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5:42pm: Talal trying to win them all
Level 12 - Blinds 800-1,600 (200 ante)
Super High Roller participants and friends Antonio Esfandiari and Talal Shakerchi are now sitting at the same table in Seat 1 and Seat 8, respectively. Unsurprisingly, they are frequently both leaning back to talk about various topics behind the dealer sitting between them. Their dialogue was interrupted just now, though, as Shakerchi was involved in a couple of consecutive hands.
The first saw Shakerchi open for 3,400 from middle position and get a call from Michel Fardel in the cutoff. After the [9c][2s][7s] flop Shakerchi bet 5,200, and Fardel called. The [7c] turn brought another bet from Shakerchi, this time for 11,300, and Fardel called again.
The river was the [Ts]. Shakerchi bet once more, pushing out 15,300, and Fardel again stuck around with a call. Shakerchi tabled [9h][7h] for sevens full of nines, and Fardel mucked.
Shakerchi then raised to 3,400 again the very next hand, and James Calderaro three-bet him, raising to 8,600 from late position.
"You aren't going to win all of them," cracked Calderaro. "But I want to," answered Shakerchi with a grin as he called the reraise.
The flpo came [8h][Kc][2s], and Shakerchi check-called a bet of 6,500 from Calderaro. He check-called the [7c] turn, too, with the bet being 12,500 that time. Both players then checked the [3s] river.
"Kings," said Calderaro, showing his [Kh][Jd]. But Shakerchi had that beat with [As][Ks]. "Nice," commented Calderaro as Shakerchi and Esfandiari resumed their conversation. --MH
Talal Shakerchi -- 196,000
Michel Fardel -- 128,000
Antonio Esfandiari -- 110,000
James Calderaro -- 104,000
5:45pm: So long, farewell...
Level 12 - Blinds 800-1,600 (200 ante)
We hate to say goodbye to the following Main Event players.
Dimitrios Farmakoulis, Nick Yunis, Frits Heckler, Murad Khan, Sergey Sergeev, Jason Wheeler, Michael Lesewa, Bryan Eming, Pedro Gusmao Madeira, Jaroslaw Lipien, Georgios Kapalas, Robert Michaels, Jamie Hollingsworth, Noah Schwartz, Farhad Hakim, Markus Kuhnen, Nathan Brooks, Yung Hwang, Thomas Muehloecker,Diogo Cardoso, Scott Stanko, Anthony Zinno, Valdamir Negodiaev, Raffaele Sorrentino, Danut Chisu, Mark Radoja, Andrew Gerl, Joshua Trott, Gianfranco Visalli, Leith Nassetta, Shyram Srinivasan, Lyle Vincent, Ryan Riess, Jussi Nevanlinna, Barry Greenstein, Tim Robinson, Uwe Ritter, Scott Baumstein, Aliaksei Boika, Luiz Da Silva, Thomas Taylor, Matthew Dietrich, Kathy Lehne, Harry Chaimowiz, Brian Odonoghue, Gary Johnson, and Jeremy Scharf.
5:45pm: Koon doesn't rest
Level 12 - Blinds 800-1,600 (200 ante)
Every time we blink we see Jason Koon in yet another pot. He just took a huge one away from the player on his direct left, Kevin MacPhee, when he bet 36,000 into a 48,000 pot with the board reading [qh][8d][ac][9h][ks]. It was by no means an easy decision for MacPhee as the laydown took him at least 3 minutes to make.
Seconds later Koon was amongst it again, this time 3-betting Dutch player Lennart Konst's open to 8,400, only to be 4-bet to 21,400. After Koon made the call we saw a flop of [7h][8d][8s], which prompted Kunst to continue for another 22,000. Koon again called and the turn was the [4d], which both checked. The [qc] brought no further action either and Kunst showed [as][js] to Koon's [ah][jc]. It was a chop pot, and you know what they say... --JS
5:38pm: High roller clash
Level 12 - Blinds 800-1,600 (200 ante)
Talal Shakerchi and Antonio Esfandiari are seated at the same table, either side of the dealer. They just tangled in a pot kicked off by Jean-Baptiste Desvignes of France, who opened for 3,400 in middle position. Shakerchi was in the cut off and called before Esfandiari raised to 10,200 on the button. That forced Desvignes out, but Shakerchi called for the flop.
[9h][jc][5c]
Both checked.
The [kh] on the turn.
