Thursday, July 4, 2019 7:25 PM Local Time
Altman Takes it Down With a Set
On a flop of there was roughly 5,200 in the middle, Catherine Dever checked the small blind, Bobby Altman checked, and the button bet out 3,200. Dever called, and Altman check-raised to 7,900, the button called and Dever let her hand go.
The turn was the and Altman fired in four 5,000 chips for a total of 20,000 and his opponent made the call. The fell on the river and both players checked. Altman tabled for a set of fours, while his opponent tabled the losing for top pair and a turned flush draw, giving Altman the pot.
Bobby Altman | 118,500 | 118,500 |
Catherine Dever | 62,000 | 62,000 |
Thursday, July 4, 2019 7:24 PM Local Time
Chip Counts Feature Table
Yuri Dzivielevski | 124,000 | 29,000 |
Daniel Negreanu | 78,000 | 5,000 |
David Heyden | 71,000 | -4,000 |
Nathan Cummings | 71,000 | 6,000 |
Joseph Mormino | 61,000 | -3,000 |
James Van Alstyne | 50,000 | -22,000 |
John Dibella | 46,000 | |
Carol Harmon | 45,000 | 3,000 |
Hunter Cichy | 15,000 | -22,000 |
Thursday, July 4, 2019 7:23 PM Local Time
Schu's Kings Take a Chunk From Fleischer
A player raised to 1,000 from the hijack, and Bill Schu three-bet to 3,500 on the button. Terry Fleischer called in the big blind, and the hijack folded.
Fleischer checked the flop to Schu, who bet 6,000. Fleischer called.
On the turn, Fleischer led out for 6,000, and Schu quickly called.
Fleischer bet another 6,000 on the river, and Schu raised to 15,000. Fleischer sheepishly grinned at the situation, but called anyways, only to muck when Schu tabled .
Bill Schu | 105,000 | |
Terry Fleischer | 91,000 | 0 |
Thursday, July 4, 2019 7:22 PM Local Time
Updated Chip Counts in Brasilia
Jonathan Jaffe | 203,000 | 70,900 |
Scott Baumstein | 190,000 | 15,000 |
Alex Lynskey | 94,500 | 8,500 |
Darryll Fish | 92,500 | 13,500 |
Dylan Linde | 87,000 | 19,000 |
Mike Watson | 86,500 | 2,800 |
Greg Merson | 67,300 | 7,000 |
Greg Raymer | 65,500 | 5,500 |
Koray Aldemir | 40,000 | -17,000 |
Thursday, July 4, 2019 7:19 PM Local Time
Great Flop for Schillhabel
The cards were already face up in front of the players but it appeared all of the chips got in the middle on the flop. Stefan Schillhabel was heads-up on the button with the small blind on his left. Schillhabel was all in for just over 15,000 on the flop.
The board read and Schillhabel held for a full house. It was a perfect flop for Schillhabel as his opponent also flopped trip nines with . The ace on the turn gave Schillhabel a full house and his opponent was drawing dead.
Stefan Schillhabel | 36,200 | 19,200 |
Thursday, July 4, 2019 7:15 PM Local Time
Binger Gets Dinged by Houri's Nut Flush
Nick Binger raised to 1,200 from the button, and was called by Yehoram Houri in the small blind.
Houri check-called a bet of 1,300 from Binger on the flop, and the fell on the turn. Houri checked again, and Binger bet 3,100. Houri woke up with a check-raise to 13,000, and Binger called.
On the river, Houri bet 20,000, and Binger called, only to muck upon seeing Houri's .
Yehoram Houri | 85,000 | |
Nick Binger | 65,000 | -35,500 |
Thursday, July 4, 2019 7:13 PM Local Time
Chip Counts from Amazon Gold
Paul Volpe | 115,000 | -10,000 |
Antoine Saout | 97,000 | 21,400 |
Phillip Hui | 85,000 | 23,700 |
Joao Simao | 82,000 | 45,500 |
Mina Greco | 72,500 | -1,000 |
Jacob Toole | 58,000 | -2,000 |
Sam Grafton | 48,000 | -19,500 |
Ryan Leng | 17,000 | -50,500 |
Daniel Statman | 15,100 | -56,400 |
Thursday, July 4, 2019 7:12 PM Local Time
Leecy Wins Without Showdown
Matthew Leecy had opened from middle position and had just called a three-bet from the big blind. There was 12,800 total in the pot as the dealer turned over a flop of .
The big blind continued with a bet of 3,000 and Leecy called. The turn came and the big blind checked. Leecy took about 20 seconds before he picked up chips and put out a bet of 3,000. His opponent took about the same amount of time and then slid his cards forward to muck them, resulting in Leecy taking down the pot.
Matthew Leecy | 111,300 | 22,800 |
Thursday, July 4, 2019 7:12 PM Local Time
Vornicu Eliminated by Zhu
It has been a roller coaster day for Valentin Vornicu and his aggressive playing style resulted in heavy swings to his stack. Ultimately, he was left with fewer than half the starting stack and ended up in action against Yueqi "Rich" Zhu minutes after coming back from the break.
On a flop of , Zhu from under the gun check-raised from 2,500 to 6,500 and Vornicu in late position made the call to see the on the turn. Zhu pushed all in and Vornicu called for what appeared to be 11,000 remaining.
Valentin Vornicu:
Yueqi Zhu:
The river was the blank and Vornicu was eliminated.
