Monday, October 25, 2021 2:00 PM Local Time
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Monday, October 25, 2021 1:59 PM Local Time
Dragon Eliminates Mender
The action was discovered on a completed board of with Anthony Mender all-in and at-risk versus Larry Dragon.
The cards had been turned face-up and it was the of Dragon that bested the of Mender, and the latter exited the tournament.
| Larry Dragon | 1,600,000 | 1,225,000  |
| Anthony Mender | 0 | -435,000  |
Monday, October 25, 2021 1:55 PM Local Time
Bad River Sends Bleiker Packing
Action folded to Felix Bleiker who raised all-in from the small blind and Rodney Spriggs called from the big blind.
Felix Bleiker:
Rodney Spriggs:
Bleiker had Spriggs dominated and nothing changed after the flop hit the felt.
The turn gave Bleiker a sweat as it gave Spriggs more outs with a gutshot straight draw and unfortunately for him, the river was on of those outs, ending his tournament.
| Rodney Spriggs | 1,600,000 | 970,000 |
| Felix Bleiker | 0 | -695,000 |
Monday, October 25, 2021 1:55 PM Local Time
Aces Over Queens for Ahmadi
Narimaan Ahmadi was in prime position for a double up as his was reigning supreme over the of Gene Davis in a preflop all in.
The flop came . The turn was the and the river came the to secure the double for Ahmadi.
| Narimaan Ahmadi | 1,220,000 | 210,000 |
| Gene Davis | 575,000 | 200,000 |
Monday, October 25, 2021 1:50 PM Local Time
Alafogiannis Doubles with Aces
The action was picked up with Chris Alafogiannis all-in and at-risk versus Ari Mezrich.
It was the of Alafogiannis's that were in the lead against the that Mezrich held.
The dealer placed out a flop of and Alafogiannis remained in the lead.
The turn and the river changed nothing and Alafogiannis survived his all-in and chipped up to over 1 million chips.
| Chris Alafogiannis | 1,010,000 | -690,000 |
| Ari Mezrich | 850,000 | -950,000 |
Monday, October 25, 2021 1:47 PM Local Time
Harder Doubles
Christian Harder was all in with his short stack preflop holding and was up against the of Simoen Spasov.
The flop came . The turn was the and the river came the as Harder held to gather a big double up.
| Simeon Spasov | 2,250,000 | 1,285,000 |
| Christian Harder | 1,040,000 | 405,000 |
Monday, October 25, 2021 1:47 PM Local Time
Londonoposada Jams Into Norton's Aces
Kevin Wang raised to 125,000 from late position and was called by Chad Norton from the hijack before Juan Londonoposada squeezed for 775,000 from the big blind.
Wang mucked his hand while Norton snap-called and the two players tabled their hands.
Juan Londonoposada:
Chad Norton:
Londonoposada was way behind needing help but the runout ended his tournament.
| Kevin Wang | 2,100,000 | 1,005,000 |
| Chad Norton | 1,200,000 | 820,000 |
| Juan Londonoposada | 0 | -107,000 |
Monday, October 25, 2021 1:43 PM Local Time
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Monday, October 25, 2021 1:28 PM Local Time
Aldemir Doubles Through Andion
Alejandro Andion moved all-in for 1,055,000 chips effective and was called by Koray Aldemir from the big blind.
The cards were turned face-up and it was the pocket of Andion versus the of Aldemir.
The dealer spread the flop of and Aldemir hopped into the lead.
The on the turn changed nothing. The river was the and the flopped pair of kings of Aldemir's held and he secured his double.
| Alejandro Andión | 2,400,000 | -900,000 |
| Koray Aldemir | 2,185,000 | -165,000 |
Monday, October 25, 2021 1:24 PM Local Time
Goldsmith Falls to Sherker's Kings
Action folded around to Joshua Goldsmith who raised all in from the button, Luther Tran called from the small blind only to folded after Ariel Sherker came over the top from the big blind.
Joshua Goldsmith:
Ariel Sherker:
Tran was happy with his fold as he showed while the runout ended Goldsmith's tournament.
| Ariel Sherker | 2,600,000 | 890,000 |
| Luther Tran | 2,000,000 | 1,125,000 |
| Joshua Goldsmith | 0 | -600,000 |
Monday, October 25, 2021 1:18 PM Local Time
Sherker Doubles With Rivered Broadway
Ariel Sherker was all in an at risk preflop with . She winced a bit when she saw that she was dominated by the of Christian Ly.