Both checked that too.
The river card, the [4d] got a bit more action. Shakerchi check calling Esfandiari's 4,000 bet, who then turned over [6s][9s]. Shakerchi had that beat though, flipping up [9c][ts] to take the pot.
Shakerchi up to 145,000 while Esfandiari slips to 77,000.-SB
5:37pm: More gas for Chainsaw
Level 12 - Blinds 800-1,600 (200 ante)
Allen Kessler is up to the relative safety of 30+ big blinds after doubling up through Frits Heckler. The hand took one of those funny twists when Heckler put out one blue 5K chip without saying raise. His intention was to do so, but it went as a call.
This put Kessler in a tough spot and he rubbed his face before he announced all-in. His shove was for 25,200 in total. Back on Heckler - who if we had to guess is inexperienced when it comes to live poker - he didn't know what his options were or what to do.
He was fiddling with his glasses, asked the dealer what had happened, wanted to make sure he was only in the pot for 1,600 at this point. The dealer confirmed that was the case and also the amount of Kessler's shove. Having processed that information, Heckler announced call.
Heckler: [Kd][Qs]
Kessler: [Ac][Qc]
The [Js][8c][As][7h][3s] kept Kessler in front, and he's back in it, Heckler however is all but out as he's down to just 4,400 - NW
Allen Kessler - 54,600
5:20pm: Greenwoods united as Pires bosses
Level 12 - Blinds 800-1,600 (200 ante)
Leonardo Pires is playing fast, both in the literal and the metaphorical sense. After Lukas Jebavy raised to 3,500 from early position, action quickly folded around to Pires in the big blind. Pires swiftly raised to 11,000.
Jebavy thought for a moment before calling and the two of them alone saw a flop of [6h][td][qs]. No sooner was the last card down than Pires fired another 10,000 at it. Jebavy, a mite more ponderous (but only in comparison), called.
The [4d] came on the turn and so did a bet of 26,000 from Pires. Jebavy was finally persuaded out of it, leaving Pires to build his stack up to 220,000.
This hand began with Pires reclining in his seat, with feet resting on an empty chair beside him. But as it played out, Max Greenwood came over with a tray of chips and prepared to take that chair.
Ordinarily, not that interesting. But he will certainly have noticed a familiar face in the eight seat of the table. It belongs to Sam Greenwood, his brother.
These are two of the Greenwoods who don't look very much alike. (There's definitely a family resemblance between Sam and Luc.) But we have brothers in arms now, readying to take on Pires et al.
Sam Greenwood has around 150,000 at that point. Max has about half that. -- HS
5:16pm: Winkler fades straight flush draw
Level 12 - Blinds 800-1,600 (200 ante)
Following a [4h][9d][Td] flop, Bjorn Winkler of Germany was all in and at risk with [Qh][Qc] versus the scary [Qd][Jd] of Omri Moga of Canada. For those with hold'em odds calculators out there, Moga was actually the favorite with two cards to come.
Any diamond, eight, or king would spell doom for Winkler, but the turn was the [Th] and river the [Jc], and Winkler's queens managed to hold. He exhaled with relief as the chips were pushed his way, and when he stacked them up they totaled about 135,000. Meanwhile Moga is down to 30,000, less than half the average at present. --MH
5:06pm: Ramos doubles
Level 11 - Blinds 600-1,200 (200 ante)
Felipe Ramos cashed in the LAPT Bahamas Main Event and is hoping to follow it up with a PCA Main Event cash.
He took a step in the right direction after he doubled up against Carlos Mora Alvarez. Alvarez raised to 2,500 from the cutoff and Ramos re-raised to 7,700 from the big blind. Alvarez called and a [9h][4s][8s] flop hit the felt.
Ramos bet 11,000 and Alvarez called. The turn brought a [jd] and Ramos moved all-in for 29,700. Alvarez called and showed [as][jh] for top pair, but Ramos had a bigger pair in his pocket.
The Brazilian Friend of PokerStars showed [qs][qh] and an [8d] came on the river to confirm the double up.
Ramos chipped up to just less than 100,000 while Alvarez dipped to 83,000. -AV
5:05pm: Lewis escapes Winter freeze
Level 11 - Blinds 600-1,200 (200 ante)
Toby Lewis has lost more than half his chips today, but he may have lost a whole lot more had he not slithered out of a trap laid by Sean Winter.
