Level: 24
Blinds: 10,000/20,000
Ante: 3,000
Level: 24
Blinds: 10,000/20,000
Ante: 3,000
Robert Merulla, on the button, bet 120,000 after two players checked to him on the end. The board was , and Matthew Parry raised to 300,000. The other player got out of the way, and Merulla tanked for a couple of minutes before raising to 540,000.
We thought Merulla thought hard, but Parry took it to new heights, thinking aloud to himself as he tanked well into the start of the break. After about six minutes, with most of the remaining players cleared out of the area, Parry called. Merulla tabled for a turned full house.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Anthony Merulla |
2,100,000
1,108,000
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1,108,000 |
Matthew Parry |
510,000
410,000
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410,000 |
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Matthew Mendez (45th), Harrison Gimbel (44th) and John Myung (43rd) have all hit the rail, taking home $13,125 for their impressive performances.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Matthew Mendez | Busted | |
Harrison Gimbel | Busted | |
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John Myung | Busted |
Matt Haugen (49th), Ronald Lee (48th), Wade Woelful (47th), and John Moore (46th) all busted recently, but each earned a payday of $11,323 for the deep run.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Matt Haugen | Busted | |
Ronald Lee | Busted | |
Wade Woelful | Busted | |
John Moore | Busted |
Harrison Gimbel was the latest casualty as the field continues to pare down, and although we missed his path to the rail, he was kind of enough to relay the grisly details via Twitter:
Gg 44th. Utg 113k makes it 38k, mp big stack calls, I jam 88 bb for 400k, utg calls, mp folds. I lose to 96ss. Few hands later utg2 40k,Follow @Harrison_Gimbel
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Harrison Gimbel | Busted | |
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The final board showed and a large pot chock full of baby blue T5000 chips was up for grabs.
Justin Luninpack fired out a bet of 95,000 to try and take it down, and Kunal Patel went into the tank to figure things out. Eventually, after a lengthy period of deliberation, Patel looked Luninpack up and tabled for ace-high and the winner.
Luninpack could only offer a sincere "nice call" to Patel, who just moved into the chip lead by making an excellent lead.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Kunal Patel |
2,430,000
-70,000
|
-70,000 |
Justin Luninpack
|
745,000
497,500
|
497,500 |
We found John Myung tanking on the river, with the community having come . He had checked, and Kalyan Gullapalli had put him all in for his last 400,000 or so. After a few minutes of tanking, Myung made the call. Gullapalli rolled over for a flush, and Myung was busto.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Kalyan Gullapalli |
1,400,000
700,000
|
700,000 |
John Myung | Busted |
Wade Woelful needed to make a move riding his short stack and seemed like a decent shot to score the double. He moved all in over the top of Anthony Maio's 33,000 open, only to see Katayon Khaterzai reshove to isolate.
Maio obliged and folded away, leaving Khaterzai to show down her . She had Weolful dominated and the lead held up through the board. Woelful hit the rail in 49th place and pocketed $11,323 for a deep WPT Main Event run.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Katayon Khaterzai |
810,000
475,000
|
475,000 |
Wade Woelful | Busted |
After Matthew Mendez opened for 34,000 and Ronit Chamani called from the hijack, Robert Merulla moved all in for his last 466,000.
Mendez reshoved for his last 575,000 or so and Chamani got out of the way.
Showdown:
Merulla:
Mendez:
The two were flipping for what amounted to the entire tournament for both players, as Merulla would be eliminated with a loss, while Mendez would be crippled if his big cards failed to come.
The final board ran out clean for Merulla, coming to keep the fishhooks out in front, and he pushed to nearly 1 million in chips. Mendez failed to mount the comeback and he hit the rail shortly after this huge hand.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Anthony Merulla |
992,000
697,000
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697,000 |
Matthew Mendez | Busted |
Chris Reslock raised to 100,000 from the cutoff after Eric Wasserson bet 37,000 on the turn with the board reading . Wasserson made the call, and the two watched the fall on the river. Wasserson checked once more, and Reslock decided to check back.
Wasserson:
Reslock:
Wasserson had rivered a boat to outdraw Reslock's turned flush.
"Nice check, sir," Wasserson said.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Eric Wasserson |
1,000,000
595,000
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595,000 |
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Chris Reslock |
500,000
-150,000
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-150,000 |
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