Friday, July 5, 2013 4:56 PM Local Time
Break Time
The remaining four players are on a 20-minute break.
Friday, July 5, 2013 4:55 PM Local Time
Berger and Buonnano Take One Before the Break
Hand #75 Seth Berger opened to 80,000 from the button, which was enough to take down the blinds and antes.
Hand #76 In the last hand before the break, Antonio Buonanno called from under the gun, and Arthur Pro checked from the big blind, as both watched the flop come . Pro checked his option, then folded, when Buonanno threw out a continuation bet.
Friday, July 5, 2013 4:54 PM Local Time
Matt Berkey Eliminated in 5th Place ($171,822)
Hand #73: Matt Berkey opened the pot with a raise to 100,00 from under the gun and action folded around allowing Berkey to take down the blinds and antes.
Hand #74: Matt Perrins kicked off the action by raising to 100,000 from under the gun, everyone folded except for Matt Berkey who reraised to 350,000. Perrins moved all in and Berkey snap called.
Perrins:
Berkey:
The sight of the flop caused an explosion of cheers from Matt Perrins' rail. Railbirds began jumping, screaming, and singing as Perrins had flopped huge and left Berkey drawing to running outs. The turn was no help to Berkey and no matter what fell on the river, he would be eliminated. The dealer put down the on the river and with that, Perrins raked in the chips as Matt Berkey was eliminated from the tournament.
Matt Berkey | 0 | -1,900,000 |
Friday, July 5, 2013 4:54 PM Local Time
Perrins Wins a Few
Hand #69 Both Matt Berkey and Seth Berger limped into the pot from the blinds, before a bet of 55,000 from Berger on a flop, was enough to take down the pot.
Hand #70 Matt Berkey limped into the pot, and Matt Perrins checked from the big blind, as the flop came down . Both opted to check, as the fell on the turn, before a bet of 80,000 from Berkey, was enough to take down the pot.
Hand #71 Matt Berkey opened to 100,000 from the button, before Matt Perrins raised it up to 255,000 from the small blind. Arthur pro folded his big blind, as the decision was back on Berkey. He thought for a moment, before releasing his hand.
Hand #72 Matt Perrins opened to 105,000 from the button, which was enough to guarantee him the blinds and antes.
Friday, July 5, 2013 4:49 PM Local Time
Thomas Muehloecker Eliminated in 6th Place ($129,447); Antonio Buonano Doubles
Hand #68: Seth Berger opened with a raise to 110,000. In the next seat Thomas Muehloecker called all in for his tournament life since he had less chips than Berger's raise. Action folded over to Matt Perrins who reraised to 250,000 from the button. Antonio Buonanno then moved all in from the big blind leading to a fold from Seth Berger. With action back on Perrins he tanked for about half a minute before making the call
Perrins:
Muehloecker:
Buonanno:
The flop looked good for both Buonanno and Perrins when it came , giving top pair to Buonanno and an open ended straight draw to Perrins. Perrin's rail exploded with cheers of "Eight! Eight! Eight! Eight!' but it was the that came on the turn. The river could still come a king, deuce, or eight to change the outcome of the hand, but it was a allowing Buonanno to double up while eliminating Muehloecker from the tournament in the process.
Matt Perrins | 3,100,000 | -900,000 |
Antonio Buonanno | 2,500,000 | 2,050,000 |
Thomas Muehloecker | 0 | -1,010,000 |
Friday, July 5, 2013 4:45 PM Local Time
Buonanno Double Leaving Muehloecker Short
Hand #63 Four players limped into the pot, before the flop came down . Seth Berger checked, before Matt Berkey placed out a bet of 95,000, which was called Matt Perrins, as Antonio Buonanno got out of the way. Berger made the call from the small blind, as the three watched the fall on the turn. Berger checked, before Berkey threw out another bet, totalling 230,000. Perrins called, as did Berger, as the completed the board. All three checked, as Berger tabled his for a flush, before a disappointed Perrins rolled over his for a losing set.
Hand #64 Thomas received a walk, after Seth Berger gave up his small blind.
Hand #65 Matt Berkey also received a walk, collecting the small blind and antes.
