$1,650 Heads-Up No Limit Hold’em Players Remaining: 15
Shannon Shorr got the last of his chips into the middle preflop with against Jonathan Little’s pocket nines.
The board ran out and Little flopped a queen to win the pot. Little already held a 1-0 edge in the series and eliminated Shorr on the bubble of this event.
Little moved on to Saturday’s action and is the first player to cash.
Jonathan Little – 24,000 Shanon Shorr – Eliminated
$1,650 Heads-Up No Limit Hold’em Players Remaining: 16
Ari Engel and Jerry Wong got all the chips into the middle preflop. Wong was at risk showed . He was in bad shape against Engel’s .
The board ran out and both players made a full house, but Engel’s was bigger to win the pot. Wong had one the first game of the match and Engel’s win evens the series at one game a piece.
They are taking a 10-minute break before coming back and playing the rubber match.
$1,650 Heads-Up No Limit Hold’em Players Remaining: 16
In the last match remaining in the second round, Corey Dodd defeated Michael Aron to win the series 2-1 and eliminate Aron.
With that match in the books, the second round is complete and a few of the third round matches have already began. All of the matches will be underway by 11 p.m.
The winners of the third round will come back tomorrow in the money and will play down to a winner.
Here are the third round matches:
Left Side
Aaron Mermelstein vs. Steffan Lind George Lusby vs. Will Givens Alex Foxen vs. Kane Kalas Corey Dodd vs. Gary Bolden
Right Side
Sam Panzica vs. Timothy Tenpas Shannon Shorr vs. Jonathan Little Jerry Wong vs. Ari Engel Joe McKeehen vs. John Dollinger
$1,650 Heads-Up No Limit Hold’em Players Remaining: 18
With blinds of 250/500, Michael Aron limped in on the button and Corey Dodd checked his option.
Action was checked to the river as the board ran out . Dodd checked the river and Aron bet 800. Dodd raised to 3,200 and Aron thought for a minute before calling.
Dodd showed , giving him two pair, and Aron mucked his hand. Dodd opened up a big chip lead in the rubber match of this series.
With Steffan Lind defeating Daniel Wirgau at a neighboring table, this is one of the last two second round matches going.
$1,650 Heads-Up No Limit Hold’em Players Remaining: 19
With only three matches still going on in the second round, the right side of the bracket is filled out and ready for the start of the Sweet Sixteen.
Here is a look at what the third round match-ups look like right now:
Left Side
Aaron Mermelstein vs. Daniel Wirgau/Steffan Lind George Lusby/Alberto Rodriguez vs. Will Givens Alex Foxen vs. Kane Kalas Corey Dodd/Michael Aron vs. Gary Bolden
Right Side
Sam Panzica vs. Timothy Tenpas Shannon Shorr vs. Jonathan Little Jerry Wong vs. Ari Engel Joe McKeehen vs. John Dollinger
$1,650 Heads-Up No Limit Hold’em Players Remaining: 19
Joe McKeehen get Stein’s chips into the middle preflop with McKeehen showing and in the lead against Stein’s .
The board ran out and McKeehen dragged the pot with the nut straight. He swept Stein in two straight games and advanced to the third round and will face-off against John Dollinger.
$1,650 Heads-Up No Limit Hold’em Players Remaining: 22
On the turn with the board reading , Michael Aron checked and Corey Dodd bet 1,200.
Aron called and the river was the . Aron checked and Dodd moved all in for about 5,500. Aron took a few moments and then folded. Aron keeps better than a two-to-one chip lead in the rubber match of this series.
$1,100 Six-Max No Limit Hold’em (Freeze-Out) Level 27: 20,000/40,000 with a 5,000 ante Players Remaining: 2 of 186
Seth Davies had worked the stacks nearly back to even when the tournament’s largest pot played out heads up. It began with Davies limping the button, and Harrison Gimbel raised to 140,000 in the big blind. Davies moved all in for exactly 1,000,000 total, and Gimbel called to put him at risk. It was a flip.
Davies: Gimbel:
The flop gave Gimbel a big lead with a pair of aces. Davies began to stand from his chair as the turn brought the blank . He was just about to reach out for a handshake when the dropped off the deck on the river, giving him the pot with a set of eights. Davies doubled into a commanding chip lead, and the match was over two hands later.
On the final hand, Davies shoved the button with , and Gimbel called all in with to put himself at risk. The board ran out , and Davies won the pot and the tournament with his ten kicker. A recap of his victory will be published shortly.
Gimbel was eliminated as the runner-up, earning $28,146.