Lewis raised the cutoff; Winter defended the big blind and they went to a flop of [kd][tc][4s]. Winter checked, Lewis bet 3,000 and Winter called.
The [ah] came on the turn and Winter checked again. Lewis this time checked behind. The river was the [ac] and Winter did not change his approach. He checked for a third time.
Lewis opted to check it back and Winter showed his appreciation. "Good check, man," Winter said as he turned over [ad][4d] for a full boat. Lewis nodded his head and slid his cards back to the dealer. -- HS
5:02pm: Players on break
Everyone left with chips now gets a 15-minute break
4:56pm: Anyone have a caged octagon?
Level 11 - Blinds 600-1,200 (200 ante)
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4:56pm: Lovely for Liu
Level 11 - Blinds 600-1,200 (200 ante)
Joanne 'JJ' Liu won the Deuces Wild side event here yesterday, and she's making a decent fist of the Main Event as she's up to 170,000 after eliminating Andrew Gerl in a huge pre-flop encounter.
In the hand in question, Gerl opened from early position, Liu three-bet to 13,000 from the small blind, and Gerl then moved all-in for 46,000 more. Liu asked the dealer to pull in the 13,000 and count down the rest of his bet. She then tanked, and as she did so a friend (or possibly relative) wandered up to her table. She dwelled for a bit longer before electing to call.
Liu: [Qd][Qc]
Gerl: [As][Qs]
She looked on intently as the dealer dealt the community cards. She needn't have worried though, as the [8s][6h][Kh][7h][7c] board kept her in front. -NW
JJ Liu - 170,000
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Level 11 - Blinds 600-1,200 (200 ante)
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4:50pm: Holz takes last of Riess's pieces
Level 11 - Blinds 600-1,200 (200 ante)
Fedor Holz has finished off what he started in his duel with Ryan Riess.
Having left the former World Champion in grave danger in the hand reported below, Holz was able to pick up the last of Riess's chips after action folded to the wunderkind him in the small blind.
Holz casually asked to see Riess's stack, measuring it at around about 8,000. He then dropped in two blue chips, representing a total of 10,000. Riess peeked at his cards and called.
Holz had the goods. He had found [ad][kd]. Riess was at least live with his [js][6d], but it was all over by the turn on a board of [7d][3s][3d][2d][kc]. -- HS
4:47pm: Two for one
Level 11 - Blinds 600-1,200 (200 ante)
Two eliminations in a single hand to tell you about. Not you. You.
Timothy Robinson and Uwe Ritter were both all in, the former with [ad][qs] and the latter with [ks][js]. Neither was likely to be happy about the call from Sam Simmons, not least because he had [qc][qh].
The flop was innocuous: [6h][2h][9s]. And the turn gave some hope to Ritter. It came [jh]. But the [6h] on the end finished this as a contest and sent Ritter and Robinson away to find alternative occupation. -- HS
4:46pm: Greenwood picks off Pires
Level 11 - Blinds 600-1,200 (200 ante)
Leonardo Pires has been gradually adding chips all day, stacking them neatly in 20-chip high towers that impressively curl around the cushioned curb at his end of the table. Sitting to his left, Robert Michaels (currently below average in chips) looked down at Pires's stacks and noted how they were getting close to his seat.
"You might as well just go ahead and slide them over here," Michaels cracked, and Pires chuckled as he opened another pot from early position for 2,700. It folded around to Sam Greenwood on the button who called, and the flop came [Kc][7h][5s]. Pires continued for 4,700 and Greenwood called. The turn then brought the [Th] and another bet from Pires -- 15,000 this time -- and Greenwood called again.
The river was the [6c]. Pires fired a third barrel, betting 34,000, and after pausing for a moment Greenwood set out his own column of blue chips as a raise and Pires instantly mucked his cards.
Pires row still looks good, albeit is slightly shorter than before. Meanwhile Greenwood is starting to build his own fortress on the other end of the table. --MH
Leonardo Pires -- 196,000
Sam Greenwood -- 162,000
4:45pm: Ouimette doubles through Jaffe
Level 11 - Blinds 600-1,200 (100 ante)
Jonathan Jaffe doubled up in the very first level of this tournament on Day 1B and hasn't looked back, ending the day with one of the biggest stacks in the room and continuing to build on it today. However, you can't win a tournament without a few bumps in the road - much to Justin Ouimette's delight.