Hand #66 Seth Berger opened to 110,000 from the cut-off, as Thomas Muehloecker went into the tank, whilst on the button. He eventually folded his hand, and the blinds folded, as Berger took down the blinds and antes
Hand #67 Antonio Buonannno moved all in, before Thomas Muehloecker moved all in over the top. The rest of the table folded, as both players turned over their cards.
Buonanno:
Muehloecker:
The board ran out , to see Buonanno spike an ace on the turn, and double, leaving Muehloecker short.
Friday, July 5, 2013 4:34 PM Local Time
Berkey Doubles Through Buonanno Again; Randall Flowers Eliminated in 7th Place ($98,715)
Hand #61:: Antonio Buonanno opened with a raise to 110,000. A few seats over Matt Berkey reraised all in. Action folded back to Buonanno who asked for a count, which ended up being a total of 920,000. Buonanno thought about it briefly before making the call.
Berkey:
Buonanno
Berkey had got his money in well behind but he caught a huge flop when it fell giving him flush and straight draws. The turn would end matters immediately when it fell the giving Berkey the unbeatable flush. The dealer put out the meaningless , allowing Berkey to double up.
Hand #62: Action folded around to Randal Flowers who raised to 100,000. In the next seat over, on the button, Matt Perrins reraised to 230,000. Flowers reraised all in and he was called quickly by Perrins.
Flowers:
Perrins:
The flop came down leaving Flowers out in front. The turn led to an eruption from the rail, as Perrins had picked up a huge lead, leaving Flowers with one out. The river was the and that was it for Randal Flowers. He was sent home in seventh place, but picked up nearly six figures for efforts.
Matt Perrins | 4,000,000 | 1,305,000 |
Matt Berkey | 1,900,000 | 850,000 |
Antonio Buonanno | 450,000 | -980,000 |
Randal Flowers | 0 | -650,000 |
Friday, July 5, 2013 4:27 PM Local Time
Buonanno Gets Busy; Loses Big to Perrins
Hand #56 Matt Berkey limped into the pot from under the gun plus one, as the action folded around to Seth Berger on the big blind, who checked his option. The flop came down , as both players checked. The fell on the turn, as Berger bet out 80,000, which was called, before the completed the board. Berger reached for his chips, and threw out a bet of 260,000. Berkey thought about his decision for almost a minute, before opting to lay down his hand.
Hand #57 Matt Berkey limped into the pot once again, as the action folded around to the blinds. Seth Berger made the call from the small blind, and Thomas Muehloecker checked from the big blind, as all three saw the flop come . Both blinds checked over to Berkey, who threw out a continuation bet of 90,000, which was enough to take down the pot.
Hand #58 The action folded around to the blinds, before Thomas Muehloecker asked Matt Berkey how much he had behind. He opted to fold his hand, as Berkey received a rare walk.
Hand #59 Antonio Buonanno opened to 110,000 from the hijack, and watched as Randal Flowers made the call from the big blind. The flop came down as both players checked their options, before the fell on the turn. Flowers checked, before Buonanno threw out a bet of 125,000, which saw Flowers quickly fold his hand.
Hand #60 Antonio Buonanno opened his second pot in a row from middle position, making it 110,000, as Matt Perrins made the call from the big blind. The flop came down , as both players checked. The fell on the turn, and Perrins reached for his chips, betting out 135,000, which was called, as the came on the river, completing the board. Perrins paused for a moment, before placing out a bet of 265,000, which sent Buonanno into the tank. Nearly two minutes passed, before Buonanno made the call, only to muck, when Perrins turned over his for top pair.
Friday, July 5, 2013 4:09 PM Local Time
All In and Chop; Double For Berkey
Hand #53: From the small blind, Randal Flowers raised to 120,000. Matt Perrins gave up his big blind and Flowers took down his second pot in a row.
Hand #54: Seth Berger opened the pot with a raise to 110,000. In the next seat over Thomas Muehloecker moved all in for a total of about 500,000. Action folded all the way back around to Seth Berger who thought about his decision for a bit before making the call.
Muehloecker:
Berger:
The board ran out allowing both players to chop up the pot with the same hand.
