Monday, July 6, 2015 12:24 AM Local Time
Players opted for an early finish tonight and an early start tomorrow. The last 10 players will resume play at noon local time on the ESPN Main Stage. The live stream will begin when the tenth place finisher is determined.
Matt Matros
Sixty one players began the day, vying for the WSOP gold bracelet and most of them have gone home. While some who visit the Rio tomorrow will be beginning their quest for a gold bracelet, one of these remaining players will finish theirs.
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John Zimmerman (1st WSOP cash)
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Connor Berkowitz (1st WSOP cash)
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Matt Matros is the only player who has any WSOP bracelets, and he has won three. Faraz Jaka has 27 WSOP cashes, but is playing for a shot at his first gold bracelet. Jon Gallaher has two victories in WSOP circuit events, but is looking to add a bracelet to his ring collection. David Yu's only WSOP cash, prior to the Lucky 777, was in the record-breaking Colossus, earlier in this series. John Zimmerman and Connor Berkowitz are both cashing for the first time ever in a WSOP event. Stay tuned for all the updates on the penultimate event of WSOP 2015.
Monday, July 6, 2015 12:03 AM Local Time
Players are on a 20 minute break. Ten players still remain and will play two more levels before play finishes tonight. The remaining players will return at 2 p.m. local time tomorrow to finish the final table.
Monday, July 6, 2015 12:00 AM Local Time
Matt Matros raises to 125,000 from middle position, and Connor Berkowitz three-bets to 350,000 from the cutoff. The action gets back to Matros. He puts Berkowitz all-in after 20 seconds, and Berkowitz calls all-in.
Connor Berkowitz
Matt Matros
The flop is save for Berkowitz, but Matros pairs on the turn. The river gives Berkowitz a better pair, and he doubles-up.
Connor Berkowitz - 3,620,000
Matt Matros - 2,400,000
Sunday, July 5, 2015 11:47 PM Local Time
The players have slowed down and the hands are not completing. There is some small action as the button moves but nothing critical.
Faraz Jaka and Bao Nguyen went heads up to a flop after a 140,000 raise. Nguyen bet 230,000 and Faraz folded.
Matt Matros and Jaka went heads up with a 130,000 preflop raise. Matros bet 200,000 and Faraz folded.
Massimo Mosele and John Armbrust went to a flop after a 140,000 raise preflop. Mosele shoved and Armbrust folded.
Armbrust and John Gallaher made it to a flop after a raise to 135,000. Armbrust bet 135,000 and Gallaher folded.
Jeff Dobrin and David Yu saw a flop after a 135,000 raise. Dobrin bet 105,000 and Yu folded.
This is the flow of the action right now. The chip counts are being updated while the play is slow.
Sunday, July 5, 2015 11:25 PM Local Time
David Yu raises to 125,000 from the cutoff, and Jeffrey Dobrin defends his big blind. Both players check on the flop. Dobrin checks again on the turn, now Yu bets 125,000. The action gets back to Dobrin and he check-raises to 385,000, Yu calls.
Dobrin takes a 30 seconds before he bets 850,000 on the river. Yu takes a few moments and says "looks like a bluff", 20 seconds later Yu announces "call". Dobrin shows Tc], and Yu . Both players have third pair, but Dobrin wins with the better kicker.
Dobrin says "It was a bluff," after the hand. He also adds, "It's always good to be bluffing with the best hand."
Jeffrey Dobrin - 3,720,000
David Yu - 4,410,000
Sunday, July 5, 2015 11:22 PM Local Time
After doubling up John Gallaher, Connor Berkowitz raises to 125,000. He gets two callers, John Zimmerman and Faraz Jaka.
The flop is and Jaka checks to Berkowitz who bets 175,000. Zimmerman folds, Jaka calls.
The turn is the and Jaka checks again and Berkowitz bets 350,000. Jaka folds.
Connor Berkowitz - 1,950,000
Faraz Jaka - 1,600,000
Sunday, July 5, 2015 11:11 PM Local Time
Matt Matros opens with a raise to 120,000 from early position. Connor Berkowitz three-bets to 300,000, and the action gets to John Gallaher in the big blind. He thinks for around a minute and moves all-in for 885,000. Matros folds, Berkowitz calls.
John Gallaher
Connor Berkowitz
Both players make a pair on the flop, the turn gives Berkowitz less outs. No help for him on the river, and Gallaher doubles-up.
John Gallaher - 1,990,000
Connor Berkowitz - 1,525,000
Sunday, July 5, 2015 11:11 PM Local Time
In the first hand at the unofficial final table, David Yu raises to 100,000 and Faraz Jaka raises all in from middle position for his last 920,000. David Yu calls.
Jaka -
Yu -
The board runs out giving Jaka a rivered straight. That's two all ins in a row, where Jaka hit the river to win.
