Thursday, October 28, 2021 5:39 PM Local Time
Kurtzman Above a Million
Eric Kurtzman raised to 16,000 and Paul Volpe three-bet the pot to 54,000 with slightly more than that behind. Kurtzman called and the flop brought the shove by Volpe and the snap-call by Kurtzman.
Paul Volpe:
Eric Kurtzman:
The nut flush draw of Kurtzman instantly hit on the turn to leave Volpe drawing dead and made the river a formality.
Kurtzman jumped to more than 1.3 million and Volpe hit the rail, which has also been the case for Adam Hendrix and Andjelko Andrejevic as well.
Eric Kurtzman | 1,340,000 | 570,000 |
Adam Hendrix | 0 | -145,000 |
Andjelko Andrejevic | 0 | -300,000 |
Paul Volpe | 0 | -245,000 |
Thursday, October 28, 2021 5:33 PM Local Time
Sanders Adds to Stack
A middle position player opened to 15,000 and the player in the cutoff called. Joseph Sanders on the button then three-bet to 65,000 and only the player in the cutoff called.
Sanders eyed his opponent's stack and threw out a bet of 100,000 on the flop reading . His opponent quickly folded.
Joseph Sanders | 650,000 | 391,000 |
Thursday, October 28, 2021 5:31 PM Local Time
Karakitukov Escapes From Elimination
Ben Diebold raised to 13,000 and Veselin Karakitukov three-bet the pot to 47,000, which Diebold called. On a flop of , Diebold checked and Karakitukov jammed for the 41,000 he had behind. Diebold double-checked his cards and then called instantly.
Veselin Karakitukov:
Ben Diebold:
The turn and river were both blanks and Karakitukov doubled.
"How do I not get there, flush draw and double gutshot, back door two pair draw," Diebold sighed. He remains one of the biggest stacks in the room.
Ben Diebold | 880,000 | 130,000 |
Veselin Karakitukov | 180,000 | 30,000 |
Thursday, October 28, 2021 5:28 PM Local Time
Available Betting Discs Across the Field
Joseph Cheong | 980,000 | 105,000 |
Jesse Chinni | 650,000 | 500,000 |
Niklas Astedt | 640,000 | -35,000 |
Nathan Zimnik | 550,000 | 160,000 |
Millard Hale | 530,000 | 150,000 |
Will Jaffe | 450,000 | 96,500 |
Daniel Zack | 410,000 | 90,000 |
Simon Lofberg | 380,000 | 5,000 |
Michael Kamran | 320,000 | -95,000 |
Joni Jouhkimainen | 270,000 | -95,000 |
Gabriel Andrade | 260,000 | 125,000 |
Sebastian Bastian | 220,000 | 18,500 |
Elias Harala | 170,000 | 10,000 |
Anthony Zinno | 155,000 | -115,000 |
Roussos Koliakoudakis | 150,000 | 4,500 |
Eelis Pärssinen | 130,000 | -385,000 |
Ben Tollerene | 65,000 | -186,500 |
Sam Stein | 0 | -226,500 |
Sam Chartier | 0 | -240,000 |
Thursday, October 28, 2021 5:26 PM Local Time
Le Wisely Checks Back the River
Tommy Le raised it up from the hijack and was called by Michael Batell and Ian O'Hara in the blinds. The flop came and the blinds checked to Le who continued for 25,000. Batell and O'Hara both called to see the on the turn.
The action checked to Le again who counted out a bet of 60,000. Batell called and O'Hara got out of the way. The fell on the river and both players tapped the table. Batell turned over for a full house and Le conceded the pot.
Michael Batell | 610,000 | 180,000 |
Tommy Le | 250,000 | -90,000 |
Thursday, October 28, 2021 5:10 PM Local Time
Chidwick Rivers Better Full House Than Soverel
Sam Soverel on the button limped in and called when Stephen Chidwick in the big blind bumped it up to 20,000.
Chidwick checked on the flop of and called when Soverel threw out a bet of 25,000. Chidwick check-called again for 35,000 on the turn.
Chidwick checked for the third consecutive street on the river and Soverel bet 170,000. Chidwick responded with a check-jam worth 188,000.
