Level: 11
Blinds: 3,000/5,000
Ante: 5,000
Level: 11
Blinds: 3,000/5,000
Ante: 5,000
Dylan Weisman bet the turn for 30,000 and Aaron Katz called. The fell on the river and Weisman now checked. Katz bet 75,000 for a large portion of Weisman's stack and forced a fold.
Down to around 120,000, Weisman was spotted walking out of the tournament area soon after.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Aaron Katz |
610,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
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Dylan Weisman | Busted | |
|
Joni Jouhkimainen had previously won a large pot and then bet a heads-up river of for 18,000, which Phil Galfond called. The Finn tabled for not only a straight but also flush to win the pot.
Erik Seidel then got it in with the on a flop of and Jouhkimainen looked him up holding the . Neither the turn nor the river produced a miracle for Seidel and the next pot was pushed to Jouhkimainen.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Joni Jouhkimainen |
2,100,000
800,000
|
800,000 |
|
||
Phil Galfond |
270,000
270,000
|
270,000 |
|
||
Erik Seidel | Busted | |
|
Daniel Negreanu was all in preflop and had his phone out recording his all in for his vlog. He was up against Parviz Razavian.
Daniel Negreanu:
Parviz Razavian:
The flop came to give Negreanu a heart draw as he called for a heart for dramatic effect in the video. The turn was the and the river the to miss Negreanu and bust him. He jokingly flipped off the camera in his recording as Razavian got a good laugh and a great memory for him for busting Negreanu as his own stack got some much-needed help.
Negreanu went to go buy back in and re-joined the felt for his final bullet a few minutes later.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Daniel Negreanu |
300,000
220,000
|
220,000 |
Parviz Razavian
|
230,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
The Day 1 field has already surpassed more than 80 entries and the latest two to enter the fray with notables such as Daniel Zack, Sam Soverel and defending champion Jeremy Ausmus all jumping in.
In the meanwhile, Tan Nguyen and Farid Jattin were eliminated while Kristopher Tong doubled through George Wolff when his flopped the top set.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
George Wolff |
780,000
-320,000
|
-320,000 |
Kristopher Tong |
400,000
120,000
|
120,000 |
Sam Soverel |
300,000
300,000
|
300,000 |
|
||
Jeremy Ausmus |
300,000
300,000
|
300,000 |
|
||
Daniel Zack |
300,000
300,000
|
300,000 |
|
||
Tan Nguyen | Busted | |
Farid Jattin | Busted |
On a completed board of , Scott Seiver checked and then faced a bet worth 90,000 by Bradley Kil. What followed was a check-raise to 330,000 and Kil invested two time bank extensions before sending his cards into the muck.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Scott Seiver |
670,000
265,000
|
265,000 |
|
||
Bradley Kil
|
350,000
-410,000
|
-410,000 |
Philip Wiszowaty bet the river for 30,000 and Vasil Medarov called after brief consideration. The of Wiszowaty were revealed but they were no good, as Medarov had that beat with for a set of tens.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Philip Wiszowaty |
460,000
-200,000
|
-200,000 |
Bryce Yockey |
350,000
166,000
|
166,000 |
|
||
Vasil Medarov |
180,000
-375,000
|
-375,000 |
John Beauprez |
160,000
33,000
|
33,000 |
|
Level: 12
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 6,000
Action was caught at the very end of the hand with the board reading . Josh Arieh called a bet from Veselin Karakitukov.
Karakitukov revealed a for trip jacks but Arieh had that beat as he showed for a boat.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Josh Arieh |
470,000
170,000
|
170,000 |
|
||
Veselin Karakitukov |
420,000
-240,000
|
-240,000 |
|
On the tail end of a heads-up pot between Veselin Karakitukov and Thomas Saad, the completed board showed . With nearly 300,000 in the middle, Karakitukov bet 180,000 and that sent Saad deep into the tank. He used all his remaining time banks and had three minutes to make a decision.
With three seconds left on the shot clock, he announced the call and put the chips in. Karakitukov tabled the for the flopped jack-high straight and won the pot, as Saad mucked four black cards including the for a set of jacks.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Veselin Karakitukov |
815,000
395,000
|
395,000 |
|
||
Thomas Saad
|
408,000
-315,000
|
-315,000 |