5pm: End of flight AFlight A is now complete. There'll be another five tables starting at 7pm as we glance to fill that final.
See the entire result of this flight at the results page. -- HS
4.50pm: Berg sunk by GuintherWe are done for flight A as Jimmie Guinther has finished off Elijah Berg. The overall hand was cruel on Berg, however it also played itself.
They got all of it in pre-flop, and both had the products. Berg's Q♥Q♣ was prior to Guinther's A♦T♠, but Guinther had something like four times as many chips, so it was the landlord of the queens who was in peril.
The flop increased the stress. It came K♦2♦3♦ to present Guinther the flush draw. Berg dodged trouble at the 9♥ turn, however the 6♦ river was emphatic. Berg was sunk.
Guinther moves into the general on Thursday. -- HS
4.40pm: Katchalov winsOne table to head. Team PokerStars Pro Eugene Katchalov claims Chau Giang's bounty and wins $40,000 for winning the one 9-handed table of the event.
Katchalov's K♣J♠ was up against Giang's A♦8♦. The flop was 9♥K♥7♠ and Katchalov caught his king. The turn was a 2♥ and Giang started pushing all his chips towards Katchalov.
"I get to maintain this though," Giang said as he picked up Nick Schulman's bounty chip.The river was a 4♠ and Giang was sent to the rail. --AV
4.30pm: Kelly cannedEugene Katchalov has just ended Steven Kelly's resurgence, and can go heads-up with an enormous chip lead against Chau Giang. Kelly and Katchalov were a flop of 8♣7♠4♠ and Katchalov checked. Kelly bet 6,000 and Katchalov moved all in, comfortably covering his opponent.
Kelly took his time about it, but figured himself priced in and called. Katchalov tabled 7♦5♦ for middle pair, with a gutshot draw. Kelly had A♦9♥ for overcards.
The 6♠ turn filled Katchalov's straight, but additionally gave Kelly outs to a larger straight. However the 8♠ river didn't alter things, and Kelly offered his hand and left. -- HS
Seems like a great time to look what Katchalov needed to say to the video bloggers earlier on:
4.25pm: Giang and KellySteven Kelly called from the small blind and Chau Giang, who had Kelly covered, moved all-in.
Kelly called and showed Q♠J♠ to Giang's A♦5♦. A Q♦ at the flop gave Kelly top pair, the turn and river brought blanks, making Kelly's queens adequate for the double up.
Kelly now has with reference to 70,000 while Giang is the table's short stack with about 35,000.
4.20pm: Kelly busts VoShort-stacked Steven Kelly had moved all in pre-flop about four times, all unchallenged, and all that blind stealing meant that once he shoved again from the button and Tony Vo called, it was Vo whose life was in danger.
It was a flip. Vo showed pocket fours to Kelly's A♠Q♦. And the board favoured the small pair. It came 8♠6♦3♦. But just as certainly one of Vo's supporters said: "Hold!", the dealer burned and turned the Q♥. "Why did I open my mouth?" said the rueful railbird.
The 5♠ rivered, and that was it for Vo. Kelly continues to be shorter than his table-mates Chau Giang and Eugene Katchalov, but he's fighting. -- HS
4.15pm: Berg doublesAfter Elijah Berg moved all-in from the small blind a few times, Jimmie Guinther, with a commanding chip lead, decided to do the same.
Berg snap called, showing J♥J♦. Guinther showed A♣6♠.
The flop fell 3♣K♠T♣, giving Guinther a backdoor flush draw. The 6♣ at the turn would give him a standard flush draw. A T♠ came at the river and Berg doubled as much as 55,600. --AV
LEVEL UP. PLAYING 1,500-3,000-400 IN LEVEL 9
3:40pm: The last diamondIn the last hand of the level, Michael Pesek claimed Paul Matteo's bounty, the last one on the Diamonds table.
Pesek bet 6,000 into an 8♣2♣6♠A♣ board, and Matteo raised to 16,000. Pesek moved all-in and Matteo called.
Matteo showed A♠3♠ for high pair, but Pesek showed A♥A♦ for high set. A 3♥ came at the river and Matteo was eliminated.
Pesek is now our second shootout winner of the day and can take $36,000. He only won one bounty, nevertheless it was the crucial one.
Players at the moment are on a 15-minute break --AV3.30pm: One down, three to goScott Blackman has survived the primary shootout round. He earned $36,000 and Dan O'Brien's bounty chip within the process.
Blackman and O'Brien were all-in preflop. Blackman held J♠J♣ and was up against O'Brien's A♠K♠, it was an old style coin flip for the win.
The flop brought 4♠Q♠6♦ and powerful emotions from both players.
