Players on First Break
The remaining 108 players are on their first 15-minute break of the day as dealers color up the purple T-500 chips.
The remaining 108 players are on their first 15-minute break of the day as dealers color up the purple T-500 chips.
Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
---|---|---|
Aleksejs Ponakovs |
375,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
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Shota Nakanishi |
360,000
222,500
|
222,500 |
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||
Robert Cowen |
360,000
-68,000
|
-68,000 |
|
||
Jack Shea |
310,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
Dan Zack |
215,000
-5,000
|
-5,000 |
|
||
Jonathan Woof |
210,000
105,500
|
105,500 |
|
||
Gaetan Balleur |
200,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
Patrick Garrett |
140,000
51,000
|
51,000 |
Michael Mcnicholas |
130,000
36,000
|
36,000 |
Eric Smidinger |
125,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
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Robert Chow |
110,000
-33,000
|
-33,000 |
Jonathan Cohen |
110,000
48,500
|
48,500 |
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Dominick Sarle
|
100,000
-1,000
|
-1,000 |
Andrew Romeo |
76,000
-23,000
|
-23,000 |
Dan Smith |
60,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
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Alex Dijkhoffz
|
21,000
-15,000
|
-15,000 |
Evgenii Fidchuk | Eliminado | |
Robert Lamanna
|
Eliminado | |
Stephanie Alderman | Eliminado | |
Kristopher Bradshaw | Eliminado |
Zachary Seymour opened to 6,000 from under the gun and Aleksejs Ponakovs three-bet from the cutoff. Seymour called when the action folded around.
Seymour checked on the flop of and Ponakovs checked back. Seymour then led out for 27,000 on the turn and Ponakovs called.
Seymour checked on the river and Ponakovs checked back. Seymour shrugged before showing for ace-high, while Ponakovs showed to win the pot with a pair of nines after the frisky preflop raise.
"What a play! And he three-bets and get my set out," said Taylor Grassmick.
The very next hand, Ponakovs got to the river against Abbas Alikhani on a board of . With around 60,000 in the middle, Ponakovs moved all in to put Alikhani at risk with his stack of 59,000.
"Bluff-catcher. That's all I have," Alikhani said as he contemplated a call.
Eventually, Alikhani tossed in his stack for the call. Ponakovs showed a bluff with for jack-high and Ponakovs revealed to show he made a big call for his tournament life with third pair.
"Back in the game!" Alikhani cheered as he raked in the pot.
Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
---|---|---|
Aleksejs Ponakovs |
370,000
110,000
|
110,000 |
|
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Abbas Alikhani |
180,000
9,000
|
9,000 |
Zachary Seymour |
170,000
-71,000
|
-71,000 |
On the tail end of a completed board of , Gianluca Speranza had tossed in a green T-25,000 chip for a bet and that represented a large portion of the short stack of Andrew Yeh. Eventually, Yeh tossed in a single yellow chip for the call and Speranza tabled the , which Yeh had beat with the .
Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
---|---|---|
Gianluca Speranza |
100,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
Andrew Yeh |
77,000
22,000
|
22,000 |
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Christopher Chatman clashed with Michael Iannace and the latter was the player at risk in the following preflop contest.
Michael Iannace:
Christopher Chatman:
The flop was a scary one as it gave Chatman the nut flush draw to go with his two live cards. Nothing changed on the turn and river as Iannace doubled for 33,000. "I did not feel comfortable at any point during this hand, not even on the river," Iannace joked with a smile on the face.
Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
---|---|---|
Christopher Chatman |
222,000
-58,000
|
-58,000 |
|
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Michael Iannace |
68,500
19,000
|
19,000 |
Stephanie Alderman opened from under the gun and Jack Shea made it 8,000 from the button. William Davidson called from the big blind and Alderman tossed in the chips to come along.
The flop was and action checked to Shea on the button. Shea bet 12,500 and both players called to see on the turn.
All three players checked the turn and was the river. Action checked to Shea again and he fired 30,000.
Davidson folded and Alderman thought it over before the announced the call. Shea showed the for a rivered pair of kings and Alderman tossed the losing hand into the muck.
Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
---|---|---|
Jack Shea |
295,000
85,000
|
85,000 |
William Davidson (TN)
|
84,000
-36,000
|
-36,000 |
Stephanie Alderman |
21,000
-94,000
|
-94,000 |
Ali Eslami opened in early position and Daniel Strelitz flat-called in the small blind. Spencer Smith took the opportunity to three-bet jam a stack of 42,500 from the big blind and Eslami four-bet to 95,000. Strelitz folded.
Ali Eslami:
Spencer Smith:
Smith was in trouble as he had run into kings and the flop of improved Eslami to a set.
"That's not good," reacted Smith.
The on the turn created some sweat potential as Smith picked up a gutshot straight draw but the arrived on the river to give Eslami quads to eliminate Smith, who won two Circuit rings earlier this year at WSOPC Cherokee for a total of $214,571.
"I NEVER WIN ANYTHING!!!" the two-time ring winner yelled sarcastically as players and floor staff erupted in laughter.
Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
---|---|---|
Ali Eslami |
370,000
65,000
|
65,000 |
|
||
Daniel Strelitz |
220,000
-15,000
|
-15,000 |
|
||
Spencer Smith | Eliminado |
From an early position, Christopher Bissinger raised to 6,000 and Nacho Barbero then pushed for around 60,000 from one seat over. The action folded all the way to Jessica Richards and she also moved all-in as well, forcing out Bissinger in an instant.
Nacho Barbero:
Jessica Richards:
One of the most classic flips saw Richards pull ahead on the flop and she retained the lead on the turn. "Black deuce!" she demanded but the came on the river instead. "Black deuce and we chop," Richards added in table chat after it was all over and while the stacks were counted. Richards had 62,000 at her disposal and that covered Barbero by a very small margin.
Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
---|---|---|
Christopher Bissinger |
320,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
Jessica Richards |
135,000
70,000
|
70,000 |
Nacho Barbero
|
Eliminado |
Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
---|---|---|
Carlos Loving |
370,000
167,000
|
167,000 |
Christopher Chatman |
280,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
||
Yuliyan Kolev |
210,000
-20,000
|
-20,000 |
|
||
Taylor Grassmick |
200,000
107,500
|
107,500 |
Michael Asti |
180,000
-20,000
|
-20,000 |
Erik Bauer |
160,000
80,000
|
80,000 |
Benjamin Kaupp |
160,000
116,500
|
116,500 |
|
||
Ian Crampton |
160,000
62,500
|
62,500 |
Konstantin Petrushev
|
130,000
-5,000
|
-5,000 |
Alexander Orlov |
80,000
80,000
|
80,000 |
Gianluca Speranza |
80,000
18,500
|
18,500 |
Michael Marder |
80,000
-4,000
|
-4,000 |
Jessica Richards | 65,000 | |
Chad Eveslage |
35,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
||
Brad Ruben | Eliminado | |
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||
Terry Giles
|
Eliminado | |
Frank Visser | Eliminado | |
Adam Balis
|
Eliminado |
Eric Smidinger opened to 4,000 and Ryan Messick called. Smidinger bet on the flop of and Messick raised to 14,000. Smidinger moved all in for 53,000 and Messick called with a bigger stack.
Eric Smidinger:
Ryan Messick:
Smidinger had flopped bottom set against the top two pair of Messick and his set held up as the board finished out .
"I'm glad you didn't have a flush draw," Smidinger said after the third club hit.
Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
---|---|---|
Ryan Messick |
240,000
91,000
|
91,000 |
Eric Smidinger |
110,000
-10,000
|
-10,000 |
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