Main Event | 2018/19 WSOP Global Casino Championship

08-08-2019 15:42 UTC-4

Adam Cedric Eliminated in 6th Place ($46,546)

Jeff McMillan

Level 23 : 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Adam Cedric was all in preflop and was called by Eric Salazar.

Cedric
Salazar

The flop gave an ace to both as it came . The turn was the and the river the and Cedric became the first player eliminated in the day in 6th.

Player	Chips	Progress
Eric Salazar	2,500,000 900,000	900,000
Adam Cedric	Busted

Tags: Adam Cedric Eric Salazar

Level: 24

Blinds: 25,000/50,000

Ante: 50,000

08-08-2019 16:04 UTC-4

Eriquezzo Doubles Blind vs Blind

Adam Lamers

Level 24 : 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

The action folded around to Paulius Vaitiekunas in the small blind who jammed all in. Ryan Eriquezzo looked down at his cards in the big blind and quickly called off his stack of 760,000.

Ryan Eriquezzo:
Paulius Vaitiekunas:

The flop fell and Eriquezzo remained in front with his pair of eights. The turn brought the and the river was the as Eriquezzo scored a double up and Vaitiekunas fell to the short stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ryan Eriquezzo	1,500,000 640,000	640,000

Paulius Vaitiekunas	750,000 -1,650,000	-1,650,000

Tags: Ryan Eriquezzo Paulius Vaitiekunas

08-08-2019 16:17 UTC-4

Paulius Vaitiekunas Eliminated in 5th Place ($62,023)

Jeff McMillan

Level 24 : 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Paulius Vaitekunas moved all in preflop and was called by Maurice Hawkins.

Vaitiekunas
Hawkins

The board gave some outs to Vaitiekunas as it came . The turn gave Hawkins a set as the rolled off. It was a needed set as well as the peeled but it was too little too late to save the Lithuanian's tournament and the start of day chip leader was eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Eric Salazar	3,600,000 1,100,000	1,100,000
Maurice Hawkins	1,800,000 500,000	500,000
Ryan Eriquezzo	1,500,000

Joshua Turner	850,000 -150,000	-150,000

Paulius Vaitiekunas	Busted

Tags: Maurice Hawkins Paulius Vaitiekunas

08-08-2019 16:23 UTC-4

Salazar Hero Calls With King-High

Adam Lamers

Level 24 : 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

The action folded to Ryan Eriquezzo in the small blind who just limped in. Eric Salazar checked his option and the flop came . Both players checked and the landed on the turn.

Eriquezzo fired out a bet of 80,000 and Salazar stuck around to see the on the river. Eriquezzo slid out another bet of 350,000 this time and Salazar dipped into the tank. After a couple of minutes, Salazar eventually made the call. Eriquezzo showed for air and Salazar made the hero call with to extend his lead.

Player	Chips	Progress
Eric Salazar	4,100,000 500,000	500,000
Maurice Hawkins	1,800,000
Joshua Turner	960,000 110,000	110,000

Ryan Eriquezzo	900,000 -600,000	-600,000

Tags: Eric Salazar Ryan Eriquezzo

08-08-2019 16:31 UTC-4

Joshua Turner Eliminated in 4th Place ($84,961)

Jeff McMillan

Level 24 : 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Joshua Turner raised from the cutoff, Ryan Eriquezzo jammed all in out of the small blind and Turner called.

Turner had the against the of Eriquezzo. He barely had Eriquezzo covered but not by much. The board would run out and Eriquezzo survived, while Turner was left with one big blind.

The very next hand, Turner was in the big blind. All players limped into the pot. The players checked the board down the whole way. The flop came , the turn the and the river was the . Maurice Hawkins took the pot with the and Turner had the which was not good enough to save his tournament and he was eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Eric Salazar	3,900,000 -200,000	-200,000
Maurice Hawkins	1,900,000 100,000	100,000
Ryan Eriquezzo	1,800,000 900,000	900,000

Joshua Turner	Busted

Tags: Joshua Turner Maurice Hawkins Ryan Eriquezzo

08-08-2019 16:45 UTC-4

Hawkins Falls to the Short Stack

Adam Lamers

Level 24 : 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Maurice Hawkins raised to 105,000 on the button and was called by Ryan Eriquezzo in the small blind and Eric Salazar in the big blind. The flop came and the action checked around to the on the turn.

Eriquezzo checked again and Salazar fired out a bet of 140,000. Hawkins called and Eriquezzo got out of the way. The river was the and Salazar checked this time. Hawkins moved out a bet of 300,000 and Salazar made the call. Unfortunately, the cards were not made visible, but Hawkins was unable to get his bluff through as Salazar picked up the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Eric Salazar	3,500,000 -400,000	-400,000
Ryan Eriquezzo	3,000,000 1,200,000	1,200,000

Maurice Hawkins	1,200,000 -700,000	-700,000

Tags: Eric Salazar Maurice Hawkins Ryan Eriquezzo

08-08-2019 16:48 UTC-4

Break Time

Adam Lamers

Level 25 : 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

The remaining three players are heading on another 15-minute break.

Level: 25

Blinds: 30,000/60,000

Ante: 60,000

08-08-2019 17:27 UTC-4

Maurice Hawkins Eliminated in 3rd Place ($119,555)

Adam Lamers

Level 25 : 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

Maurice Hawkins limped in from the small blind and Ryan Eriquezzo made it 230,000 from the big blind. Hawkins called and the dealer spread the flop of . Both players checked and the landed on the turn.

Hawkins led out for 200,000 this time and Eriquezzo called to see the pair the board on the river. Hawkins knuckled the table and Eriquezzo moved all in. Hawkins had just 505,000 chips remaining and wasted little time to call it off. Eriquezzo tabled and Hawkins showed .

Eriquezzo's jack-kicker was good enough to send Hawkins home in third place. The final two players are taking a small break to set up for heads-up action.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ryan Eriquezzo	4,000,000 1,000,000	1,000,000

Eric Salazar	3,700,000 200,000	200,000
Maurice Hawkins	Busted

Tags: Maurice Hawkins Ryan Eriquezzo