Level: 29
Blinds: 60,000/120,000
Ante: 120,000
Level: 29
Blinds: 60,000/120,000
Ante: 120,000
On a ![]()
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flop with roughly 600,000 in the middle, Aaron Massey was in the hijack and check-called a bet of 325,000 by Brian Sivertsen.
The
came on the turn, and Massey check-jammed after Sivertsen bet 325,000. Sivertsen called for the rest of his stack.
Brian Sivertsen: ![]()
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Aaron Massey: ![]()
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The
completed the board, and Massey chipped up while Sivertsen made his exit in seventh, good for $26,065.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
4,500,000
1,450,000
|
1,450,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Brendan Shiller got the rest of his approximately 550,000 chips in on the button and was at risk against Go Mori in the big blind.
Brendan Shiller: ![]()
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Go Mori: ![]()
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Shiller picked up a flush draw on the ![]()
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flop, but the
turn and
river bricked out and he was eliminated in eighth place for $20,218.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
3,450,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Level: 28
Blinds: 50,000/100,000
Ante: 100,000
With roughly 500,000 in the middle on a flop of ![]()
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, Brendan Shiller committed 325,000 to the pot in the hijack, Ron West jammed for 1,645,000 in the cutoff, and Anthony Danna moved in his 1,350,000 chips from early position. Shiller pondered his decision and eventually called.
Anthony Danna: ![]()
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Ron West: ![]()
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Brendan Shiller: ![]()
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All three players had monster hands, and Danna was currently ahead with his flopped set. The
turn didn't change much, but the
spiked the river to give West the nut flush and the pot.
"Yeah!" West exclaimed upon the sight of the river card that gave him the chip lead with huge implications in one of the first hands of the final table.
In addition to West taking the chip lead, Shiller lost a sizable chunk of his stack, and Danna was eliminated in ninth place for $16,154.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
5,550,000
3,700,000
|
3,700,000 |
|
|
850,000
1,650,000
|
1,650,000 |
|
|
Busted |
| SEAT | PLAYER | CHIPS | |
| 1 | Ron West | 1,850,000 | |
| 2 | Go Mori | 3,350,000 | |
| 3 | Cedrric Trevino | 2,950,000 | |
| 4 | Haoyu Tang | 4,650,000 | |
| 5 | Johnnie Moreno | 3,400,000 | |
| 6 | Aaron Massey | 3,050,000 | |
| 7 | Anthony Danna | 1,500,000 | |
| 8 | Brian Sivertsen | 2,200,000 | |
| 9 | Brendan Shiller | 2,500,000 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
4,650,000
550,000
|
550,000 |
|
|
3,400,000
1,000,000
|
1,000,000 |
|
|
3,350,000
250,000
|
250,000 |
|
|
3,050,000
550,000
|
550,000 |
|
|
2,950,000
150,000
|
150,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
2,500,000 | |
|
|
2,200,000
200,000
|
200,000 |
|
|
1,850,000
550,000
|
550,000 |
|
|
1,500,000
400,000
|
400,000 |
Ky Nguyen got the rest of his chips in from the small blind and was at risk against Brendan Shiller on the button.
Ky Nguyen: ![]()
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Brendan Shiller: ![]()
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Nguyen was in rough shape, and the ![]()
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flop was possibly the worst he could see, as the only way he could stay alive would be if running sevens were to come for a chop. The
and
completed the board to eliminate Nguyen in 10th place for $16,154.
The remaining nine players are now converging on the final table.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,500,000
700,000
|
700,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Scott Vetter got his stack in of approximately 1,900,000 and was at risk against Haoyu Tang.
Scott Vetter: ![]()
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Haoyu Tang: ![]()
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The board ran out ![]()
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and Tang's fishhooks held to send Vetter to the payout desk to collect a payday of $12,388 for his 11th place finish.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
4,100,000
900,000
|
900,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Derrick Yamada shoved for 735,000 on the button and Go Mori called the big blind.
Derrick Yamada: ![]()
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Go Mori: ![]()
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The ![]()
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flop put Yamada ahead, but the
turn gave Mori Broadway, and the
completed the board as Yamada was eliminated in 12th for $12,388.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
3,100,000
400,000
|
400,000 |
|
|
Busted |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
3,500,000
300,000
|
300,000 |
|
|
3,200,000
900,000
|
900,000 |
|
|
3,100,000
675,000
|
675,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
2,700,000
1,650,000
|
1,650,000 |
|
|
2,500,000
350,000
|
350,000 |
|
|
2,400,000
780,000
|
780,000 |
|
|
2,400,000
295,000
|
295,000 |
|
|
2,000,000 | |
|
|
1,900,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
|
1,000,000
420,000
|
420,000 |
|
|
700,000
435,000
|
435,000 |
|
|
600,000
780,000
|
780,000 |