Dinner Break For the Final Eight Players
The remaining eight players have been sent on a scheduled 60-minute dinner break and will be back in action as of 10pm local time.
The remaining eight players have been sent on a scheduled 60-minute dinner break and will be back in action as of 10pm local time.
Josh Arieh raised it up to 250,000 in the cutoff and was called by Sam Stein on the button. Jonathan Depa then three-bet the pot to 1,150,000 in the big blind and Arieh let go.
Stein was interested, however, and asked his opponent how many chips he had behind. Depa had another 1,475,000 beyond his squeeze and that eventually forced out Stein.
Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
---|---|---|
Josh Arieh
|
10,200,000 | -200,000 |
Sam Stein | 3,400,000 | -200,000 |
Jonathan Depa | 3,275,000 | 1,005,000 |
Emmanuel Sebag raised to 250,000 on the button and Josh Arieh called in the big blind. Arieh led the flop for 300,000 and Sebag called. Both checked the turn and river as Arieh announced queen-high, which Sebag had beat with the .
Fabian Brandes then made it 250,000 to go for Tong Li in the hijack, Arieh in the small blind and Sam Stein in the big blind to go. Arieh bet the flop for 550,000 and all his opponents folded.
Gregory Shuda then min-raised to 200,000 in the cutoff to get calls by the two big stacks Arieh and Brandes behind. It checked to Arieh on the flop and he bet 275,000. Brandes came along and Shuda let go. The fell on the turn and Brandes opted for a bet worth 400,000 to win the pot right there.
Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
---|---|---|
Fabian Brandes
|
11,875,000 | 275,000 |
Josh Arieh
|
10,400,000 | -200,000 |
Emmanuel Sebag | 3,860,000 | 610,000 |
Sam Stein | 3,600,000 | -850,000 |
Gregory Shuda | 3,500,000 | -250,000 |
Tong Li
|
1,820,000 | -730,000 |
Josh Arieh opened to 300,000 in early position and Scott Ball called on the button.
The dealer spread the flop, Arieh bet 250,000, and Ball called.
Both players checked the turn to the river, where Arieh check-called a bet of 650,000.
Ball showed , while Arieh tabled to take the pot.
On the next hand, Arieh opened to 300,000, and received three callers in Fabian Brandes, Emmanuel Sebag, and Gregory Shuda.
The flop fell , action checked to Arieh who bet 400,000, and all three opponents folded.
Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
---|---|---|
Fabian Brandes
|
11,600,000 | -475,000 |
Josh Arieh
|
10,600,000 | 1,885,000 |
Gregory Shuda | 3,750,000 | 100,000 |
Emmanuel Sebag | 3,250,000 | -200,000 |
Scott Ball
|
2,350,000 | -1,550,000 |
The action started with a raise to 300,000 by David Williams and Fabian Brandes min-clicked it back from one seat over. Once it folded all the way back to Williams, he raised the pot and Brandes pushed all-in for Williams to snap-call.
David Williams:
Fabian Brandes:
"Good luck," Brandes immediately told his table neighbor after the cards had been flipped over. He gained more equity on the flop but many outs then vanished when the appeared on the turn. Brandes needed a spade and the board not to pair, which is exactly what happened when the rolled off on the river.
Without any further ado, Williams shook hands with Brandes and then vaulted out of his chair to head to the payout desk. He receives $120,457 for the efforts while Brandes further pulled ahead atop the leaderboard.
Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
---|---|---|
Fabian Brandes
|
12,075,000 | 2,875,000 |
David Williams
|
Eliminado |
Jonathan Depa opened to 350,000 and Gregory Shuda called in the big blind.
The dealer fanned the flop and Shuda led for 300,000. Depa called.
The landed on the turn and Shuda led for 700,000. Depa thought about it before sending cards into the muck to concede the pot to Shuda.
Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
---|---|---|
Gregory Shuda | 3,650,000 | 700,000 |
Jonathan Depa | 2,270,000 | -650,000 |
There are around 36 minutes left in the level and the unofficial final table has commenced.
Fabian Brandes leads the way ahead of Josh Arieh. Once the official eight-handed final table has been reached, all contenders will receive an additional six 30-second time bank extentions. At the end of the current level, a 60-minute dinner break is scheduled and another four levels will follow thereafter or once the last five players have been reached - whatever comes first.
Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | David Williams | United States | 1,560,000 | 16 |
2 | Fabian Brandes | Germany | 9,200,000 | 92 |
3 | Jonathan Depa | United States | 2,920,000 | 29 |
4 | Scott Ball | United States | 3,900,000 | 39 |
5 | Tong Li | China | 2,550,000 | 26 |
6 | Emmanuel Sebag | United States | 3,450,000 | 35 |
7 | Gregory Shuda | United States | 2,950,000 | 30 |
8 | Josh Arieh | United States | 8,715,000 | 87 |
9 | Sam Stein | United States | 4,450,000 | 45 |
Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
---|---|---|
Fabian Brandes
|
9,200,000 | 2,000,000 |
Josh Arieh
|
8,715,000 | |
Sam Stein | 4,450,000 | -650,000 |
Scott Ball
|
3,900,000 | 370,000 |
Emmanuel Sebag | 3,450,000 | -350,000 |
Gregory Shuda | 2,950,000 | |
Jonathan Depa | 2,920,000 | -1,515,000 |
Tong Li
|
2,550,000 | 50,000 |
David Williams
|
1,560,000 | -10,000 |
Over on the main feature table, Josh Arieh raised to 300,000 in the cutoff and Jared Bleznick reraised the pot to 1,050,000 on the button.
"How much do you have behind?" Arieh inquired when it was his turn to act once more. Bleznick carefully counted the 1,400,000 he had behind and Arieh then called. On the flop, Arieh checked his option and Bleznick then pushed all-in.
Arieh immediately grabbed his remaining four time bank extensions and shuffled them while talking through potential hands and options for his holdings, which he didn't disclose yet. Ultimately, Arieh double-checked his current stack and then settled on a call.
"I don't have aces," Bleznick announced and tabled the . "Oh good," an instantly relieved Arieh said and turned over his for the overpair.
The on the turn provided an additional flush draw for Arieh to take away some outs for Bleznick and the river ended his tournament run in 10th place.
There will now be a short break to move the players to the unofficial final table and colour up some chips. All seat assignments and updated counts are to follow.
Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
---|---|---|
Josh Arieh
|
8,715,000 | 2,290,000 |
Jared Bleznick | Eliminado |
Sam Stein opened to 225,000 in the cutoff, David Williams got his 720,000 chips in from the big blind, and Stein called.
David Williams:
Sam Stein:
The board ran out to put all of the aces out, and Williams secured the double-up.
Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
---|---|---|
Sam Stein | 5,100,000 | -300,000 |
David Williams
|
1,570,000 | 450,000 |
Gregory Shuda took even more hits to his stack while Josh Arieh started to run hot and he also dragged in the latest pot as well.
Three ways to the flop, Scott Ball and Shuda checked out of the blinds and Arieh bet 275,000 from under the gun. Ball called while Shuda let go and the remaining two players checked the turn. After the river, Ball made it 350,000 to go and Arieh raised it up to 1,800,000.
That sent Ball into the tank and he invested one time bank extension before folding.
"Chance ran good at the 15k/30k level, Josh is running great at the 50k/100k level," Jared Bleznick summed up the outcome.
Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
---|---|---|
Josh Arieh
|
6,425,000 | 2,825,000 |
Emmanuel Sebag | 3,800,000 | -875,000 |
Scott Ball
|
3,530,000 | -695,000 |
Gregory Shuda | 2,950,000 | -1,550,000 |
Jared Bleznick | 2,500,000 | 100,000 |