Wednesday, October 14, 2015 7:48 PM Local Time
Diego Armin Eckl opens to 105,000 from early position. Diego Ventura shoves for a bit more than 10 big blinds from middle position, and Eckl calls after a count.
Eckl:
Ventura has Aces for the third time today:
The board:
Ventura: 1,100,000
Eckl: 1,700,000
Wednesday, October 14, 2015 7:45 PM Local Time
The Monster Stack final streaming with a 30-minute delay.
Wednesday, October 14, 2015 7:27 PM Local Time
Level: 28
Blinds: 25,000/50,000
Ante: 5,000
Wednesday, October 14, 2015 7:18 PM Local Time
After David Peters open shoves from middle position, Armin Eckl re-shoves behind to isolate the short stack and everybody else folds.
Eckl:
Peterts:
The board comes , and there's no change to the stacks at the end of the hand.
Wednesday, October 14, 2015 7:13 PM Local Time
After an open by Justin Frolian to 80,000, Henrik Hecklen pushes all in behind him with . Frolian calls with .
on the board and Hecklen is down to 1,050,000.
Frolian is back up a bit: 665,000
Wednesday, October 14, 2015 7:01 PM Local Time
Henrik Hecklen opens from the small blind to 80,000, and Armin Eckl calls from the big blind.
comes on the flop. Both players check.
There's a on the turn, and Hecklen bets 85,000. Eckl calls.
The comes on the river, and Hecklen bets 120,000 before getting raised by Eckl to 320,000.
Hecklen insta-folds.
Hecklen: 1,700,000
Eckl: 2,100,000
Wednesday, October 14, 2015 6:53 PM Local Time
David Peters opens from middle position to 85,000.
Armin Eckl calls from the hijack. Diego Ventura calls from the small blind.
Flop:
It is checked to Eckl, who bets 165,000. Peters folds and Ventura calls.
Turn:
Both players check.
River:
Ventura fires 250,000 with 400,000 behind.
Eckl thinks about it for about a minute, and makes the call with . Ventura does not want to show and mucks.
Ventura - 400,000
Eckl - 1,650,000.
Wednesday, October 14, 2015 6:26 PM Local Time
Seat 1: Armin Eckl (Germany) - 1,095,000
Seat 2: Ryan Hefter (USA) - 915,000
Seat 3: Diego Ventura (Peru) - 1,135,000
Seat 4: Richard Sheils (UK) - 750,000
Seat 5: Carlos Chang (Taiwan) - 650,000
Seat 6: Gilbert Diaz (France) - 1,060,000
Seat 7: Justin Frolian (Germany) - 880,000
Seat 8: David Peters (USA) - 765,000
Seat 9: Henrik Hecklen (Denmark) - 1,450,000
The average is 966,666.
Wednesday, October 14, 2015 6:14 PM Local Time
In this last hand before the official final table, Armin Eckl open shoves for 615,000 with black Eights from under the gun, and Stefan Jedlicka shoves behind from middle position with and 370,000 left.
It's a classic race!
The board:
Players are now being set up for the final table on stage and play will resume shortly.
Armin Eckl: 1,000,000
Wednesday, October 14, 2015 6:10 PM Local Time
After a raise by Gilbert Diaz from the button, David Peters shoves for 360,000 and gets a call by the Frenchman.
Diaz:
Peters:
The board:
Wednesday, October 14, 2015 6:00 PM Local Time
Level: 27
Blinds: 20,000/40,000
Ante: 5,000
Wednesday, October 14, 2015 5:42 PM Local Time
There is one last break of 20 minutes before Level 27, and when the next player is eliminated, the official final table will start on the stage.
Wednesday, October 14, 2015 5:40 PM Local Time
Except for the few big confrontations, there is not a lot action going right now. Soon, the blinds will be up again after the ten remaining players come back from the next break.
The average stack is 870,000 in the ten-handed game.
Wednesday, October 14, 2015 5:38 PM Local Time
Armin Eckl raises to 65,000 before Diego Ventura 3-bets to 340,000. Everybody folds to Eckl who shoves with . Ventura has Aces, makes the call and this time they hold as the board comes:
Ventura is up to 1,100,00
Eckl drops to 460,000
Wednesday, October 14, 2015 5:33 PM Local Time
Ryan Hefter raises from middle position and gets three-bet by Richard Sheils from the cutoff. Diaz makes the call in from the big blind before the initial raiser gets out of the way.
The flop:
Diaz leads for 150,000, and Sheils calls.
Turn:
Diaz bets again, 200,000 this time, and Sheils folds.
Richard Sheils: 560,000
Gilbert Diaz: 1,600,000
Wednesday, October 14, 2015 4:54 PM Local Time
In the first significant pot on the 10-handed final table, Richard Sheils raises to 60,000. Henrik Hecklen calls from the big blind. The flop comes and both players check to the turn, which brings the . Hecklen bets 80,000, Sheils calls.
The river brings the , and Sheils bets 206,000. Hecklen calls, and he wins the pot with .
Both have 1,100,000 now.
Wednesday, October 14, 2015 4:44 PM Local Time
Seat 1: Armin Eckl (Germany) - 950,000
Seat 2: Ryan Hefter (USA) - 960,000
Seat 3: Diego Ventura (Peru) - 380,000
Seat 4: Richard Sheils (UK) - 1,120,000
Seat 5: Carlos Chang (Taiwan) - 920,000
Seat 6: Stefan Jedlicka (Austria) - 640,000
Seat 7: Gilbert Diaz (France) - 1,300,000
Seat 8: Justin Frolian (Germany) - 1,050,000
Seat 9: David Peters (USA) - 480,000
Seat 10: Henrik Hecklen (Denmark) - 655,000
The average is 870,000.
Wednesday, October 14, 2015 4:42 PM Local Time
Jerry Oedeen, who started the day as chipleader, is out.
In one hand, Oedeen raises to 250,000 after Stefan Jedlincka has opened. Justin Frolian then shoves from the big blind with black Kings for 558,000 and Jedlicka folds. Oedeen makes the call with .
The board is , and Frolian doubles up to 1,200,000, leaving Oedeen with 30,000.
In the very next hand, Jedlincka opens under the gun to 52,000, and David Peters calls in the big blind. Peters check-raises Jedlinka to 408,000 for all his chips after the latter had bet the flop for 54,000. The chips go Peters's way.
One hand later, Oedeen shoves for his last 22,000 from under the gun, and Richard Sheils raises to 55,000 to isolate.
Oedeen has , and he's flippling against Sheils's Sevens.
The board brings and the coin falls on Sheils' side, busting the former chipleader in 11th position. The players are now being grouped on the last table of the tournament and one more player will need to be eliminated in order to reach the official final table.
Richard Sheils: 1,100,000
Wednesday, October 14, 2015 4:41 PM Local Time
Level: 26
Blinds: 15000/30000
Ante: 5000
Wednesday, October 14, 2015 4:31 PM Local Time
Henrik Hecklen raises to 40,000, then Armin Eckl shoves his 468,000-stack with Jacks. Hecklen snap-calls with Aces, but there's a Jack in the door.
Hecklen is now down to 700,000
Eckl - 940,000