$200 NL Hold'em PokerStars Open | 2016 PokerStars Festival - New Jersey

11-06-2016 20:11 UTC-3

Player	Chips	Progress
Ryan Meese	1,291,000	-9,000
Eliano Mesquita	702,000	82,000
Brett Gordon	361,000	-19,000

Tom Pschar Eliminated in 4th Place ($2,467)

[user127999]

Level 23 : 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante

Ryan Meese jammed the small blind and Tom Pschar called all in from the big blind for a couple hundred thousand chips.

It was Meese's slightly ahead of Pschar's , until the flop gave Pscahr top pair. The made things interesting and thanks to the river, Meese made a straight.

Pschar was sent home fourth and Meese increased his lead on the other two remaining.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ryan Meese	1,300,000	320,000
Tom Pschar	Busted

Tags: Ryan Meese Tom Pschar

11-06-2016 19:50 UTC-3

Chip Counts

Mickey Doft

Level 23 : 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Ryan Meese	980,000	-170,000
Eliano Mesquita	620,000	-120,000
Brett Gordon	380,000	165,000
Tom Pschar	375,000	25,000

Level: 23

Blinds: 10,000/20,000

Ante: 3,000

11-06-2016 19:33 UTC-3

Meese's Million

[user127999]

Level 22 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

Ryan Meese called from the button after Brett Gordon made it 33,000 to go on his right.

He also called when Gordon bet 42,000 on the flop, and 62,000 on the turn. Gordon checked the scary river, however, and Meese wasted little time pushing out enough green 25,000-denomination chips to set Gordon all in for his last 215,000.

Gordon folded and Meese moved firmly into the lead as the first player over the one-million-chip mark.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ryan Meese	1,150,000	186,000
Brett Gordon	215,000	-125,000

Tags: Ryan Meese Brett Gordon

11-06-2016 19:25 UTC-3

Meese Shoves on Mesquita

Mickey Doft

Level 22 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

Eliano Mesquita raised to 35,000 from under the gun, Ryan Meese three-bet to 105,000 from the small blind, and Mesquita called.

The flop came down and Meese continued for 85,000. Mesquita called.

The turn was the and Meese jammed for 560,000. Mesquita mulled it over for about 60 seconds before he folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ryan Meese	964,000	363,000
Eliano Mesquita	740,000	-124,000

Tags: Ryan Meese Eliano Mesquita

Level: 22

Blinds: 8,000/16,000

Ante: 2,000

11-06-2016 18:50 UTC-3

Chip Counts at the Break

Mickey Doft

Level 21 : 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante

The players are in the midst of a 20-minute break.

Player	Chips	Progress
Eliano Mesquita	863,000	3,000
Ryan Meese	601,000	-39,000
Tom Pschar	450,000	15,000
Brett Gordon	440,000	-30,000

11-06-2016 18:49 UTC-3

Darren Maglio Eliminated in 5th Place ($1,830)

[user127999]

Level 21 : 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante

Eliano Mesquita raised to 27,000 and Darren Maglio ripped it in for ten bigs.

Mesquita tank-called with the and was way behind Maglio's . The gave Mesquita the draw he wanted and the completed it. Maglio said goodbye fifth after the river, and then there were four.