A total of 119 players entered Event #15: NLH Turbo $100,000 Guaranteed.
30 players remaining battle for a piece of the $104,720 prize pool. The top 12 players will be paid. First place will be worth #31,417. A min-cash will be worth $2,199.
Michael Perrone sits down to join the turbo. He'll try to spin up his six big blinds to a big stack as soon as possible.
Perrone recently won Event #10: $5,000 NLH High Roller and will try to keep that momentum going in the last event of the series.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
30,000 |
Level: 13
Blinds: 2,500/5,000
Ante: 5,000
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
391,000 | 89,000 |
|
258,000 | 56,000 |
|
258,000 | 258,000 |
|
232,000 | 22,000 |
|
177,000 | 72,000 |
|
172,000 | 90,000 |
|
156,000 | 36,000 |
|
124,000 | 124,000 |
On the final hand before break, Nicholas Pupillo opened to 11,000 from the cutoff. With Joon Park sitting in the big blind with less than the amount for the blind, Andrew Porter decided to go all in from the small blind for 80,000.
Back around to Pupillo, he made the call after some thought.
Porter revealed the 
while Pupillo had him out-pipped with the 
. Park flipped the 
that he was forced to play.
The flop ended any potential drama with the 
. The turn and river were inconsequential and Pupillo scooped a large pot to carry him into the break.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
210,000 | 210,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
Players are on a 15-minute break. At the end of the break, registration will be over.
With only 29 players remaining, anything could happen in this action-packed turbo.
One player opened in the cutoff before action got to the players in the blinds. Both of them would end up being interested in the pot.
Eduardo Salinas went all in for a touch more, about 17,000. In the big blind, Noel Rodriguez had a hand of his own and he re-shoved for nearly 100,000, which had the initial opener well covered. That player folded and action ended up heads up between the players in the blinds and Salinas at risk.
Salinas showed his 
and Rodriguez held 
. There was no help to be found for Salinas and Rodriguez was left to add to his stack as the busts continue to fly.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
140,000 | 45,000 |
|
Busted |
Nathanael Kogel opened to 8,000 from middle position before the action got to Pedro Rodriguez in late position. Rodriguez put in the three-bet to 25,000.
Kogel considered his option before announcing, "all in." Rodriguez beat him into the pot and flipped 
.
"The Phil Hellmuth," announced Kogel and flipped the 
.
The flop came 
and it seemed Kogel wouldn't make the queen-four work for him. The 
gave him a few more outs.
"Nine," commanded Kogel.
The river wasn't a nine, but it was the 
to give Kogel the pair and win the pot.
"If there wasn't no river there'd be no fish," preached Kogel.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
170,000 | 170,000 |
|
|
82,000 | -66,000 |
Level: 12
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 4,000
Joon Park opened to 5,000 from early position. Over to Jeremy Becker in middle position, he decided to go all in for 27,800.
Action folded all the way back around to Park who thought for about 45 seconds before putting the chips in for the call.
Becker had the 
, but Park had him in rough shape with his 
. The flop flipped the script when the 
hit the board. The turn and river finished the job and Becker stayed alive and scooped the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
59,000 | 21,000 |
|
|
52,000 | 52,000 |