet shoved all in, which made Rodriguez sigh, say an expletive and then fold. With action back on Ono, she asked for a count, and when the dealer confirmed 47,900,000 total, she went into the tank for almost two minutes before finally releasing her cards.
| Rafi Elharar | 63,000,000 | -5,000,000 |
| Saya Ono | 36,000,000 | -2,000,000 |
| Jay Zhu | 15,000,000 | 15,000,000 |
| Robert Rodriguez | 4,200,000 | -1,100,000 |