Friday, November 5, 2021 5:05 PM Local Time
Riess Wins Small One With Aces
On the turn the board read . The pot was about 5,500 and Justin Newton checked it as did Ryan Riess.
The river came the . Newton checked again and Riess checked behind.
Riess tabled the and took down the modest pot to help his chip stack improve slightly.
| Justin Newton | 55,000 | 55,000  |
| Ryan Riess | 29,000 | 4,000 |
Friday, November 5, 2021 5:05 PM Local Time
Liu has 100K in Chips
The action was picked up on the turn with the board showing and a player checked to Xuan Liu.
Liu checked and the river was . Liu's opponent checked and Liu bet 3,500. Her opponent tanked briefly before mucking the hand.
Liu scooped the pot and is now at 100K in chips.
| Xuan Liu | 100,000 | 22,000 |
Friday, November 5, 2021 5:04 PM Local Time
Foutty Finishes Off Bershadskiy
After taking a chunk of chips from Borislav Bershadskiy just over a half an hour ago, Steve Foutty has eliminated Bershadskiy.
As told by Foutty, he raised to 1,000 and got three-bet to 3,000 by Bershadskiy, who had position on him.
Foutty called to see a flop of rainbow and he check-called a bet of 3,500 from Bershadskiy.
The turn brought another for Foutty, and this time he led out for 12,000. Bershadskiy raised to 25,000, and Foutty moved all-in for 52,000 total. Bershadskiy called off with and his tournament life at risk.
A fell on the river bringing no help to Bershadskiy and vaulting Foutty's stack over 200,000.
| Steve Foutty | 204,000 | 46,000 |
| Borislav Bershadskiy | 0 | -55,300  |
Friday, November 5, 2021 4:58 PM Local Time
Clock Winds Down as Scott Takes Six-Way Pot
The player under the gun raised to 1,000 and got five callers, including Lafayette Scott in the cutoff. The flop came and action checked to Scott who bet 2,600. Only the original raiser called.
Scott bet again on the turn, this time for 10,500, sending his opponent deep into the tank. After about three minutes another player at the table called the clock. The tournament floor was called over and counted down 30 seconds before hitting zero, awarding the multi-way pot to Scott.
Friday, November 5, 2021 4:57 PM Local Time
Updated Chip Counts In Orange
| Jeremy Ausmus | 127,000 | -3,000 |
| David Coleman | 113,000 | 45,000 |
| Mike Del Vecchio | 88,000 | 11,000 |
| Brett Richey | 85,000 | |
| Tom Marchese | 65,000 | 5,000 |
| Sergio Aido | 64,000 | 10,000 |
| Cole Ferraro | 61,000 | 8,000 |
| Angelina Rich | 57,900 | -9,100 |
| Daniel Sepiol | 53,000 | 25,000 |
| Jeremy Wien | 53,000 | -14,000 |
| Raffaele Sorrentino | 49,500 | -11,500 |
| Freddy Deeb | 33,000 | 1,000 |
| Ryan Depaulo | 31,000 | 3,300 |
| Shaun Deeb | 12,000 | -7,300 |
Friday, November 5, 2021 4:52 PM Local Time
Some Updated Chip Counts from Amazon Purple
| Xuan Liu | 78,000 | |
| Bradley Rogoff | 74,500 | -5,500 |
| Kenny Hallaert | 64,000 | -11,000 |
| Dylan Hortin | 54,000 | 22,000 |
| Oscar Carrasco | 45,000 | -7,500 |
| Justin Bonomo | 44,000 | 4,000 |
| Jared Jaffee | 43,500 | -3,500 |
Friday, November 5, 2021 4:49 PM Local Time
Jacobson Gets Back to Starting Stack
After dropping a pot recently, Martin Jacobson is back to about a starting stack.
With approximately 9,500 in the middle on a river board reading , Jacobson bet 10,000 from the small blind into his opponent in the big blind.
Jacobson's opponent called, and the 2014 Main Event champion showed for trip tens to win the pot.
| Martin Jacobson | 60,000 | 12,300 |
Friday, November 5, 2021 4:42 PM Local Time
Hanks Has It
There was already around 5,000 in the pot by the turn on a board of . Brent Hanks was in the blinds and checked over to an opponent in early position, who checked behind.
Hanks checked again on the river. "That heart makes it impossible for me to win, whatever you have," his opponent said before checking.
Hanks showed for a straight and his opponent mucked. "Just not my day," he said.
"Had it all," Hanks said as he stacked the pot.
| Brent Hanks | 74,000 | -3,500 |
Friday, November 5, 2021 4:42 PM Local Time
Evanier Drops One After Race
A player from early position open-jammed for their last 7,600 and only Marc Evanier called from the hijack.
Opponent:
Marc Evanier:
"Classic race, good luck to you sir," Evanier said to his opponent as the dealer quickly ran out a board ending their tournament.
Friday, November 5, 2021 4:41 PM Local Time
Mizzi Spikes River
Sorel Mizzi raised to 1,000 in early position and got 3 callers, one on the button. The small blind re-raised to 5,200 and action went back to Mizzi who four-bet to 16,800 which folded action back around to the small blind who called.
The flop came out and the small blind checked to Mizzi who went all-in on the flop for more than the opponents 23,000 stack, which the opponent called.
