While perusing the Brasilia room we came across the first stack over 100,000. That stack belongs to one Graydon Kowal and he's currently sitting on about 107,000 in tournament chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
107,000 |
We just saw Cherish Andrews scoop a monster pot and here's how it went down. A player in early position raised to 1,250. Action folded to the button who made it 2,800. Then, Andrews in the small blind made it 7,300 to go.
Action folded back to the original raiser who tanked for at least 30 seconds before moving all in for over 50,000 chips. The player on the button snap folded his cards and the action was on to Andrews.
Andrews sat and thought intently about her decision. "Are you trying to bluff me? or not?" she muttered outloud.
After nearly 2 minutes in the tank, Andrews put in the call for her whole stack of nearly 26,000 chips. Her opponent turned up 
, and dejectedly Andrews turned up an inferior 
.
"At least she was tanking with a legitimate hand," someone at the table said. "What did you have?" he asked the player on the button.
"
," the button said.
The flop was safe for the first player, as it fell 
.
The turn was safe as well when it fell 
.
But, the river was not so safe when it fell the 
.
The player shot daggers at Andrews as he grumpily stacked his chips and shipped over half of them over to Andrews.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
57,000 | 31,000 |
Level: 9
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 75
Prize pool information is officially in. 324 players will be making the money out of the 3,166 that originally registered. First place will be taking home a whopping $737,248 for their efforts. A min-cash in this event will net the player $2,864 in winnings.
Final Table Payout Information
| Place | Prize |
|---|---|
| 1 | $737,248 |
| 2 | $456,217 |
| 3 | $322,866 |
| 4 | $233,708 |
| 5 | $171,135 |
| 6 | $126,770 |
| 7 | $94,971 |
| 8 | $71,933 |
| 9 | $55,093 |
For more information on prizes see the "Payouts" tab.
Players are currently on a 20-minute break.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
28,000 | -7,500 |
|
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26,000 | 12,500 |
|
8,000 | 2,000 |
|
7,000 | |
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6,000 | |
|
Busted | |
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Busted |
We recently saw Ali Eslami scooping up a big pot that may have put him in the chip leader position. We went over to his table after the hand and asked him what happened.
According to Eslami, he opened the pot under the gun for 875 with the 
. Jeff Lisandro made it 3,500, and had more than 20,000 in chips.
Eslami called and the two players headed to the flop which fell 
. On the flop, Eslami told us that he check-called a 3,800 chip bet from Lisandro.
The turn was the 
, and Eslami told us that he chose to lead the turn with a 7,000 chip bet. From there, Lisandro shoved all in, and Eslami snapped him off. Lisandro was holding 
for a pair and a flush draw.
"I guess he just decided to go after me with the ," Eslami said.
The river was the 
, and when we got to the table, Eslami was scooping up the monster pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
68,225 | |
|
Busted |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
33,000 | |
|
24,000 | |
|
20,000 | |
|
10,600 | |
|
9,600 | |
|
9,600 | |
|
8,500 | |
|
8,100 |
A middle position player opened with a raise to 875 and received a call from David Benyamine in the cutoff. The blinds got out of the way and the dealer tapped the table and produced a flop of 
.
Both players checked and did the same on the turn of 
. The board was completed with the 
Benyamine's opponent bet 1,975. Benyamine quickly called and his opponent showed 
for a rivered flush.
Benyamine flung his hand away and seemed ready to get on with the next hand as his opponent stacked his chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
13,500 | -2,500 |
