Saturday, July 6, 2019 2:04 PM Local Time
Gaspard Can't Catch Against Stembera
Michael Stembera bet 20,000 from middle position on a board, and Jean Gaspard jammed for 24,000 from the hijack. The button got out of the way, and Stembera snap-called.
Jean Gaspard:
Michael Stembera:
Gaspard needed a diamond that didn't pair the board or a queen to survive, but he quickly headed to the door to exit once the fell on the river.
Michael Stembera | 260,000 | 109,200 |
Jean Gaspard | 0 | -149,000 |
Saturday, July 6, 2019 2:03 PM Local Time
Dubini in Action
Richard Dubini called a raise from the player on the button after seeing the small blind player call, and the flop fell .
All three players checked, and the hit the turn. Dubini saw the player in the small blind bet 2,300 and the Argentinian opted to raise to 7,000.
The initial button raiser folded, as did the player in the small blind just seconds later. Dubini took in the pot and moved up to 126,000.
Richard Dubini | 126,000 | 15,000 |
Saturday, July 6, 2019 2:02 PM Local Time
Huang Doubles Through Freitas
A preflop raising war saw Zizheng Huang all in and at risk for 29,300 against Fabio Freitas and he had the best of it with , as Freitas only tabled .
The board came and Huang locked up the double on the turn already.
Fabio Freitas | 65,000 | 65,000 |
Zizheng Huang | 60,000 | 24,800 |
Saturday, July 6, 2019 2:01 PM Local Time
Lewis Up and Down
Toby Lewis won a nice little pot before the break to bring his stack closer to the 60,000 that everyone started with. However, he wasn't able to carry that momentum forward and continue to climb the leaderboard. Lewis opened to 2,200 from under the gun and was called by the small blind and Armin Ghojehvand in the big blind.
The flop fell and the action checked to Lewis who threw in a bet of 4,000. The small blind folded but Ghojevand shipped all in for 14,600. Lewis quickly called and the cards were on their backs.
Armin Ghojehvand:
Toby Lewis:
It was a great flop for Ghojevand who flopped top pair with the nut flush draw. The on the turn gave Lewis a straight draw but the on the river bricked off. Ghojevand doubled up through Lewis who fell back to nearly where he was earlier in the day.
Toby Lewis | 37,500 | 6,500 |
Armin Ghojehvand | 36,500 | 6,700 |
Saturday, July 6, 2019 1:59 PM Local Time
Assorted Counts From Amazon Gold
Gary Blackwood has been moved over to Amazon Gold and still has plenty of chips while start-of-the-day chip leader Bryan Campanello lost a few chips in the same section.
Gary Blackwood | 365,000 | 34,800 |
Bryan Campanello | 355,000 | -80,000 |
Scott Abrams | 92,000 | -14,000 |
Kevin MacPhee | 80,000 | -2,500 |
Jay Farber | 79,000 | 2,700 |
Cathal Shine | 62,000 | -1,000 |
David Kahan | 51,000 | -3,600 |
Scott Seiver | 50,000 | -39,000 |
Saturday, July 6, 2019 1:58 PM Local Time
Straight for Carranza
The player under the gun raised and Omar Carranza three-bet to 6,300 from mid-position. Action folded back to the player under the gun who stuck around with a call.
A flop of was dealt and the player under the gun checked. Carranza bet 6,000 and his opponent check-called.
The turn came the and was checked through to the river. Both players checked again. The player under the gun showed for a pair of kings but that wasn't good enough as Carranza revealed for a straight to win the pot.
Omar Carranza | 127,000 | 60,800 |
Saturday, July 6, 2019 1:57 PM Local Time
Ioane Doubles Through Cunningham
After a series of raises, David Ioane had moved all-in over top of Allen Cunningham's 7,000 bet for 23,700. Cunningham thought about it for almost a minute before calling.
David Ioane:
Allen Cunningham:
The board ran out giving Ioane a set of jacks to double through Cunningham.
Allen Cunningham | 211,600 | -29,200 |
David Ioane | 49,900 | -9,000 |
Saturday, July 6, 2019 1:55 PM Local Time
Maahs Sits Back Down With a Double
A player bet 15,000 into a pot of 28,000 on a board, only to be met with an all in shove from Day 2 entrant Kevin Maahs for 33,200.
"Just so I'm clear, it would be 18,200 more?" Maahs' opponent asked, and after confirming the amount, he called.
Kevin Maahs:
Opponent:
Maahs was pushing his chair back before the river card could even fall, even though he had the lead with his top two pair. He faded the club on the river, and scooted back into his seat with a double.
Saturday, July 6, 2019 1:55 PM Local Time
Check-Raise Earns Lodge the Pot
There was a raise to 2,200 from middle position and Harry Lodge called from the big blind. The flop came and Lodge checked to his opponent who continued for 3,000. Lodge check-raised to 8,200 and his opponent thought for a minute before giving up his hand.
Harry Lodge | 152,400 | 7,400 |
Saturday, July 6, 2019 1:54 PM Local Time
Brown Hits a Half Million
With about 130,000 in the pot and the board reading , the player in the small blind shoved for 69,000 and Rory Brown gave it some thought before he called from the button.