Opponent:
Sorel Mizzi:
The turn of did not change anything, but the river gave Mizzi kings and sixes for the best hand and the opponent was eliminated from the tournament.
| Sorel Mizzi | 140,000 | 50,400 |
Friday, November 5, 2021 4:40 PM Local Time
Aridgides Flops Set to Crack Aces
Mark Aridgides was in position in a heads-up pot on a board of with around 35,000 in the middle.
Aridgides' opponent checked and he bet 25,000 to put his opponent all-in. The opponent called off with around 15,000 in his stack.
Aridgides showed for a flopped set to send his opponent, who showed , to the rail.
Friday, November 5, 2021 4:37 PM Local Time
More Counts From Amazon Purple
| Ezequiel Waigel | 71,000 | 7,500 |
| Nancy Matson | 65,000 | -2,000 |
| Boris Kolev | 48,700 | |
| John Racener | 35,100 | -11,800 |
| Ryan Riess | 25,000 | -27,600 |
Friday, November 5, 2021 4:36 PM Local Time
Haro Leaves Rezaei Shorter
Alex Haro, who finished 19th in the Main Event in 2018, raised to 1,000 from early position and was called by Daniel Rezaei on the button. "Go ahead," Haro said on the flop, checking to Rezaei who bet 1,000.
Haro called and pointed at Rezaei on the turn to signify it was his turn. Rezaei checked behind to see the on the river.
Haro tossed in two 1,000 chips and Rezaei quickly folded.
| Alexander Haro | 27,000 | 27,000 |
| Daniel Rezaei | 20,000 | -4,800 |
Friday, November 5, 2021 4:36 PM Local Time
Young Mistaken for Rast
The player under the gun limped. The action folded to the player on the button and he called. Brian Rast came along in the small blind and the big blind completed the action.
The flop came and the action checked through.
The player under the gun put out a bet of 1,000 when it was checked to him on a turn. Only Rast called.
The river was the . Rast took the betting lead and tossed out 6,700. His opponent folded and he scooped a small pot.
Just before the hand, Justin Young was heard by PokerNews sharing a story relative to his table mate Brian Rast.
"A fan confused me for you and wanted an autograph," said Young. "I told him that I wasn't you but he didn't believe me... so I signed as Brian Rast."
The table laughed along with Rast.
| Brian Rast | 50,000 | 2,500 |
Friday, November 5, 2021 4:36 PM Local Time
Hallaert Chips Up Above Start
The action was picked up preflop with a raise by Kenny Hallaert of 1,000. The table folded around to the big blind who made the call.
The flop came and the big blind once again checked. Hallaert bet 1,300 and the big blind called.
The turn was and again the big blind checked. Hallaert tanked briefly before he fired 4,000 and the big blind mucked his hand.
| Kenny Hallaert | 75,000 | 30,000 |
Friday, November 5, 2021 4:34 PM Local Time
Fuhs Wins Without Showing
The board read . Martin Ryan and Daniel Fuhs checked to the river which came the .
Ryan bet 6,500 and was quickly called by Fuhs. Ryan mucked his hand instantly and the chips were pushed to Fuhs as he did not have to reveal his holding to take down the pot.
| Daniel Fuhs | 92,000 | 29,000 |
| Martin Ryan | 33,000 | -27,000 |
Friday, November 5, 2021 4:32 PM Local Time
Amazon Orange Counts
| Chris Moorman | 76,800 | -5,200 |
| Stephen Chidwick | 67,500 | -10,500 |
| Mike Matusow | 60,500 | 1,500 |
| Ran Koller | 59,000 | 17,000 |
| Daniel Strelitz | 48,400 | 6,400 |
| Brian Rast | 47,500 | 9,500 |
| Christopher Puetz | 45,000 | -25,000 |
| Freddy Deeb | 32,000 | 6,000 |
| Ryan Depaulo | 27,700 | -25,300 |
| Ignacio Moron | 17,000 | -100 |
Friday, November 5, 2021 4:32 PM Local Time
Shahbaz Gets There
Kayvon Shahbaz walked PokerNews through a massive hand he was in where he stacked an opponent.
Facing a late-position open and a flat-call, Shahbaz three-bet to 3,500 in the big blind to get to hand heads-up.
Shahbaz led out with a bet of 4,000 on the flop reading and called when his opponent raised to 10,000.
Shahbaz checked on the turn and his opponent fired a bet of 29,000. Shahbaz ripped in the rest of his stack and the opponent called.
Shahbaz had for a set of queens but was behind the straight of his opponent with . But the river brought the to pair the board and give Shahbaz a boat to win the massive pot.
Friday, November 5, 2021 4:30 PM Local Time
Foutty Gets Full Value
Steve Foutty raised to 1,000 from the button and got calls from Borislav Bershadskiy in the small blind and the player in the big blind.
The flop came , and action was checked to Foutty, who continued for 1,500 and only got called by Bershadskiy.
On the turn , Bershadskiy check-called another 4,000 chip bet, then on the river , Bershadskiy faced one more bet for 9,000 from Foutty, and he called again.
Foutty showed for flopped trips, and Bershadskiy pushed his cards into the muck.
| Steve Foutty | 158,000 | 48,500 |
| Borislav Bershadskiy | 55,300 | -14,900 |