Thursday, July 4, 2019 11:41 PM Local Time
Saout vs. Cimbolas
On a board of with around 9,000 in the middle, Matas Cimbolas bet out 3,000 from the big blind only to have Antoine Saout from the button bump it to 8,000.
Cimbolas called, and then checked the on the river. Saout bet out 20,500 and Cimbolas went deep into the tank for several minutes.
"I have one of the best bluff catchers," stated Cimbolas in the direction of Saout. The Frenchman didn't budge.
Another minute went by, and Cimbolas mucked.
| Antoine Saout | 114,500 | 6,500  |
| Matas Cimbolas | 63,500 | 1,500 |
Thursday, July 4, 2019 11:39 PM Local Time
Mermelstein Can't Beat Fourth Pair
Two-time WPT Champions Club member Aaron Mermelstein opened with an early position raise and was met with a call from the big blind.
The flop landed and the big blind led out for 1,200 and Mermelstein called.
The and checked through on the turn and river, and the big blind tabled his and Mermelstein mucked.
Thursday, July 4, 2019 11:38 PM Local Time
Marbut Coolers Nikolaou
The turn was out with on show. Nick Nikolaou had bet 10,000 into the pot and was facing a 64,000 re-raise all in from Trenton Marbut. It was a tough spot for Nikolaou who started to work his way through the hand, narrating his thoughts as he did so. He seemed puzzled how the turn was of help to Marbut and made the call.
Trenton Marbut:
Nick Nikolaou:
It was set vs set for Nikolaou and only the case seven would save him, instead the river bricked the . He was left very short and busted a few hands later, whilst Marbut is on the up.
| Trenton Marbut | 148,000 | 148,000 |
| Nick Nikolaou | 0 | 0  |
Thursday, July 4, 2019 11:35 PM Local Time
Garcia Dusted in Two Brutal Hands
Gary Patanjo, a player Cord Garcia's former table told us the tale of two hands that sent Garcia's stack from six-figures to zero in a matter of minutes.
The first, and largest hand, saw Garcia get his stack in with a set of sixes against a player holding the nut flush draw. A spade on the turn and a brick river sent most of Garcia's stack out of his hands, leaving him with around 25,000.
A few hands later, those chips went in preflop with ace-king against the ace-queen of Patanjo. Garcia found himself unlucky again, as Patanjo binked a queen to send Garcia packing in the final level of Day 1b.
| Gary Patanjo | 90,000 | 36,000 |
| Cord Garcia | 0 | -145,000 |
Thursday, July 4, 2019 11:32 PM Local Time
Ferguson Gets Counterfeit
The action folded around to Chris Ferguson on the button who raised to 1,500, Michael Fraser called in the small blind and the big blind folded.
The flop came , Fraser check-called Ferguson's bet of 1,600 and the fell on the turn. Fraser check-called another bet from Ferguson, this time for 3,500. On the river both players checked, Fraser tabled for aces and twos while Ferguson tabled the losing and Fraser scooped the pot.
| Chris Ferguson | 55,600 | |
| Michael Fraser | 32,500 | |
Thursday, July 4, 2019 11:32 PM Local Time
More Chip Counts in Amazon Orange
| Allen Kessler | 284,000 | 89,000 |
| Neil Blumenfield | 217,000 | 113,000 |
| Nichlaus Staker | 171,200 | 16,200 |
| Christoph Vogelsang | 168,000 | 1,800 |
| Preston McEwen | 107,000 | 13,500 |
| Loren Klein | 92,600 | 18,600 |
| Andre Akkari | 84,500 | -4,800 |
| Jameson Painter | 60,500 | -22,500 |
| Mike Sexton | 40,200 | 6,500 |
| Sean Winter | 0 | 0 |
| Kevin O'Donnell | 0 | -16,000 |
Thursday, July 4, 2019 11:31 PM Local Time
Aldemir Saves Chips on the River
There was a limp from the hijack and Koray Aldemir also limped in on the button. The small blind made it 2,600 to go and both the hijack and Aldemir called. The flop fell and the action checked to Aldemir who bet 3,400. Only the hijack called to see the on the turn.
He checked again and Aldemir fired out a bet of 8,500. His opponent still called and the completed the board. Both players knuckled the table and the hijack turned over for a straight draw that turned to two pair. Aldemir was left shaking his head as he dumped his cards to the muck.
| Koray Aldemir | 30,200 | -7,800 |
Thursday, July 4, 2019 11:28 PM Local Time
Updated Chip Counts in Brasilia
| Tom Waters | 167,900 | 23,500 |
| Daniel Hachem | 163,900 | 163,900 |
| Johan Guilbert | 115,000 | 55,000 |
| Stefan Jedlicka | 100,000 | 40,000 |
| Ryan Riess | 84,500 | 14,500 |
| Jimmy Guerrero | 73,500 | -6,000 |
| Stefan Schillhabel | 65,000 | 28,800 |
| Alex Lynskey | 64,000 | -56,000 |
| Steffen Sontheimer | 63,000 | -15,000 |
| Greg Merson | 28,300 | -33,900 |
| Dan Colman | 24,500 | -8,000 |
| Dillon Ott | 24,000 | -23,000 |
Thursday, July 4, 2019 11:27 PM Local Time
Vayo Chips Up With Aces
Gordon Vayo raised the cutoff and Igor Zektser three-bet out of the small blind to 4,800, which Vayo called. On the flop, Zekster continued for 5,100 and Vayo came along before calling a second barrel of 12,200 on the turn. The on the river was checked by Zekster and Vayo checked behind.
