Level: 27
Blinds: 25,000/50,000
Ante: 5,000
Level: 27
Blinds: 25,000/50,000
Ante: 5,000
Chris Hunichen raised to 80,000 from the hijack and Robert McVeigh called from the cutoff. Dan Kelly three-bet to 285,000 from the small blind and only McVeigh called to see the flop.
Kelly continued for 350,000, McVeigh called, and the turn fell. Kelly checked this time and McVeigh came out with a quick bet of 500,000. A call from Kelly landed the river, which he checked. McVeigh checked behind.
"No pair," said Kelly.
McVeigh tabled , winning the pot and pushing his stack above 7 million.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Robert McVeigh | 7,200,000 | 1,900,000 |
Dan Kelly | 3,800,000 | -600,000 |
As two of the shorter stacks remaining in play, Michael Bennington and and Jeffrey Hagen needed to gain some traction, and wouldn't you know it, they ended up playing an all-in pot together.
Hagen bumped it up to 100,000 from under the gun, and Bennington decided to make his stand then and there, shipping for 610,000 from the button. Hagen liked his enough to call, but he was in bad shape against Bennington's .
With it being over 85 degrees in Las Vegas at nearly midnight, it was appropriate that no snowmen could be found on the board. Hagen took a major hit to his stack and now has just 8 big blinds to play with, while Bennington boosted his chances.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Michael Bennington | 1,280,000 | 495,000 |
Jeffrey Hagen | 310,000 | -400,000 |
Dan Kelly just showed the creativity and willingness to gamble that separates the professionals from the amateurs. Or he just got lucky, it all depends on your perspective.
After Theron Eichenberger opened for 80,000, doubling the current big blind, Benny Chang and Kelly came along to see a flop of hit the table. All three players checked this lightly textured board, but on the turn, Kelly opted for a bet of 150,000.
Eichenberger released his hand, but Chang stuck around to see the river, which came . Kelly again led out, this time for 350,000, and Chang pondered his position in the hand for over a minute before tossing a single chip forward for the call.
When Kelly rolled over , Chang had to look at the hand for a moment before mucking his own, a bit surprised to see Kelly called a raise with such a ragged hand, Like they say though, the pros know how to play every hand in the deck effectively, and Kelly's ability to extract value from his trip deuces proved that to be true.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Robert McVeigh | 5,300,000 | 300,000 |
Dan Kelly | 4,400,000 | 120,000 |
Chris Hunichen | 3,200,000 | 400,000 |
Benny Chen
|
2,800,000 | -315,000 |
Theron Eichenberger | 2,100,000 | -250,000 |
Justin Liberto
|
1,500,000 | 95,000 |
Robert Mcveigh just notched a double elimination, ousting Tam Truong and Sean Rafael from the field with just ace-queen high.
The two short stacks found themselves all-in preflop, with Truong tabling and Rafael . Holding one another's outs, the two watched as the board came , giving Mcveigh the win and their chips.
Both players will receive identical payouts of $64,376, while the remaining 12 players all earned a $20k+ pay jump with the eliminations.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Robert McVeigh | 5,000,000 | 965,000 |
Tam Truong | Busted | |
Sean Rafael | Busted |
Level: 26
Blinds: 20,000/40,000
Ante: 5,000
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Dan Kelly | 4,280,000 | -120,000 |
Robert McVeigh | 4,035,000 | |
Joe Kuether | 3,980,000 | 75,000 |
Benny Chen
|
3,115,000 | -185,000 |
Chris Hunichen | 2,800,000 | 350,000 |
Theron Eichenberger | 2,350,000 | 550,000 |
Upeshka Desilva | 1,515,000 | -85,000 |
Rodger Johnson | 1,410,000 | -200,000 |
Justin Liberto
|
1,405,000 | -195,000 |
Jonathan Gray | 1,085,000 | 716,000 |
Michael Bennington | 785,000 | -375,000 |
Jeffrey Hagen | 710,000 | -10,000 |
Sean Rafael | 615,000 | 115,000 |
Tam Truong | 465,000 | -255,000 |
The remaining 15 players are on a 20-minute break.
As told to us by Robert McVeigh, Thomas Laviano opened from the hijack and McVeigh called from the small blind.
The flop came down and both checked to see the turn. McVeigh bet 80,000, Laviano popped it to 300,000, and McVeigh called. The landed on the river and McVeigh checked to Laviano who shoved for 1.39 million.
McVeigh called with for a flush. Laviano's bluff with queen high came up short, ending his run in 15th place.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Robert McVeigh | 4,035,000 | 2,305,000 |
Thomas Laviano | Busted |