The Canadian just doubled up through Jaffe in the all-time classic race. Jaffe opened to 3,400 and Ouimette 3-bet to 8,200, only for Jaffe to 4-bet to 22,500. The 5-bet shove was next for 57,400 total and Jaffe snapped it off turning over his [ah][kc], up against Ouimette's [QH][QD]. Jaffe couldn't find any help in the community cards and Ouimette secures a very healthy double-up indeed. --JS
4:35pm: Holz hoists Riess
Level 11 - Blinds 600-1,200 (200 ante)
The 2013 World Series of Poker World Champion is now down to a few big blinds after an optimistic all-in river raise against Fedor Holz.
The hand started with a 2,500 raise from Fedor Holz in the cutoff and Ryan Riess called from the button. The flop came[[jc][js][Kd] and both players checked. The [Ts] came on the turn and Holz bet 4,000. Riess called and a [9d] completed the board.
Holz bet 6,500 and Riess moved all-in. Holz called and showed [qd][7c] for the rivered straight while Riess tabled [as][Td] for fourth pair.
Holz doubled to 85,500 while Riess dropped to about 7,000.
4:37pm: Big stacks clash
Level 11 - Blinds 600-1,200 (200 ante)
Two of the big stacks just clashed in a pot over on table 38 with Fabian Rabah getting the better of Calvin Anderson.
Anderson has a fearsome reputation both online and live, and it was he who was the aggressor throughout the hand. He opened from under-the-gun and Rabah smooth called from the small blind.
The flop came low - [4s][7h][2s] - but it didn't slow Anderson down, he bet 4,300, all from Rabah. The [Qc] fell on fourth street, no one bet and the [Kd] was the final community card. Again Rabah checked and this time Anderson did bet - 8,200 to be precise - and Rabah snap called with [8c][7c]. It was only third pair, but it was good as Anderson had [Ah][5c]. - NW
Fabian Rabah - 220,000
Calvin Anderson - 145,000
4.35pm: Holz hoists Riess
Level 11 - Blinds 600-1,200 (200 ante)
The 2013 World Series of Poker World Champion is now down to a few big blinds after an optimistic all-in river raise against Fedor Holz.
The hand started with a 2,500 raise from Fedor Holz in the cutoff and Ryan Riess called from the button. The flop came[[jc][js][Kd] and both players checked. A [Ts] came on the turn and Holz bet 4,000. Riess called and a [9d] completed the board.
Holz bet 6,500 and Riess moved all-in. Holz called and showed [qd][7c] for the rivered straight while Riess tabled [as][Td] for fourth pair.
Holz doubled to 85,500 while Riess dropped to about 7,000.
4:25pm: Tony Gregg takes a hit
Level 11 - Blinds 600-1,200 (200 ante)
Tony Gregg has almost $10,000,000 in lifetime earnings, including a runner-up finish in the PCA 2009 Main Event, which accounts for $1,700,000 of that figure.
It's not going as well for him this year, as he's slipped down to 45,000 after losing a pot to Brian Brunner. The two of them went heads-up to a [Qs][Qc][4d] flop, Gregg c-bet 2,200 but Bruner then check-raised to 6,000 total. A brief dwell from Gregg and then he called.
On the [3c] turn Bruner bet 8,000 of his remaining 26,000, it was enough to win the pot as Gregg pitched his cards into the muck. -NW
Tony Gregg - 45,000
4:25pm: Ryan takes from Melianiuk
Level 11 - Blinds 600-1,200 (200 ante)
From middle position our chip leader Siarhel Melianiuk opened for 3,000 -- as he's being doing a lot of lately -- and it folded around to Andrew Ryan in the big blind who three-bet to 10,000. Melianiuk thought for a beat and called, and the pair watched a flop come [Ks][Ad][Ts].
Ryan checked, and acting with deliberation Melianiuk bet 12,700. Ryan called right away. The turn went similarly, with the [2s] falling, Ryan checking and Melianiuk slowly betting 23,600, and Ryan making a quick call. Both then checked the [8c] river. Ryan tabled [Ah][Kd] for two pair and Melianiuk mucked.
As Ryan collected the pot he remarked with relief how Melianiuk has always seemed to have it. But that wasn't the case this time.
Melianiuk still has about 290,000, while Ryan is now up to about 210,000. --MH
4:20pm: You don't have to go home...
