Level: 6
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 400
Level: 6
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 400
In a battle of hijack vs cutoff, Stephen Graner check-jammed 26,700 over Matt Affleck's river bet of 10,300 on a board reading . Affleck thought it over for some time before he called.
Stephen Graner:
Matt Affleck:
Affleck caught Graner bluffing with a missed flush draw and took down the pot with top pair top kicker.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Matt Affleck |
95,000
58,800
|
58,800 |
Stephen Graner |
30,000
-8,500
|
-8,500 |
|
Mitchell Garshofsky opened under the gun and the button player three-bet to 3,200. The blinds folded and action was back on Garshofsky who four-bet jammed sending his opponent deep into the tank. After roughly eight minutes a clock was finally called and Garshofsky's opponent called once the five-second countdown began.
Mitchell Garshofsky:
Opponent:
Garshofsky had his opponent crushed and improved to a set on the flop but it also gave his opponent a broadway draw.
The turn changed nothing and Garshofsky sent his opponent to the rail after the completed the board on the river.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Mitchell Garshofsky | 51,200 |
Mitchell Hecht opened for 1,000 and was called by Aaron Knapp from the cutoff along with Jonathan Tamayo from the small blind.
The flop was checked to Hecht who continued for 1,300 and Knapp raised to 3,500. Tamayo mucked his hand while Hecht called to see the fall on the turn.
Both players checked to the river where Hecht lead out for 5,000 and scooped the pot after Knapp mucked his hand.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Aaron Knapp | 63,200 | |
Mitchell Hecht | 32,600 | |
Jonathan Tamayo | 25,400 |
With 4,500 in the pot a player in middle position bet 2,400 on a board reading . A player in the hijack called and Adam Owen check-raised to 7,500 from early position. The player in middle position called and the hijack folded.
Both players checked the turn card and Owen fired out 5,500 on the river. After giving it some thought, his opponent folded and Owen collected the pot.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Adam Owen | 40,000 |
Corey Hochman limped in from middle position and Bryant Morrison raised to 1,200 next to act. Action was on Matt Affleck who three-bet to 4,000 and action folded back to Hochman who folded while Morrison called.
The flop fell and Morrison check-folded after Affleck fired out a 4,000 continuation bet.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Matt Affleck |
106,200
11,200
|
11,200 |
Corey Hochman | 30,000 | |
Bryant Morrison |
12,500
-1,600
|
-1,600 |
Players are on their second 15-minute break of the day.
Level: 7
Blinds: 300/500
Ante: 500
While PokerNews is here offering live updates from the Main Event and High Roller, we’d be remiss if we didn’t tell you about the full schedule of side events that have been playing out over the past week at the World Series of Poker Circuit Harrah's Las Vegas.
In Event #3: $600 NLH, 188 runners created a $100,000 prize pool that was paid out to the top 29 players. Among those to cash but fall short of the final table were David Larson (11th - $1,705), Benjamin Craig (15th- $1,449), Mark Liedtke (21st - $1,198), Joshua Turner (24th - $1,062), and Ryan Dodd (25th - $977).
In the end, it was United Kingdom native Jon Aldalur who collected every chip in play to capture his first ring along with a $24,298 payday.
Aldalur hails from Spain. He and his girlfriend are in the midst of an extended vacation to New York, and Aldalur took a few days to come to Las Vegas to play the WSOP Circuit for his birthday. Coming here on his own took a little convincing – “She was doubting,” he admitted with a slight smile.
“I’m in shock,” a joyful Aldalur said after securing his victory.
Aldalur is a recreational player who works in commercial auto sales. But he’s a fairly serious amateur. “I play a lot of tournaments,” he said. “I just like to play poker.”
Place | Player | Hometown | Prize |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Jon Aldalur | Tolosa, Spain | $24,298 |
2 | Steven Potashnick | San Diego, California | $15,010 |
3 | Alex Dickson | Keizer, Oregon | $10,573 |
4 | Ansel Smith | Plano, Texas | $7,599 |
5 | Barbara Visher | - | $5,585 |
6 | Rizzloe Jones | Roeland Park, Kansas | $4,199 |
7 | Michael Souza | San Diego, California | $3,232 |
8 | Peter Dailey | Oakland, California | $2,548 |
9 | Isaiah Black | Mililani, Hawaii | $2,058 |
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Dylan Linde |
107,400
77,400
|
77,400 |
|
||
Benjamin Moon |
57,600
27,600
|
27,600 |
|
||
Barb Visher |
48,900
-1,100
|
-1,100 |
Mitchell Garshofsky |
48,700
-2,500
|
-2,500 |
Matthew Elsby | 47,600 | |
|
||
Josias Santos |
42,600
12,600
|
12,600 |
David Moses |
32,700
2,700
|
2,700 |
|
||
Nick Pupillo |
31,200
1,200
|
1,200 |
|
||
Zachary Vuong
|
29,700 | |
Vinny Pahuja |
19,600
-16,400
|
-16,400 |
Michael Wang | 18,900 | |
|
||
Everett Carlton |
18,900
-11,100
|
-11,100 |
Paul Fisher |
17,400
-12,600
|
-12,600 |
Gary Herstein |
15,700
-14,300
|
-14,300 |
Nick Jivkov |
13,500
-16,500
|
-16,500 |
|
||
Cody Brinn |
11,400
-18,600
|
-18,600 |
Ravi Raghavan |
8,000
-22,000
|
-22,000 |
|