Break Time
The remaining 43 players will now be taking a 15-minute break. The late registration/re-entry period will remain open until the end of this break.
The remaining 43 players will now be taking a 15-minute break. The late registration/re-entry period will remain open until the end of this break.
Level: 13
Blinds: 20,000/40,000
Ante: 40,000
Javier Gomez opened to 85,000 from under the gun, Daniel Rezaei three-bet to 260,000 in late position and Gomez elected to push in a 650,000 four-bet.
Rezaei didn't think long before throwing his cards into the muck, sending the pot to Gomez.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Daniel Rezaei |
3,465,000
425,000
|
425,000 |
Javier Gomez |
3,360,000
1,260,000
|
1,260,000 |
The board read and all of the chips were in the middle. Jeremy Ausmus was all in for 1,650,000 and James Romero had enough in the pot for a call.
Romero had face up for two pair and Ausmus was showing for a rivered ace and the best hand. Ausmus found a full double through the Start of the day chipleader.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Jeremy Ausmus |
3,450,000
3,450,000
|
3,450,000 |
|
||
James Romero |
1,660,000
-1,615,000
|
-1,615,000 |
|
Maria Ho opened from the cutoff, Brian Yoon three-bet in the small blind and Ho moved all in for 1,560,000. Yoon snap-called and the two turned over their hands with Ho at risk.
Ho:
Yoon:
The board ran out and Ho's aces held on for the pot, grabbing a full double up through Yoon.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Maria Ho |
3,250,000
1,300,000
|
1,300,000 |
|
||
Brian Yoon |
2,600,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Manig Loeser |
4,550,000
3,550,000
|
3,550,000 |
|
||
Diogo Veiga |
4,200,000
3,200,000
|
3,200,000 |
|
||
Bartlomiej Machon |
3,900,000
2,900,000
|
2,900,000 |
Sergio Aido |
3,200,000
2,200,000
|
2,200,000 |
|
||
Anatoly Filatov |
1,850,000
850,000
|
850,000 |
Bertrand Grospellier |
1,750,000
1,750,000
|
1,750,000 |
|
||
Louis Boutin |
1,700,000
700,000
|
700,000 |
Artem Metalidi |
1,700,000
700,000
|
700,000 |
Diego Zeiter |
1,600,000
1,600,000
|
1,600,000 |
Martin Raus |
1,200,000
-900,000
|
-900,000 |
|
||
Aaron Mermelstein |
1,100,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
|
||
Ryan Riess |
860,000
-140,000
|
-140,000 |
|
||
Samuel Chartier |
650,000
-350,000
|
-350,000 |
Luc Greenwood | Busted | |
Paul Michaelis | Busted | |
Lander Lijo | Busted | |
Kenny Hallaert | Busted | |
Alexandru Papazian | Busted | |
|
Pierre-Paul Paulin opened to 100,000, James Romero three-bet to 230,000 and Paulin moved all in for more than enough to cover his opponent. Romero thought for just a moment before he slammed in his 1.650,000 stack and the two turned over their hands.
Romero:
Paulin:
The flop was beautiful for Romero as it came and he took a commanding lead with his set of sixes. An peeled off on the turn and Paulin now picked up some full house outs.
An unthinkable card popped off on the river when the turned over, giving Paulin a higher full house to take down the pot and send the start of the day chipleader packing.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Pierre-Paul Paulin |
10,050,000
2,095,000
|
2,095,000 |
James Romero | Busted | |
|
Level: 14
Blinds: 25,000/50,000
Ante: 50,000
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Alan Schein |
5,050,000
3,750,000
|
3,750,000 |
Jonathan Concepcion |
4,450,000
1,650,000
|
1,650,000 |
Carla Sabini |
3,450,000
-325,000
|
-325,000 |
John Hewgill
|
2,400,000
1,250,000
|
1,250,000 |
Jiachen Gong |
2,100,000
425,000
|
425,000 |
Peter Jetten |
1,750,000
750,000
|
750,000 |
Hannes Speiser |
1,400,000
940,000
|
940,000 |
John Krpan |
1,200,000
150,000
|
150,000 |
Elliot Smith |
900,000
-100,000
|
-100,000 |
Andrew Pantling | Busted |
The prize pool and payouts have now been announced with the tournament falling just shy of the $1,000,000 guarantee.
A total of 102 players accumulated a total prize pool of $989,400 and of those players only 11 will find a pay day. A min-cash will be pulling in $25,000 and the eventual champion will be taking home $300,000.