Soverel hit the table in frustration as he suspected he was beat. For just 18,000 more, Soverel tossed in a call. Soverel was indeed beat as Chidwick turned over for queens full of nines, while Soverel had a worse full house with .
Stephen Chidwick | 520,000 | 190,000 |
Sam Soverel | 310,000 | -165,000 |
Thursday, October 28, 2021 5:06 PM Local Time
Soverel Chips Up in Multi-Way Pot
Tommy Le opened to 10,000 and was called by four opponents including Michael Batell, Ian O'Hara and Sam Soverel. They checked the flop and O'Hara was the only one to check-call a bet of 30,000 by Soverel on the turn.
The river completed the board and O'Hara checked once more, Soverel splashed in five T-25,000 chips and the instant fold of O'Hara followed.
Sam Soverel | 475,000 | 35,000 |
Michael Batell | 430,000 | -70,000 |
Tommy Le | 340,000 | 30,000 |
Ian O'Hara | 118,000 | -134,500 |
Thursday, October 28, 2021 5:04 PM Local Time
Triple Up for Foster; Foundoulakis Busts to Cheong
Louis Foundoulakis was the initial raiser and behind him the action escalated as Jeffrey Foster three-bet and Joseph Cheong four-bet. Foundoulakis jammed, Foster called all-in for 58,000 and Cheong called the all-in of Foundoulakis for another 265,000 on top of that.
Jeffrey Foster:
Louis Foundoulakis:
Joseph Cheong:
The board ran out and the aces of Foundoulakis were no good, as Foster made broadway to triple up and Cheong won the bigger side pot with an inferior straight.
Joseph Cheong | 875,000 | 125,000 |
Jeffrey Foster | 185,000 | 185,000 |
Louis Foundoulakis | 0 | -370,000 |
Thursday, October 28, 2021 5:01 PM Local Time
Schwartz Goes Runner-Runner for a Double Up
Jake Schwartz opened to 10,000 in middle position and Oswin Ziegelbecker three-bet to 38,000 in the cutoff. The action folded back to Schwartz who made the call. The flop came and Schwartz pushed all in for 78,000 which Ziegelbecker snapped off.
Jake Schwartz:
Oswin Ziegelbecker:
"Diamond-diamond," Andjelko Andrejevic cheered from the seat beside Schwartz. The on the turn and the on the river gave Schwartz a back-door flush to double.
"You can say that PLO is not one of Jake Schwartz's best games," Shaun Deeb touted.
Oswin Ziegelbecker | 550,000 | 120,000 |
Jake Schwartz | 240,000 | 90,000 |
Thursday, October 28, 2021 5:00 PM Local Time
Heritsch Eliminated by Wantman
Michael Heritsch ended up at risk on the turn and tabled the for the top two pair and the nut flush draw. Matthew Wantman looked him up with the superior stack and for a set and inferior flush draw. The river was a brick and Heritsch was sent to the rail.
Matthew Wantman | 675,000 | 181,000 |
Michael Heritsch | 0 | -187,500 |
Thursday, October 28, 2021 4:59 PM Local Time
Recent Eliminations
Chris Lee | 0 | -25,000 |
Noah Schwartz | 0 | -225,000 |
Thursday, October 28, 2021 4:53 PM Local Time
Hartmann Sent to Rail by Yu
Ryan Hartmann in the cutoff saw a flop of against Ben Yu on the button with around 60,000 in the middle.
Hartmann checked on the flop and called a bet of 22,000 from Yu. Hartmann then led all-in on the turn and Yu snap-called.
Yu flipped over for a full house. Hartmann showed that he had an ace-high flush and threw his hand to the dealer face-down before a brick peeled off on the river.
Ben Yu | 350,000 | 200,000 |
Ryan Hartmann | 0 | |
Thursday, October 28, 2021 4:49 PM Local Time
Campbell Jams Into Kurtzman
Three ways to the turn, it was Eric Kurtzman who bet 70,000 out of the small blind. Paul Volpe gave it some thought and elected to fold. Chad Campbell in the cutoff then announced all-in and Kurtzman asked for a count.
The shove was for 315,000 in total and Kurtzman tapped the table before sending his cards into the muck.