"That's great," shouted O'Brien because the last flop card was dealt.
"That's just disgusting," Blackman said as he slumped down in his chair. "YOU'VE GOTTEN like several out within the deck."
Then they geared their conflicting emotions towards the dealer.
"Come on Tara," O'Brien cheered, but Blackman begged her for mercy. "Tara, don't do that to me."
The turn was a 4♥, and a 3♣ at the river sent O'Brien home, making Blackman the primary winner of the day. --AV
3.27pm: A tale of 2 heartsNick Mitchell was eliminated and the Hearts table is now heads up.
Short-stacked again, Mitchell moved all-in and got called by Dan O'Brien. Mitchell showed A♠Q♥ and O'Brien moved his cards towards Mitchell.
"Flip over your personal fate," said O'Brien.
Mitchell complied and flipped over a 5♦, followed by a 7♠.
The flop was 2♣K♦J♥ and Mitchell stayed within the lead. A 5♥ at the turn would change that.
"I got this one," said Mitchell, now the underdog.
"Ehhh..."O'Brien said as he checked out Mitchell skeptically.
"I'm kidding, I AM NOT feeling good about this.
There was indeed no ace at the river (literally or metaphorically) for Mitchell and he was sent to the rail. -- AV
3.23pm: Pilgrim searching for pastures newDwight Pilgrim have been ousted from the feature table by Paul Matteo. Pilgrim shoved with pocket fours but bumped into Matteo's queens. They'd similar sized stacks but Matteo had Pilgrim covered, and when the board bricked Pilgrim was sent packing. -- HS
3.20pm: Three-handed double-upsAt our non-feature three-handed table, Nick Mitchell went all in for 26,600. Dan O'Brien, within the small blind, did the similar and Scott Blackman folded. Mitchell showed A♥7♣ to O'Brien's A♦8♣.
"I'm not greedy," said Mitchell. "I'll take a chop."
The flop fell J♣5♠4♣. Then a 7♥ at the turn prompted a response from Mitchell. "Now that's a turn car I REALLY LIKE a lot!"
The river was a 9♦ and Mitchell doubled up.
A little while later, at our other three-handed table, an analogous scenario played out. Dwyte Pilgrim and Michael Pesek went all-in on a K♠5♦8♦ flop.
Pesek showed 2♦K♣ for high pair and was against Pilgrim's T♦8♣.
Pesek's pair held up and he doubled-up to simply over 60,000. -- AV
3.15pm: Guinther takes chargeJimmie Guinther is now leading his heads up battle with Elijah Berg after you have all his chips in with a straight and fading a few outs.
The board was out to the turn, showing: 7♦A♥8♣9♦. Guinther shoved and Berg called, and here's why. Berg had 9♥8♦ for 2 pair. But Guinther had 5♦6♦ for the straight.
The river was the T♣ and that kept Guinther ahead. His all in was for 82,500, which means that he doubles to 165,000. Berg has 35,000. -- HS
3.05pm: Tenacity at the spades tableElijah Berg has something like a 3 to 1 chip lead on Jimmie Guinther at the "Spades" table. But Guinther isn't giving this one up and not using a fight. Both players recently checked a 6♥4♣2♣ flop after which Berg called Guinther's 5,500 bet at the Q♣ turn. The river was 5♠ and after Guinther checked, Berg bet 10,000. Guinther agonised over his next decision, but called and his A♦4♦ was good against Berg's A♣9♦. -- HS
3pm: VideoHere's a video:
2.45pm: Panayiotou outEracles Panayiotou has left the building after shoving at a double paired board with jack high and getting picked off by Paul Matteo's king high.
One of our tables has four players left, two tables are three handed, while Jimmie Gunther and Elijah Berg are heads up. -- HS
LEVEL UP. PLAYING 1,000-2,000 BLINDS IN LEVEL 7
2.45pm: This one's for the kidsChau Giang raised to 2,600 and Nick Schulman replied by re-raising all-in for 19,675. He also threw in his bounty chip, watch, glasses and wallet.
Giang tanked, it was a difficult decision.
"Please don't slowroll me," begged Schulman.
"I'm not," replied Giang.
He thought for slightly more and Schulman picked up the bounty chip together with his face on it. "Whatever happens, I DO NOT you to throw this away," said Schulman.
"I promise I won't. I'll give it to my children," laughed Giang as he made the call.Giang flipped over 6♣6♥ and was up against Schulman's A♦J♥.
The board ran K♥K♠9♠8♣K♣, bringing three kings, but not a single ace to avoid wasting Schulman.
