After two full days of poker, 1731 players have been whittled down to just 17. One of those 17 will walk away tonight with a WSOP gold bracelet, and $432,411. The player who has put himself in the best position to do that is Salvatore Dicarlo, who won a huge race on the last hand of Day 2 to take the chip lead . He will come in with 984,000, but he has some close competition at the top.
Paul Splitzberg rode a wave of big pots towards the end of the night on his way to bagging up 957,000. He will be second coming into today. In third is none other than Moshin Charania, who won the EPT Grand Final in 2012. He was one of our biggest stacks the entire yesterday, and comes into play today with 940,000.
These three will be joined by other notables Zimnan Ziyard (461,000), Travell Thomas (254,000), Jacob Schindler (269,000), and nine other players who hope to soon be mentioned in the future as one of the notables after today.
Play will be kicking off at 1 PM. Once we get down to our final nine, we will be providing hand-for-hand updates. Thanks as always for tuning in with us, and don’t go anywhere. The excitement is just about to begin!
While we are waiting for this event to start, check out Sarah Grant's update on all the other action at the Rio yesterday!
Action started with Travell Thomas moving all in for his last 150,000. Corey Harrison acted shortly after, and he thought for about 30 seconds before moving all in over the top for 355,000. It hardly took Mohsin Charania anytime for him to move all in over the top, having everyone left in the hand covered! Everyone else folded, and all the monster hands were shown.
Thomas:
Harrison:
Charania:
This was a huge hand that would change the shape of the tournament, and Harrison liked the flop of . The turn was the , giving Thomas, who claimed to be "drawing dead" when he saw the hands, some hope as a king would help him out. The river was the , and Harrison's queens held up to take a huge pot, worth more then a double up with Thomas's extra chips in the middle.
This just in. Gareth Teatum is good at winning coin flips. On the very next hand, Jacob Schindler raised to 40,000 from under the gun, and it folded around to Teatum in the small blind. We aren't sure what the exact action was, but we know that Teatum and Schindler ended up getting the rest of Schindler's money in preflop.
Schindler:
Teatum:
Teatum was looking to win his second huge flip in as many hands, and he did just that, as the board ran down . In two hands, Teatum has gone from one of our short stacks to one of our leaders with 860,000.
Action folded around to the blinds where Daniel Cascado raised to 42,000 from the small. In the big blind Arshin Gamini moved all in for roughly 455,000. Cascado thought about it for a little bit, but eventually called and the two players headed to a showdown.
Cascado:
Gamini:
The flop came down nearly sealing the deal for Cascado with a pair of jacks, leaving Gamini drawing to runner runner outs. The turn wasn't one of those outs and the river was the securing the elimination. Cascado moved into the chip lead after this hand.
While Arshin Gamini was busting on one table, Anthony Antico was busting on another. We missed the action but we do know that Antico was holding against Zimnan Ziyard's . Ziyard had flopped a set and that was enough to send Antico to the rail in 11th place, but not without collecting some cash for his deep run here in event #24.
From under the gun Daniel Cascado raised to 41,000. Two seats over Ryan Franklin moved all in for his last 102,000 chips. Action folded back around to Cascado who made the quick call.
Cascado:
Franklin:
On the Franklin got up from his seat and started heading for the payout desk. The turn left him drawing dead, but the dealer put out the anyways.
The players are now on a short break as they move to the main stage in the Amazon room.
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Hand #18: Action folded to Moshin Charania who moved all in from the cutoff for 437,000. Brewer called the all in with less chips from the small blind.
Charania:
Brewer:
The flop came down giving no help to Charania. On the turn, Charania managed to pick up the lead and that left Brewer drawing to two outs. The river was not one of them and Brewer was eliminated from the tournament in ninth place.
Hand #68- Corey Harrison moved all in for his last 305,000, and he took down the blinds and antes.
Hand #69- Salvatore Dicarlo made it 85,000 to go from early position, Corey Harrison moved all in for 400,000 total. Action folded back to Dicarlo, and he folded. Harrison showed
Hand #70- Paul Spitzberg raised it up to 95,000, and everyone folded, giving him the blinds and antes.
Hand #71- Action folded around to Daniel Cascado, and he raised it up to 80,000. Zimnan Ziyard moved all in for 385,000, and Cascado folded, giving the pot to Ziyard.
Hand #72- Gareth Teatum moved all in from late position, and Mohsin Charania quickly moved all in over the top. The blinds folded, and Charania saw he was in great shape for the knockout.
Charania:
Teatum:
The flop came down , keeping Charania out in front. The on the turn gave Teatum flush draw outs to go along with his three, but the on the river didn't help him out. Teatum will finish in 8th place, while Charania is now up to 1.5 million.
Hand #77- Corey Harrison raised it up to 90,000, and he took down the blinds and antes.
Hand #78- Daniel Cascado made it 80,000 to go, and Salvatore Dicarlo moved all in. Cascado folded when it got back to him, and Dicarlo took down the pot.
Hand #79- Zimnan Ziyard moved all in from the cutoff for 510,000, and Salvatore Dicarlo moved all in for 600,000 behind him. Everyone else folded, and we were off to the races.
Ziyard:
Dicarlo:
The flop came down , and Dicarlo was still out in front. The on the turn was about as action packed a card as could come, as Ziyard picked up a straight draw, while Dicarlo now had a striaght flush draw. Ziyard was the one who had to catch though, and the on the river didn't help him, busting him in 7th place.
After that pot, Dicarlo is now up to 1.15 million.
. The turn was the 
, giving Thomas, who claimed to be "drawing dead" when he saw the hands, some hope as a king would help him out. The river was the 
, and Harrison's queens held up to take a huge pot, worth more then a double up with Thomas's extra chips in the middle.
. In two hands, Teatum has gone from one of our short stacks to one of our leaders with 860,000.
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nearly sealing the deal for Cascado with a pair of jacks, leaving Gamini drawing to runner runner outs. The turn 
wasn't one of those outs and the river was the 
securing the elimination. Cascado moved into the chip lead after this hand.
against Zimnan Ziyard's 
Franklin got up from his seat and started heading for the payout desk. The 
river was not one of them and Brewer was eliminated from the tournament in ninth place.
on the turn gave Teatum flush draw outs to go along with his three, but the 
on the river didn't help him out. Teatum will finish in 8th place, while Charania is now up to 1.5 million.
on the river didn't help him, busting him in 7th place.