$1,100 Six-Max No Limit Hold’em (Freeze-Out)
Level 25: 10,000/20,000 with a 3,000 ante
Players Remaining: 3 of 186

Matthew Sloan open-shoved the button for about 240,000, and Harrison Gimbel called from the big blind to put him at risk.

Sloan:
Gimbel:

The board ran out , and Gimbel’s kicker played to earn him the knockout pot. Sloan was eliminated in third place.

Gimbel is now heads up with Seth Davies for the trophy, and the stacks are nearly even as the duel begins.

Harrison Gimbel – 1,180,000 (59 bb)
Seth Davies – 1,060,000 (53 bb)
Matthew Sloan – Eliminated

$1,650 Heads-Up No Limit Hold’em
Players Remaining: 29

Three matches have already wrapped up and three players have secured spots in the sweet sixteen.

Sam Panzica defeated Nick Palma, Kane Kalas bested Scott Heiligman, and Gary Bolden beat Alex Gambino. Those three will move on to the third and final round of the day, which is scheduled to start at 11 p.m.

$1,650 Heads-Up No Limit Hold’em
Players Remaining: 32

On the turn with the board reading , Adam Geyer bet 550 from the big blind and John Dollinger called on the button.

The river was the and Geyer checked. Dollinger bet 800 and Geyer quickly called. Dollinger showed , good for a straight, and Geyer mucked his hand.

Dollinger is beginning to open up a sizable chip lead in their first match.

John Dollinger – 17,000
Adam Geyer – 7,000

$1,100 Six-Max No Limit Hold’em (Freeze-Out)
Level 24: 8,000/16,000 with a 2,000 ante
Players Remaining: 3 of 186

Just the tail end of a hand here, but one worth mentioning. Harrison Gimbel and Seth Davies just played quite a sizable pot, with Gimbel leading the betting on every street. Davies paid off a big river bet on an ace-high board, and Gimbel showed a set of fives to win the pot.

The young pro from Florida is now the chip leader, trading places with Davies atop the leaderboard.

Harrison Gimbel – 1,175,000 (73 bb)
Seth Davies – 750,000 (47 bb)

$1,100 Six-Max No Limit Hold’em (Freeze-Out)
Level 24: 8,000/16,000 with a 2,000 ante
Players Remaining: 3 of 186

Matthew Sloan and Seth Davies were involved in a heads-up pot with the board showing . On the river, Davies bet 280,000 into a pot of about that much, and Sloan called, committing more than half his remaining stack.

Davies showed , winning the pot with fives full. He crossed the million-chip mark as he stacked that pot, recouping his losses from the previous hand and then some.

Seth Davies – 1,100,000 (69 bb)
Matthew Sloan – 215,000 (13 bb)

$1,100 Six-Max No Limit Hold’em (Freeze-Out)
Level 24: 8,000/16,000 with a 2,000 ante
Players Remaining: 3 of 186

Seth Davies opened the button with a raise, and Matthew Sloan defended his big blind.

The flop was . Sloan checked, Davies continued for 32,000, and Sloan called. The turn was the , and Sloan check-called another 90,000 from Davies. The river was the . Sloan moved all in for 234,000, and Davies folded. Sloan won the pot without showdown.

Matthew Sloan – 550,000 (34 bb)
Seth Davies – 740,000 (46 bb)

$1,650 Heads-Up No Limit Hold’em
Players Remaining: 32 of 64

The final Round 1 match has come to an end. The marathon back-and-forth between Shannon Shorr and Michael Aron went Shorr’s way at the end.

Aron put his last chips in the middle after the flop with middle pair/flush draw and Shorr called with top pair . Shorr faded the turn and river to send him on to Round 2 where he’ll face Jonathan Kamhazi Aghai.

Left side of the bracket

Paul Balzano versus Aaron Mermelstein
Daniel Wirgau versus Staffan Lind
George Lusby versus Jack Duong
Nick Yunis versus Will Givens
Mark Dube versus Alex Foxen
Kane Kalas versus Scott Heiligman
Michael Aron versus Corey Dodd
Alexander Gambino versus Gary Bolden

Right side of the bracket

Timothy Tenpas versus Ankush Mandavia
Nick Palma versus Sam Panzica
Jonathan Kamhazi Aghai versus Shannon Shorr
Hugo Zanotti versus Jonathan Little
David Somers versus Jerry Wong
Amir Babakhani versus Ari Engel
Joe McKeehen versus Marcus Stein
John Dollinger versus Adam Geyer

$1,100 Six-Max No Limit Hold’em (Freeze-Out)
Level 23: 6,000/12,000 with a 2,000 ante
Players Remaining: 4 of 186

Matthew Sloan opened the button to 30,000, Seth Davies called in the small blind, and Chad J. Brown defended his big blind to create three-way action.

The flop was . It checked to Sloan, who continued for 35,000, and only Brown called. Heads up, the turn was the , and Brown checked again. Sloan bet 55,000, and Brown check-raised all in for about 150,000 total. Sloan instantly called to put him at risk.

Sloan: (Broadway straight)
Brown: (king-high straight)

Despite flopping a straight, Brown was drawing dead to a chop, and the river was no help. He was eliminated in fourth place at the hands of Sloan.

Matthew Sloan – 590,000 (49 bb)
Chad J. Brown – Eliminated

$1,100 Six-Max No Limit Hold’em (Freeze-Out)
Level 23: 6,000/12,000 with a 2,000 ante
Players Remaining: 4 of 186

Harrison Gimbel opened the button to 30,000, and Matthew Sloan three-bet shoved for 159,000 in the small blind. After getting the exact count, Gimbel called to put him at risk.

Gimbel:
Sloan:

The board ran out , and Sloan turned a king-high straight to double up.

Gimbel has lost the last three pots in which he’s had a chance to eliminate a player, but his stack has hardly suffered at all thanks to some favorable spots in between.

Matthew Sloan – 338,000 (28 bb)
Harrison Gimbel – 840,000 (70 bb)

$1,650 Heads-Up No Limit Hold’em
Players Remaining: 35 of 64

We’re getting closer to wrapping up the first round of action after two more finished up.

Chad J. Brown’s multi-tabling effort came to an end when he was blinded out against Alex Foxen then Daniel Wirgua defeated Pavel Dyanchenko to leave three matches.

Darren Rabinowitz versus Michael Aron – Tied 1-1
Shannon Shorr versus Michael McNeil – Tied 1-1
Timothy Fisher versus Jerry Wong – Tied 1-1

A few more Round 2 matches kicked off including Paul Balzano versus Aaron Mermelstein and Joe McKeehen versus Marcus Stein. Ari Engel has a 1-0 lead in his match against Amir Babakhani while Sam Panzica and Nick Palma are tied at one win a piece.

Left side of the bracket

Paul Balzano versus Aaron Mermelstein
Daniel Wirgau versus Staffan Lind
George Lusby/Pratyush Buddiga versus Jack Duong
Nick Yunis versus Will Givens
Mark Dube versus Alex Foxen
Kane Kalas versus Scott Heiligman
Michael Aron versus Corey Dodd
Alexander Gambino versus Gary Bolden

Right side of the bracket

Timothy Tenpas versus Ankush Mandavia
Nick Palma versus Sam Panzica
Jonathan Kamhazi Aghai versus Shannon Shorr/Michael McNeil
Hugo Zanotti versus Jonathan Little
David Somers versus Timothy Fisher/Jerry Wong
Amir Babakhani versus Ari Engel
Joe McKeehen versus Marcus Stein
John Dollinger versus Adam Geyer