Zekster turned over and Vayo won the pot with .
| Igor Zektser | 105,000 | 105,000 |
| Gordon Vayo | 88,000 | 10,900 |
Thursday, July 4, 2019 11:26 PM Local Time
Chip Counts From Amazon Purple
| Brian Yoon | 138,000 | 49,400 |
| Dejuante Alexander | 129,000 | 15,000 |
| Sean Getzwiller | 118,000 | -1,000 |
| Dragos Trofimov | 76,000 | -14,000 |
| Cheryl Naylor | 65,000 | 42,000 |
| Kimberly Frost | 50,000 | 0 |
| Anthony Zinno | 26,000 | 6,500 |
Thursday, July 4, 2019 11:25 PM Local Time
Negreanu Chops With Broadway
Daniel Negreanu raised to 1,500 from under the gun, and was called by a player in the big blind.
The big blind check-called a bet of 1,000 from Negreanu on the flop, then check-called 2,500 on the turn. The big blind checked a third time on the river, and Negreanu bet 3,000. The big blind check-raised to 10,000, and Negreanu called, flipping over for a turned nut flush draw that rivered Broadway. His opponent held for turned top pair, top kicker that also made Broadway, and the duo split the pot.
| Daniel Negreanu | 57,000 | 500 |
Thursday, July 4, 2019 11:21 PM Local Time
Patanjo One Better Than Garcia
The flop was out and it read . Cord Garcia had bet 3,000 and Gary Patanjo went all in for 22,500 total. Garcia deliberated, then made the call.
Gary Patanjo:
Cord Garcia:
Though both players had an overpair, when Garcia saw Patanjo had one better he told him "you're the best". The turn and river didn't change anything and Garcia takes a hit but is still in very good shape.
| Cord Garcia | 145,000 | -40,000 |
| Gary Patanjo | 54,000 | 54,000 |
Thursday, July 4, 2019 11:20 PM Local Time
Vitch Picks Off Opponent
With the board reading and roughly 12,500 in the middle, Chris Vitch checked from the big blind to his opponent in the hijack who bet 7,000.
Vitch called, and then checked the on the river. The hijack bet 10,600, and after some deliberation, Vitch called.
"You got it man," stated the hijack before he flung his cards to the muck.
The dealer pushed the pot to Vitch without showdown.
| Chris Vitch | 76,000 | 6,200 |
Thursday, July 4, 2019 11:19 PM Local Time
Painter Puts Opponent in a Spot
Jameson Painter bet 6,000 from the big blind on a board, and got a call from his under-the-gun opponent, The river fell , Painter bet again for 15,000, and the opponent folded.
| Jameson Painter | 83,000 | 23,500 |
Thursday, July 4, 2019 11:17 PM Local Time
Updated Chip Counts from Amazon Orange
| Jeremy Pekarek | 241,000 | 68,000 |
| Matthew Leecy | 187,000 | 4,000 |
| Lee Markholt | 103,000 | 18,000 |
| Owais Ahmed | 86,000 | -1,000 |
| Anthony Spinella | 85,600 | -11,900 |
| David Paredes | 84,300 | -6,100 |
| Andy Philachack | 82,000 | 0 |
| Renato Kaneoya | 79,000 | -3,000 |
| Todd Witteles | 77,500 | 14,000 |
| Andreas Kniep | 60,600 | 6,400 |
| Michael Dyer | 56,200 | -1,500 |
| Linglin Zeng | 54,500 | 14,000 |
| Chou Chou | 54,400 | -8,600 |
| Chris Tryba | 53,000 | 3,500 |
| Benjamin Zamani | 36,800 | -15,500 |
Thursday, July 4, 2019 11:16 PM Local Time
Chen Bets and Shows One
From under the gun, Chuanshu Chen bet 6,400 into a pot of 10,000 facing a board, and his lone opponent in middle position made the call.
Chen bet 15,000 on the river, and his opponent folded. Chen briefly flashed the before mucking.
| Chuanshu Chen | 135,000 | 22,000 |
Thursday, July 4, 2019 11:14 PM Local Time
Heads Up, Sevens Up
With around 5,000 in the pot on a flop of , both the player in the big blind and Andrey Zaichenko in early position checked to the final player in the hand who was in the cutoff. That player bet 1,800 and the big blind folded. Zaichenko then called.
The turn came and both Zaichenko and the cutoff checked. Both players then checked the river as well.
Zaichenko showed and his opponent mucked as he took down the pot with sevens up.
| Andrey Zaichenko | 49,000 | 14,200 |
Thursday, July 4, 2019 11:11 PM Local Time
Buonanno Pushes Out Vitch
With around 22,000 in the pot on a board of , Antonio Buonanno bet 10,000 from the small blind into Chris Vitch, who was in the cutoff. Vitch thought for around a minute before the call.
The turn came and Buonanno announced he was all in, effectively putting Vitch to the test for his last 52,000 or so. Vitch quickly folded and Buonanno took down the pot, putting Vitch below the starting stack.
| Antonio Buonanno | 128,000 | 128,000 |
| Chris Vitch | 52,000 | -17,800 |
Thursday, July 4, 2019 11:09 PM Local Time
One for Miles
Timothy Miles raised to 1,500 in the cutoff and the big blind called.
The flop landed and the big blind checked. Miles continued for 2,000, and his opponent folded.
| Timothy Miles | 167,000 | 76,700 |
Thursday, July 4, 2019 11:09 PM Local Time
Ruskiewicz Flops a Set
The under-the-gun player raised to 1,600, a player called from middle position, Eric Ruskiewicz called in the cutoff and the big blind came along as well.
The flop came , the big blind checked, the preflop raiser continued for 4,000 and only Ruskiewicz called.
The fell on the turn and Ruskiewicz's opponent check-called his bet of 3,000. The river was the and his opponent check-called 3,000 once again. Ruskiewicz tabled for a flopped set of fives and his opponent mucked.