Hand #45: Joe Curcio raised to 160,000 from the cutoff and Peter Hong shoved in the small blind. Joseph Liberta quickly folded his big blind and Curcio asked how much the shove was for. Hong confirmed he had 760,000 in total and Curcio made the call.
Peter Hong:
Joe Curcio:
The board ran out for Curcio to hold with the higher hole cards to eliminate Hong in 9th place for $34,580.
Hand #53: Francis Anderson raised to 175,000 from the early position and Gustavo Darosamuniz three-bet to 550,000 from the hijack. Action folded back to Anderson who decided to shove with the bigger stack. Darosamuniz snap-called.
Gustavo Darosamuniz:
Francis Anderson:
The flop came for Anderson to flop the Broadway immediately while the rail gasped.
The turn was the which gave Darosamuniz some extra outs as any ace or queen would keep him alive as he would then improve to a full house. A king on the board would let them chop the pot.
The river completed the board with the to not help Darosamuniz at all as he was eliminated in eighth place for $45,100.
Hand #104: Korenev completed his small blind and Francis Anderson opted to check. The flop came , Korenev bet 100,000 which Anderson called. They both checked through the on the turn to the . Korenev barreled a bet of around 650,000 over the line for Anderson to shake his head and snap-fold.
Hand #105: Joe Curcio raised to 210,000 from the middle position and was called by Korenev on the button. Anderson three-bet to 525,000 in the small blind for Curcio to fold instantly. Korenev took some more time and then folded. Anderson showed he held .
Hand 106: Dong Sheng Peng raised to 220,000 from mid-position and both Anderson on the button and Jared Koppel in the small blind made the call. The flop came for both Koppel and Peng to check. Anderson bet 400,000 which Koppel called and Peng tank-folded. They both checked through the on the turn to the on the river. Koppel bet 550,000 and Anderson quickly folded.
Hand #125: Roman Korenev completed his small blind and Francis Anderson opted to check. The flop came , Korenev check-folded to the 150,000 bet of Anderson.
Hand #126: Matt Russell raised to 215,000 from under the gun and Jared Koppel called in the big blind. The flop came , Koppel check-called the 240,000 continuation-bet of Russell. They both checked through the on the turn to the on the river. Koppel check-called the 535,000 bet of Russell who immediately mucked after the call.
Hand #127: Korenev raised to 225,000 from the cutoff and Russell called in the big blind. The flop came , Russell check-called the 220,000 continuation-bet of Korenev. They both checked through the rest of the board which came on the turn and the on the river for Korenev to pick up the pot with .
Hand #128: Anderson raised to 210,000 from the cutoff and was called by Koppel on the button. The flop came for Anderson to check-fold to the 200,000 bet of Koppel.
Hand #129: Joe Curcio completed his small blind and Dong Shen Peng opted to check. They both checked through the on the flop and the on the turn to see the complete the board and bring a flush on the table. Curcio check-folded to the 100,000 bet of Peng.
The players were sent for the last 15-minute break of the night.
Hand #157: Matt Russell shoved from the button and Dong Sheng Peng was sitting in the big blind. He looked at his cards and asked for a count. Russell confirmed he had 925,000 behind and Peng called.
Matt Russell:
Dong Sheng Peng:
The board ran out for Russell to not get any help off the board as he was eliminated in seventh place for $59,645.
The six remaining players have now bagged up their chips for the final day on Saturday, June 16. A recap of today's action is to follow.
Six players are left in Event #26: $2,620 No-Limit Hold’Em Marathon after almost five and a half levels of 100 minutes each on Day 5 here at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino. Taking the overnight chip lead is Jared Koppel with 11,700,000 in chips. Koppel is followed by China’s Dong Sheng Peng with less than half of what Koppel bagged, 5,800,000. Closing the podium is Francis Anderson with 3,695,000 in chips here at the 50th Annual World Series of Poker.
Day 5 started with 16 players in their seats, spread out over the two feature tables in the Amazon room. It would take almost 40 minutes before the first elimination if the day was a fact when bracelet winner Preston Lee’s ace-king couldn’t beat the pocket nines of Peter Hong. Shortly after it was time for the other bracelet winner, Daniel Park, to say his goodbyes to the table when he shoved with ace-eight and saw he was behind against the ace-jack of Anderson.
Timothy Miles was next to go when he held ace-jack but he was up against the pocket eights of Joe Curcio who held throughout the runout of the board. Soon after Frances’s Johan Guilbert was sent to the payout desk to collect $21,208 when he ran his pocket treys into the rockets of Sergio Fernandez. Vladimir Revniaga got coolered by Peng and then ran his last chips into the ace-queen of Koppel while holding pocket jacks. The ace on the flop sealed the deal for him as he was eliminated in 12th place.
Yichen Xu got stuck in a three-way all-in situation with ace-nine. He was up against the pocket fours of Gustavo Darosamuniz and the ace-king of Roman Korenev. With a four on the flop, Xu was sent to the rail while Darosamuniz more than doubled. Half an hour later, it was finally time for the final table to be set up as Fernandez was eliminated by Koppel.
The Marathon Final Table
Marathon Final Table Results
Place
Player
Country
Prize (USD)
1
$477,401
2
$295,008
3
$208,726
4
$149,605
5
$108,646
6
$79,957
7
Matt Russell
United States
$59,645
8
Gustavo Darosamuniz
Brazil
$45,100
9
Peter Hong
United States
$34,580
It would take 45 hands before the first player was sent away from the official final table, Hong ran almost ten big blinds into the ace-jack of Curcio while holding ace-seven himself. Thirty minutes later, the rail got a bit quieter as the Brazilians saw their hopes being dwarfed by Anderson. Darosamuniz got it in good preflop with pocket aces. Anderson held ace-king and flopped a Broadway. The queen on the turn gave the Brazilian some hope but he bricked the river.
The marathon honored its name as it took almost four hours before the Day 3 chip leader, Matt Russell would be eliminated to end the day. After 104 hands of seven-handed play, Russell jammed his last eight big blinds in with ace-deuce and was called by Peng who held pocket sixes. He held on to the lead throughout the board for Russell to fall at the final hurdle today with the finish line in sight.
When the six remaining players return at noon local time on Saturday, June 16, they will continue with Level 30 which features a small blind of 60,000, big blind of 120,000, and a big blind ante of 120,000. There are 53 minutes left in the level and then they will move on to playing full levels of 100 minutes each again with a 15-minute break between each level. Play will continue until a winner has been crowned in the Thunderdome and you can follow all the action right here as the PokerNews live reporting team will be bringing them to you without delay.
The action will also be streamed on CBS All Access with hole-cards and at least 30 minutes delay due to game security reasons.
for Curcio to hold with the higher hole cards to eliminate Hong in 9th place for $34,580.
for Anderson to flop the Broadway immediately while the rail gasped.
to not help Darosamuniz at all as he was eliminated in eighth place for $45,100.
on the turn to the 
. Korenev barreled a bet of around 650,000 over the line for Anderson to shake his head and snap-fold.
for both Koppel and Peng to check. Anderson bet 400,000 which Koppel called and Peng tank-folded. They both checked through the 
on the turn to the 
, Korenev check-folded to the 150,000 bet of Anderson.
, Koppel check-called the 240,000 continuation-bet of Russell. They both checked through the 
, Russell check-called the 220,000 continuation-bet of Korenev. They both checked through the rest of the board which came 
on the river for Korenev to pick up the pot with 
.
for Anderson to check-fold to the 200,000 bet of Koppel.
on the flop and the 
