On a flop of , Talal Shakerchi checked over to Jeremy Ausmus. Ausmus bet 3,500, Kevin Song called, and Andy Bloch folded the button. Shakerchi followed suit with a fold, leaving Ausmus and Song heads up to fourth street.
The turn was the and Ausmus slowed with a check. Song took the lead to the tune of 5,000. Ausmus stayed the course and the paired the board on the river. Ausmus checked and Song fired a final bet of 10,000. Ausmus flicked out a call but mucked his cards after seeing Song's for a flopped straight.
Song pulled in the pot and now has 168,000 in chips while Ausmus has dropped to 137,000.
Elior Sion raised and Phil Ivey called from the big blind. The flop brought out and Ivey check-called a bet from Sion. On the turn the popped up and Ivey check-called another bet. The river brought the and now Ivey lead out and Sion called.
Ivey tabled for a full house and he took this pot down.
We picked up with the action on fourth street in time to see Tommy Hang fire out a bet with eight-seven of hearts showing. Jonathan Duhamel called to see fifth and Melissa Burr came along as well. Hang paired his sevens on fifth and continued out with a bet. Both of his opponents called.
Sixth street saw Burr pair her sixes, but Hang still had the lead with sevens showing. He checked, Duhmael led out, Burr called, and Hang ultimately opted to release his hand.
Burr's sixes gave her the first action on seventh and she checked. Duhmael knuckled the table back. Burr showed for Broadway. Duhamel tossed his cards into the muck and Burr took down the pot. She now has 142,000 in chips.
After the last draw, Jeff Lisandro checked to Jeremy Ausmus, who bet. Lisandro raised, and Ausmus thought briefly before putting in a call. Lisandro knuckled the table, indicating he couldn't win, and placed two eights on the felt. Ausmus showed for an eight-seven to take the pot.
Michael "The Grinder" Mizrachi is the only player to win the Chip Reese Trophy twice, but eight other players have final tabled this event multiple times. Here are those players and their results:
Player
Final Tables
Finishing Positions
Years
FT Earnings
Michael Mizrachi
2
1st and 1st
2010, 2012
$3,010,573
John Hanson
2
3rd and 2nd
2007, 2009
$1,641,679
Andy Bloch
2
2nd and 3rd
2006, 2012
$1,591,383
Bruno Fitoussi
2
2nd and 8th
2007, 2012
$1,448,599
Minh Ly
2
3rd and 6th
2011, 2013
$975,593
Matt Glantz
2
4th and 5th
2008, 2011
$945,070
David Singer
2
6th and 6th
2006, 2007
$749,280
Barry Greenstein
2
7th and 6th
2007, 2008
$614,496
Huck Seed
2
7th and 5th
2008, 2009
$560,769
Of those listed, Mizrachi, Bloch, Fitoussi, Glantz, and Singer are currently in the field.
We caught the action on fourth street when Daniel Negreanu bet and both Vanessa Selbst and Luis Velador made the call. On fifth Selbst bet out, Velador called and Negreanu tanked for a bit before folding. On sixth street Selbst bet again, Velador called. On seventh street Selbst bet and Velador looked at his cards for a while before raising it up.
Daniel Negreanu: / --fold
Vanessa Selbst: / /
Luis Velador: / /
"That's stud in a nutshell," Selbst mumbled, as she contemplated her next move after getting raised on seventh street.
As Selbst ultimately threw in the call she said, "Your straight is good."
Velador however had an even stronger hand and tabled for a flush. Velador took down this pot as Selbst shook her head in disappointment.
We found Dan Shak betting 20,000 out of the big blind in a large pot that appeared have had multiple raises in preflop against Dylan Linde in the cutoff. The flop had come , and Linde made the call. Linde called another 30,000 on the turn, and Shak bet 35,000 when the board paired with the . After a brief thinking period, Linde said he was all in, covering Shak's 44,000 more.
"So sick," Shak said. "You either have the other two aces, ace-king, or quads."
He continued tanking, muttering to himself about Linde's possible holdings. He put his head in his hands, covering his face, and finally, after about four minutes, he slid his cards to the dealer.