Yueqi Zhu | 63,000 | -13,000 |
Valentin Vornicu | 0 | -40,000 |
Thursday, July 4, 2019 7:11 PM Local Time
Chip Counts From Amazon Purple
Carsten Hansen | 160,700 | -12,300 |
Mike Holm | 104,000 | 4,000 |
Daniel Lascell | 95,000 | 42,000 |
Kevin Buck | 94,500 | -10,500 |
Stephen Rose | 85,000 | 7,600 |
Stephen Moreschi | 70,000 | -3,400 |
Everett Carlton | 56,500 | -16,600 |
Ravi Raghavan | 54,500 | -4,000 |
Dylan Thomassie | 46,000 | |
Leonard Boclair | 44,000 | -3,000 |
John Duthie | 43,000 | 9,700 |
Matt Stout | 21,500 | -5,500 |
Thursday, July 4, 2019 7:08 PM Local Time
Chip Counts from Amazon Tan
Kenny Hallaert | 156,000 | 9,100 |
Ryan Yu | 153,000 | 40,000 |
Danny Qutami | 121,000 | 20,500 |
Adam Owen | 118,300 | 33,300 |
Ari Engel | 107,000 | 100 |
Timothy Miles | 87,500 | 9,500 |
Olivier Busquet | 69,200 | 100 |
Ben Myers | 67,000 | 14,000 |
Jacob Meeks | 67,000 | 3,000 |
Tristan Wade | 63,000 | 12,500 |
Freddy Deeb | 60,000 | |
Sam Cohen | 56,100 | 0 |
Sung Joo Hyun | 51,000 | -21,400 |
Christopher Wallace | 51,000 | -2,600 |
James Gilbert | 50,200 | -8,800 |
Tom McCormick | 40,200 | -5,400 |
Anthony Zinno | 31,800 | -10,300 |
Lokesh Garg | 18,500 | -21,400 |
Damien Le Goff | 15,200 | -17,300 |
Frank Stepuchin | 0 | -12,800 |
Thursday, July 4, 2019 7:03 PM Local Time
Level 4 started
Level: 4
Blinds: 300/500
Ante: 500
Thursday, July 4, 2019 6:43 PM Local Time
Break After Level Three
All remaining players have been sent into their third 20-minute break of the day. When they return, they will play half of level four before heading into a 90-minute dinner break. Below are some highlights of the previous level.
Thursday, July 4, 2019 6:42 PM Local Time
Spinella Makes Small Straight Before Break
Action folded to the player on the button, who raised to 1,000. The small blind called and Anthony Spinella defended his big blind, taking action three ways to a flop of . All three players checked and then checked again on the turn .
The river fell and the small blind checked. Spinella bet 2,000 and the player on the button called. The small blind then folded.
Spinella tabled for a straight and his opponent mucked, resulting in him winning a small pot to get back over six figures as Level 3 expired and the tournament director announced the next 20-minute break.
Anthony Spinella | 101,000 | 3,000 |
Thursday, July 4, 2019 6:42 PM Local Time
Wallace Takes it on the River
Christopher Wallace opened to 1,100 from under the gun and was met with a caller in middle position, and one from the big blind.
The flop landed and Wallace continued for 1,200 with only the big blind continuing.
The checked through on the turn, and when the river landed the , Wallace announced a bet and his opponent folded.
Christopher Wallace | 53,600 | -12,400 |
Thursday, July 4, 2019 6:41 PM Local Time
Updated Chip Counts, Colman in the Field
Joseph Reddick | 154,500 | 94,500 |
Taylor Paur | 130,000 | 55,000 |
Pierre Neuville | 113,000 | 8,000 |
Molly Mossey | 89,500 | -30,500 |
Alex Lynskey | 86,000 | -3,000 |
Mike Watson | 83,700 | 17,700 |
Steffen Sontheimer | 78,000 | 41,800 |
Dan Colman | 60,000 | |
Todd Brunson | 60,000 | |
Stefan Schillhabel | 17,000 | -6,000 |
Dan Ott | 16,200 | -43,800 |
Thursday, July 4, 2019 6:38 PM Local Time
Veliu Rips it In
Alida Veliu checked a flop from the small blind, and the button bet 2,000. Veliu check-raised to 5,000, and her opponent called.
Veliu bet 5,100 on the turn, leaving herself just a single 25k chip behind. Her opponent called again.
The hit the river, and Veliu quickly flicked the 25k chip in the pot. Her opponent quickly folded, and Veliu picked up the pot.
Thursday, July 4, 2019 6:37 PM Local Time
Meschel's Aggressive Line Takes it Down
David Meschel three-bet to 3,000 from the hijack, and got a call from original raiser Bradford Albrinck to his direct right.
The flop came , and Meshcel bet again for 3,000, getting the call. The turn came , Meschel bet again for 5,500 and got the fold.
Bradford Albrinck | 93,000 | 93,000 |
David Meschel | 66,000 | -47,000 |
Thursday, July 4, 2019 6:35 PM Local Time
Kade Folds to Check-raise Shove from Shapiro
Norm Shapiro raised under-the-gun to 1,000, Vanessa Kade three-bet to 3,000 in the cutoff, the button and the blinds mucked behind and Shapiro made the call.
The flop came and Shapiro check-called a 4,000 bet from Kade. The turn was the , Shapiro checked again and Kade fired out 7,000. Shapiro didn't take long to stack his chips on top of each other and push them in the middle to be all-in for 17,500. Kade mucked quickly and Shapiro took down the pot.
Norm Shapiro | 39,500 | |
Vanessa Kade | 27,600 | -31,900 |