Faraz Jaka - 1,900,000
David Yu - 5,620,000
Sunday, July 5, 2015 11:00 PM Local Time
The first hand of the unofficial final table folds around to Jeff Dorbin and he makes it 125,000 to go. Bao Nguyen three bets to 260,000 from the hijack. Dorbin calls. The flop comes . Dorbin checks. Nguyen bets 295,000. Dorbin tanks for a minute and lays it down.
Bao Nguyen - 1,500,000
Dorbin - 2,200,000
Sunday, July 5, 2015 10:58 PM Local Time
Level: 29
Blinds: 30,000/60,000
Ante: 10,000
Sunday, July 5, 2015 10:58 PM Local Time
The redraw for the unofficial final table is complete and the players are taking their seats.
Seat 1. John Zimmerman - 890,000
Seat 2. John Ambrust - 2,600,000
Seat 3. John Gallaher - 980,000
Seat 4. Massimo Mosele - 990,000
Seat 5. David Yu - 6,530,000
Seat 6. Matt Matros - 3,035,000
Seat 7. Faraz Jaka - 720,000
Seat 8. Jeffrey Dobrin - 2,540,000
Seat 9. Bao Nguyen - 1,125,000
Seat 10. Connor Berkowitz - 2,440,000
Sunday, July 5, 2015 10:56 PM Local Time
Phil Delaney makes it 115,000 to go from the cutoff. David Yu takes a minute and shoves all in. Delaney snap calls and shows . Yu turns over .
The board comes . Yu rivers an ace for the win. Delaney is eliminated in 11th place.
David Yu - 6,150,000
Delaney - Eliminated
Sunday, July 5, 2015 10:49 PM Local Time
Faraz Jaka raises all in from middle position with his last 345,000. John Armbrust calls.
Jaka -
Armbrust -
The board runs out and Jaka will double up. Getting some of the chips he lost to Armbrust on the hand before back.
Faraz Jaka - 720,000
John Armbrust - 1,750,000
Sunday, July 5, 2015 10:48 PM Local Time
John Gallaher opens the button with a raise to 105,000. John Zimmerman calls from the small blind, and Jeffrey Dobrin from the big blind. Zimmerman shoves all-in for 690,000 on the flop. Dobrin folds, but Gallaher needs more time. After a few minutes Gallaher calls the clock on himself. He folds his hand with 10 second on the clock.
John Zimmerman - 1,030,000
Sunday, July 5, 2015 10:47 PM Local Time
Faraz Jaka raises on the button to 115,000. John Armbrust calls from the big blind.
The flop is and both players check. The turn is the and Armbrust checks. Jaka bets 160,000 and Armbrust calls. The river is the and Armbrust checks again to Jaka. Jaka bets 265,000 and Armbrust quickly calls.
Jaka turns over , which isn't as good as Armbrust who shows . Armbrust takes a big portion on Jaka's stack.
John Armbrust - 2,100,000
Faraz Jaka - 350,000
Sunday, July 5, 2015 10:35 PM Local Time
The majority of the action right now is passing blinds, antes, and preflop raises around. The players are playing pretty tight.
Sunday, July 5, 2015 10:28 PM Local Time
The action folds to Bao Nguyen in the small blind. Nguyen has a chip in his hand when he reaches for his small blind, pulls it back in and then puts out a raise. As soon as Nguyen completes his action, the dealer says, "stop," and calls the floor. The dealer explains the action to the floor and then the rest of the table chimes in. The issue is whether or not Nguyen paused when he set the chip down, which would make the bet a call and leave Nguyen unable to raise. Nguyen doesn't believe he paused, but the general consensus of the table is that he did.
The floor rules the bet a call and the action is now on Faraz Jaka in the big blind.
"After all that," says Jaka as he makes a motion as if to signal he will go all in, before he actually ends up just checking. The table chuckles and the flop comes . Nguyen bets 115,000 and Jaka calls. The turn is the and this time Nguyen bets 195,000. Jaka calls again. The river is the and both players check.
"Two pair," says Nguyen as he turns over for tens and eights. Jaka mucks his hand.
Sunday, July 5, 2015 10:18 PM Local Time
There are eleven players remaining. When the next player is eliminated, they will redraw and go down to the unofficial final table.
Sunday, July 5, 2015 10:07 PM Local Time
David Yu raises to 125,000 on the button. Nancy Nguyen shoves then all-in from the big blind. Yu asks a count, and calls the 1,135,000 all-in.
Nancy Nguyen
David Yu
Nguyen says "no ace", but the brings one. No help for here on or river. The tournament is down to 11 players now.
David Yu - 6,000,000
Nancy Nguyen - Eliminated
Sunday, July 5, 2015 10:06 PM Local Time
Robert Toye shoves all in under the gun for 625,000. John Gallaher is next to act and shoves all in behind him. It folds around. Toye shows . Gallaher turns over .
The board comes . Gallaher fills up on the flop and Toye is eliminated.
Gallaher - 1,300,000
Toye - Eliminated