Eric Kurtzman | 770,000 | -140,000 |
Chad Campbell | 568,000 | 403,000 |
Paul Volpe | 245,000 | -70,000 |
Thursday, October 28, 2021 4:45 PM Local Time
Some Betting Units and Bustouts
Elias Harala | 160,000 | 160,000 |
Veselin Karakitukov | 150,000 | -16,500 |
Jordan Spurlin | 150,000 | 21,000 |
Erik Seidel | 150,000 | 150,000 |
Jake Schindler | 130,000 | -20,000 |
Leonid Yanovski | 90,000 | 90,000 |
Nacho Barbero | 0 | -160,000 |
Allan Le | 0 | -78,000 |
Thursday, October 28, 2021 4:43 PM Local Time
Imsirovic Leaves Lee Very Short
Chris Lee and Ali Imsirovic invested 30,000 each on the flop and Lee then bet the turn for the size of the pot, making it 107,000 total. Imsirovic stuck around and the on the river was checked. Lee announced jacks and tabled the for a pair and busted wrap, which Imsirovic had beat holding the for a busted straight and flush draw that made a pair of aces.
Ali Imsirovic | 375,000 | 375,000 |
Chris Lee | 25,000 | -245,000 |
Thursday, October 28, 2021 4:40 PM Local Time
Updated Chip Counts
Jerry Wong | 635,000 | 587,500 |
David Benyamine | 555,000 | -25,000 |
Ben Lamb | 550,000 | 400,000 |
Scott Seiver | 540,000 | 280,000 |
Matthew Wantman | 494,000 | 104,000 |
Andrew Nguyen | 455,000 | 26,500 |
Joni Jouhkimainen | 365,000 | 45,000 |
Dario Sammartino | 353,000 | 162,500 |
Bryce Yockey | 305,000 | 500 |
Scott Eskenazi | 275,000 | -3,000 |
Dan Smith | 272,000 | 122,000 |
Anthony Zinno | 270,000 | -60,000 |
John Racener | 235,000 | -91,500 |
Ben Yu | 150,000 | 1,000 |
Jake Schindler | 150,000 | |
Jordan Spurlin | 129,000 | |
Thursday, October 28, 2021 4:35 PM Local Time
Negreanu Eliminated by Coleman
Daniel Negreanu was seen all-in and at risk with around 130,000 in a heads-up pot against Maxx Coleman.
Daniel Negreanu:
Maxx Coleman:
The board ran out and Negreanu was eliminated when Coleman made a flush. Negreanu filmed the hand for his vlog and made a reference to Phil Hellmuth and fire before leaving.
Maxx Coleman | 340,000 | 167,000 |
Daniel Negreanu | 0 | 0 |
Thursday, October 28, 2021 4:00 PM Local Time
First Break of the Day
The players are heading on their first 15-minute break of the day. When they return, that will bring an end to the late registration period.
Thursday, October 28, 2021 3:56 PM Local Time
Some Have Chips; Some Have Not
Abraham Faroni | 780,000 | 342,000 |
Joseph Cheong | 750,000 | 104,000 |
Ben Diebold | 750,000 | 178,000 |
Niklas Astedt | 675,000 | 149,000 |
Dash Dudley | 420,000 | -25,000 |
Simon Lofberg | 375,000 | -112,500 |
Anthony Zinno | 330,000 | 221,500 |
Paul Volpe | 315,000 | -16,000 |
Tommy Le | 310,000 | 100,000 |
Rok Gostisa | 300,000 | 72,500 |
Pakinai Lisawad | 260,000 | 110,000 |
Jake Schwartz | 150,000 | |
Adam Hendrix | 145,000 | -115,000 |
Jared Bleznick | 120,000 | 3,500 |
LaDarren Banks | 120,000 | -45,000 |
Jason Koon | 0 | -100,000 |
Jesse Yaginuma | 0 | -123,000 |
Thursday, October 28, 2021 3:56 PM Local Time
Benyamine Bets and Takes It
David Benyamine in the small blind saw a flop against Daniel Zack and another player in late position.
Benyamine led out with a bet of 25,500 on the flop of and both of his opponents quickly folded.
Benyamine has had a good start early in Day 2 and continues to add to his growing stack.
David Benyamine | 580,000 | 383,500 |
Daniel Zack | 320,000 | 150,000 |