Level 11 - Blinds 600-1,200 (200 ante)
...but you cant stay here. Adieu to these fine people who will not be winning the 2016 Main Event.
Andrew Usoltsev, Dmitry Sergeev, Luciano Garcia da Silva, Myro Garcia, Jonathan Roy, Vicente Delgado Zamorano, Heroen Goddijn, Fabio Coppola, Krishna Nagaraju, Emilio Boyd, Johnathon French, Boris Kolev, Ezra Abu-Gazal, Benoit Galland, Robert Gorodetsky, George Lind III, Nick Schulman, Antonio Luft, John Rogers, Jan Von Halle, Spencer Cossette, Patrick Kelly, Paul Ephremsen, Jaime Staples, Peter Jetten, Jake Abdalla, Peter Nigh, Markus Schottes, Chris Moneymaker, Remi Wyrzykiewicz, Luiz Duarte Ferreira Filho, Patrick Thibault, Gavin Cochrane, Yevgen Chernenko, Algirdas Zekas
4:15pm: Moorman sent packing by Tom Thomas, so good they named him twice
Level 11 - Blinds 600-1,200 (200 ante)
Chris Moorman is out of the PCA Main Event in the kind of spot that a tournament beast such as he will likely consider standard, but which is going to hurt nonetheless.
Ambrose Ng opened to 2,600 from early position and Moorman, one seat to Ng's left, raised to 6,500. Tom Thomas, another couple of seats around, was the one who fancied the pot more than anybody, however, and he cold four-bet to 18,500 from a stack of about 120,000.
Ng quickly got out of the way, but Moorman pondered his options for a long while, gently riffling a stack of about 70,000. He then moved all in and Thomas wasted no time in either calling or tabling his [kd][kc].
Moorman had an overcard with his [ad][kh], but did not hit it. The board ran [7h][8c][3s][ts][5c] and that was that for Moorman. Thomas's stack grows beyond 200,000. -- HS
4:10pm: Where they came from...
Level 11 - Blinds 600-1,200 (200 ante)
With more than 900 people in the Main Event, you might be wondering where all these people came from. This chart should sort you out.
4:02pm: Shahade making most of what's she has
Level 11 - Blinds 600-1,200 (200 ante)
Jen Shahade was one of the shortest stacks at her table, but she eliminated a player nonetheless.
Josh Goodman moved all-in for 12,900 from the cutoff and Shahade reshoved for 25,000 from the button.
The blinds folded and we had a showdown. Shahade tabled [ac][9c] but Goodman had a dominating [as][qh].
The [Th][9s][5c] flop quickly changed that and Shahade improved to a flush when the [kc] fell on the river. Goodman was eliminated while Shahade chipped up to about 40,000. --AV
3:54pm: Ortiz on the move
Level 11 - Blinds 600-1,200 (200 ante)
Fabian Ortiz comes to this year's PCA a two-time LAPT Main Event champion and with memories of past success here at the Atlantis, having final-tabled the PCA Main Event in 2014 where he finished eighth. The Argentinian is doing well here today, too, having just collected a pot from fellow LAPT player Pedro Madeiras of Brazil.
The hand began with Madeiras opening from late position and Ortiz calling from the cutoff. The flop came [8c][Ah][Td], and after Madeiras continued for 2,800, Ortiz called, bringing the pot to about 14,000. Both checked the [Tc] turn, then Madeiras checked when the [Ts] appeared on the river. Ortiz tossed out a chip to bet 5,000 and Madeiras called, and when Ortiz turned over [Ad][7d] for tens full of aces, Madeiras mucked.
Ortiz is up to 184,000 now -- well over twice the average with 370 players left, while Madeiras has 85,000. --MH
3:45pm: Prize pool information
Level 11 - Blinds 600-1,200 (200 ante)
The tournament staff has released the prize pool information for the PCA Main Event. In total, there were 928 players (including five no-shows) in the PCA 2016 Main Event. The prize pool is worth $4,500,800. The top 135 finishers will get paid with the champ taking $833,260. You can see the full payouts here.
For our earlier coverage...see our Levels 9-10 updates.
PokerStars Blog reporting team on the $5,000 Main Event: Stephen Bartley, Jack Stanton, Howard Swains, Alex Villegas and Brad Willis. Photos by Joe Giron and Neil Stoddart. For more photos from this event by Joe Giron visit Poker Photo Archive.
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