Level: 19
Limit Flop/Draw:
Small blind: 8000
Big blind: 15000 Limits: 15000-30000
Stud Games:
Ante: 3000
Bring-in: 5000
Complete: 15000
Limits: 15000-30000
No-Limit/Pot-Limit Ante: 8000/12000
Small blind: 4000
Big blind: 8000
Level: 19
Limit Flop/Draw:
Small blind: 8000
Big blind: 15000 Limits: 15000-30000
Stud Games:
Ante: 3000
Bring-in: 5000
Complete: 15000
Limits: 15000-30000
No-Limit/Pot-Limit Ante: 8000/12000
Small blind: 4000
Big blind: 8000
The players have been sent on their final 15-minute break of the night. During this break, the tournament staff will color up the purple 500 denomination chips and remove them from play.
No-Limit Hold'em
In the final hand before the break, Hector Salgado was eliminated by James Woods. Robert Mizrachi raised to 24,000 and was called by Woods, Salgado then three-bet to 81,000 and Woods was the only caller. The remaining chips of Salgado went in after the flop and Woods snap-called.
Hector Salgado:
James Woods:
The turn gave Salgado outs but the river spelled the end for him in 27th place.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
James Woods |
663,000
148,000
|
148,000 |
|
||
Robert Mizrachi |
425,000
-45,000
|
-45,000 |
|
||
Hector Salgado | Busted |
Seven Card Stud
Naoya Kihara: / /
Joshua Rhodes: / /
Naoya Kihara was already at risk when a small crowd gathered around the table and he faced Joshua Rhodes in showdown. Kihara had started with jacks in the hole while Rhodes had split aces. Kihara made two pair on fourth and Rhodes then regained the lead on fith with a set of aces. Kihara struck back on sixth with a full house.
"I gonna need a seventh street," Rhodes joked to the dealer and sure enough spiked the queen for a superior full house.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Joshua Rhodes |
240,000
80,000
|
80,000 |
Naoya Kihara | Busted | |
|
2-7 Triple Draw
Prior to the final draw, Young Phan was all-in for 44,500 total and he was looked up by Joshua Rhodes. It was Rhodes who patted and Phan tanked before discarding one and revealing a . Rhodes tabled the for an eighty-six and Phan then showed his . He indeed spiked the to double.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Young Phan |
240,000
90,000
|
90,000 |
Joshua Rhodes |
160,000
-280,000
|
-280,000 |
Seven Card Stud
Paul Holder: //
Ciprian Tutu: //
The action was discovered on sixth street with Holder all-in and at-risk versus Tutu.
The dealer dealt seventh street face down to each player and it was the ace-high spade flush held by Tutu that bested the pair of queens held by Holder, and the latter was eliminated.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Ciprian Tutu |
160,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
Paul Holder | Busted |
Seven Card Stud
Kenny Hsiung: / [JdJgQcQs]
Peiwen Wang: / /
Kenny Hsiung called down bets by Peiwen Wang as Matt Waxman folded on fifth street. In showdown, Hsiung turned over an additional king for kings full and that left Wang very short.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Kenny Hsiung |
830,000
150,000
|
150,000 |
|
||
Peiwen Wang |
52,000
-108,000
|
-108,000 |
Seven Card Stud
Nicholas Julia: / /
Ciprian Tutu: / /
Ciprian Tutu check-called bets by Nicholas Julia on fifth to seventh street, the latter of which came with a sigh and "I can't fold now." Julia announced a straight and tabled the , which beat the of Tutu.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Nicholas Julia |
1,000,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
||
Kenny Hsiung |
680,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
||
Matt Waxman |
590,000
220,000
|
220,000 |
|
||
Peiwen Wang |
160,000
65,000
|
65,000 |
Ciprian Tutu |
100,000
-160,000
|
-160,000 |
Limit Hold'em
The hand was discovered on a completed board of and Maria Ho having fired out a bet which sent her opponent, Joe Hachem, deep into the tank. After a while, Hachem found the fold, and Ho was awarded the pot.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Maria Ho | 605,000 | |
|
||
Joe Hachem |
270,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
No-Limit Hold'em
Three notables were among the recent casualties as the field has already reached the final five tables.
Carol Fuchs was among them after she shoved over the top of a reraise to 52,000 by Kenny Hsiung in the small blind. It was 144,000 on top to call for Hsiung and he did so after long consideration.
Carol Fuchs:
Kenny Hsiung:
The inferior ace got there on the board and that spelled the end for Fuchs in 32nd place. She wished Frankie O'Dell good luck but he departed shortly after in a 2-7 Triple Draw hand to bust in 30th place.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Kenny Hsiung |
630,000
220,000
|
220,000 |
|
||
Frankie O'Dell | Busted | |
|
||
Carol Fuchs | Busted | |
|
||
Jim Collopy | Busted | |
|