Hand #55: Matt Berkey moved all in and recieved a call from Antonio Buonanno from the small blind.
Berkey:
Buonanno:
The flop came down giving Berkey a load more outs than he began with. The turn was the , giving no improvement to Berkey but the on the river was one of the cards he needed to improve to the best hand and double with a pair of eights.
Friday, July 5, 2013 3:54 PM Local Time
Level 28 started
Level: 28
Blinds: 25000/50000
Ante: 5000
Friday, July 5, 2013 3:50 PM Local Time
Flowers Doubles Through Berkey
Hand #50 Matt Perrins opened to 80,000, which was enough to take down the blinds and antes.
Hand #51 The action folded around to Seth Berger, who opened to 90,000 from the button, before taking the pot.
Hand #52 Matt Berkey opened from the small blind, before Randal Flowers moved all in from the big blind for an unknown amount. He was called, as both players tabled their cards.
Flowers:
Berkey:
Flowers was the short stack, and at risk, but he was able to hold as the board ran out to double, and stay alive.
Friday, July 5, 2013 3:45 PM Local Time
Buonanno Takes Down Two
Hand #45: Matt Perrins opened the pot with a raise and was able to take it down when everyone folded.
Hand #46: Matt Berkey limped into the pot from the button. Randal Flowers completed the blind and Perrins checked his option. On the flop action checked to Berkey on the button who fired out 80,000 and that was enough to take down the pot.
Hand #47: From under the gun, Antonio Buonanno raised to 80,000. Only Arthur Pro called from the big blind. The flop came down and Pro decided to lead out with a bet of 110,000. Buonanno opted to reraise to a total of 275,000. Pro folded and Buonanno raked in the pot
Hand #48: Action folded around to Randal Flowers who moved all in from the cutoff. Action folded to Antonio Buonanno who showed then folded allowing Flowers to grab the pot.
Hand #49: Thomas Muehloecker opened with a raise to 80,000. Antonio Buonanno reraised to 245,000. Muehloecker folded allowing Buonanno to take the pot.
Friday, July 5, 2013 3:41 PM Local Time
Perrins Extending His Lead
Hand #40 Seth Berger opened to 85,000 from middle position, as the action folded around to Matt Perrins in the small blind. He thought about his decision for a moment, before making the call, as did Arthur Pro from the big blind. The flop came down , as both players in the blinds checked their options. Berger then quickly reached for chips, and threw out a continuation bet of 135,000, which was instantly called by Perrins. Pro then stared down both players, before opting to fold.
The fell on the turn, as both players checked, before the fell on the river. Perrins sat motionless for a minute, before reaching for his chips, and sliding out 280,000 in chips. Berger tanked over his decision for over a minute, before releasing his hand, as Perrins took down another big pot.
Hand #41 The action folded around to Randal Flowers in the cut-off, who opened to 80,000. Antonio Buonanno made the call from the big blind, before the flop came down . Both players checked their options, as the fell on the turn. This time Buonanno reached for his chips, before betting out 100,000, which was enough to take down the pot.
Hand #42 Matt Perrins opened to 80,000 from the cut-off, which was enough to take down the blinds and antes.
Hand #43 The action folded around to Matt Perrins in the hijack, who made it 80,000 to go. Arthur Pro was in the cut-off, and raised it up to 200,000. The decision was back on Perrins after a string of folds, and he thought for over a minute, before bumping it up to 455,000, which was snap called.
The flop came down , as Perrins quickly threw out a continuation bet of 365,000. Pro stared him down, before reaching for his chips, whilst never taking his focus off Perrins. Picking up the call in his hand, he played around with the chips, before finally opting to lay down his hand.
Pro asked if Perrins could show, and he obliged, by rolling over the .
Hand #44 Seth Berger opened to 85,000 from the button, which was enough to take down the pot.
Friday, July 5, 2013 3:26 PM Local Time
Joe Serock Eliminated in 8th Place ($76,164)
Hand #36: Thomas Muehloecker limped in from the small blind. From the big blind, Matt Berkey raised it up to 140,000 total. Muehloecker took a second look at his cards before folding.
Hand #37: Antonio Buonanno raised to 180,000 from the hijack seat. Everyone folded and Buonanno took down the pot.