The small blind showed for aces and kings, but Brown tabled for Broadway to eliminate his opponent and hit the half-million mark.
Rory Brown | 500,000 | 150,000 |
Saturday, July 6, 2019 1:51 PM Local Time
Some Pavilion White Chip Counts
Jan Eric Schwippert | 210,000 | 20,000 |
Jonathan Little | 185,000 | 20,000 |
Patrick Leonard | 98,000 | 97,999 |
David "Bakes" Baker | 70,000 | 9,400 |
Werner Lootsma | 52,000 | 13,600 |
Kami Hudson | 49,000 | -8,000 |
Andrew Jernigan | 10,300 | -7,700 |
Saturday, July 6, 2019 1:49 PM Local Time
Sinclair Scores a Knockout
The board came down , and Jack Sinclair saw his heads-up opponent check. Both players were in action from middle position, and Sinclair bet 10,000 into an 18,000 pot.
Sinclair's opponent moved all in, and the British player snap-called.
Jack Sinclair:
Opponent:
Sinclair held a set and saw his opponent drawing to the nut flush with . The river fell the and 2018 World Series of Poker Europe Main Event champion Sinclair scored the knockout.
Sarah Herzali | 210,000 | -12,000 |
Jack Sinclair | 179,000 | 46,000 |
Greg Raymer | 71,000 | 52,000 |
John Duthie | 0 | -30,600 |
Saturday, July 6, 2019 1:48 PM Local Time
Dooper Falls to Weinstein
Matthew Dooper moved all in for 19,200 under the gun and Erika Weinstein three-bet to 50,000 on the button. The blinds folded.
Matthew Dooper:
Erika Weinstein:
The board ran and Weinsten's kicker played to take down the pot and eliminate Dooper.
Erika Weinstein | 105,000 | 32,900 |
Matthew Dooper | 0 | -30,400 |
Saturday, July 6, 2019 1:48 PM Local Time
Miles Folds to Stuer
Three players checked to Timothy 'TK' Miles in the cutoff and he bet 4,000 on . Only Julian Stuer, in middle position, called. They both checked the , bringing a . Stuer bet 10,500 and Miles thought only briefly before giving it up.
Julian Stuer | 200,000 | 73,000 |
Timothy Miles | 190,000 | 38,600 |
Saturday, July 6, 2019 1:47 PM Local Time
Galfond Wins at Showdown
On the tail end of a hand between Brian Park and Phil Galfond, the latter bet 12,000 and Park gave it some thought before making the call on the river. Galfond rolled over the for tens up and Park mucked.
Brian Park | 110,000 | -18,200 |
Phil Galfond | 80,000 | 80,000 |
Saturday, July 6, 2019 1:46 PM Local Time
Cunningham Hammers River
In a heads up pot, the board was completed reading Allen Cunningham was first to act and he threw out five 25,000 chips for a total of 125,000. Richard Martell went deep in the tank with about 64,600 remaining, he decided to let his hand go.
Allen Cunningham | 240,800 | 8,800 |
Richard Martell | 64,600 | -34,600 |
Saturday, July 6, 2019 1:46 PM Local Time
Vogelsang Welcomed With Words and Chips
Christoph Vogelsang checked in the big blind on and Nicholas Petitti bet 7,400 into about 11,000 from the button. Vogelsang called and the river was a . He checked and Petitti checked it back.
Vogelsang opened to win the pot.
"Welcome to the table, sir," someone said.
Christoph Vogelsang | 168,000 | 0 |
Nicholas Petitti | 101,900 | 10,900 |
Saturday, July 6, 2019 1:45 PM Local Time
A Few Eliminations from Amazon Tan
Willie Smith | 0 | -21,700 |
Marco Bognanni | 0 | -81,300 |
Sadan Turker | 0 | -47,600 |
Nathan Cummings | 0 | -38,500 |
Saturday, July 6, 2019 1:45 PM Local Time
Calamusa and Fleyshman Win Pots
Pierre Calamusa bet the flop for 3,000 in the cutoff and his opponent in the big blind called to see the turn. Action checked to Calamusa and his bet of 10,000 won the pot.
One table over, Andy Black and Dan Fleyshman were involved with a pot of 13,000 to the river. Fleyshman bet 5,700 with one T-25,000 chip behind and that sent Black into the think tank.
"Busted flush draw or king queen, but you probably bet the river either way," Black said in table chat and eventually folded. Fleyshman turned over for the flopped full and raked in the urgently needed chips.
Andy Black | 125,000 | 26,300 |
Pierre Calamusa | 85,000 | |
Dan Fleyshman | 46,000 | -10,700 |
Saturday, July 6, 2019 1:45 PM Local Time
Dubini Folds to Dunst
The flop read with 5,900 in the middle.
Richard Dubini checked in the big blind and Tony Dunst led out for 2,200 from the middle position. Dubini took a few seconds and then made the call.
The turn brought them the on which they both promptly checked to see the complete the board. Dubini checked for the last time and Dunst glanced at Dubini before betting 6,800. Dubini took a minute or two before letting his hand go.
Tony Dunst | 148,000 | 41,000 |
Richard Dubini | 111,000 | 6,000 |