The flop came to give Sherker straight and flush outs. The turn was a blank but the river was one of needed outs and Sherker doubled up her stack with Broadway whilst Ly's chip stack took a hit in the process.
| Ariel Sherker | 1,710,000 | 1,060,000 |
| Christian Ly | 955,000 | -315,000 |
Monday, October 25, 2021 1:17 PM Local Time
Some Updated Chip Counts
| Alejandro Andión | 3,300,000 | 900,000 |
| Tommaso Briotti | 3,200,000 | 1,525,000 |
| Wadih Kaawar | 2,840,000 | 410,000 |
| Jonathan Sanders | 2,400,000 | -50,000 |
| Koray Aldemir | 2,350,000 | 970,000 |
| Taylor Howard | 2,300,000 | 1,135,000 |
| Joel Orum | 2,100,000 | 395,000 |
| Ari Mezrich | 1,800,000 | 840,000 |
| Chris Alafogiannis | 1,700,000 | 440,000 |
| William Blais | 1,600,000 | 0 |
| Virab Zakaryan | 1,400,000 | 55,000 |
| Brian Bowman | 1,100,000 | 470,000 |
| Mathieu Papineau | 1,100,000 | -260,000 |
| Donnie Phan | 930,000 | 710,000 |
| Maxwell Young | 900,000 | -230,000 |
| Omer Gabay | 725,000 | 365,000 |
Monday, October 25, 2021 1:07 PM Local Time
Wexler Eliminates Spencer
The action was discovered on a completed board of with Brent Spencer all-in and at-risk versus Jonas Wexler.
It was the of Wexler that bested the of Spencer and the latter was eliminated from the tournament.
| Jonas Wexler | 2,700,000 | 1,070,000 |
| Brent Spencer | 0 | -800,000 |
Monday, October 25, 2021 1:03 PM Local Time
Papineau Showers Opponent
The board read by the turn and his opponent shipped his stack and was called by Mathieu Papineau.
Papineau had the larger stack and the better hand with the for trip aces while his opponent had the for the flush draw.
The river came the and Papineau collected the rest of his opponent's chips.
| Mathieu Papineau | 1,360,000 | 670,000 |
Monday, October 25, 2021 12:55 PM Local Time
Moore Survives All-In Versus Davis
Kevin Moore pushed his remaining 180,000 chips into the middle from early position with and was called by Kevin Davis on the button who held . The all-in and at-risk player was Moore and he needed some help.
The dealer spread the flop of and Moore took the lead and did not look back.
The turn and river changed nothing and Moore survived his all-in and chipped up to 450,000 with that pot.
| Kevin Davis | 500,000 | -105,000 |
| Jamie Moore | 450,000 | -155,000 |
Monday, October 25, 2021 12:51 PM Local Time
Miller Finds Aces
Jordyn Miller was seen collecting a double up with their being the winner on the board of .
James Moore was cutting out the chips to give away from his stack as he was the one who Miller was collecting his double up from.
| Jordyn Miller | 1,120,000 | 260,000 |
| James Moore | 580,000 | -395,000 |
Monday, October 25, 2021 12:49 PM Local Time
Sanders Hits Quad Kings
In a hand re-told to PokerNews, Jonathan Sanders got all of his chips in the middle versus his opponent.
Jonathan Sanders:
Opponent:
The pocket queens were ahead on the turn with the board reading which had Sanders in big trouble. The river came the last and Sanders won the huge pot in dramatic fashion.
Elsewhere Frank Lin has chipped up substantially since the start of the day.
| Jonathan Sanders | 2,450,000 | 1,640,000 |
| Frank Lin | 2,300,000 | 1,405,000 |
Monday, October 25, 2021 12:47 PM Local Time
No Longer in the Tournament...
| Arsh Grover | 0 | -595,000 |
| Ryan Smith (CAN) | 0 | -445,000 |
| Anthony Marquez | 0 | -590,000 |
| Jefferson Guerreromontejo | 0 | -325,000 |
| Donny Rubinstein | 0 | -365,000 |
| Paul Figliomeni | 0 | -310,000 |
| Florian Ribouchon | 0 | -400,000 |
| Einav Shalom | 0 | -400,000 |
| John Gorsuch | 0 | -240,000 |
| Marcelo Tadeu Aziz Junior | 0 | -510,000 |
| Anne Bui | 0 | 0 |
| James Cownie | 0 | -650,000 |
| Khoi Lang | 0 | -490,000 |
| Jeff Dumas | 0 | -210,000 |
| Itzhak Ashkenazi | 0 | -1,425,000 |
| Mary Sanker | 0 | -450,000 |
Monday, October 25, 2021 12:38 PM Local Time
Spencer Eliminates Bui
Anne Bui moved all-in from the small blind with and was snap-called by Brent Spencer who held .
The dealer ran out the board of and the ace-king held and Bui was eliminated from the tournament.
| Brent Spencer | 800,000 | 60,000 |
| Anne Bui | 0 | -250,000 |
Monday, October 25, 2021 12:37 PM Local Time
Ly Shoves River
With 350,000 in the pot on the board, Christian Ly moved all in to put Joseph Volpe to the test for his remaining stack of about 285,000.
Volpe thought for several moments but eventually elected to fold his hand and Ly gathered a nice pot.
| Christian Ly | 1,270,000 | 235,000 |
| Joseph Volpe | 285,000 | -390,000 |