Hand #38: First to act, Matt Perrins opened to 80,000. Everyone folded and Perrins was awarded the pot.
Hand #39: From the button, Joe Serock opened to 90,000. From the big blind Matt Perrins reraised all in. Serock snap called.
Serock:
Perrins:
The flop came down putting Perrins in a commanding postion, leaving Serock only drawing to a chop and backdoors. The came on the turn, materializing some of those draws, but the blank on the river was no help, eliminating Serock from the tournament in 8th place.
Joe Serock | 0 | -690,000 |
Friday, July 5, 2013 3:17 PM Local Time
Buonanno and Pro Getting Active
Hand #31 Buonanno started things off with an open to 80,000 from under the gun plus one, before getting called by Matt Berkey in the cut-off. Matt Perrins looked over at Berkey's stack, before also making the call from the big blind. The flop came down the , as Perrins checked his option. Buonanno threw out a continuation bet of 225,000, which was enough to take down the pot, as his two opponents opted to fold their hands.
Hand #32 The action folded around to Matt Perrins in the small blind, who made the call, before Arthur Pro made it an additional 80,000 to go. Perrins made the call, as both players saw the flop come . Both players checked their options, as the fell on the turn. Perrins thought for a moment, before throwing out a bet of 130,000, as Pro stared the bet down. He then bumped it up to 380,000, which was too much for Perrins, who quickly mucked his hand.
Hand #33 The action once again folded around to the blinds, as Arthur Pro bet out 80,000. Buonanno made the call from the big blind, as the flop came down . Pro quickly threw out a continuation bet of 105,000, which brought and instant muck from his opponent.
Hand #34 Arthur Pro opened to 100,000 from the button, before being met with a raise to 250,000 from Antonio Buonanno on the small blind. Seth Berger folded his big blind after a short pause, before Pro asked for a count of Buonanno's stack. He made the call, as both watched the flop come . Buonanno quickly reached for his chips, and placed out a continuation bet of 325,000, which was enough to take down the pot, after Pro pondered over his decision for a minute.
Hand #35 Randal Flowers moved all in from late position, and took down the blinds and antes.
Friday, July 5, 2013 2:58 PM Local Time
Return to Action
Cards are now back in the air for the remaining 8 players.
Friday, July 5, 2013 2:57 PM Local Time
Level 27 started
Level: 27
Blinds: 20000/40000
Ante: 5000
Friday, July 5, 2013 2:47 PM Local Time
Updated Chip Counts During the Break
Matt Perrins | 2,695,000 | 749,000 |
Arthur Pro | 2,145,000 | 535,000 |
Seth Berger | 2,070,000 | 372,000 |
Antonio Buonanno | 1,430,000 | 245,000 |
Matt Berkey | 1,050,000 | -535,000 |
Thomas Muehloecker | 1,010,000 | -424,000 |
Joe Serock | 690,000 | -521,000 |
Randal Flowers | 650,000 | 31,000 |
Friday, July 5, 2013 2:37 PM Local Time
Break Time
The remaining eight players are on their first 20-minute break of the day.
Friday, July 5, 2013 2:35 PM Local Time
Perrins Gets The Best of Muehloecker
Hand #26: Action folded all the way around to Seth Berger who got a walk in the big blind.
Hand #27: Matt Berkey limped under the gun. Seth Berger called the big blind, leading to a check from Thomas Muehloecker. The flop came down . Action checked to Berkey who made a bet of 75,000. Berger and Muehloecker both folded allowing Berkey to take down the pot.
Hand #28: Arthur Pro opened to 85,000 from middle position. Everyone folded and Pro scooped the pot.
Hand #29: For the second pot in a row Pro opened to 90,000. Everyone folded and he took down the blinds and antes once again.
Hand #30: Matt Perrins opened with a raise to 60,000. Only Thomas Muehloecker called from the cutoff. The board came down which prompted a bet of 85,000 from Perrins. Muehloecker called. The turn was the and Perrins fired off 150,000. Muehloecker called once more. The river was the which led to a 265,000 chip river bet from Perrins. Muehloecker tanked about 2 minutes into break before folding.