Giang now has 45,000 and a gift for his kids. --AV
2.35pm: Strike two moreTwo all ins and two eliminations from neighbouring tables on the precise same time. On "Clubs", Curt Kohlberg's J♦T♥ was against Tony Vo's A♣T♠ and lost at the Q♣6♥8♣4♠2♦ board.
On "Spades", Blake Purvis was all in with J♠T♠ against Elijah Berg's K♦5♥. The board there ran K♣K♠Q♠7♦5♣.
Moral of the tale: don't play jack-ten.
By the way, if you are struggling to take care of - and I WILL BE honest, I'M - then continue to test the effects thus far page, where you can see who has knocked out whom to this point. -- HS
2.30pm: DeGilio outTony Vo has just eliminated Michael DeGilio.
After going all-in preflop, DeGilio's J♥T♥ was drawing slim against Vo's A♣A♦.
The board came 3♣Q♠5♣2♣ and an A♥ at the river cemented DeGilio's fate and his bounty was claimed. --AV
12.25pm: Family FeudAll five players within the feature table paid to peer the, T♥K♣7♣ flop, but that's when things got heated.
Justin Conley moved all-in and action folded to Eracles Panayiotou, who decided to call.
Conley showed 8♣4♣ for a flush draw. Panayiotou also showed a flush draw with 9♣T♣ but his 10 would also give him top pair.
The pair of 10's held up and Panayiotou earned Conley's $2,000 bounty chip. --AV
2.25pm: Berg finishes DuhamelElijah Berg has completed the job on Jonathan Duhamel, turning a collection along with his pocket deuces. Duhamel was all in pre-flop for a micro-stack, holding only Q♥4♥ and got no help .--HS
2.20pm: Duhamel in troubleJonathan Duhamel have been left on fumes after tangling with the table captain, Elijah Berg. Berg opened to 4,000 and Blake Purvis called. Duhamel moved in for approximately 40,000 from the small blind, and Berg's snap-call forced Purvis to fold.
"You got a couple"? said Duhamel."Yep," said Berg, showing K♣K♠. Duhamel's 7♠7♥ couldn't catch up, and the sector Champion was left with only about 5,000 after that. Berg has loads. -- HS
2.07pm: Eugene Catch-a-lotTeam PokerStars Pro Eugene Katchalov and Michael DeGilio had both their hands at the table, looking ahead to the board to be dealt.
Katchalov held J♦J♣ and was up against DeGilio's 3♦3♣.
It's safe to mention the flop, A♥A♣J♥, fell in Katchalov's favor. DeGilio would want running 3's to win or running Aces to cut. A 4♠ at the turn would eliminate those options and Katchalov doubled as much as around 30,000.
A few hands later, Katchalov would catch again and eliminate Robert Dalton. --AV
LEVEL UP. PLAYING 800-1,600-200 IN LEVEL 6
2pm: Out, out and outThere have been widespread carnage on all tables within the very early stages after the break. From the "Spades" table, Melanie Weisner and Paul Volpe was eliminated by Jimmie Guinther and Jonathan Duhamel respectively.
And at the "Hearts" table, Adriano Pucci has busted. He was sent packing by Nick Mitchell. Pucci had A♠T♥ and Mitchell K♥J♦, however the K♠ rivered and that was that for Pucci. -- HS
1.50pm: Switching sidesScott Seiver moved all-in from the button for 10,750. Dan O'Brien decided to follow suit and moved in from the small blind. It was as much as Richard Lyndaker within the big blind.
"Snap him!" Seiver told Lyndaker.
"I don't know, I would've called just you," Lyndaker said as he threw his cards into the muck.Seiver showed Q♣7♣, an underdog to O'Brien's A♦6♣.
The flop came J♥T♠K♦, switching the cards the players were rooting for, a top pair for one player would now give the opposite a straight. The turn was a T♦ and the river brought a 4♠, bringing no straights and Scott Seiver was sent to the rail. --AV
1.45pm: Katchalov clings onEugene Katchalov open shoved for 14,175 from the bring to an end and Steven Kelly over-shoved from the small blind. That persuaded Tony Vo to fold and it was just the shoving two to the flop, with Katchalov at risk.
Katchalov had K♦Q♥; Kelly had A♣J♣. The dealer was Katchalov's friend in this occasion, putting down a pot-splitting 6♠8♠7♥9♠5♥. -- HS
1.40pm: Off we go againPlay has resumed. --HS
With four levels already complete, we're heading right into a fifth. That is the way this stuff work.
The four biggest stacks at the four tables belong to Dwight Pilgrim, Steven Kelly, Scott Blackman and Blake Purvis.
This swift structure is already catching up with anyone who has started slowly, and with blinds now going to 600-1,200-100 there are certain to be numerous casualties within the following few levels. That's fun.
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